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For Instrumentation e-learning courses please visit http://www.abhisam.com. ————————————————————————————- June 16, 2010– US President Barack Obama, in a nationally televised address today said that the current BP oil spill disaster is the worst that America has ever faced. He said that tomorrow, when he would be meeting BP’s Chairman, he would ask that BP set aside … Read more
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For an excellent course on Safety Instrumented Systems, including topics such as Functional Safety, Safety Integrity Level (SIL calculations) and related topics, have a look here ——————————————————————————————— May 30, 2010– It is now 40 days since the oil spill caused by the explosion, fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig started. BP’s much … Read more
