Aug 9, 2021
BASF and SINOPEC to build new chemical plants in China
Oil and Gas News
Aug 9, 2021
Pipelines
The Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco announced a 288% increase in net income from the same quarter of last year to $25.5 billion (€21 billion) and declaring a dividend of $18.8 billion (€16 billion).
The company’s net income for the first half of the year was $47.2 billion (€40 billion), representing a 103% increase over the same period in 2020.
The results... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 9, 2021
Pumps
Bedford Pumps has provided two of their fish friendly pumps to a plant in Runcorn to aid their chemical processes.
INOVYN ChlorVinyls, part of INEOS, is Europe’s leading producer of vinyls and manufactures in eight countries across Europe.
Their Runcorn site which focuses on the production of chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives, produces chemicals... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 6, 2021
Pumps
Atlas Copco has acquired CPC Pumps International Inc.
The Sweden-based company specialises in the design, manufacturing, and servicing of custom-engineered, mission-critical centrifugal pumps.
CPC Pumps has 110 employees and is based in Burlington in Ontario, Canada, with North America as their main market.
“CPC Pumps is a very good fit because both its technology... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 6, 2021
Pipelines
Northumbrian Water Group – which includes Essex & Suffolk Water – has joined the world’s largest alliance on climate change after being approved by the United Nations to become part of its Race To Zero campaign.
The news comes as the company launches its Emission Possible plan for achieving Net Zero carbon by 2027 – 23 years ahead of the campaign target and that... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 5, 2021
Pipelines
SSE has agreed to sell its entire 33.3% stake in its gas supply pipeline network operator Scotia Gas Networks Ltd (SGN) for £1.2 billion (€1.4 billion).
It will be sold to a consortium comprising the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners.
SSE initially acquired a 50% equity share in SGN in 2005 for a total of £505... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 5, 2021
Chemicals company Brenntag has acquired all operating assets and business of Matrix Chemical.
The company is a solvents distributor and the largest distributor of acetone in North America with sales of around $200 million (€168 million) a year.
Steven Terwindt, member of the management board of Brenntag and COO Brenntag Essentials, said: “With the acquisition of... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 5, 2021
Pipelines
A total of 150 intelligent electric actuators on Rotork’s Pakscan control network have been ordered by a Spanish processing plant.
Some of Rotork’s IQ range of intelligent electric actuators have already been installed at the Quimica Puente Mayorga chemical processing plant in Cádiz.
The remainder are to be installed in the coming months.
The plant is owned by... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 4, 2021
Pipelines
HollyFrontier and Holly Energy Partners (HEP) has acquired Sinclair Oil Corporation and Sinclair Transportation Company in the US.
Under the terms of the HEP transaction, Holly will acquire Sinclair’s integrated crude and refined products pipelines and terminal assets, including approximately 1,200 miles of pipelines, eight product terminals and two crude terminals... [Read More]
Product News
Aug 4, 2021
Emerson has launched its new Clarkson KS1 Knife Gate Valve designed to help oil sands companies achieve greater productivity in challenging slurry processes.
The new knife gate valve features a patented gate edge seal design that creates a continuous seal around the gate, together with a precision-moulded elastomer seat.
This heavy-duty seat increases the contact area... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 4, 2021
Pumps
KSB is donating domestic water supply systems and grey water pumps worth €50,000 to flooded areas in Germany.
In an effort to help those people hit by recent flooding in Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria the firm is providing 100 Multi Eco-Pro systems for domestic drinking water supplies.
In addition, the Frankenthal branch of the Germany’s... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 3, 2021
Pipelines
Riventa have been monitoring a hydro-turbine for a major water supplier in England, to see if its maximum possible electrical output was being maintained.
At a key site, river water is pumped to a break tank at the top of a hill, from where it can either overflow or run down the hill to a large reservoir below - or be directed to a hydro-turbine with the same outfall.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 3, 2021
Pipelines
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said it was operating its refineries short of full capacity as diesel sales had not yet hit pre-pandemic levels.
The company, which said it was operating at 90% capacity, added it expected to increase refining to full capacity shortly as demand for fuel steadily increased.
Indian state fuel retailers’ petroleum sales exceeded pre-pandemic levels... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 3, 2021
Pumps
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has continued to expand its numbers with another three companies signing up.
Devon-based Rauschert, an independent pioneer of innovative industrial solutions in the technical ceramics and plastics market for more than 120 years, has recently joined.
For the pump industry, Rauschert offers a large standard range as well... [Read More]
Features
Aug 2, 2021
AccessESP, a Houston-based provider of rigless electrical submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions for the global oil industry, has developed retrieval technology that reduces costs by enabling quick and easy ESP installation and retrieval using slickline, wireline, or coiled tubing.
The system eliminates the need for a workover rig to pull and reinstall an ESP, lowering... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 2, 2021
Pumps
Tsurumi Pumps are being used in a canoe slalom event at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
There are 15 submersible pumps being used to pump the water and create turbulence for the event.
A total of three of the pumps have 150kW motors and pump 4,000 litres per second!
As a comparison, the company’s two-inch submersible pump model LB480 pumps less than 0.5 litres per second.... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 2, 2021
Pipelines
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water are about to begin maintenance work at Llandegfedd Reservoir, which plays an important role in supplying over 600,000 people.
It supplies Cardiff, Newport, parts of Monmouth and surrounding areas with a reliable supply of safe, clean drinking water every day.
The work, which began this month is anticipated to be completed by the end of October.
Rhys... [Read More]
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