Feb 4, 2021
Fourth desalination plant opens in Singapore
Water/Wastewater News
Feb 4, 2021
Pumps
Thorite moved to their new UK headquarters at the start of the new year.
One of the UK’s leading independent specialist of pneumatics, air compressors and fluid handling equipment has vacated their old Laisterdyke, Bradford address, to their new premises close to the centre of the city.
The decision to move was because the company has grown to the point where space... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Feb 3, 2021
Pipelines
New intelligent sewer technology is being pioneered by Thames Water in Henley-on-Thames to prevent pollution from blockages caused by cooking fat and wet wipes.
The UK’s biggest water company is trialling the next generation of sewer level monitors, which send data to help pinpoint emerging problems before they grow into blockages that can cause flooding and pollution.
More... [Read More]
Features
Feb 3, 2021
A new report released by Liquid Gas UK (LGUK) has outlined the route to decarbonising non-domestic off-grid businesses using LPG and bioLPG.
The report, by the trade association for the LPG industry in the UK, found that LPG and bioLPG have the potential to replace one third of all the coal and oil currently used to heat non-domestic buildings as well as for industrial... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Feb 3, 2021
Pipelines
Turboden has been selected as the supplier of a 29 MWe geothermal power plant to be installed in the Philippines.
The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) group company will build the facility at the Energy Development Corporation’s (EDC) Palayan Bayan expansion project. The plant is to be built at the Bacon-Manito geothermal facility located in Luzon Island, Philippines.
EDC,... [Read More]
Product News
Feb 2, 2021
A selection of special centrifugal pumps by Bungartz have been included in the impeller.net pumpselector portal.
The pumps for individual industrial sectors are available for selection, configuration and customer requests.
The centrifugal pumps manufactured by Bungartz are available worldwide. The dry-run safe pumps are used in difficult and complex pumping tasks that... [Read More]
Features
Feb 2, 2021
Before a series of upgrades, totaling $27 million (€22 million) over five years, at the City of Washington’s wastewater treatment plant in Indiana, even the smallest amount of rainfall would cause an overflow.
The money was a significant sum, but as any municipal works superintendent would tell you, funding is a long and complicated process.
Prior to the installation... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Feb 2, 2021
Pumps
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has passed a notable business milestone by selling the 150,000th Bredel peristaltic hose pump to an industry customer in Mexico.
The past decade has seen a huge increase in the uptake of Bredel hose pumps in sectors such as construction, where they meet strict environmental regulations in very tough working conditions.
It... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Feb 1, 2021
Pipelines
Middle East and Africa’s oil and gas industry saw a rise of 33.3% in overall deal activity during Q4 2020.
According to GlobalData’s deals database a total of 52 deals worth $4.7 billion (€3.9 billion) were announced for the region during the fourth quarter, against the last four-quarter average of 39 deals.
Of all the deal types, mergers and acquisitions (M&A)... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Feb 1, 2021
Flowmeters
Titan Enterprises has implemented measures to ensure price stability, competitive delivery times and provision of supporting paperwork for EU customers.
Following the UK vote to leave the European Union in 2016, the negotiators from the EU and the UK reached an agreement on a new trading partnership. As of 1 January 2021, customs formalities, like those applied on the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Feb 1, 2021
Pumps
Siltbuster developed and mobilised a large modular water treatment system as part of its essential infrastructure improvement work at a Welsh water reservoir.
The UK's leading water treatment specialist carried out the work at a facility near Caernarfon in North Wales.
The work, being undertaken by Lewis Civils, involved drilling, which generated fine rock particles... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 29, 2021
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Azerbaijan’s state oil company, SOCAR, to collaborate on industry standards.
This has the goal of enhancing safety, environmental protection and sustainability across the industry.
“We welcome the signing of the MOU with SOCAR, bringing together our two organisations to develop... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 29, 2021
Pumps
Chemical companies reported a second successive quarter of expansion at the end of 2020, according to a business survey of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA).
In the survey, 57% of businesses reported total sales growth and 26% reported no material change.
Within this, 84% reported stability or growth in domestic sales and 83% in exports.
More specifically,... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 29, 2021
President Joe Biden is expected to announce a moratorium on future oil and gas drilling permits to end drilling on federal lands and the continental shelf.
The move, fulfilling part of his campaign pledge which has long been anticipated by the oil and gas industry, follows and order mandating a 60-day restriction for new onshore and offshore fossil fuel leases.
Almost... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jan 28, 2021
Pipelines
Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable contract by Equinor for the Northern Lights project.
Subsea 7’s scope includes engineering, fabrication and installation of a 100km CO2 pipeline that will run from Øygarden to the CO2 storage complex, as well as installation of umbilicals, tie-in and pre-commissioning activities.
Project management and engineering will commence... [Read More]
Product News
Jan 28, 2021
For closure welds, tight bends, T piece joints and dome end connections, a range of low cost, single ended weld purging dams are available from Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT.
Manufactured from low vapour pressure materials, weld purging dams are used when a conventional tandem weld purging system cannot be used.
Ron Sewell, chairman at Huntingdon Fusion Techniques... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jan 28, 2021
Pumps
The African Generator Company was appointed as the exclusive BBA Pumps distributor for the entire African continent at the end of last year.
The company with its roots in South Africa is now responsible for the deliveries and after sales of the BBA Pumps mobile centrifugal pumps, piping systems and spare parts.
In the coming months, a large stock of mobile pumps and... [Read More]
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