Press release

On good terms with long lines: Oil-pipelines soon safer

Osnabruck, Germany (ots) -

Medium-sized company from Darmstadt develops new technology aimed
on early detection of leaks - Tests in Russia and China - Financial
backing from the DBU

Are oil-pipelines ticking eco-bombs? 74 million litres of oil are
supposed to having polluted the Ecuadorian Amazon area in the last 30
years - far more than the leakage on the occasion of the Exxon Valdez
accident. And the Amazon area is not the only spot of oil production.
Environmental technology "Made in Germany" could now clearly enhance
the safety when "liquid black gold" is transported. With financial
backing of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU, Osnabruck, the
Magnum Automatisierungstechnik (Darmstadt) developed a software to
locate leaks in oil pipelines more simply and even faster and
herewith protecting the environment more effectively. The new
technology passed successfully first acid tests in Russia and China.
DBU Secretary General Dr. Fritz Brickwedde: "The method has proved to
be suitable for all purposes and world-wide applicable even under
extreme climatic conditions."

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Franz-Georg Elpers
(Pressesprecher)

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