Sep 6, 2019
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Oil and Gas News
Sep 6, 2019
Other
In what has been described as a first for the oil and gas industry, Clariant has opened its next High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) laboratory in Houston, Texas in the US.
Locating the lab in the energy capital of the US is key, as the new facility will be the first of its kind to support the oil and gas industry, offering new solutions for customers. The lab is... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 6, 2019
Pumps
Mining equipment and services provider Weir Group has won an order worth £100 million (€111.5 million) to provide energy saving solutions to the Iron Bridge Magnetite project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The project, which is a joint venture between Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary FMG Magnetite and Formosa Steel IB, is located 145km south of Port... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 5, 2019
Pipelines
GFG Alliance subsidiary Liberty Steel Hartlepool has won a contract to manufacture over 16km of heavy-duty steel pipe for an oil and gas development offshore Saudi Arabia.
The order for the multi-billion dollar project is to supply pipe for an expansion of Saudi Aramco’s Marjan field. It is the first major contract to be won by the Hartlepool mills from Saudi Arabia... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 5, 2019
Pipelines
Offshore pipeline installation, heavy lift and subsea construction company Allseas has selected WFS Technologies’ Seatooth Pipelogger to measure process temperature in real time on a subsea pipeline system.
The pipeline, which has been recently installed by Allseas, will have a total gas throughput capacity of 31.5 billion cubic metres per year.
The Pipelogger... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 5, 2019
Other
Honeywell UOP has been chosen by PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Company to supply advanced heavy oil processing technology to its integrated petrochemical facility in China.
The new facility, which has a processing capacity of 20 million tonnes per year of crude, will help meet China’s national energy security strategy, as well as enable PetroChina Guangdong to... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 5, 2019
Other
BP North America Products has been told by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it must pay a penalty of $71,400 (€64,690) and upgrade secondary containment in order to settle Clean Water Act violations that occurred at its Peosta facility in Iowa, US.
“Working together with the Department of Transportation and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 4, 2019
Pipelines
Subsea 7 has won a contract for the development of the Lapa North East field, located around 300km offshore the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, at a depth of 2,150m in the pre-salt Santos Basin.
The sizeable contract, which is estimated to be worth between $50-150 million (€45-136 million), was awarded by Total E&P do Brasil, acting as operator for and on behalf... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 3, 2019
Other
Anglia has announced the expansion of its range of Internet of Things (IoT)-ready sensors with the Figaro range of gas sensors, which are used in air quality monitors, gas leak detectors and other applications. The distribution agreement with Figaro is for the UK and Ireland.
Commenting on the news, John Bowman, marketing director at Anglia said: “Gas detection is... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 3, 2019
Valves
Engineering services company Indutrade has agreed to acquire all the shares in Finkova Oy, with annual sales of around €8.5 million.
Finkova offers valve solutions to the process industry and boiler manufacturers. The company’s product range comprises a range of valves, including control valves, safety valves, and on/off high-pressure valves.
Its customers operate... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 3, 2019
Pipelines
Airborne Oil & Gas has won a large contract from an oil and gas supermajor through Oceaneering to supply Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) flowlines to be deployed in West Africa.
The supply of TCP flowlines under the contract is expected to save the operator up to 40% on total installation costs, and is believed to be the first TCP solution of its kind to be used... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 2, 2019
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 2, 2019
Pumps
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 2, 2019
Pipelines
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... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 2, 2019
Other
Emerson’s Rosemount wireless pressure gauges have been successfully used to modernise well monitoring and enhance safety at BP Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay facility in Alaska.
BP Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay Unit Well Operating Limits project received the Alaska Oil and Gas Project of the Year for Environmental Stewardship and Innovation from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 30, 2019
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)... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 30, 2019
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... [Read More]
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