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Energy Initatives
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| Federal Legislation Introduced to Significantly Increase Natural Gas Vehicle Use in America |
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A CryoGas International Report
July, 2009
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| On April 1, 2009, HR 1835, the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act was introduced by Congressmen Dan Boren, John Larsen, and John Sullivan. The bill aims to transform how Americans fuel transportation vehicles and to reduce imported oil... |
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Art of Selling
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| PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGH ADVERSITY |
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By Art Waskey
December, 2009
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| One of the certainties in life is that we all eventually make foolish mistakes, given enough time. These mistakes will occur in our professional and in our personal lives. Many times, these mistakes result from our personality. Do you recognize these personalities?... |
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| THE COMPRESSED GAS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2008 SAFETY AWARD WINNERS |
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By Jim Herring
June, 2009 |
| The Compressed Gas Association (www.cganet.com) (CGA) announced its 2008 Safety Award winners. Each year, CGA pays tribute to its members and their dedication in making the industry safer for employees, distributors, and the public. The following is a list of this year’s awards. |
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| Basic Cryogenics That Even I Can Understand |
| CO2 — FROM FIZZ TO FRACTURE |
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By Keith Hall
June, 2009 |
Where readily available and economically feasible, carbon dioxide is increasingly being used in the petroleum industry to fracture deep oil wells and for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), where the CO2 may also be sequestered (essentially taking the place of the oil). In well fracture, CO2 is pumped under high pressure to open up fractures deep within the well. Sand or another medium is pumped down-hole and used to hold the fractures open. In enhanced oil recovery efforts, CO2 is continuously injected under high pressure...
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| Compliance Matters |
| MEDICAL GAS MIX-UPS STILL HAUNT OUR INDUSTRY |
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By Bob Yeoman, B&R Compliance
June, 2009 |
| Beginning in the early1990s, the medical gas industry endured a series of medical mix-ups — including incidents that involved patient fatalities. While medical gas mix-ups have probably been around as long as medical gases themselves, this decade long rash of mix-up events provoked a profound series of changes in the industry... |
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