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53 relations: Amine gas treating, Baron Mostyn, BHP, British Isles, Cheshire, Coal mining, Combined cycle, Connah's Quay, Deeside, Delyn (Assembly constituency), Delyn (UK Parliament constituency), Douglas Complex, Drilling rig, Dune, England, Eni, Estuary, Flintshire, Flintshire Coalfield, Gas turbine, Gronant, Henry Walker (mines inspector), Irish Sea, Lightvessel, List of extreme points of the United Kingdom, List of lighthouses in Wales, Liverpool Bay, Llandudno, Mining in Wales, Mostyn Colliery, National Coal Board, Nationalization, Natural gas, Nature reserve, Petroleum, Pile lighthouse, Pipeline transport, Pit pony, Point of Ayr Colliery Company, Point of Ayr Gas Terminal, Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Point of Ayre, Point of Ayre (Orkney), Power station, Prestatyn Coal Company, River Dee, Wales, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Talacre, Trinity House, ..., Uniper, Wales, Western Mostyn Colliery Company. Expand index (3 more) »
Amine gas treating
Amine gas treating, also known as amine scrubbing, gas sweetening and acid gas removal, refers to a group of processes that use aqueous solutions of various alkylamines (commonly referred to simply as amines) to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from gases.
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Baron Mostyn
Baron Mostyn, of Mostyn in the County of Flint, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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BHP
BHP, formerly known as BHP Billiton, is the trading entity of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton plc, an Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum dual-listed public company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles.
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Cheshire
Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.
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Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.
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Combined cycle
In electric power generation a combined cycle is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy, which in turn usually drives electrical generators.
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Connah's Quay
Connah's Quay (Cei Connah) known locally as "The Quay"is a community and the largest town in Flintshire, lying within the Deeside conurbation along the River Dee, near the border with England.
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Deeside
Deeside (Glannau Dyfrdwy) is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire close to the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from neighbouring Chester into the Dee Estuary.
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Delyn (Assembly constituency)
Delyn is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales.
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Delyn (UK Parliament constituency)
Delyn is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the 1983 General Election.
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Douglas Complex
The Douglas Complex is a high system of three linked platforms in the Irish Sea, off the North Wales coast.
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Drilling rig
A drilling rig is a machine that creates holes in the earth subsurface.
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Dune
In physical geography, a dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Eni
Eni S.p.A. is an Italian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Rome.
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
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Flintshire
Flintshire (Sir y Fflint) is a principal area of Wales, known as a county.
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Flintshire Coalfield
The Flintshire Coalfield in north-east Wales is one of the smaller British coalfields.
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Gas turbine
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous combustion, internal combustion engine.
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Gronant
Gronant is a village in Flintshire, Wales, about 2 miles east of Prestatyn.
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Henry Walker (mines inspector)
Sir Henry Walker CBE (17 March 1873 – 3 August 1954) was the Chief Inspector of Mines for Great Britain in the 1930s, most notable for leading the enquiry into the Gresford Colliery Disaster of 1934.
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Irish Sea
The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.
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Lightvessel
A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship which acts as a lighthouse.
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List of extreme points of the United Kingdom
This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
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List of lighthouses in Wales
This is a list of lighthouses in Wales.
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Liverpool Bay
Liverpool Bay is a bay of the Irish Sea between northeast Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to the east of the Irish Sea.
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Llandudno
Llandudno is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea.
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Mining in Wales
Mining in Wales provided a significant source of income to the economy of Wales throughout the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
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Mostyn Colliery
Mostyn Colliery was a coal mine in Flintshire, North Wales, that was owned in the later part of its operating life by the influential Mostyn family.
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National Coal Board
The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.
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Nationalization
Nationalization (or nationalisation) is the process of transforming private assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.
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Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.
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Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.
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Pile lighthouse
A pile lighthouse is a type of lighthouse found in Australia and the United States.
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Pipeline transport
Pipeline transport is the transportation of goods or material through a pipe.
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Pit pony
A pit pony was a class of pony commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century.
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Point of Ayr Colliery Company
The Point of Ayr Colliery Company was formed in 1883, and were the third company to attempt to extract coal from the North Wales Coalfield using a pit head at Point of Ayr, in Flintshire, Wales.
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Point of Ayr Gas Terminal
The Point of Ayr Gas Terminal is a gas terminal situated on the Point of Ayr in Flintshire, Wales.
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Point of Ayr Lighthouse
The Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre.
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Point of Ayre
The Point of Ayre (Kione ny h-Ayrey) is the northernmost point of the Isle of Man.
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Point of Ayre (Orkney)
Point of Ayre is a headland in the parish of Deerness, on the Eastern side of Orkney Mainland, off the northern coast of mainland Scotland.
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Power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant or powerhouse and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.
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Prestatyn Coal Company
The Prestatyn Coal Company was formed in 1865, by Lord Mostyn, owner of Mostyn Colliery, to investigate the possibility of a colliery at Point of Ayr, in Flintshire, Wales.
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River Dee, Wales
The River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy, Deva Fluvius) is a river in the United Kingdom.
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.
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Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.
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Talacre
Talacre is a village in Flintshire on the north coast of Wales in the community of Llanasa.
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Trinity House
The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, known as Trinity House (formally The Master Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St. Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent), is a private corporation governed under a Royal Charter (rather than a non-departmental public body).
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Uniper
Uniper SE is a German energy company based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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Western Mostyn Colliery Company
The Western Mostyn Colliery Company was formed in 1873 with the purpose of investigating the potential of a coal mine at Point of Ayr, in Flintshire, Wales.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Ayr
