Oct 12, 2021
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Oil and Gas News
Oct 12, 2021
Pipelines
Valmet will deliver district heating automation to Energie AG’s waste recycling plant and the municipal district heating plant in Wels, Austria.
The company and the city of Wels are currently expanding the production of district heat from waste to meet the growing need and boost sustainability in the area.
The order was included in Valmet’s orders received of the... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 11, 2021
Pipelines
SIBUR, Samruk-Kazyna and KazMunayGas have signed an agreement to cooperate on petrochemical projects.
This will take place in the special economic zone National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
The agreements regulate the establishment of joint ventures as part of an integrated gas chemical complex including building a polyethylene facility... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 11, 2021
Pumps
Rotork electric and fluid power multi-turn and part-turn actuators have been installed at a Spanish coking plant.
More than 100 Rotork IQ3 and IQT3 intelligent electric actuators and GT, LP, CP and GP pneumatic actuators were installed at ArcelorMittal’s coking plant in Gijon, the largest city in the northern region of Asturias.
The plant is the only one in Spain which... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 11, 2021
Pipelines
Crews at the second-largest US refinery have been busy containing crude oil leaking from a giant storage tank at a Houston area facility.
No injuries were reported as crude oil was being contained with an earthen berm at the 593,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Marathon Petroleum Corp Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas.
"The clean up is underway, and regulatory notifications... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 8, 2021
Valves
PLANS for the UK’s first £165 million (€194 million) plastic petrochem park have moved a step closer.
The park will be designed to tackle a share of the UK’s 4.9 million tonnes of annual plastic waste and will use pioneering technology to turn this waste into hydrogen.
Peel NRE, part of Peel L&P, has submitted a planning application for the Plastic Park to... [Read More]
Product News
Oct 8, 2021
Bonomi has introduced an advanced sealing system for valve stems.
V-Pack is a PTFE stem sealing system that removes the need for an elastomer O-ring, meaning that the valve is suitable for use with a wide range of chemicals.
The result is a single valve, suitable for use in many different applications, without having to consider changing the elastomer O-ring stem seals.
The... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 8, 2021
Industrial pump maker Weir Group suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack in September that forced it to isolate and shut down its core IT systems.
This resulted in temporary disruptions in engineering, manufacturing and shipment.
Jon Stanton, Weir’s CEO, said: “We responded quickly and comprehensively to what was a sophisticated external attack on our business. ... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 7, 2021
Other
Global water technology company Xylem and Manchester City Football Club manager Pep Guardiola have announced they are joining forces to promote public engagement on the world’s water challenges.
The partners will campaign for awareness and education, and will support community initiatives through The Guardiola Sala Foundation.
Together, they aim to reach hundreds of... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 7, 2021
Pipelines
The hydrogen economy is at the start of a period of growth, with the size of the global market predicted to be as much as US$12 trillion (€10 trillion) by 2050, according to the latest research.
As part of global decarbonisation efforts, hydrogen is expected to emerge as an alternative fuel. Given water is the main feedstock for hydrogen production, the boom in the... [Read More]
Features
Oct 7, 2021
Europump represents more than 450 pump companies with a collective production value of more than €10 billion and an employee base of some 100,000 people across Europe.
This influential body plays a significant role in helping to create the product and application standards that shape the manufacture, supply and installation of pumps and their related systems.
Its technical,... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 6, 2021
Pipelines
Shell Chemicals Europe and Pryme have announced a strategic cooperation and offtake agreement for pyrolysis oil made from recycled plastic waste.
Pryme will supply Shell from its first plant located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Currently under construction, the plant is scheduled to become operational in 2022 and is forecast to convert 60,000 tonnes of plastic waste... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 6, 2021
Wanner International’s new technical centre of excellence in industrial pump development has opened.
The purpose-built facility enables the UK-based company to deliver enhanced service capabilities including system design and custom pump builds and performance testing.
The company has invested in this 5,000ft2 facility to increase capacity to meet the growing global... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 6, 2021
Pipelines
Essar Oil UK has reached an agreement with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over an unpaid tax bill.
Essar and HMRC have agreed a phased payment schedule, aligned with the oil company’s revenues.
The firm said it was confident of resolving the matter after having successfully raised US$$1.1 billion (€1 billion) earlier in the year.
Throughout the pandemic, including... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 5, 2021
Pipelines
As the global natural gas crunch hits suppliers and consumers Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) nations are warning of the knock-on impact for oil markets.
Iraq expects higher demand for crude as the shortfall of gas forces consumers to look for alternative fuels, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said on Wednesday.
The head of Nigeria’s state oil... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 5, 2021
Pumps
Flowrox has strengthened its Environmental Technologies product family by introducing the new Flowrox Floating Aerator.
The turbine surface aerator effectively aerates wastewater or natural water while keeping costs and maintenance low.
The new aerator efficiently transfers and disperses oxygen into the wastewater while the floating design allows fast and easy installation... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 5, 2021
Pipelines
Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline is set to start transporting oil, the Canadian energy company announced.
The news follows more than six years of permitting, review and litigation, and nearly a year of construction to complete the 337-mile route through northern Minnesota in the US.
The news has disappointed opponents of the pipeline, many of whom have spent years fighting... [Read More]
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