Lighting is not merely a utility in hazardous oil and gas environments; it serves as a frontline safety measure.
The SafeGlo™ Explosion-Proof LED Strip Lighting by MineGlow is transforming how petroleum sites illuminate their operations, offering a groundbreaking alternative to traditional explosion-proof lighting fixtures.
Conventional explosion-proof lighting often falls short. These fixtures tend to be bulky and heavy, making installation and maintenance cumbersome. They illuminate only small areas, creating shadows, and require frequent maintenance. Inspections every six to 12 months can take days or even weeks, raising safety risks, causing eye strain, and increasing downtime.
In contrast, the advantages of explosion-proof LED strip lighting are significant. SafeGlo™ offers EX-rated LED strip solutions powered by a single supply.
These lights provide continuous illumination, require zero maintenance for up to 50,000 hours, and are fully encapsulated in a lightweight silicone extrusion with IECEx and ATEX certification.
With customisable lengths from 50 centimetres to 30 metres, they are easy to install and come with portable or fixed explosion-proof power supply options weighing less than 20 kilograms.
The savings are another compelling factor, with installation time being 60 per cent faster compared to conventional fixtures.
With traditional lighting, some 10 components may need inspection every six to 12 months, but SafeGlo™ requires inspection of only two components, leading to a 70 per cent reduction in maintenance time.
Power usage can also be reduced by up to 90 per cent, while capital and operational expenses show a stark contrast: conventional systems yield no savings, whereas SafeGlo™ offers 20 to 47 per cent savings.
Furthermore, the failure rate for conventional fixtures is significantly higher compared to just 0.032 per cent over 200 kilometres installed with SafeGlo™.
The real-world impact is evident, with a major Australian oil company reporting a 40 per cent reduction in lighting costs after switching to SafeGlo™.
The installation process is 60 per cent faster due to fewer required components – just a 30 metre strip, mounting channel, and a single power supply.
Meanwhile, maintenance and inspection times dropped by 70 per cent thanks to the reduced number of fixtures.
MineGlow’s explosion-proof strip lighting provides flexible, shadowless illumination for both fixed and temporary maintenance tasks.
SafeGlo™ is suitable for a variety of hazardous lighting applications, including offshore oil rigs, petrochemical refineries, storage tanks, aircraft fuel bays, water treatment plants, granaries, distilleries, and tunnels.
Moreover, the SafeGlo™ EX Light strip is the only hazardous LED strip light with EPD certification, delivering a sustainable and high-performance lighting solution that supports the oil and gas industry’s transition toward net-zero objectives.
By significantly reducing energy consumption, it enhances both sustainability and operational efficiency.
