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Spanish oil storage and transportation company CLH Group has installed leak detection systems by Smart Sensor Technology (SST) for early warning of hydrocarbon.
The detection systems, formed by a grid of wireless sensors placed in existing monitoring wells, were installed in late 2015 in 12 CLH facilities.
“This technology entails a perfect complement to all our efforts to be at the…
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The below 30hp centrifugal water pumps market in Egypt is anticipated to expand at a steady CAGR of around 5.1% over 2015-2020, a new market study says.
Growth of the market is mainly driven by the increasing investment in housing construction, infrastructure development, expansion of water supply network, and increase in the agriculture initiative activities, according to research by Future…
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Following a formal tender process, water utility Scottish Water has awarded the framework agreement for new valve actuators to Rotork Controls.
The new six-year agreement, following the expiration of Scottish Water’s previous supply contract, appoints Rotork as the sole supplier of new actuators to Scottish Water and its business partners, valvemakers, and appointed contractors for the AMP…
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Honeywell will supply a 250 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) modular gas processing plant and advanced automation systems to PetroVietnam subsidiary PV Gas.
PV Gas, Vietnam’s primary gas provider, will use Honeywell UOP’s modular gas processing plant to separate liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from natural gas at its Ca Mau facility near the southern tip of…
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Sundyne, a Colorado, US-based pumps and compressors manufacturer, has launched a new low net positive suction head required (NPSHr), high-flow pump model, the LMV-803Lr.
The Sundyne LMV-803Lr is an API 610 compliant pump available in either OH3 or OH5 motor mounting configuration that provides ultra-low NPSHr performance – approximately 5ft (1.5m), across the entire performance range…
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Pipelines
Pipeline technology specialist STATS Group has executed the isolation of a major North American pipeline operator’s key export pipeline.
Enbridge Pipelines required the double block and bleed (DBB) isolation on a 48” crude oil pipeline as part of a scheduled line shutdown to facilitate the repair of a receiver valve.
In what is believed to be the first onshore piggable solution of its…
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Stenner Pump Co., a Florida-based water treatment pumps, tanks, and injection systems manufacturer, is leveraging Rethink Robotics' two-armed Baxter robot in its manufacturing plant.
Baxter is in operation at Stenner’s Jacksonville plant where it is used to increase flexibility and efficiency, allowing for quicker product development and delivery.
The team…
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Centrifugal pumps manufacturer Amarinth has delivered four sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps manufactured in titanium alloy to Abu Dhabi Marine Operatin Co. (ADMA-OPCO) for use on the Umm Lulu Development Project.
The Umm Lulu field is located offshore in the Arabian Gulf 30km north-west of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
It is being developed as part of a strategic initiative to pump 1.75…
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Electrical submersible pump manufacturer Grindex has introduced the Maxi H-Lite drainage pump for heavy-duty applications.
The Maxi H-Lite, with a 25kW motor, is built on Grindex hydraulics and is filling a gap between the company’s Matador (18 kW) and Maxi (37kW) models.
The pump is fitted with a new redesigned and optimised top cover, including a new generation of cable entry that ensures…
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UK liquid analysis equipment manufacturer Lovibond has launched the new EComparator range of liquid colorimeters.
The EComparator series enable users to perform colour measurement with objective electronic results in addition to subjective visuals.
Lovibond says the new series will make it easier for colour graders used to traditional comparators to upgrade to an electronic system as they will…
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Repsol has commissioned two compact API 674 triplex reciprocating plunger pumps from global pump manufacturer Ruhrpumpen for its La Pampilla Refinery in Peru.
La Pampilla Refinery, operated by Repsol, supplies half of the total demand for petroleum distillate products in Peru.
Intecsa Industrial, the engineering, procurement, and construction company working with Repsol, says it selected…
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Valves
Valve manufacturer Rotork has acquired Oklahoma-based Roto Hammer and added a range of valve chainwheels to its valve mounting kits offered under the Rotork Valvekits name.
The Roto Hammer range of chainwheel products enables hard-to-reach and stubborn manually operated valves to be operated without risk of injury.
Rotork Valvekits supplies valve and actuator-related products, including mounting…
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The Frankenthal, Germany-based pump manufacturer KSB Aktiengesellschaft has launched the latest versions of its self-priming centrifugal Etaprime pumps.
The new pump offers high suction properties, even under relatively poor inlet conditions where the inlet pressure is low.
At negative inlet pressure, for example, the pumps still manage up to 9m suction lift.
Fluids with entrained gas can also be…
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Swissinnov Product, a Swiss company specialised in pump systems, has launched the NaoStedi pulseless dosing pump compatible with Masterflex L/S drives.
The new pump serves multiple applications in pharmaceutical, medical, laboratory, chemical, and industrial markets.
NaoStedi delivers high performances in dosing accuracy and flow control, and is a new and fairly easy to use alternative to…
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KBR, an American engineering, procurement and construction company, has been selected by Shell to utilise its Rose solvent deasphalting technology at Shell’s Pernis refinery.
The Rose unit is set to remove heavier fractions from crude oil, allowing the Rotterdam, Netherlands-based refinery to upgrade a larger proportion of its oil intake into lighter, high-grade products.
KRB and Shell…
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Sustainable productivity solutions provider Atlas Copco has completed the acquisition of Varisco, an Italian pump manufacturer with a global sales network.
Varisco, employing 135 people, is based in Padua near Venice, Italy, and had revenues of €30 million in 2014.
Founded in 1932, Varisco is known for the design and manufacture of high-quality pumps used by a wide range of…
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Emerson Process Management’s CSI 6500 machinery health monitor has received IEC 61508:2010, Safety Integration Level (SIL) 1 certification.
The monitor is certified suitable for use in delivering reliable protection monitoring in such environments as steam and gas turbines in power plants, critical refinery assets, nuclear industry critical assets, and other safety-critical…
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Swiss liquid handling solutions provider Sulzer has signed a frame contract for process and medium consistency pumps to the Horizonte 2 project by Brazil’s Fibria Celulose.
The world’s leading eucalyptus pulp producer Fibria’s new production line will be built in the Três Lagoas Unit in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil and it is scheduled for start-up in late…
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