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US-based water infrastructure developer Palisade Pipeline has secured financing from Macquarie Capital for a strategic water pipeline project located in the Permian Basin in Texas, US.
The project will deliver non-potable, sustainable reclaimed water from the City of Lubbock, Texas to the Permian Basin. Macquarie will act as the sole financial advisor to Palisade in the financing of the…
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Russian oil transportation company Transneft Upper Volga has completed the technological connection of the newly constructed sections of the Surgut-Polotsk oil trunk pipeline, which is currently undergoing reconstruction in Russia.
The construction works were carried out in the Russian territories of the Republic of Mari El, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Regions within a 72-hour period…
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A Singapore-based leading supplier to the life science industry has selected Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group’s (WMFTG) Aflex Bioflex Ultra insulated hose to meet its fluid processing needs.
Having installed a jacketed bioreactor with associated flexible hoses to circulate fluid, the company was facing several issues related to the low temperatures required in their processes. Running…
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Valves
Valve manufacturer Clarke Valve has become the first company to offer a valve that meets the new US Department of Defense’s valve specification MIL-DTL-32632.
While the specification, which was introduced in July 2019, is brand-agnostic, the company’s Shutter Valve is the only valve to meet the combination of key attributes for the US Navy’s goals to reduce weight and increase efficiency…
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Aberdeen, Scotland-headquartered Well-Safe Solutions has secured £66 million (€76.4 million) in new investment to fund its plans to become a tier one well decommissioning company.
The new round of investment has been led by MW&L Capital Partners, and brings together a consortium of private investors to acquire a major stake in the company.
“This significant investment marks the…
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Pipelines
EPIC Crude Holdings has opened a third open season for its EPIC Crude Oil Pipeline in the US, to begin on 28 October and end on 17 December 2019.
The pipeline runs parallel to the EPIC Y-Grade Pipeline that extends from Orla, Texas to the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas and includes terminals in Orla, Saragosa, Crane, Wink, Midland, Upton, Hobson and Gardendale, with connectivity to the Corpus…
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Subsea laser LiDAR technology provider 3D at Depth has successfully demonstrated the potential of survey grade measurements from hovering resident systems, with an emphasis on using subsea LiDAR technology.
The technology showcase, which was conducted in October in partnership with the Norwegian Forum for Offshore Survey and Positioning (NOSP) and OneSubsea, was developed to engage subsea…
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Level Monitors
Downhole technology sensing solutions provider Well-SENSE has successfully completed the first round of commercial offshore FiberLine Intervention (FLI) projects, proving efficiency gains and the acquisition of high-quality downhole data.
Over a period of six months, Well-SENSE has carried out multiple offshore FLI projects for a number of oil and gas supermajors. These included distributed…
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Pipelines
The Danish Government has approved a construction permit for Gaz-System’s pipeline to be laid in the Danish section of the Baltic Sea.
The issued permit covers both pipeline sections to be laid on the seabed in the Danish region of the Baltic Sea. One section runs from the shoreline at Faxe Bay to the border of the Swedish marine area, while the other runs form the Swedish marine area…
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Badly specified, poorly sited or unmaintained access solutions can lead to accidents and, in turn, lawsuits. Many companies are still in the mindset that it won’t happen to them or they don’t have time to focus on their access solutions, but those stung have seen six figure fines, minimum.
The use of self-closing gates, commonly for gaps in guardrail systems to allow roof access from a…
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Pipelines
First oil from the Equinor-operated Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea has reached the Mongstad plant, located north of Bergen in Norway.
Commenting during a celebratory event at the plant, Irene Rummelhoff, executive vice-president for marketing, midstream and processing at Equinor, said: “This is a great day for Equinor and the Johan Sverdrup partnership, consisting of Lundin Norway,…
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Pipelines
DTE Energy’s subsidiary DTE Midstream has agreed to acquire a gathering system and pipeline in the Haynesville shale formation in Louisiana, US.
The cost of the transaction includes a purchase price of $2.25 billion (€2.02 billion) in case, plus an additional $400 million (€360 million) milestone payment when the gathering pipeline is completed in the second half of 2020.
Under the…
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Pumps
Wastewater pumps manufacturer Hidrostal has helped Irish Water with its €22.2 million upgrade at the Swords Wastewater Treatment plant in County Dublin, Ireland.
The upgraded plant has increased capacity to 90,000 population equivalent, in addition to ensuring protection to the nearby Broadmeadow Estuary from wastewater pollution.
Hidrostal has installed two new submersible screw…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has invited 38 projects across 18 American states to apply for funding under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA).
Combined, the total amount to be borrowed under WIFIA loans will be approximately $6 billion (€5.4 billion) to help finance over $12 billion (€10.8 billion) in water infrastructure investments and create…
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Atlas Copco has acquired the assets of US distributors Accurate Air Engineering and Compressed Air of California, US-based distributor sister companies.
Located south of Los Angeles in California, US the two companies have a sales and service network covering most of the state of California. They have a combined workforce of 52 employees.
“This acquisition will complement our existing…
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Pipelines
Engineers at Anglian Water in the UK are to begin work on the installation of almost 3km of pipeline, allowing the company to move water from its treatment works in Norwich to Ludham.
Around £6.5 million (€7.5 million) will be invested in the project, which will take a year to complete. The new pipeline will enable Anglian Water to maintain water supplies to 3,000 homes in the…
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Pipelines
Rangeland Energy subsidiary Rangeland Midstream Canada has started construction of the Marten Hills Pipeline System, a network of new crude oil and condensate pipelines in the Marten Hills region of north central Alberta, Canada.
The pipeline network will extend 85km, terminating at an interconnect with Plains Midstream Canada’s Rainbow Pipeline System, which served the Edmonton, Alberta hub…
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Valves
Krohne and Samson have introduced a new joint venture company, known as FOCUS-ON, dedicated to the development, production and marketing of autonomous actuators for the process industry 4.0.
Together with the new partnership, the companies also unveiled a new innovation that unites valve and measuring technology with unique diagnostics and control functions in one device. It is reportedly the…
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