Dec 5, 2022
Germany plans new hydrogen pipeline
Features
Dec 5, 2022
A new era has begun as Tata Chemicals Europe officially opened the UK’s first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant.
According to the company, this signals a key milestone in the race to meet the UK’s net-zero targets.
The £20 million (€23.5 million) investment has been completed by Northwich-based Tata Chemicals Europe, one of Europe's leading producers... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 5, 2022
Pipelines
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company, a subsidiary of Shell, has acquired a 49% interest in Blue Tide Environmental a company focused on building a global network of lubricant recycling facilities.
Blue Tide is owned by Tailwater Capital, a private equity firm that takes an integrated approach to investing in energy and environmental infrastructure solutions.
The company is... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Dec 2, 2022
Pipelines
Clariant Catalysts has teamed up with Evonik and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (tkIS) in a major propylene oxide project.
Qixiang Tengda is one of the leading global producers of carbon-four chemical products, such as methyl ethyl ketone and maleic anhydride.
Expanding into the carbon-three value chain, the company’s new propylene oxide plant in Zibo city, Shandong... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Dec 2, 2022
Pipelines
A project to create a vast new underground stormwater storage tank is progressing well in Nelson in the UK.
When complete, the tank will be 20 metres deep and 15 metres wide and hold almost 2,000 cubic metres of storm water.
It will give Pendle’s sewer system additional capacity during times of heavy rainfall, and help to further improve water quality in nearby Pendle... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 2, 2022
Pipelines
Centrica and Ryze Hydrogen are set to jointly build and operate hydrogen production facilities aimed at providing a reliable supply of hydrogen for industry and transportation.
Under the landmark agreement the firms will jointly develop hydrogen production projects on existing Centrica sites and work with third-parties to build production on their sites.
A Memorandum... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 1, 2022
Pipelines
Oil and gas engineering and carbon capture firm Kent has been awarded a major contract win by INEOS Energy for Project Greensand in Denmark.
Project Greensand works to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. This is done by capturing CO2 from the emitters, transporting, and storing the CO2 in the subsurface of the North Sea in depleted hydrocarbon fields.
Kent has... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Dec 1, 2022
Pumps
Synova, SABIC Global Technologies and Technip Energies have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new plant development which will produce olefins and aromatics from plastic waste.
The plant will use a combined technology developed by Synova and T.EN and will be integrated with one of SABIC’s steam crackers. The new plant will contribute to SABIC’s vision of closing... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 1, 2022
Pipelines
Essar Oil UK plans to build a £360 million (€41 7 million) major new carbon capture plant at its Stanlow refinery in line with its ambition to become a leading low carbon refinery by 2030.
Essar is investing over £1 billion (€1.15 billion) into a range of energy efficiency, fuel-switching, and carbon capture initiatives, designed to decarbonise its production processes... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 30, 2022
Pipelines
A strong performance on innovation has put Northumbrian Water at the top of the annual water company performance survey carried out by British Water.
British Water‘s annual UK Water Company Performance Survey asks contractors, consultants and suppliers to rate their clients’ performance in 11 areas, including innovation, professionalism, contractual approach and procurement.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 30, 2022
Pipelines
bp Trinidad and Tobago LLC (bpTT) has confirmed that its Cassia C development has safely delivered the first gas supplies.
Cassia C is bpTT’s first offshore compression platform and its biggest offshore facility. It will enable bpTT to access and produce low pressure gas resources from the Greater Cassia Area. The platform, bpTT’s 16th offshore facility, is connected... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Nov 30, 2022
Pumps
LanzaTech NZ and Sumitomo Riko have entered into a joint-development agreement to reuse rubber, resin and urethane waste for the production of a key chemical intermediate - isoprene.
Using synthetic biology for this new path to isoprene, LanzaTech’s nature-based platform, has the potential to produce a new sustainable source of rubber through recycling, without losing... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 29, 2022
Pipelines
Manchester Airport has unveiled plans to become the first UK airport with a direct supply of low carbon hydrogen fuel after announcing a partnership with HyNet – one of the UK’s leading Government-backed industrial decarbonisation projects.
The airport has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the two founding partners of HyNet. Progressive Energy, which... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 29, 2022
Other
Shell Petroleum has acquired 100% shareholding of Nature Energy Biogas for nearly $2 billion (€1.9 billion).
Nature Energy, based in Denmark, is a producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) from agricultural, industrial and household waste.
By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell will acquire the largest RNG producer in Europe, its portfolio of cash generative... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 29, 2022
Valve World is currently taking place in Germany with 385 exhibitors from 29 countries occupying some 12,000 square metres of net exhibition space.
The players in the industrial fittings and valve sectors will demonstrate that not only are their products indispensable to the industry as a whole, but also that their production is sustainable in terms of energy efficiency... [Read More]
Features
Nov 28, 2022
Dr Jesse Yoder, president of Flow Research, has written a two-book set called Advances in Flowmeter Technology for CRC Press that discusses the history, operating principles, growth factors, representative companies, and frontiers of research for all 10 types of flowmeters. The first volume, New-Technology Flowmeters, released on September 6 will be followed by the second... [Read More]
Product News
Nov 28, 2022
A special version of the GEMÜ R480 Victoria butterfly valve series from Ingelfingen-based valve specialist GEMÜ has been approved with immediate effect for the medium of oxygen.
In the design for the medium of oxygen, all media wetted seal materials and auxiliary materials (lubricants and screw locking agents) from the Victoria butterfly valve series have been tested... [Read More]
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