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Louisiana-based pipe supplier Stupp Corporation will invest $22 million (€19.4 million) in upgrading its two steel pipe manufacturing facilities in Baton Rouge.
The project, which was announced by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, will create 128 new direct jobs and could create almost 300 indirect opportunities, of which 93 will be in construction, according to Louisiana Economic…
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A council in New South Wales (NSW), Australia has announced it will become one of the first councils in the state to trial a new water pipe leak reduction technology.
Bryon Shire Council will test the technology, which has been proven to offer a 40% reduction in water pipe bursts, as well as cutting leaks by 20% and limiting water wastage and disruptions to services, across its network in the…
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KSB Group subsidiary KSB ITUR Spain has upgraded its ILN type series vertical in-line centrifugal pumps to meet tighter restrictions for sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the maritime sector.
From 2020, new limits imposed by the European Union (EU) and International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will restrict the volume of SO2 in marine exhaust gases. The limit can be achieved by either using…
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Noble Midstream Partners has secured an investment of $200 million (€176 million) from Global Infrastructure Partners Capital Solutions Fund (GIP) to support the EPIC Crude Pipeline in Texas, US.
The equity commitment will be used to fund contributions to Dos Rios Crude Intermediate, the subsidiary holding Noble Midstream’s 30% interest in the pipeline.
Of the total investment, $100…
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Global water treatment company Pentair has teamed up with SunTech Drive to deliver innovative solar pumping solutions.
The initial project under the collaboration integrates SunTech’s solar control platform with Pentair’s Pentek variable speed drive technology, creating a solution that is useful for off-grid applications, where access to water is a daily necessity.
“At Pentair,…
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Energy Transfer and Phillips 66 Partners have announced the completion of the second phase of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline.
The 24-inch pipeline will transport crude oil over 163 miles from Lake Charles in Louisiana to a facility near St. James, Louisiana. Service is expected to begin on 1 April.
The first phase of the pipeline entered service in April 2016, carrying crude oil through 49 miles of…
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Water resources investor XPV Water Partners announced it has invested in US specialty pump rental and dewatering solutions provider Holland Pump Company.
Holland manufactures, sells, rents and services pumps and related equipment for a range of agricultural, mining, marine and other industrial applications.
The company’s projects are focused in the southeast US, and it has a fleet of…
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According to ABC News the Keystone pipeline in Missouri is now repaired after a segment was shut down in early February when a leak was detected.
ABC News states that Terry Cunha of pipeline operator TransCanda says that the segment from Steele City, Nebraska, to Patoka, Illinois, was restarted last week.
The leak was first detected on February 6 near the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles.…
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Researchers from Illinois-based Northwestern University have developed a new coating strategy for metal that self-heals within seconds when scratched, scraped or cracked.
Pipeline structures can often rupture due to hard-to-detect corrosion in tiny cracks, scratches and dents.
“Localized corrosion is extremely dangerous,” said Jiaxing Huang, professor of materials science and…
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A 90-tonne bung of congealed fat is to be dug out by hand from a Liverpool sewer, according to UK water provider United Utilities, who’s sewer engineers will be digging out the fatberg with pickaxes and shovels.
80 metres long, the blockage of congealed fats, oils and other substances was found underneath Birchall Street and couldn’t be moved with conventional high-powered jets,…
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A large leak in Wigan that has left several homes and business without water for weeks is going to receive repairs, according to Wigan Today.
The report outlines that among the households and businesses affected is the Wigan Investment Centre where half of the building has experienced issues related to the leak, including the disability of several toilets.
Commuters have also been affected by the…
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Liquid software company JFrog has announced that it has completed the acquisition of DevOps automation platform company, Shippable.
JFrog has said that it will be incorporating Shippable’s portfolio of cloud-native and Kubernetes-ready CI/CD solutions into its own platform. The company states that this will create a complete and integrated DevOps pipeline solution.
"We're immensely excited…
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According to Arab News, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sealed a $4 billion (€3.5 billion) midstream pipeline infrastructure deal with US investment firms KKR and BlackRock.
The Arab News reports that new entity ADNOC Oil Pipelines will lease the oil firm’s interest in 18 pipelines, transporting crude oil and condensates across its offshore and onshore upstream concessions…
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Global manufacturing group Andronaco Industries is investing $3.3 million (€2.9 million) to move its Oklahoma-based valve supplier subsidiary Conley Composite to Kentwood in west Michigan, Grand Rapids Business Journal (GPBJ) reports.
With the expansion, Andronaco plans to purchase and rehabilitate an existing 30,000-square-foot building. The subsidiary will be moving all of its equipment to…
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American manufacturing company ITT announced that it has signed an agreement valued at approximately $91.5 million (€80.53 million) to acquire German centrifugal and axial pump manufacturer Rheinhütte Pumpen Group from the Aliaxas Group.
“The proposed agreement will bring together two companies with long legacies of application expertise across a range of harsh conditions in the…
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According to Las Cruces Sun News the owner of a burst pipeline near Berino, New Mexico, is planning to permanently relocate three residents located near the spill site.
In December 2018, the burst pipeline spilt 294,000 gallons of gasoline into an irrigation ditch.
Owner of the pipeline Kinder Morgan informed the Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners that negotiations have been…
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Aberdeen-based Wood announced it has won a contract worth $34 million (€29.8 million) from RH energytrans to construct 28 miles of pipeline in the US.
The contract, which is for the Risberg natural gas pipeline between Pennsylvania and Ohio, also includes the construction of a meter station in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
“We’re delighted to be playing a key role in this strategic…
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According to AP News, The Native American tribe resisting the Dakota Access oil pipeline has said that an Army Corps of Engineers document shows that before consulting them, the agency concluded the pipeline won’t unfairly affect tribes.
Standing Rock Sioux officials state that the document reinforces the tribe’s claim that the Corps disregarded a federal judge’s order to review…
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