News Archive
07 Oct 2024
Marine Breakaway Couplings Field Verified
The importance of Field Verified in achieving reliable Marine Breakaway Coupling activations Gall Thomson recently reported there were 16 known activations of its Marine Breakaway Couplings (MBCs) during 2023. The activations were in response to offshore emergencies during media transfer and the activations occurred in nine different countries around the world. Each MBC operated exactly
07 Jun 2024
Gall Thomson confirms total known Marine Breakaway Couplings activations for 2023
Gall Thomson has revealed there were 16 known activations of its Marine Breakaway Couplings during 2023. The activations occurred in nine different countries around the world. On each occasion, the Marine Breakaway Coupling (MBC) operated exactly as expected. Oil spills, injuries and damage to assets such as vessels, hoses or facilities was avoided. There
18 Jan 2024
Cybеrattack Targеts Europеan Oil Rеfining Ports and Storagе Facilitiеs
Europе In a startling dеvеlopmеnt, a coordinatеd cybеrattack has targеtеd sеvеral kеy oil rеfining ports and storagе facilitiеs across Europе, causing widеsprеad concеrn about thе vulnеrability of critical еnеrgy infrastructurе. Thе attack, charactеrizеd by its sophistication and prеcision, has disruptеd opеrations and raised alarms ovеr potential impacts on thе global oil supply and markеt pricеs.
15 Jun 2023
Barge spills 3,400 gallons of oil in Mississippi
On Saturday, approximately 3,400 gallons (or 3.8 million litres) of oil were spilled from a Kirby Inland Marine Barge near Natchez in Mississippi. The Lower Mississippi River Sector of the Coast Guard received a notification from Kirby Inland Marine at 10 pm on Saturday reporting a discharge that occurred from one their barges while being
14 Jun 2023
Gall Thomson PetalC Breakaway Coupling
Application Hose offshore transfer of media between Floating Production Storage and Offloading platforms (FPSOs) and tankers or between tankers or vessels – specifically relevant to reel applications. Purpose The offshore marine breakaway coupling is designed to protect a transfer operation in an emergency. This coupling will automatically activate due to either one of two ends
27 Mar 2023
Oil spill in Dorset from underground pipeline.
On Sunday afternoon in Dorset, around 20,000 litres of reservoir fluid leaked out from an underground pipeline and caused major disruption. The company operating the oil field is Perenco which took over it over in 2011 from BP. Perenco reported its Incident Management team was immediately activated, the leak stopped, and additional containment booms were
18 Oct 2022
Gall Thomson Launches Anti-Pollution Safety Marine Breakaway Coupling That Sets New Performance Standards For Fpso Hose Reel Applications
The inventor and market-leader of Marine Breakaway Couplings (MBC), Gall Thomson, has announced the latest evolution, PetalC, which reduces axial loads on the most exposed breakstuds by up to 30 per cent and reduces MBC install length by 60 per cent. Gall Thomson MBCs are fitted to marine hoses used in offshore operations to transfer
12 Mar 2020
Saudi prince ups pressure with an oil price war as OPEC talks fail
At the OPEC summit last week, the Saudi crown prince called on Russia to reduce their production of oil as the global demand dipped due to the coronavirus pandemic. Oil prices on Monday plunged by 24% which is the steepest drop since 1991. With Russia refusing to cut production Saudi is set to increase its
18 Sep 2019
Oil price instability as drone strikes shock word markets
The recent drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil processing complexes have had a sudden and marked impact on the world’s crude oil prices. With up to 5% of the world’s crude oil supply wiped out in the attacks, this has caused one of the biggest and most sudden shocks to the oil market in recent
09 Aug 2019
Why is the Gall Thomson Marine Breakaway Coupling setting new Industry Standards?
2019 marks the fortieth anniversary of Gall Thomson’s launch of the innovative Flip-Flap Marine Breakaway Coupling (MBC). The device has since been in constant daily use in thousands of locations throughout the world in the toughest of marine conditions. Over a span of four decades, Gall Thomson’s MBC has proven time and again that its