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      <title>AVIAN raises US$2.6 million to scale AI thermal monitoring for the world’s most fire-prone industrial sites</title>
      <description>After two profitable bootstrapped years, the Zurich-based industrial AI company will accelerate deployment of its end-to-end thermal monitoring platform across sawmills, recycling, mining, chemical processing, oil and gas, and maritime operations - categories where fire and downtime risk are increasingly outpacing what insurers are willing to cover.</description>
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      <title>Aquanta Vision secures pre-seed funding to advance real-time methane leak detection</title>
      <description>Aquanta Vision, an emerging leader in methane detection, has secured pre-seed funding to accelerate commercial development of its optical gas imaging (OGI) detection software which improves methane leak identification during inspections. </description>
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      <title>PHMSA announces 11 grant funding opportunities for pipeline and transportation safety</title>
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      <title>AMPP highlights corrosion prevention as a critical lever in maritime decarbonisation following MEPC 84</title>
      <description>Discussions at the 84th session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) underscore a fundamental point: long-term emissions reduction in the maritime sector will not be achieved through fuels and policy alone, but through how well ships and infrastructure are maintained over their full-service life.</description>
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      <title>New England Teamsters host national pipeline industry training</title>
      <description>Over 50 Teamsters Participate at Local 25 Tewksbury Training Centre.</description>
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      <title>AMPP standards incorporated into Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations</title>
      <description>The updates incorporate by reference revised editions of NACE SP0206 and NACE SP0502 into 49 C.F.R. Parts 192 and 195, further aligning regulatory requirements with current industry practices for managing internal and external corrosion in pipeline systems.</description>
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      <title>DNV and Equinor introduce the Event Learning Taxonomy CLUE to improve incident understanding for industry</title>
      <description>DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, in collaboration with the international energy company Equinor, has introduced a new incident taxonomy that helps organisations improve how they classify, understand, and learn from incidents.</description>
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      <title>Baker Hughes to supply three gas compression units for major natural gas pipeline in Argentina</title>
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      <title>Corinth Pipeworks to acquire LSAW pipe mill in the UK</title>
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      <title>Oceaneering launches new electric propulsion work class ROV</title>
      <description>Oceaneering announces the launch of a new electric propulsion work class ROV today at Subsea Tieback Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana.</description>
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      <title>Wolong Electric America expands quantum line with high power low voltage motors for horizontal pumping applications</title>
      <description>New up to 1500 HP motors deliver medium voltage performance in a low voltage package.</description>
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      <title>Yokogawa and ANYbotics to integrate OpreX robot management </title>
      <description>By integrating the management of explosion- and non-explosion-proof robots that conduct autonomous inspections of industrial facilities, the two companies aim to develop new opportunities in the oil and gas, power, and metals industries.</description>
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      <title>Romanian oil pipeline operator Conpet discloses cyberattack</title>
      <description>The incident did not impact pipeline operations or the company’s ability to meet contractual obligations.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ECITB Global rolls out new course to standardise leadership-level safety training</title>
      <description>Leadership-level safety training standardised across world in engineering construction.</description>
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      <title>Aqueos Corporation acquires DSV Kelly Ann </title>
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      <title>Corrosion and Coatings Q&amp;A</title>
      <description>World Pipelines interviews Winn &amp; Coales (Denso) Ltd, a member of Winn &amp; Coales International, on how pipeline coating manufacturers are adapting corrosion protection technologies to support energy transition projects.</description>
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