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Donald Trump, the fresh President of the US, has signed orders paving way for the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines rejected by the Obama government.
Trump promised during his campaign to approve the pipelines as part of his strategy to revive domestic US energy production and boost the oil and gas industries.
The move is expected to benefit oil producers in Canada and North Dakota, and…
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Ashcroft has introduces the 8008A pressure gauge to industrial original equipment manufacturers looking for a cost effective high quality gauge.
The new durable instrument meets the recognised specifications of EN837-1 and ASME B40.100, ensuring accuracy and long-term performance.
A corrosion resistant stainless steel case along with liquid fill vibration dampening help extend the gauge’s…
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The market for air, gas, and liquid monitoring equipment is projected to grow robustly, reaching a total worth of $78 billion (€72.7bn) by 2020, a recent market study states.
According to the Air and Water Monitoring: World Market report by the McIlvaine Co., machine-to-machine communication will spur significant growth for sensors and other electronics used to measure air, water, gases, and…
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Japanese pump manufacturer Ebara has donated pumps to a Vietnamese university as part of its international cooperation activities through technical guidance.
The Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH) has a department to study the engineering aspects of turbomachinery, such as pumps and chillers, with about 150 enrolled students.
Students have had to date few opportunities to experience…
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Bell Flow Systems, a UK-based instrumentation distributor, has made available the new Qalcosonic-brand ultrasonic heat flowmeters for both heating and cooling applications.
The new MID Class 2 approved meter is available in sizes from DN15 to DN50 with BSP threaded and flanged connections.
Qp values range from 0.6 to 15m3/hr with R100 dynamic range as standard and R250 as an option, covering…
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Delta Industrial Valves, a member of Weir Group known for its knife gate valves, will cease operations at its Michigan, US, plant by mid-2017.
Delta, which has been operating the plant in Niles for about 30 years, said the change in oil prices and the wildfires in Alberta, Canada, prompted the closure.
The facility’s about 60 employees manufactured pumps, valves, wellheads, and other…
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Declining demand in key markets has spelled doom for hydraulics and power management company Eaton’s plant in Hutchinson, Kansas, which will close come October.
The company intends to permanently shutter the plant and to move its 100 jobs and production to Mexico.
The facility makes components for piston and gear pumps for use in mobile and industrial hydraulic applications, primarily in…
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Emerson’s Daniel 3415 and 3416 dual-configuration gas ultrasonic meters have received the industry’s first technology qualification (TQ) from DNV GL for fiscal gas meters.
The TQ is a risk-based assessment that evaluates meter performance in real-life operational environments to ensure the technology meets the highest fiscal measurement standards.
The certification programme verifies…
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Tundra Energy Marketing has been confirmed as the operator of an oil pipeline that sprung a leak and spilled 200,000 litres of oil onto Aboriginal land in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The leak was detected by a community member late last week, and Tundra Energy confirmed on Wednesday that the pipeline, located some 140km from the city of Regina, had been found to be theirs.
"An excavation of the release…
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Aon Global Risk Consulting, the risk management consulting arm of Aon, in collaboration with research agency TNO, has launched a new modelling tool for the oil and gas sectors.
The Aon Loss Estimating Risk Tool (ALERT) for oil, gas and petrochemical clients is able to model the potential financial impact of a wide range of fire and explosion scenarios in the hydrocarbon processing…
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A UK water company will send remote controlled drones to the skies in a trial to use thermal imaging to detect leaking water pipes.
Anglian Water, with nearly 24,000 miles of piping to monitor, is the first UK company to trial the drones.
The company hopes that the drones, which will take to flight above Newmarket and Wisbech in eastern England, will help reduce the cost and time taken to find a…
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Canadian energy company Enbridge has shut down and isolated its Ozark pipeline following a 15,330 gallons (365 barrels) crude oil spill in Missouri, US.
"On 14 January, a leak detection alarm notified workers of a potential release on Line 51, the Ozark pipeline, at the Lawrence Pump Station in Lawrence County, Missouri," Enbridge spokeswoman Jennifer Smith told Reuters in an email.
Some of the…
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The global pipeline leak detection system market for the oil and gas industry is expected to witness significant growth until 2023, driven by increasing demand and regulatory changes.
The market’s estimated value by the end of 2016 was $2.1 billion, a new market study by Credence Research says, and it is projected to reach $3.2 billion (€2.9bn) by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 6.4%.
The…
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The Philippines’ largest oil firm Petron Corp. wants to build a new refinery to aid a foreign partner in meeting the growing domestic demand for finished petroleum products.
According to Ramon Ang, president of Petron’s parent company San Miguel Corp., the new refinery would process up to 250,000 barrels of oil per day.
The facility would increase Petron’s total refinery…
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EPS has signed a design-build-operate (DBO) contract valued at €3.8 million for the upgrade of the water supply infrastructure in Ireland.
The work being undertaken in North Leitrim involves an overall €8.4 million investment by Irish Water and will benefit 9,000 people, Leitrim Observer reported.
The North Leitrim Regional Water Supply Scheme supplies treated water to the towns of…
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Fowler Wastewater Reclamation Facility in the US state of Georgia has been approved for a multimillion dollar expansion project set to double its capacity.
Forsyth County board of commissioners voted to greenlight the nearly $64 million (€60m) contract to expand the Fowler facility from treating 2.5 million gallons a day to 5 million gallons.
The county’s procurement director Donna…
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The global liquid ring vacuum pump (LRVP) market is expected to reach a worth of $2,871.3 billion (€2,723.3bn) through 2024, a fresh market study says.
According to Persistence Market Research, the market will exhibit promising growth in the first half of the forecast period at 5.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), which will incur a slight dip post-2020 to 4.9% CAGR.
However, the overall…
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MV Products has introduced a full line of vacuum inlet traps and filter media for protecting vacuum pumps employed in research and production atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes.
MV vacuum inlet traps for ALD processes range from 4" to 16" in diameter with port sizes from NW-25 to ISO-160 for protecting vacuum pumps in applications with vacuum flow rates from 25 to…
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