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China's longest deepwater oil and gas pipeline has entered the final stage before operation.
This follows the completion of the pipeline in waters off South China's Hainan Province, China Media Group reported.
The 115.5-kilometer trunk pipeline utilises 20-inch large-diameter seamless steel pipes and bimetallic composite pipes.
"We have successfully resolved world-class technical challenges…
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A company at the forefront of the British clean energy industry has secured almost £4 million (€4.6 million) in government funding to make its biomass and waste-to-hydrogen plants even greener by using carbon capture.
Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) has won £3.9 million (€4.5 million) from the Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (H2BECCS) Innovation Programme, run by the Department…
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TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Petronas and Mitsui to develop a carbon storage project in Southeast Asia.
The partners will evaluate several CO2 storage sites in the Malay Basin, including both saline aquifers and depleted offshore fields.
This partnership aims to develop a CO2 merchant storage service to decarbonise industrial customers in Asia.
Through this agreement, the…
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Pumps play an essential role behind the scenes of our everyday lives, keeping water for municipalities and crop irrigation moving, enabling power generation, supporting oil and gas and manufacturing processes.
Societies will never know how much they depend on these vital assets and how many pumps have influenced our lives.
Something that facilities do not consider is that even the most…
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Aramco and TotalEnergies awarded Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts for the $11 billion (€10 billion) Amiral complex - a future world scale petrochemicals facility expansion at the SATORP refinery in Saudi Arabia.
The award of EPC contracts for main process units and associated utilities marks the start of construction work on this joint project, following the final…
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Mapal has surpassed its fund target of £400,000 via Crowdcube, with 475 new investors choosing to inject over £467,000 (€546,000) into the business that has completed over 100 installations of its energy-saving, wastewater aeration solutions.
Due to the high demand, the deadline to invest was extended by 14 days as more and more parties expressed their interest in becoming part of the Mapal…
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CGI has been awarded a five-year partnership with SGN - one of the UK’s biggest utility companies.
Under the agreement, CGI will deliver managed IT services, including the provision of a 24/7 service desk and device management.
CGI’s partnership will enable the gas distribution company to reduce operating costs, improve service levels and increase operational efficiency in all service…
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ABB is collaborating with Lhyfe, a world pioneer in the production of renewable hydrogen, and Skyborn, a global leader in renewable energy, to jointly realise and optimise one of Europe’s most ambitious renewable hydrogen projects ever, SoutH2Port.
The new hydrogen production plant, operated by Lhyfe and Skyborn, will be located in the municipality of Söderhamn, Sweden.
When fully…
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Dame Margaret Hodge MP has welcomed Thames Water’s commitment to reducing its carbon emissions and to unlocking the benefits of energy conversion for the local area following a recent tour of Beckton sewage treatment works (STW) on 9 June.
The visit to the Beckton site, which serves over four million people, demonstrated sewage sludge being converted into biomethane and highlighted how it…
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BASF has started work on a polyethylene (PE) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new plant with a capacity of 500,000 metric tons of PE annually will serve the fast-growing demand in China. The plant is scheduled to start up in 2025.
“China's demand for PE has experienced rapid growth and is going to outpace the rest of the world,” said Bir Darbar Mehta, senior vice-president…
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Leading water utilities are increasingly embracing data analytics and digital technology to optimise their operations, save millions for communities and increase water networks’ resilience to climate change.
Insights from 18 global water utility leaders and experts that are influential in early-stage digital adoption are featured in a new paper from water technology leader Xylem and Bluefield…
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Parker Hannifin has launched the new medium-duty, fixed-displacement, bent-axis pump and motor series F10.
As an evolution of the F11 and F12 products manufactured by Parker’s Pump & Motor Division Europe, the F10 series offers elevated performance when it comes to power savings, reliability and durability.
It is intended for mobile machinery applications in agriculture, construction,…
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NETZSCH Pumps USA has been showcasing its TORNADO® T1 Generation F pump - designed to produce high flow at low to medium pressures in a small compact package.
It is ideal for applications in wastewater treatment. The TORNADO T1® Generation F pump can handle a wide range of viscosities, solids, temperature, abrasion, and corrosive/acidic process fluids and environments.
The pump is extremely…
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TotalEnergies has signed a 100 GW biomethane purchase agreement with Saint-Gobain France for a three-year period starting in 2024.
The biomethane will be produced by TotalEnergies at its BioBéarn biomethane plant, which came on stream at the beginning of the year and whose production is certified sustainable by ISCC under the highest sustainability criteria of the European Union REDII…
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Pump systems account for 20% of the world’s electrical energy demand and between 25-50% of the electrical energy usage in certain applications.
Pumps are the single largest user of electricity within industry across the European Union, consuming over 300 TWhpa of electricity, which in turn accounts for over 65 Mton of CO₂ emissions.
It is also well documented that rotodynamic pumps, which…
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ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing and Axens have signed an agreement allowing Axens to include ExxonMobil’s MTBE Decomposition technology for high-purity isobutylene in its portfolio.
Used in the production of high-reactivity polyisobutylene and butyl rubber, this technology enables Axens’ customers to better address the growing demand for petrochemical intermediates over the next…
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Sustainable chemical producer Indorama Ventures and Carbios have announced the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture (JV) for the construction of one of the world’s first PET biorecycling plants in France.
Indorama Ventures plans to mobilise approximately €110 million for the JV in equity and non-convertible loan financing, pending final…
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Emergency action is to be taken to maintain water supplies on Skye in the UK as the dry weather continues.
Scottish Water has been given special permission to install more pipes to safeguard supplies to the village of Broadford.
The environment body Sepa has said all areas of Scotland are now experiencing some degree of scarcity, the BBC reported.
A third of areas face significant water…
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