Jul 5, 2021
Severn Trent invests £2m in Wolverhampton to upgrade water network
Features
Jul 5, 2021
Industrial Testing & Inspection Services (ITIS) is a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) located in Goes in the Netherlands and has expert knowledge in providing leak and valve testing in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025.
This ISO is a requirement for testing and calibration laboratories.
ITIS is a recognised provider of customised services to various industries, including... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 2, 2021
Flowmeters
A municipal association in Scandinavia that supplies fresh drinking water and processes rainwater wanted to understand if wastewater was equally distributed across two pipes at one of its wastewater facilities.
As was common practice when these plants were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s the pipes were made from cast iron, which is traditionally very hard to measure.
Due... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 2, 2021
Pipelines
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply six flexible power plants operating on natural gas, with a total combined output of 380 MW to different locations in Italy.
The framework agreement contract was placed by Metaenergiaproduzione, a member of the Italian Metaenergia Group, with the order for two plants being booked prior to 2020, and the remaining four in Q4 2020.... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 2, 2021
Pipelines
Bishton’s wastewater system is set for a boost thanks to the start of a £500,000 (€581,000) upgrade project by Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water.
The company will undertake work which will involve cleaning and relining sections of the sewer pipe that runs through Bishton.
This will help improve the way the network performs during heavy rain and reduce the risk of flooding.
The... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 1, 2021
Pipelines
A specialist engineering company has invested more than £700,000 (€815,000) to develop tools which provide greener, faster and safer solutions for decommissioning in the energy sector.
Decom Engineering’s latest R&D investment has updated their Pipe Coating Removal (PCR) equipment, which cleans decommissioned or surplus pipelines of multiple coatings, so they can... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 1, 2021
Pumps
The global technology leading specialist for progressive cavity pumps, pump systems and digital solutions has joined Ingersoll Rand in order to accelerate its growth.
Ingersoll Rand is a global provider of mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions.
With the acquisition of Seepex, Ingersoll Rand is pursuing a growth strategy within its precision and sciences... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 30, 2021
PSG, an operating company of Dover Corporation, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Quantex Arc - a leader in single-use precision pumping technology.
Following the close of the transaction, Quantex will become part of the PSG business unit within Dover’s Pumps & Process Solutions segment.
Quantex is headquartered in London, England, and has developed... [Read More]
Product News
Jun 30, 2021
Engineers responsible for municipal ground or surface drinking water supplies will find the Cloud-ready LQ800 Multi-Channel Control System offers them a complete measurement and control solution that provides over 50 analytical measurements, as well as liquid flow, level and temperature data.
The highly intelligent and scalable eight-channel LQ800 Multi-Channel Controller... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 30, 2021
Pipelines
Construction company Denys is to design and lay the Porthos onshore pipeline.
Denys was awarded the contract following an intensive European tendering process lasting more than a year.
Porthos will transport CO2 from the Rotterdam port area and store it in empty gas fields under the North Sea. Denys will take care of the detailed design and construction of what will... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 29, 2021
Pipelines
Vinyl Pipes has announced its intention to expand operations to the Sub-Sahara Region.
This is the region that the company believes will benefit the most from the n lightweight and durable solution that Vinyl uPVC Pipes have to offer.
The ability to deliver consignments under 21 days, adjust specifications, order timelines in line with the customer requirement and... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 29, 2021
Pipelines
Thames Water has published the final stage of its roadmap to achieving net zero carbon emissions across all operations by 2030.
The UK’s largest water supplier is committed to leading the future of energy transition by transforming the way it creates and uses power to become carbon neutral by 2030, having cut emissions by almost 70% since 1990.
The company, which has... [Read More]
Product News
Jun 29, 2021
Graco Inc, a fluid handling equipment manufacturer, has announced its new Husky 3300e electric double diaphragm pump.
The Husky 3300e pump transfers a wide variety of industrial fluids and offers plant managers high-volume fluid transfer (up 220 gpm) while drastically reducing power consumption.
Dan Purkat, worldwide product manager for process pumps at Graco, said:... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 28, 2021
Pipelines
Construction work on the Baltic Pipe, which will bring Norwegian gas to Poland, has started with a vessel laying the first stretch of pipeline.
The Polish-Danish strategic gas infrastructure project that will also supply gas to Denmark will help Poland to diversify its natural gas supplies. It is planned to start operations next October.
"On June 27, Castorone, one of... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 28, 2021
Flowmeters
Rotork has been selected as the sole provider of intelligent electric actuators for one of the largest offshore development projects in the Norwegian continental shelf, Johan Sverdrup.
Energy company Equinor ordered over 700 of Rotork’s IQ multi and part-turn actuators for the oil field in the North Sea, which is located approximately 150 km away from the coast of... [Read More]
Features
Jun 28, 2021
Most flowmeter types, except for magnetic, can measure gas flow under certain conditions. However, gases have certain properties that make measuring them more difficult than measuring liquids.
The flowmeters that are most commonly used to measure gas flow are ultrasonic, thermal, differential pressure (DP) and turbine.
Coriolis meters are also used for certain applications.... [Read More]
Product News
Jun 25, 2021
The Pipestoppers Division at Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT manufacture a range of inflatable stoppers for fast, reliable and safe stopping, blocking and testing of pipes, joints, channels, inlets and a number of other uses.
An export customer required a large stopper for blocking hot fumes from a chimney stack measuring 114 inches (2,896 mm) in diameter to carry out... [Read More]
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