On Good Terms With Long Lines: Oil-Pipelines Soon Safer

Osnabruck, Germany 30.01.2004 (PROTEXT/ots) - Medium-sizedcompany from Darmstadt develops new technology aimed on earlydetection of leaks - Tests in Russia and China - Financialbacking from the DBU

Are oil-pipelines ticking eco-bombs? 74 million litres of oilare supposed to having polluted the Ecuadorian Amazon area inthe last 30 years - far more than the leakage on the occasion ofthe Exxon Valdez accident. And the Amazon area is not the onlyspot of oil production. Environmental technology "Made inGermany" could now clearly enhance the safety when "liquid blackgold" is transported. With financial backing of the DeutscheBundesstiftung Umwelt DBU, Osnabruck, the MagnumAutomatisierungstechnik (Darmstadt) developed a software tolocate leaks in oil pipelines more simply and even faster andherewith protecting the environment more effectively. The newtechnology passed successfully first acid tests in Russia andChina. DBU Secretary General Dr. Fritz Brickwedde: "The methodhas proved to be suitable for all purposes and world-wideapplicable even under extreme climatic conditions."

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