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FEATURES

February 2018

16-18 HOUND ABOUT TOWN
With a sense of smell one thousand times more powerful
than that of a human, dogs have long been the companions
of police officers, bomb squads and customs agents. Now,
Northern Gas Networks has enlisted some four-legged
detectives to help sniff out new solutions to gas leaks

20-21 YOU BREXIT, YOU BOUGHT IT –
IMPLICATIONS OF BREXIT FOR THE UK
GAS INDUSTRY
Andrew Whitehead, Head of Energy at law firm
Shakespeare Martineau, examines some of the
implications for the gas industry of leaving the UK’s
largest trading bloc

22-23 WILL BREXIT MAKE UK FRACKING
A REALITY?
The last 12 months have represented a difficult period for
fracking firms. Mike Seed, Product Manager at Elementar
UK, asks whether Brexit might just be the push the British
shale gas industry needs to get off the ground

24-25 TRIPLE DEFENCE

In the wake of the early-2017 WannaCry ransomware
cyberattack, critical infrastructure firms are more aware
than ever that cyberterrorism presents the number one
risk to their businesses. With this in mind, information
security expert Mo Ahddoud outlines a new strategy for
gas distribution network SGN

26-27 TURNING WATER INTO GAS – THE
HUMPHREYS & GLASGOW FORMULA
Reg Brown, Historic Gas Times contributor recalls the
times and tribulations of successfull carburetted water
gas manufacturer Humphreys & Glasgow, which
dominated the industry from the early 1800s onwards

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