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Work spaces come in different sizes, shapes, and styles and essentially don’t have to be in an office. I assume myself as a Cubicle Chick and I work at home. Others cubicle may involve their truck or vehicle that they work from. It may also include workers engaged at outdoors in construction, or other occupations for which they need to stay outside. Because of the severe hot atmosphere this year, Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor, brought a mobile app earlier this week to help get the OSHA signs when it may be risky to work outside. She said, ‘‘summer heat presents a serious issue that affects some of the most vulnerable workers in our country, and education is crucial to keeping them safe. Heat-related illnesses are preventable.  This new app is just one way the Labor Department is getting that message out.’’

According to a press release by the U.S. Department of Labor, a free mobile application has been released to prevent heat-related illnesses enabling workers and supervisors to monitor the heat index at their work sites.The app uses the information acknowledged from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and considers with the workers mobile position to determine whether the worker is at risk or not of evolving heat related harms and sicknesses and shows OSHA signs based on that.

“According to the danger level of the heat index, the app offers its users with information about protections they need to take like drinking fluids, taking rest breaks and altering work operations. Workers also can review the signs and indications of heat stroke, heat fatigue and other heat-related sicknesses, and learn about first aid steps to take in case of any emergency. Information for administrators is also available through the app on how to increasingly build up the load for new workers as well as how to train workers on heat illness signs and symptoms. Moreover, workers can communicate with OSHA directly through the app”.

The mobile app can easily be downloaded from http://go.usa.gov/KFE. Though, currently is applicable for only Android phones, another version for both iPhone and Blackberry touch pad phones are currently in progress and will be released soon according to the press release.

Information for employers about using the heat index to analyze and report risks posed to workers also is accessible through OSHA’s new Web-based tool “Using the Heat Index: Employer Guidance,” at http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/heat_index/index.html. OSHA’s other instructive and teaching tools for preventing heat illnesses are available in both English and Spanish languages accessible at http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/index.html.

You are going to love how the Dept. of Labor is approving mobile apps in order to support outside working employees! This is another example how mobile apps and technology is making easy everyday people lives. If you have to work outdoors or know someone who does, please download the app for yourself and others and also convey the message to others!

Information listed in this blog post was derived from a press release received by The Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor. I have downloaded the application on my Android device, but make no claims or guarantees about the application or its use.

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Imperial and ExxonMobil Pursuing Additional Routes for Kearl Modules, Reducing Size
Companies to continue to seek permits for original modules and routes

Irving, TX, August 9, 2011 - Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil are pursuing routes for the safe shipment of smaller equipment modules for the Kearl project. The companies are reducing the size and weight of the shipments and will seek permits for an additional route that will use four-lane divided highways and not require road closures or highway upgrading.

“Smaller loads will have reduced dimensions and weight. These shipments can be moved safely and we are working with state authorities to confirm that our transportation plans meet or exceed environmental and safety requirements,” said Chris Allard, Kearl senior project manager.
  
The reduction in module size and additional routes are being made necessary by lengthy permitting delays for the original modules size shipments via US 12 through Idaho and Montana.
  
“We have met or exceeded the requirements typically imposed on other oversize load shippers that have used the US 12 route,” said Allard. “We will continue to pursue the permits for those full-sized modules through Idaho and Montana, which is more efficient and cost effective. However, we will also move forward with alternative routes to maintain project schedules.”
  
For shipments from the Port of Lewiston, ID, in addition to the Highway 12 route, the companies are using an additional route north on US 95 in Idaho, then east along I-90 through Idaho and Montana, and north on I-15 to the Canadian border. Imperial began using this route in mid-July.

The companies are also pursuing a plan to ship additional loads from the Port of Pasco, WA, by truck on US 395 in Washington and along I-90 through Washington, Idaho and Montana, then north on I-15 to the Canadian border.
  
Imperial has submitted detailed transportation plans to regulatory authorities in the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana that minimize public inconvenience, assure safe transport and comply with all transportation and environmental regulations. Movements will be supported by appropriate traffic control and maintenance/support crews.

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Parnon Announces Oklahoma Crude Oil Pipeline Construction Project

Tulsa, OK, August 10, 2011 - Parnon Gathering, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parnon Holdings, Inc., announced the construction of its crude oil pipeline in Central Oklahoma. The project includes laying approximately 109 miles of new 8 inch pipeline from Cherokee, Oklahoma to Cushing, Oklahoma and is designed to move 18,000 barrels per day of crude oil with an option to up rate to 35,000 barrels per day. The pipeline, to be named “Great Salt Plains Pipeline,” will transport production from Central and Western Oklahoma and interconnect with Parnon’s crude oil tanks located at Cushing.

With right-of-way negotiations well advanced and pipe order confirmed, the line is scheduled to commission in March 2012.  In response to interest from producers with acreage in Western Oklahoma, plans are being prepared to extend the Great Salt Plains Pipeline (Phase II) further west to serve the Granite Wash and other new tight sands plays.  As sufficient interest and commitment to this extension is confirmed, the second phase of the project will run concurrently with Phase 1 and could commission as soon as midyear 2012.  

Parnon Gathering, Inc., headquartered in Tulsa, OK, is a crude oil logistics company operating both owned pipelines and trucks and providing transportation and marketing for North America’s oil and gas industry.  Parnon Gathering looks to establish long–lasting relationships with producers and refiners and works to maintain and build upon these relationships by providing exceptional customer service.

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Platts Survey: OPEC Boosts Oil Output to 30 Million Barrels Per Day in July
Oil Output Climbs by 430,000 Barrels Per Day From June

London, August 9, 2011 - The 12-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) oil output continued its upward climb in July, increasing by 430,000 barrels per day (b/d) from June to 30 million b/d, its highest level since December 2008, a just-released Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials and analysts showed.
  
“Even as OPEC production rises, global oil prices are falling,” said John Kingston, Platts global director of news. “With production at the highest levels we’ve seen since December 2008, the question now is, if oil prices continue to fall, will we see OPEC volumes fall too?”
  
In July, the single biggest increase came from Saudi Arabia, which boosted output by 300,000 b/d to 9.8 million b/d from 9.5 million b/d the previous month.
  
Angola also contributed a sizeable increment of 150,000 b/d with the return of production from the offshore Plutonio field.
  
Other smaller increases came from Kuwait, Venezuela, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.
  
Decreases totalling 120,000 b/d came from Libya, Iran and Iraq. Libyan output was estimated at just 60,000 b/d in July – only a fraction of the 1.6 million b/d the country was producing before the uprising against the regime of Moammar Qadhafi earlier this year.
  
Saudi production in particular has been rising recently to compensate for lost Libyan production.
  
Strong oil prices have also driven higher production from OPEC in general, with North Sea Brent holding above $100 per barrel (/b) for much of this year and trading at a two-and-a-half year high of $127.02/b on April 11. However, prices have skidded downward in recent weeks due in large part to U.S. and European economic turmoil. On August 9, Brent futures plunged below $100/b for the first time since February 2011.
  
OPEC does not currently have an output agreement, having failed to reach a deal on production policy at its June 8 meeting. The group’s economic experts had forecasted that demand for OPEC oil would jump by some 2 million b/d between the second and third quarters. Saudi Arabia wanted OPEC to boost actual estimated production of 28.8 million b/d by 1.5 million b/d to meet the expected higher demand, but Iran, Algeria and several other countries refused to back the proposed increase.
  
The previous agreement, which set a target of 24.845 million b/d the 11 members bound by quotas (OPEC-11), was agreed in late 2008 as the deepening world recession sent prices plummeting from all-time highs of more than $147/b in July of that year to less than $40/b. A Platts survey estimated total OPEC production, including that of Iraq, at 30.74 million b/d in December 2008. That figure fell to 28.97 million b/d in January, the month OPEC’s 4.2 million b/d of output cuts came into effect.
  
But the so-called OPEC-11 never managed to reduce output anywhere near the 24.845 million b/d target, which had become largely notional long before the June 8 meeting. In May, for example, the OPEC-11 exceeded the target by some 1.5 million b/d. Production and exports from Iraq, which does not participate in OPEC output pacts, meanwhile, has continued to expand.
  
OPEC has scheduled its next meeting for December 14 in Vienna, but a senior oil official from Iran, the current holder of the OPEC presidency, said late last week that ministers would hold consultations on a possible emergency meeting if oil prices continued to fall.
  
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Platts OPEC and oil experts are available for media interviews; please consult Platts Media Center to schedule an interview. For other oil, energy and related information, visit www.platts.com.
  
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Founded in 1909, Platts is a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information and a premier source of benchmark prices for the physical and futures markets.  Platts’ news, pricing, analytics, commentary and conferences help customers make better-informed trading and business decisions and help the markets operate with greater transparency and efficiency.  Customers in more than 150 countries benefit from Platts’ coverage of the carbon emissions, coal, electricity, oil, natural gas, metals, nuclear power, petrochemical, and shipping markets.  A division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), Platts is headquartered in New York with more than 700 employees in more than a dozen offices worldwide. Additional information is available at http://www.platts.com.
  
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Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading global financial information and education company that helps professionals and students succeed in the Knowledge Economy.  With leading brands including Standard & Poor’s, McGraw-Hill Education, Platts energy information services and J.D. Power and Associates, the Corporation has approximately 21,000 employees with more than 280 offices in 40 countries.  Sales in 2010 were $6.2 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.

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Global LNG Facilities: Long-Term Gas Demand Drives Major Investment
New Douglas-Westwood LNG report forecasts five-year facilities Capex will exceed $93 billion

Farmington, CT, August 8, 2011 - Global Information, Inc. presents a new market research report, “The World LNG Market Report 2011-2015″ by Douglas-Westwood (For more information: http://www.giiresearch.com/report/dw202139-world-lng-market-report-2011-2015.html).

World LNG spending is forecast to recover momentum. Capex on LNG facilities is expected to total over $93 billion for the 2011-2015 forecast period. Douglas-Westwood (DW), predicts the Pacific basin will be the main contributor to a ten year global LNG investment high of $26 billion per annum by 2015.

According to Lucy Miller, lead author of the report, “Last year saw recovery in LNG demand, led by Asian consumers. China, in particular, has seen its LNG demand grow from 1 bcm in 2006 to around 13 bcm today. LNG imports to Western European and Latin American countries have also increased. In addition, we have the prospect of increased demand for natural gas as the world considers the future of nuclear energy in the aftermath of the Japanese crisis. On the supply side, 2010 saw the commencement of major construction work on new facilities in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Despite lower levels of expenditure on new LNG facilities, resulting from projects being delayed by the recession.”

The report examines new prospects for LNG liquefaction and re-gasification terminals and LNG carriers, looks at the technology underlying the LNG business and presents market forecasts for activity in the sector. The market model used to develop the forecasts found in this report is based on a project-by-project review of development prospects, with the timing of expenditure phased to reflect likely project structure. Historic and forecast expenditures are shown in US dollar values from 2006 to 2015, segmented by facility type and region. Expenditure related to LNG liquefaction and re-gasification terminals is further broken down by individual components – including jetty and loading arms, storage tanks, compressors and construction services.

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