Penspen is expanding its energy transition project portfolio with the award of a hydrogen blending contract from Latvian natural gas operator - Conexus Baltic Grid. Under this new contract, Penspen’s integrity team in the UK will assess the feasibility of introducing hydrogen blends into Conexus’ existing natural gas pipeline network. Leveraging its global expertise... [Read More]

Benson Sewage Treatment works recently completed a £9.7 million (€11.6 million) upgrade project. This has increased the sites capacity by 29% which will reduce the need for storm overflows during heavy rainfall and produce a higher quality of effluent. This is part of Thames Water’s plan to upgrade 250 of their wastewater sites to help manage demand due to population... [Read More]

Sinopec Corp and Saudi Aramco have begun building a refinery and petrochemical complex in China's Fujian province. The complex, costing around $9.8 billion (€9.2 billion), also marks Saudi Aramco's second major refining and petrochemical joint venture with a Chinese state oil major. The new venture, located in Gulei industrial park of Zhangzhou city, includes a 16... [Read More]

Lee Tebbatt, managing director of Wilo UK has been announced as the new president of the British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA), following a two-year tenure in the role of vice-president. The position was officially passed on during the BPMA’s annual general meeting and follows the two-year term in office by the previous president, Dale Croker, managing director... [Read More]

ABB is marking the 20th anniversary of its Shanghai Instrumentation factory which has supported the rapid growth of the automation market in China. More recently, the 10,000 m2 facility has also started serving ABB’s international customers. The factory has a strong track record of commitment to innovation and quality. Through the years, it has continuously pushed... [Read More]

Belgian Tank Farm finds huge cost savings with thermal mass flowmeters Protecting health and safety at tank farms used as large warehousing facilities for volatile liquids is a serious business. For many facilities, using an inert gas like nitrogen to fill the “empty” space in each tank is an effective safety measure, but is expensive. In this article, David Bowers,... [Read More]

The Court of Appeal at The Hague has overturned the District Court of The Hague’s 2021 ruling in the case brought against Shell by Milieudefensie, other NGOs and a group of private individuals. “We are pleased with the court’s decision, which we believe is the right one for the global energy transition, the Netherlands and our company,” said Shell plc chief executive... [Read More]

Landia UK is marking its 30th anniversary of business. Set up in 1994 as a subsidiary of Landia A/S in Denmark (established 1933), the UK company began as a humble, two-person operation with Liz Robinson and the late Hugh Vaughan. Today, Liz Robinson, together with Paul Davies, lead the company that prides itself on helping companies find solutions to their wastewater/slurry... [Read More]

Growth in the world’s demand for oil is expected to slow in the coming years as energy transitions advance, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) new oil market outlook. At the same time, global oil production is set to ramp up, easing market strains and pushing spare capacity towards levels unseen outside of the Covid crisis, added the report. Oil... [Read More]

Flow Research published the ninth edition of a study on the worldwide flowmeter market which included all technologies, earlier in May. It is a significant edition of the study because it represents Flow’s first look at the entire flowmeter market since the Covid-19 pandemic. The approach was to study the market for each flowmeter type individually and then assemble... [Read More]