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Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, and ITE are joining forces through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to solidify a partnership that will advance knowledge transfer, education, and hands-on experience in the field of water management.
Nalco Water will deliver lectures on data centre-specific topics such as water reclaim, reuse, and recycling, as well as sustainable design,…
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In today’s crowded process plants, less than ideal straight pipe runs often result in swirling fluid flows and asymmetrical velocity profile distortions that affect the efficient, continuous operation of equipment, such as gas compressors, valves and pumps and the accuracy of sensitive instruments, such as flowmeters.
The efficiency of natural gas compressors, for example, can be…
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Shell UK has taken a final investment decision (FiD) on the Victory gas field in the UK North Sea - 47 km north-west of the Shetland Islands.
Once onstream, the field will help to maintain domestically produced gas for Britain’s homes, businesses and power generation.
The development will feature a single subsea well which will be tied back to existing infrastructure of the Greater Laggan…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $42.9 million (€40 million) from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for South Dakota drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades.
This funding is part of the over $50 billion (€46.8 billion) investment in water infrastructure upgrades from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – the largest such…
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Aramco has entered into discussions with Hengli Group regarding the potential acquisition of a 10% stake in Hengli Petrochemical - subject to due diligence and required regulatory clearances.
The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the proposed transaction, which aligns with Aramco’s strategy to expand its downstream presence in key high-value markets, advance its…
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At a crucial stage of a £43 million (€50 million) upgrade, including a critical inlet screen and screen handling replacement, the last thing a contractor would want is for not one, not two, but three back-to-back storm events.
Yet for one leading solution provider to the water industry, it provided the ultimate test for new inlet screens at Hartshill Sewage Treatment Works (STW) near Nuneaton…
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SINOPEC has become a shareholder in the Kazakhstan’s polyethylene project.
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov met with Sinopec president Zhao Dong and CEO of SIBUR Mikhail Karisalov to discuss the collaborative development of an integrated gas-chemical complex for polyethylene production.
With a capacity of 1.25 million tonnes per year, the project will eventually represent 1% of global…
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The chemical supply chain plays a critical role in society, providing countless products on which people, organisations and governments rely on.
As those in the biofuels sector will be aware, the industry has faced significant challenges in recent years, including the impact of Brexit and the skills gap.
Tim Doggett, CEO of the Chemical Business Association (CBA), discusses these issues and…
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A new LPG terminal is now operational in Teesside that will improve the security of the nation’s off-grid energy supply – providing up to 90,000 tonnes of LPG each year to homes and businesses across Northern England, Scotland and Northern Wales.
Commissioned by leading LPG supplier Flogas Britain, alongside partners North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP) and Exolum Seal Sands, the facility is…
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Oxford Flow will provide its IM-S gas regulators as part of a partnership with Thyson Technology, a nZero Group company, on SGN’s H100 Fife Future of Gas project in Scotland.
H100 Fife will employ a direct supply of clean power to produce hydrogen in Buckhaven and Denbeath.
Oxford Flow will supply IM-S gas regulators equipped with PRX2L pilots and PB1 balancers to nZero Group, which will…
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Neste has successfully conducted its first processing trial run with a new challenging raw material, liquefied discarded tyres in its efforts to advance chemical recycling.
In the processing run, Neste produced high-quality raw material for new plastics and chemicals.
Neste sourced pyrolysis oil derived from discarded vehicle tyres by Scandinavian Enviro Systems, a Swedish company developing…
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Cepsa has signed an agreement with Evos, a liquid energy and chemical storage company, to enable the storage of green methanol to be produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras and Rotterdam.
The partnership, which also provides for the storage of green ammonia at Evos’ facilities in Algeciras, facilitates the logistics for the transport of green hydrogen products between key…
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ABB is marking the 30th anniversary of the first multi-component turnkey emission monitoring system using fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.
Manufactured in Frankfurt, the system is currently in its fourth generation, supporting industrial companies with measuring the lowest in the industry concentrations of gases from combustion processes.
The gas analyser measures exhaust gases…
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bp is simplifying its organisational structure - supporting delivery of the priorities it set out in February to grow the value of the company.
The oil and gas major will continue to have three businesses - production and operations, gas & low carbon energy and customers and products – enabled by trading and shipping. The current regions, corporates and solutions organisation will be…
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Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the opening of its cutting-edge research and development (R&D) facility dedicated to advancing its Zimpro® suite of water and wastewater treatment technologies.
Officially named the Lummus Green Circle Labs and located in La Porte, Texas, the facility will focus on enhancing commercial…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $510 million (€480 million) from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for California drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades.
This historic funding is part of over $50 billion (€47 million) in water infrastructure upgrade investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – the largest…
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Aramco has awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts worth $7.7 billion (€7.2 billion) for a major expansion of its Fadhili Gas Plant in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
The project is expected to increase the plant’s processing capacity from 2.5 to up to 4 billion standard cubic feet per day (bscfd).
This additional 1.5 bscfd of processing capacity is expected…
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Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG will be showing the conical HiCone progressive cavity pump for use in wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.
“Wastewater treatment plants that consume large amounts of power in the municipal area owing to their demanding process steps depend on technologies that are both energy efficient and powerful,” said Michael Brinkmann, director of global sales at…
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