Oct 8, 2019
Blue Energy inks domestic gas supply deal in Australia
Oil and Gas News
Oct 8, 2019
Valves
Industrial valve solutions provider Orseal has recently completed delivery on the first of two valve package contracts for Libra MV31 in Brazil.
Dutch company MV31 has a long-term charger agreement with Brazilian oil major Petrobra for the deployment of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, as operator of the Libra consortium.
Chartered for 22... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 7, 2019
Pumps
Global technology company Siemens has signed a digital partnership framework with pump manufacturer Grundfos to tackle global water challenges and save energy.
Under the collaboration, both companies will focus on digital technologies in water and wastewater applications, industrial automation and building technology. Siemens and Grundfos will aim to tackle global water... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 7, 2019
Pipelines
The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has introduced three new rules that will strengthen the safety of onshore gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines throughout the US.
Additionally, the rules will enhance PHMSA’s authority to issue an emergency order to address unsafe conditions or hazards... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 7, 2019
Pumps
At the WEFTEC Conference in Chicago, US in September, Atlas Copco Power Technique launched three new electric submersible pumps for drainage and sludge pumping applications.
The WEDA S30 and S60 sludge/trash pumps have been designed specifically for drainage and sludge pumping applications, while the WEDA D80 is a new drainage pump. All pumps in the WEDA range are compact,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 4, 2019
Valves
Valve manufacturer CIRCOR recently announced its intent to sell its Distributed Valves business, as the company continues to follow through with a strategic shift away from upstream oil and gas.
Commenting on the announcement, Scott Buckhout, president and CEO, said: “This is an important step in CIRCOR’s transformation as we continue to diversify away from upstream... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 4, 2019
Pipelines
Subsea engineering, construction and services company Subsea 7 has won a sizeable contract from Shell for the Pierce depressurisation project, located around 160 miles offshore Aberdeen in the UK.
Valued at $50-150 million (€45.5-136.6 million), the contract includes the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation (EPCI and T&I) of... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 3, 2019
Pipelines
Engineers at Anglian Water in the UK have cleared a total of 40,575 blockages from the region’s sewer network over the past 12 months, 85% of which were caused by unflushable products such as wet wipes, as well as fats, oils and grease (FOG).
The water company has now marked the start of a month-long campaign to raise awareness of the problems caused by unflushables,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 3, 2019
Valves
Multinational oilfield services company Weatherford has won its largest-ever contract for deep-set safety valves, from Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras.
Under the contract, Weatherford will deliver 24 Optimax™ deep-set safety valves over the next four years. The Optimax safety valve protects against catastrophic loss of well control by providing failsafe closures... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 2, 2019
Valves
Clarke Valve, a portfolio company of Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures and OGCI Climate Investments, has secured the first two provincial approvals on its path to a nationwide Canadian Registration Number (CRN) in Canada.
The first approval was granted by the Alberta Boilers Safety Association (ABSA) for Clarke Valve to sell its Shutter Valve™... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 30, 2019
Pipelines
NGL Energy Partners has agreed to acquire Golden Gate Capital’s Hillstone Environmental Partners for approximately $600 million (€548.7 million).
Hillstone Environmental provides water pipeline and disposal infrastructure solutions to customers located in West Texas and New Mexico in the US. With the acquisition, NGL Energy plans to combine Hillstone’s services... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 30, 2019
Valves
Aberdeen, UK-based oil and gas production technology business Pragma has developed an advanced downhole safety valve to offer improved well control for cable deployed electric submersible pumps (ESPs) retrofitted to production wells.
The new valve will allow both onshore and offshore installations to meet safety regulations while improving the operations footprint at... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 27, 2019
Pumps
In order to reduce the number of cost-intensive pumping installations on site, an oilfield operator near Bremen in Germany has selected a Netzsch system with an underground driven progressing cavity pump (PCP).
The solution offered by Netzsch combined a PCP with a submersible motor, which was then installed for the oilfield operator. The electric submersible progressing... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 27, 2019
Pipelines
NextDecade and Enbridge have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pursue the development of the Rio Bravo pipeline and other natural gas pipelines in South Texas, for the transport of natural gas to NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project, located in Brownsville, Texas in the US.
The Rio Bravo pipeline will be able to transport 4.5 billion cubic feet per day... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 26, 2019
Pipelines
Advanced monitoring and leak detection solutions provider Aquarius Spectrum has won two pipe condition assessment (PCA) projects in two Israeli cities.
The company deployed 750 acoustic sensors across the entire water network in the city of Holon, Israel. These sensors monitor underground pipelines on a daily basis, providing accurate data to detect hidden leaks, as... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 26, 2019
Pumps
Global water technology company Xylem unveiled the new Godwin NC100S and CD100S Dri-Prime dewatering pumps, the third and fourth pumps in the Godwin S Series of smart pumps, at this year’s WEFTEC conference in Chicago, US.
Equipped with interchangeable, application-specific impellers and a new generation of cloud-based Field Smart Technology, the four-inch surface... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 26, 2019
A new research consortium comprising four national laboratories has been established by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to lead a five-year, $100 million (€91.4 million) desalination effort to provide secure and affordable water in the US.
Known as the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), the consortium is led by four national laboratories: the National... [Read More]
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