DecisionLink Opens Alaska Market
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2001--DecisionLink Inc. (OTCBB:DLNK - news) announced the first sale of its PetroSense leak detection products to the Alaskan aboveground storage tank (AST) market.
The system was ordered by Kotzebue Electric Association of Kotzebue, Alaska, for immediate delivery and installation.
Kotzebue is located just inside the Arctic Circle on Alaska's west coast. The sale was a joint effort between FCI and Enraf Inc. of Houston, DecisionLink's global marketing partner for the AST market.
This sale resulted from regulations introduced by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for leak detection for ASTs. The regulations are based on Best Available Technology (BAT).
According to Kotzebue Electric, the PetroSense system offered a more cost-effective solution than others under consideration. It is also one of the few leak detection systems that has been proven to work reliably in extreme environments that are found inside the Arctic Circle. It is expected that orders will follow from other Alaskan facilities.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency estimates, there are over 1.8 million aboveground storage tanks in the United States. Several states already have strict leak detection monitoring regulations while others are continuing to review and upgrade existing local regulations.
DecisionLink's FCI Environmental Group has introduced small, low-cost sensor and communication products that use satellite communications and the Internet as the backbone for data transfer and control in the pipeline leak detection, AST monitoring, oil production, water quality monitoring and industrial wastewater compliance monitoring and control markets.
DecisionLink's Intrex Data Communications Group has developed a wide range of products for monitoring of propane and fuel oil tank levels, pipeline compressors, and many other multi-user remote asset monitoring applications for low-cost volume use of satellite communication pathways and the Internet. For more on DecisionLink, visit www.decisionlinkinc.com |
