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Flowmeters
The UK flowmeter manufacturer Titan Enterprises has launched the Pulsite Solo, an affordable battery-powered rate and total flowmeter.
Offering the flexibility of panel-, wall-, or surface-mounting, the new digital display instrument has been designed for use with switch, coil, and magnetic sensor inputs.
With housing constructed from durable polymer and sealed to IP65 specifications, the Pulsite…
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The Spray Nozzle People (SNP), a standard and custom-designed spraying solutions provider, has introduced a new range of PVDF (Kynar) eductor nozzles.
Storing liquids in tanks is essential for many process industry applications, as is the need to agitate the contents to avoid separation and sedimentation.
Fluids can be recirculated through tanks to achieve separation, which helps to optimise…
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Spanish oil storage and transportation company CLH Group has installed leak detection systems by Smart Sensor Technology (SST) for early warning of hydrocarbon.
The detection systems, formed by a grid of wireless sensors placed in existing monitoring wells, were installed in late 2015 in 12 CLH facilities.
“This technology entails a perfect complement to all our efforts to be at the…
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Pumps
The below 30hp centrifugal water pumps market in Egypt is anticipated to expand at a steady CAGR of around 5.1% over 2015-2020, a new market study says.
Growth of the market is mainly driven by the increasing investment in housing construction, infrastructure development, expansion of water supply network, and increase in the agriculture initiative activities, according to research by Future…
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Valves
Following a formal tender process, water utility Scottish Water has awarded the framework agreement for new valve actuators to Rotork Controls.
The new six-year agreement, following the expiration of Scottish Water’s previous supply contract, appoints Rotork as the sole supplier of new actuators to Scottish Water and its business partners, valvemakers, and appointed contractors for the AMP…
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Honeywell will supply a 250 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) modular gas processing plant and advanced automation systems to PetroVietnam subsidiary PV Gas.
PV Gas, Vietnam’s primary gas provider, will use Honeywell UOP’s modular gas processing plant to separate liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from natural gas at its Ca Mau facility near the southern tip of…
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Pumps
Sundyne, a Colorado, US-based pumps and compressors manufacturer, has launched a new low net positive suction head required (NPSHr), high-flow pump model, the LMV-803Lr.
The Sundyne LMV-803Lr is an API 610 compliant pump available in either OH3 or OH5 motor mounting configuration that provides ultra-low NPSHr performance – approximately 5ft (1.5m), across the entire performance range…
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Pipelines
Pipeline technology specialist STATS Group has executed the isolation of a major North American pipeline operator’s key export pipeline.
Enbridge Pipelines required the double block and bleed (DBB) isolation on a 48” crude oil pipeline as part of a scheduled line shutdown to facilitate the repair of a receiver valve.
In what is believed to be the first onshore piggable solution of its…
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Pumps
Stenner Pump Co., a Florida-based water treatment pumps, tanks, and injection systems manufacturer, is leveraging Rethink Robotics' two-armed Baxter robot in its manufacturing plant.
Baxter is in operation at Stenner’s Jacksonville plant where it is used to increase flexibility and efficiency, allowing for quicker product development and delivery.
The team…
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Pumps
Flowserve Corp., a Texas, US-based provider of flow control products and services, has introduced a new submersible electric motor that utilises permanent magnet technology.
Based on the Pleuger three-phase, AC, squirrel-cage induction motor, the new Pleuger PMM8 features advantages over asynchronous designs, including higher efficiency at full and partial loads, lower thermal losses and a…
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Emerson Process Management has introduced the industry’s first wireless HART pressure gauge.
The Rosemount wireless pressure gauge (WPG) enables remote collection of field data, keeping operators updated on changing field conditions and improving personnel safety by reducing manual operator rounds and field exposure.
Mechanical gauges face quality and reliability issues commonly associated…
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Triangle Fluid Controls, a Canadian manufacturer of industrial PTFE and semi-metallic gasketing products, has launched a premium grade compressed non-asbestos gasket material.
Durlon 8900 has been designed to withstand temperatures of 496°C and pressures of 138 bar, and has been thoroughly tested passing the API 607 6th Edition Fire Test with zero leakage.
“This product is…
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Pipelines
Pipeline technology company STATS Group has introduced a flangeless subsea launcher (FSL) which offers greater flexibility and can be positioned at any given position in depths of up to 2,220m.
Currently, temporary subsea launchers are designed for flanged pipe connections to allow maintenance pigs and isolation plugs to be deployed and recovered for pipeline maintenance or repair operations.
But…
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Valves
Hillenbrand, a US-based manufacturing company, has completed the acquisition of Red Valve Co. for a purchase price of $131.9 million (€120.7m) in cash, including $3.3 million for related real estate.
Based in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Red Valve is a global valve manufacturer for harsh municipal and industrial wastewater environments.
Its products…
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Emerson Process Management has expanded its integrated operations (iOps) solutions to include workflow software modules from OVS Group.
Integration of Emerson’s technologies and OVS software means users across an oilfield can automate the analysis of their data and reports to capture opportunities more efficiently.
The joint solution works with Emerson’s DeltaV distributed control…
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Valves
Private US equity firm May River Capital has acquired Hunt Valve, a fluid power engineering company specialising in severe duty valves and components.
May River plans to invest in the company to build a platform that will accelerate the company’s profitable growth.
Brad Sterner, Hunt Valve’s new president and CEO, said the company’s history of supplying severe-duty valves to the…
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Flowmeters
UK flowmeter specialist Litre Meter has appointed two new distributors in Southeast Asia to distribute its flow measurement solutions and chemical injection packages.
The new distributors – Wehaya in Selangor, Malaysia, and Lasindo in Jakarta, Indonesia – will deliver Litre Meter devices for the offshore oil and gas industry in Asia and Australasia.
Litre Meter has appointed the two…
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EnerMech Australia has signed a distribution agreement with Parker Hannifin to act as a specialist Parker distributor in the Australian oil and gas sector.
Covering a broad spectrum of technologies, EnerMech will use Parker products for client requirements in hydraulics, pneumatics, filtration, instrumentation, fluid connectors, and seals.
EnerMech will recruit additional staff to support the new…
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