Jul 21, 2022
Nord Stream I resumes gas supplies after 10-day shutdown
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 21, 2022
Pipelines
Morrison Water Services has secured a place on a wastewater multiple supplier framework to deliver services that will help Thames Water meet its performance targets for pollution, flooding and blockages.
The firm, which is part of M Group Services’ Water Division, will be delivering reactive and planned complex works, responding 24/7 to resolve wastewater network failures,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 20, 2022
Pumps
Following three years of successful service by Landia aeration units at one of the UK’s most popular holiday parks, a leading water and wastewater asset management company has introduced an additional unit to one of its customer’s other sought-after destinations.
As well as for the holiday parks it works with, the asset management company has also brought in Landia’s... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jul 20, 2022
Pipelines
BASF has given its final approval for the construction of the planned Verbund site in Zhanjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong.
The project is on schedule and will now focused on building the core of the project, which includes a steam cracker and several downstream plants for the production of petrochemicals and intermediates, among others.
BASF will... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 20, 2022
Other
Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2) that has developed the Membrane-Free Electrolyser (MFE) has signed its first licence agreement with GHFG.
This is for the construction of two gigawatts of MFE electrolysers over a period of up to 20 years.
GHFG is a joint venture between international renewable independent power producer, Alternus Energy Group Plc and Eric Whelan, CEO of... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 19, 2022
Oxford Flow is celebrating headcount growth of 80% over the last 18 months as the company eyes international expansion across EMEA, India and the Americas.
The flow control equipment specialist for energy, water, and industrial process industries, which currently works in the US, UK, the Middle East and APAC, has invested heavily in both workforce development and product... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 19, 2022
Other
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory is urging businesses within the oil and gas industry to take advantage of funding offered by Innovate UK as part of its Analysis for Innovators (A4I) programme.
The next competition for grant funding opens in August, with a second opportunity expected in November.
A4I gives UK companies of any size access to the UK’s top... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 19, 2022
Pumps
Carbon Clean, a global leader in cost-effective carbon capture solutions, has awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract to global engineering experts KBR for a new carbon capture project.
This facility will be built at at CEMEX’s Rüdersdorf plant in Germany.
KBR will provide FEED services for the initial stage of the project which aims to develop and... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 18, 2022
Pipelines
Neste has become the first Finnish company to be granted IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) status by the European Commission, which enables national public funding for its clean hydrogen projects at Porvoo refinery.
The Commission's approval is part of the EU's first wave of IPCEIs on hydrogen, which aims to develop and accelerate the production and... [Read More]
Features
Jul 18, 2022
The adoption of multi-screw pumps has increased exponentially over the past five years or so, with the consumption volume rising from 146,000 units in 2015 to 202,000 units this year.
This rapid rise has been fuelled by a number of factors, including major growth in the industries of end users, such as power generation, food and beverage, and chemical and petrochemicals.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 18, 2022
Pipelines
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and seven other pipeline and contractor trade organisations released the Pipeline Safety Management Systems (SMS) 2021 Annual Report.
The report found that 85% of total industry pipeline mileage participated in voluntary Pipeline SMS implementation.
Industry initiatives like Pipeline SMS help the pipeline industry from liquid operators... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 15, 2022
Pumps
The Swedish Energy Agency is providing SEK 61.4 million (€5.8 million) as a grant to Hynion Sverige AB for two robust high-capacity hydrogen stations that will be located in Västerås and Jönköping.
The stations will have a capacity of 1,500 kg hydrogen per day and be built to facilitate the trucks that now will be phased in.
“This is an important step forward... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 15, 2022
Pipelines
European energy consumers could face energy rationing this winter, the head of Shell has warned.
Speaking at the Aurora spring conference in Oxford, UK, Ben van Buerden said costs would continue to spike amid the risk of Russia cutting off gas supplies following its invasion of Ukraine.
“It will be a really tough winter in Europe,” Ben van Beurden revealed. “We... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 15, 2022
Pipelines
A £230 million (€270 million) programme of environmental investment is under way across the north-west of the UK to improve 184km of the region’s rivers by 2025.
United Utilities has announced the locations where it will be investing in the region’s wastewater systems to make them more resilient to heavy rainfall.
In total, the investment programme will reduce... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 14, 2022
Pipelines
Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk has revealed a new investment that supports its plan to transition the chemicals park into a site able to serve the changing needs of customers.
Shell Moerdijk will build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit that improves the quality of pyrolysis oil, a liquid made from hard-to-recycle plastic waste, and turns it into chemical feedstock for... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 14, 2022
Pipelines
Siemens Energy and Air Liquide have announced a joint venture dedicated to the series production of industrial scale renewable hydrogen electrolysers in Europe.
The Franco-German partnership will enable the emergence of a sustainable hydrogen economy in Europe and foster a European ecosystem for electrolysis and hydrogen technology.
Production is expected to begin... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 14, 2022
Pipelines
Wood has secured a three-year contract with Norwegian state-owned operator Gassco to secure the transportation of gas from the Norwegian Continental Shelf to terminals across the UK and Europe.
The contract will see Wood work closely with Gassco to renovate the gas-receiving facilities through the provision of engineering, procurement and construction management services... [Read More]
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