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Houston, Texas-based Enbridge Offshore Facilities has awarded Balltec a contract for the Vito project, located in the Gulf of Mexico around 150 miles south of New Orleans, Louisiana in the US, in water depths of 4,000ft.
The contract is for Balltec’s PipeLOK pipeline recovery tools and flangeless subsea PIG launchers. The equipment will be rented during subsea installation of the 18-inch oil…
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Global water technology company Xylem and non-profit Planet Water Foundation have announced plan to extend their partnership to bring safe drinking water to half a million people every year.
The partnership, which launched eight years ago to address water access issues in the world’s most impoverished communities, will see Planet Water Foundation integrate Xylem pump products into its water…
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Pipelines
Viper Drones has announced the launch of a new drone, the Viper Vantage, which offers an enterprise solution for gas leak detection. Operators are able to visualise and located gas leaks without shutting down operations by using the company’s ‘Viper Vantage’ solution.
The solution integrates the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and FLIR G300a optical gas imaging (OGI) camera using a single…
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Valves
UK-based pressure control equipment specialist Oxford Flow has launched its IM gas regulator valve to increase reliability and reduce costs for operators in the gas distribution, power generation, industrial gases, and oil and gas industries.
The valve has been launched following a successful trial with gas distribution company SGN, in which the valve has been installed and commissioned…
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Pipelines
In-line oil and gas pipeline inspection technology provider Halfwave has agreed a new contract with the UK’s National Grid to provide Acoustic Resonance Technology (ART) to the National Grid’s Gas Robotic Agile Inspection Device (GRAID) platform.
The ART solution will be attached to National Grid’s self-propelling robot technology, which has been developed for inspection of unpiggable…
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Pipelines
Energy major BP has agreed to sell its entire Alaskan business to Hilcorp Alaska for a total consideration of $5.6 billion (€5.07 billion).
The sale includes BP’s entire upstream and midstream business in Alaska, including BP Exploration (Alaska), which owns all of the energy major’s upstream oil and gas interests in the state, as well as the BP Pipelines (Alaska) interest in the Trans…
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Pipelines
Mexico’s government has announced it has successfully persuaded companies to waive ‘significant’ profits from natural gas pipeline deals signed under the previous administration. By renegotiating the controversial contracts, taxpayers are expected to save around $3.74 billion (€3.37 billion).
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel Lopez-Obrador said Mexico’s federal government reached a…
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Pipelines
Two major oil companies have urged the National Energy Board in Canada to review a proposal which could see smaller refiners left without market access via Canada's Mainline pipeline system.
Shell and Suncor joined MEG Energy and the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada in opposing Enbridge’s proposal to introduce long-term fixed-volume contracts on the largest pipeline system in…
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Pipelines
Canadian transportation and storage infrastructure firm Pembina has announced it is purchasing Kinder Morgan Canada and its US portion of the Cochin Pipeline in a $4.35 billion (€2.93 billion) deal.
Kinder Morgan Canada is an energy infrastructure company which owns part of the Cochin Pipeline, a 1,810-mile multi-product pipeline which spans from Alberta to Ontario. Through the deal, Pembina…
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Pipelines
Crude oil has started flowing through a new US pipeline, transporting it from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi, Texas.
Trafigura Trading started moving its product through the Cactus II Pipeline system, which has the capacity to transport 670,000 bbl/d of crude oil.
The move follows a long-term volume commitment by Trafigura in 2018 and represents the initial commercial service of Cactus…
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Pipelines
Petrofac has announced that is Engineering & Production Services (EPS) business has won a three-year operations and maintenance support services contract from INEOS for the Forties Pipeline System (INEOS FPS).
Petrofac will provide staff to the Unit Platform, located in the central North Sea, the onshore Cruden Bay Terminal, as well as other landline sites. The contract builds on the…
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Pipelines
Water midstream company XRI Holdings has announced the completion of its Northern Delaware Basin Supersystem, with water pipeline infrastructure spanning more than 125 miles through Lea and Eddy Counties in the US state of New Mexico.
The news system will be supplied by environmentally responsible, non-potable and industrial water resources owned or controlled by XRI, as well as recycled…
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Fluid handling equipment provider Cole-Parmer has announced the launch of its ‘Connected Suite’ of Masterflex® peristaltic pumps, which offer a choice of communication technology and functionality to accommodate a range of fluid handling workflow applications.
The company’s products range from traditional, stand-alone pumps for simple fluid transfer, to networking and Cloud-based…
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Pipelines
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced more than $60 million (€54.1 million) in funding for state pipeline and underground natural gas storage safety programmes.
US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said that the DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is awarding the funds through formula grants to support safety programmes at the state…
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Flowmeters
Canadian water and wastewater services provider Aquatera Utilities has contracted Neptune Technology Group to replace water meters for 1,500 customers throughout the City of Grande Prairie in Alberta, Canada.
As water meters reach the end of their lifespan of around 20 years, Aquatera will replace them at no cost to the property owner. The water meters offer high-resolution low-flow leak…
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Pipelines
A pipeline in Alberta, Canada has ruptured, spilling 40,000 litres of crude oil into a creek that flows into the North Saskatchewan River, the Alberta Energy Regulator has reported.
In a notice on the regulator’s website, the incident took place on 15 August on a pipeline operated by Bonterra Energy, around 14km south of Drayton Valley in Alberta. The line was subsequently shut in and…
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Pumps
Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has announced a major milestone in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), which is touted as the largest of its kind in the world.
The engineering company has commenced operations in the Laximpur underground pumping station (LUPS), which completed a wet run earlier in August. The pump house, which is named after the goddess Gayatri,…
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Valve manufacturer Circor now features high-quality R. G. Laurence on/off valves for applications requiring rapid opening and sealed closure, such as those in hazardous conditions.
The valves are ATEX-certified and FM-approved, offering reliable performance in high temperature and extreme service conditions.
R.G. Laurence 2500 series two-way globe-type piston valves are operated by an…
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