The 22st Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition IRAN OIL SHOW 2017 took place in the beginning of Mai in Tehran. We would like to thank all participants, visitors and especially our exclusive partner A. B. Sangari & Sons Ltd. for this great event.

We are already looking forward to the next edition. For any follow up inquiry please contact
A.B. Sangari & Sons Ltd.
ABS Building No 1
First Alley Shahid Gomnan Str.
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Tehran Iran
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The first results from the conducted ammonia validation study under the supervision of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Environment Division, in the United Kingdom are getting published. We would like to thank the NPL for the great work and are convinced that this study will contribute to significantly improve the reliability of measurements in the field.
The abstract can be found here.
A fast growing population coupled with industrialization, urbanization and high levels of energy consumptions is worsening the air quality particularly in developing countries. NO2 is regulated in most of the countries and is used as an indicator to assess the status of ambient air quality in the urban environments such as Dehli, India.
Passive sampling with NO2 samplers was conducted at 204 and 101 sampling locations in Delhi and Kanpur, respectively. It was observed that Delhi and Kanpur experienced an average NO2 concentration of 68.6 ± 20.1 lg/m3 and 36.9 ± 12.1 lg/m3, respectively. A significant correlation between NO2 and PM10 in both cities suggests that the spatial pollution mapping of NO2 is good enough to describe the patterns and trends that are also valid for other pollutants. On the basis of survey results on missionactivities, meteorology and guidelines for site selection criteria with its characteristics (urban, traffic and suburban types), this study proposes that Delhi and Kanpur need fifteen and eight number of sampling sites to represent the complete pollution scenario
The full paper was published in 2015 by Sailesh N. Behera and Mukesh Sharma. It can be found here.

The whole passam team whishes you a happy new year 2017!
Glencore is operating the Mopami copper mine in Sambia, one of the largest of its kind in Africa. Due to the reliabilty, the quick installation and its operation without any power supply, the SO2 passive samplers provided by passam ag were selected to measure and quantify the SO2 concentration in the surroundings of the mine.
The television report from 2014 including an interview with Dr. Markus Hangartner can be found here (interview starting at min. 15:00).