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Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT has created the PurgEye 1000 Weld Purge Monitor enabling operators to read weld purge gas level from a distance.
The exposure to oxygen during the welding process on alloys such as stainless steel will result in discolouration and can severely reduce corrosion resistance properties.
It is crucial that the oxygen level is monitored throughout the welding process…
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Weir Oil & Gas Dubai has signed a five-year $70 million (€57 million) contract with a Thai firm to supply and install 1,800 sets of wellheads and trees in the Gulf of Thailand.
The agreement with Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), a subsidiary of state-owned energy conglomerate PTT, represents one of the largest recent projects in South-East Asia.
This contractual agreement…
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On the road to climate-friendlier mobility, hydrogen is gaining importance as an energy source for fuel cells.
However, fuelling of hydrogen is more complex than fuelling of petrol and diesel.
Unlike other gases, hydrogen heats up as it expands, causing pressure and temperature changes during fuelling that need to be precisely monitored.
Heinrichs Messtechnik has developed the TMU-W 004…
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Filter manufacturer Amazon Filters has launched a new high-performance product range to support critical filtration processes in the oil and gas industries.
SupaSep LGP is the latest evolution of the UK company’s liquid-gas coalescers, used extensively in cost-effective upstream, midstream and downstream operations.
The new filters can be supplied complete in a bespoke housing or as direct…
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British Water’s wastewater treatment technicians’ training continued successfully through the last 12 months despite the COVID-19 crisis.
Onsite assessment procedures, carried out by a workplace assessor as part of British Water’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Accreditation Scheme, were rigorously reviewed to ensure they complied with the government’s COVID-19 health and safety guidelines.…
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Swagelok — a leading solutions provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and related services — has announced the launch of its gas distribution programme.
The new programme offers a complete suite of services and fully engineered sub-systems designed to help enhance safety in industrial facilities.
Maintaining optimised performance throughout the entirety of a gas distribution system…
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Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, has secured a contract valued at over $120 million (€98 million) with a Chinese company.
The deal with Sinopec Hainan Refining and Chemical Limited Company (Sinopec) is to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to expand its refinery development in the Hainan Free Trade Zone in South China.
Under the new contract,…
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There are a huge number of variables you need to weigh up when selecting the right types of bearings for your project. There is no doubt things can get confusing, particularly if your project is non-standard.
Chris Johnson managing director at specialist bearing supplier SMB Bearings, explains one of six important bearing selection considerations.
Getting the right bearings and lubrication…
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The British Pump Manufacturers Association’s (BPMA) pump fundamentals training course was originally developed as a one-day classroom-based course, usually held at its training facility in West Bromwich.
But due to the continuing disruption caused by COVID-19, these courses are being conducted online as live webinars for the foreseeable future.
Delivered over a series of three three-hour…
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Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) has recently received renewed certification for 320 and 45 models of its submersible pump-sets.
These water and oil-filled bore-well submersible pump-sets are mainly used in the agriculture and domestic user segments.
The BIS certification is an indicator of KBL’s trusted product and service quality. It comes from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and…
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North America is expected to have the maximum share of the global oil and gas trunk/transmission pipeline length by 2024 - representing around 43%.
Running for a length of 899,399 km, the region continues to lead global pipeline additions with 25,335 km, lagging only behind Asia, GlobalData revealed.
GlobalData’s report, Global Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry Outlook to 2024 – Capacity…
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Sulzer Chemtech’s proprietary separation technology for lactide production will be used in a Chinese plant.
The company has been selected for Zhejiang Depei New Material Co.’s latest facility in Ningbo, Zhejiang province.
The processing equipment will enable the company to produce large volumes of high-quality lactide from plant biomass.
The plant will leverage an innovative hybrid…
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The presence of moisture on the joint surface can create porosity in the weld metal.
It is important that the dew point is monitored so that welders are made aware when moisture is likely to be present.
Innovators in weld purging at Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT have recently developed a Dew Point Sensor, a predication instrument of when water will form on metal surfaces in welding…
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Pakistan will build a new 1,100 km pipeline in July with Russia that will allow it to operate more liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
Pakistan's gas distribution companies Sui Southern Gas and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines, which have started acquiring land for the pipeline, will be a part of the project, while a Russian consortium will lead construction.
Pakistan has become one of the top…
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Flowrox, a Finland based company specialising in flow control, process automation, environmental and solid-liquid separation technologies, has strengthened its operations in Central Europe.
It has done so by opening a new subsidiary, Flowrox GmbH in Ratingen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Jukka Koskela, president & CEO of Flowrox, explained the strategic importance of the new subsidiary, adding: “For…
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Endress+Hauser and its US representative partners will invest $4.5 million (€3.3 million) to grow its sales and service support around the US.
This investment will reinforce and increase Endress+Hauser’s sales channel by more than 25% at a strategic time in the market.
“To continue to drive our growth in the US market, we have made the decision to further invest with our representative…
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A planning application for a long-awaited new reservoir in Hampshire to secure reliable water supplies for the future has been submitted by Portsmouth Water.
The UK company wants to build Havant Thicket Reservoir in Havant, in collaboration with Southern Water, to safeguard water resources for the South East.
The new resource would protect precious local chalk streams by reducing abstraction…
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The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) – the organisation which represents the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and related equipment – continues to grow beyond its recent milestone of 100 member companies with new additions.
GMT Electrical Services is latest company to appreciate the benefits afforded to BPMA members.
Established in 1986, its three…
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