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Japan-based Yokogawa Electric Corp. has announced that it has begun working with pump equipment manufacturer Iwaki Co. on a proof-of-concept (PoC) test for a remote pump monitoring services.
This service will use an Industrial IoT (IIot) architecture that is currently under development by Yokogawa, according to a statement supplied to Creamer Media Engineering News.
The PoC test will examine the…
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The price of oil has fallen back to around $58.59 a barrel after hitting a two-year high on 26 September, 2017, according to the BBC.
Rising demand and geopolitical worries had fuelled the increase, along with indications that production cuts by Opec (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) members are starting to bite.
Brent rose about 4% to just short of $60 (€51), its…
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Xylem has announced its commitment to a renewed research partnership with the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF).
The new commitment, which stretches from 2017-2019, will see Xylem continue to support WE&RF’s research into water reuse. It builds on a previous three-year partnership between Xylem and WE&RF.
As well as financial support, the new commitment will see…
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Ahead of WEFTEC 2017 (30 September – 4 October at McCormick Place in Chicago), Fluid Handling International presents an introduction to Verder, who’ll be exhibiting at Booth #623
Who is Verder?
Verder Liquids is a part of Verder Group, founded by Andre Verder in the Netherlands in 1959. The company manufactures and supplies a broad range of positive displacement…
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The hydraulic fracturing of shale oil and gas wells is a highly water intensive process, using millions of gallons of fresh water and producing vast quantities of contaminated wastewater. Now, an international group of scientists claim to have produced a superhydrophilic membrane which is capable of cleaning fluids in the fracking process so they can be reused.
According to researchers at the…
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Ahead of WEFTEC 2017 (30 September – 4 October at McCormick Place in Chicago), Fluid Handling International presents an introduction to Echologics, who’ll be exhibiting at Booth #1131
Who is Echologics?
Echologics develops advanced acoustic technologies, products and services that enable non-invasive diagnostics of water utility pipeline infrastructure, including leak…
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Ahead of WEFTEC 2017 (30 September – 4 October at McCormick Place in Chicago), Fluid Handling International presents an introduction to KSB, who’ll be exhibiting at Booth #4651
Who is KSB?
KSB Aktiengesellschaft is a manufacturer of pumps, valves and related services. Headquartered in Frankenthal, Germany, the company has sales and marketing organisations,…
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FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel and Shell Eastern Petroleum, has achieved the first commercial Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker transfer in Singapore.
Truck-to-ship bunkering was completed for the Floating Liquefaction (FLNG) vessel, Hilli Episeyo. The LNG bunker transfer was carried out in batches from 22 July to 23 September 2017, and conducted in accordance with the Singapore Chemical…
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British pump manufacturer and rental company Selwood explains the challenges and rewards of working with petrochemicals.
For seven decades Selwood has supplied pumps and other plant machinery to a range of different industries. Here, Fluid Handling International speaks to Tony Killick, Director of Marketing at Selwood, about the company’s growing experience of working with chemicals and…
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Ahead of WEFTEC 2017 (30 September – 4 October at McCormick Place in Chicago), Fluid Handling International presents an introduction to Atlas Copco Compressors, who’ll be exhibiting at Booth #2202
Who is Atlas Copco?
Atlas Copco is a major provider of sustainable productivity solutions. The group serves customers with compressors, vacuum solutions and air treatment systems,…
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Ahead of WEFTEC 2017 (30 September – 4 October at McCormick Place in Chicago), Fluid Handling International presents an introduction to Flowrox, who’ll be exhibiting at Booth #1951
Who is Flowrox?
Headquartered in Finland but with offices and representatives in 55 countries across the globe, Flowrox provides solutions for abrasive, corrosive and other demanding shut-off, control,…
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Leading players in the German petroleum and IT industries have met to discuss progress made in standardised data communications both in Germany and internationally.
The IFLEXX Community, a group of leading companies from the German petroleum industry, has actively pushed for standardised data communication in the downstream sector for a number of years. Supply chains in the sector are tightly…
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The UK’s oil and gas reserves may only last another decade, newly published research suggests. The findings are likely to be hugely significant for oil and gas handling industries operating in the UK.
After studying output from offshore oilfields, University of Edinburgh researchers estimate that about 10% of the UK’s recoverable oil and gas remains - about 11% of oil resources and 9%…
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Pipelines
An innovative new pipeline monitoring and leak detection technology is set to be deployed and tested on Enbridge’s Norlite pipeline.
Alberta, Canada based Hifi engineering will use its High Fidelity Dynamic Sensing technology on the pipeline. The company claims that the fibre-optic based system has the ability to detect various events and leaks with greater sensitivity than existing leak…
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Global water technology company Xylem has appointed Colin Sabol as senior vice president and president of Sensus and Analytics, effective from 1 October 2017. Sabol succeeds Randy Bays, who moves into an advisory role with a focus on Xylem’s global manufacturing operations.
Both Sabol and Bays will report to Patrick Decker, Xylem president and CEO.
The appointment comes in the wake of Xylem…
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Valves
Emerson has expanded the ASCO Numatics 580 Series electronics platform with the introduction of an IO-Link communication option.
Designed for use with the ASCO Numatics 500 Series valve islands, the new IO-Link module has been created to give machine automation designers a convenient, cost effective and reliable solution for solenoid valve control through direct digital data communication with…
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Vincent Lagarrigue, Director, Trelleborg Oil and Marine explains how a rapidly diversifying LNG market requires transfer solutions to evolve to keep pace
While global demand for LNG (liquefied natural gas) shows little sign of slowing, demand patterns are changing, requiring increasing flexibility from those who transport and transfer this fuel. According to a recent study, global demand for LNG…
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Flowmeters
Krohne has announced the introduction of new large line sizes as standard for its OPTIMASS series of flowmeters, including an addition which the company claims is the “highest capacity” Coriolis flowmeter on the market.
For the OPTIMASS 6400, diameters DN150/6” and DN200/8” have been added, while the OPTIMASS 2400 is now available up to DN400/16”.
According to…
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