Oct 4, 2024
ABB’s Pressductor® technology celebrates milestone
Product News
Oct 4, 2024
IMI has won the contract to supply an innovative package of transfer line and valves for the world’s first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene cracker located in Canada.
Consisting of 15, 36” IMI Z&J double disc through conduit (DDTC) gate valves, the package is notable for integrating the company’s patented erosion protection device, the IMI Z&J Beluga Hump, into... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 3, 2024
Pipelines
Technip Energies has revealed that the Long Son Petrochemicals olefins plant in Long Son Island, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Vietnam, has passed its final performance acceptance test.
The company provided licensing, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up and initial operation for the 1350 KTA cracker.
As Vietnam’s first olefins plant, the flexible... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 3, 2024
Pipelines
OCI Global has announced the successful closing of the divestment of its Clean Ammonia project in Beaumont, Texas to Woodside Energy Group.
OCI will continue to manage the construction, commissioning, and startup of the facility through provisional acceptance and is targeting production of first ammonia from 2025 and lower carbon ammonia from 2026.
The Clean Ammonia... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 2, 2024
Pipelines
Argent Energy has officially launched Europe’s largest facility dedicated to producing bio-based, technical-grade glycerine at its Port of Amsterdam site.
The state-of-the-art refinery will upgrade crude glycerine, a by-product of Argent’s waste-based biodiesel process, into 99.7% pure technical-grade glycerine.
This development, set to produce 50,000 tons of... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 1, 2024
Pipelines
EnerMech has become the integrated service contract supplier of choice to KENT Energies for ExxonMobil’s new low sulphur diesel facility at its Fawley Petrochemical Complex, in Hampshire, UK.
The project comprises the construction of the new low sulphur diesel facility encompassing the development of a new hydrogen plant at the country’s biggest integrated complex.... [Read More]
Features
Oct 1, 2024
Almost 200 years ago, the Swede Nils Gabriel Sefström discovered a new element. Inspired by the rich colouring of its chemical compounds, he called it "vanadium" after Vanadís (Freyja), the Scandinavian goddess of beauty.
Today, the world's purest vanadium compounds are manufactured on an industrial scale by US Vanadium. Sliding gate valves by Schubert & Salzer help... [Read More]
Product News
Sep 30, 2024
bNovate Technologies SA has launched its new BactoSense product portfolio featuring three innovative models - BactoSense CORE, BactoSense SMART and BactoSense PURE, as well as the new Active Cells - UV cartridge.
The new versions of its automated analysers for online microbiological monitoring of water represent a significant advancement in water quality management, offering... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 30, 2024
Pipelines
The UK's last coal-fired power station has shut down for good - making Britain the first G7 country to end its reliance on the fossil fuel.
The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar marks a symbolic step in the UK's ambition to decarbonise electricity by 2030, and become carbon neutral by 2050.
"The era of coal might be ending, but a new age of good energy jobs for our country... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 27, 2024
Pipelines
New proposed investment of more than £150 million (€180 million) will help improve and protect water quality at England’s most iconic lake.
United Utilities had previously put forward plans to invest more than £41 million (€49 million) which would tackle and reduce spills from four storm overflows in the Windermere catchment.
Now, as part of the water company’s... [Read More]
Product News
Sep 27, 2024
Alleima is expanding its steam generator tubing (SGT) facilities in Sandviken, Sweden.
The factory will be fully open in three years’ time and create approximately 90 jobs.
The expansion, which includes the refurbishment and reopening of one of Alleima’s SGT facilities, will increase capacity and strengthen its capability to seize growth opportunities, while maintaining... [Read More]
Product News
Sep 26, 2024
Cleanova has launched the Cleanova.C-CLEAN - a ground-breaking approach to the development of dedicated filtration solutions for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) applications.
CCUS is a cornerstone in the global strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Chris Nixon, Cleanova’s engineering and products director, said: “Filtration technology plays... [Read More]
Product News
Sep 25, 2024
Netzsch Pumpen & Systeme GmbH’s new campus in Waldkraiburg, Germany, was officially opened on September 20.
The company’s three plants in Waldraiburg have been merged into one large campus, with existing buildings renovated to make them more energy-efficient.
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held with many guests of honour, including Helga, Claudia, Christian and Moritz... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 24, 2024
Pipelines
Technip Energies and KBR have been selected for a major Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Construction (EPFC) project by Lake Charles LNG. This project will convert the existing Lake Charles LNG import and regasification terminal, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the United States Gulf Coast, into an LNG export terminal.
When the conversion is complete,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 24, 2024
Pipelines
bp has been granted funding, provided jointly by BMWK and Lower-Saxony Government, as part of the European IPCEI Hy2Infra wave for a green hydrogen project in Germany.
The funding will help support the development of a 100 MW green hydrogen project next to bp’s Lingen Refinery.
German Federal Minister of Economics, Robert Habeck, handed over the official letter... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 23, 2024
Pipelines
MOL Group and its partners have signed commercial agreements for the development of gas reserves in Azerbaijan.
After SOCAR and bp, MOL is the third largest shareholder in the giant ACG field, where non-associated gas reservoirs were identified beneath and above the producing oil reservoirs. The partners have now agreed on the development and commercial exploitation... [Read More]
Features
Sep 23, 2024
A facility in northern Chile has doubled its lithium extraction rate since installing Atlas Copco’s WEDA drainage pumps.
Operators at the South American plant wanted to improve their lithium extraction process and turned to Atlas Copco’s distribution partner, TRILE, for expert advice and a reliable solution. In addition to optimising its process, the mine has also... [Read More]