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Valves
Severn was successfully approached by a leading international oil company to replace the main water injection valve on their FPSO due to the existing valve not being able to generate the required pressure.
This problem was estimated to be costing the company a significant loss in oil production and a quick response and solution was vital.
Severn were asked to provide a complete replacement…
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Flowmeters
Promass Q, a high-tech Coriolis flowmeter line from Endress+Hauser, aims to help end any instrument inaccuracy in the oil and gas industry.
Globally, over 90 million barrels of crude oil, natural gas, and refined hydrocarbons are produced, transported, stored and sold to end users every day.
Promass Q is now available for larger pipes — up to 10 inch (DN 250)—for measuring flow rates up to…
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Pumps
Sulzer has successfully finalised an extensive modernisation project at its Kotka pump factory.
The automation and digitalisation of the processes will take the production to a completely new level, cutting production throughput time by 93%.
Sulzer has been manufacturing pumps in Kotka for 130 years. Now the company is entering a new era with the new, state-of-the-art pump production line that…
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As almost everything is touched by the chemical industry, chemicals naturally play a critical role in society. If their supply is interrupted, the production of many of the things that society relies upon are put in jeopardy, including necessities like clean water, food, medicines, fuel and energy.
It is difficult to conceive of a single manufacturing process in any industry that does not make…
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GMB members who work as engineers at the Fawley oil refinery in the UK have begun a two-week strike over pay beginning on November 21.
Almost 100 membersof the union, boilermakers, welders, pipefitters, mechanical fitters and scaffolders will take part in the strike, which has the potential to impact on fuel supplies.
There was hope of a last-minute deal to prevent industrial action and the…
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Pipelines
Producer of thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) Strohm has been awarded a contract from ECOnnect to provide more than 11km of TCP.
This will be installed at the TES Wilhelmshaven Green Gas Terminal in Germany and the project, which is being developed by provider of green hydrogen at scale Tree Energy Solutions (TES), aims to provide sustainable, clean and affordable energy in the form of green…
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Other
Morrison Water Services has successfully demonstrated its safer, smarter and greener fleet credentials to achieve a silver accreditation in the demanding Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS).
The company which is part of M Group Services’ Water Division achieved this recognition of the higher safety, environmental and fleet compliance standards for the Thames Water Smart Metering…
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Pipelines
Shell Pipeline’s Zydeco oil pipeline that runs from Houston to Port Neches in Texas is operating at reduced capacity.
Reuters has reported that due to project work at Port Neches the key link is expected to remain at reduced capacity until mid to late December.
The Zydeco pipeline system alleviates transportation bottlenecks of crude arriving in Houston from the Eagle Ford, Permian and Bakken…
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Pipelines
Saudi Aramco will invest in a $7 billion (€6.75 billion) project to produce petrochemicals from crude oil at its South Korean affiliate S-Oil Corp's refining complex.
The project in the port city of Ulsan, named Shaheen, is the Saudi company's biggest investment in the country and will mark the first commercial use of Aramco and Lummus technology to produce chemicals from crude, Aramco said…
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Pipelines
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and QatarEnergy are proceeding with the construction of an $8.5 billion (€8.5 billion) integrated polymers facility.
This will be built in Orange, Texas, and is expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and approximately 4,500 construction jobs.
The companies have made a positive final investment decision on the project and created a joint venture…
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Pumps
ExxonMobil and Pertamina have signed an agreement at the G20 Summit in Bali to further progress their previously announced regional carbon capture and storage hub for domestic and international CO2.
The Heads of Agreement builds upon a joint study and memorandum of understanding that was signed at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, to assess carbon capture and storage technologies, low-carbon hydrogen…
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Pipelines
Linde and SLB have entered into a strategic collaboration on carbon capture, utilisation and sequestration (CCUS) projects to accelerate decarbonisation solutions across industrial and energy sectors.
The collaboration will combine decades of experience in carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration; innovative technology portfolios; project development and execution expertise; and…
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Pipelines
Shell Chemical Appalachia, a subsidiary of Shell, has commenced operations of its Pennsylvania Chemical project - Shell Polymers Monaca (SPM).
The Pennsylvania facility is the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in the north-eastern United States and has a designed output of 1.6 million tonnes annually.
“Building this world-class facility is a fantastic achievement and one the…
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The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has announced that Dale Croker is the new president of the organisation following a two-year tenure as vice.
The managing director of KSB UK was revealed as president at the BPMA’s recent AGM and follows an extended four-year term in office by the previous president, Richard Harden, of Stuart Turner Ltd.
Traditionally the role has a two-year…
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Pipelines
Emerson has signed a five-year framework agreement with Equinor to provide operational support services to ensure continued safe and optimised oil and gas production.
The service agreement for the Martin Linge platform in the Norwegian North Sea includes options for three additional five-year periods, covering maintenance and upgrades of the control technology, software and instrumentation.…
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Other
Filtration specialists Axium Process have launched a membrane separation rental service developed specifically to bypass traditional concerns and provide a fast-track solution. Axium’s new service is a valuable resource for fast or temporary technical filtration solutions that would normally involve time-consuming research and risky commitments to large capital investment.
Offering…
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Flowmeters
Magnetic flowmeters are running neck and neck with Coriolis meters as a revenue leader in the global flowmeter market, according to a new study from Flow Research, The World Market for Magnetic Flowmeters.
The new study found that the worldwide magmeter market totaled $1.6 billion (€1.6 billion) in 2019, slightly ahead of the Coriolis market. In 2020, the magmeter market dropped slightly below…
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Pumps
bp has successfully loaded the first LNG cargo from Mozambique’s offshore Coral Sul FLNG facility - the country’s first LNG project and first floating LNG facility deployed in waters off the African continent.
Under its long-term contract, bp will purchase 100% of LNG output from Coral Sul FLNG which has the capacity to produce up to of 3.4 million tonnes of LNG per year.
bp continues to…
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