Apr 13, 2022
Aramco grows downstream presence in Europe
Oil and Gas News
Apr 13, 2022
Pumps
AUMA has delivered 196 of its PROFOX electric actuators to a district cooling plant in Dubai.
Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), the leading district cooling provider in the United Arab Emirates, used the PROFOX units to replace under-performing pneumatic actuators at its plant in Palm Jumeirah, a group of artificial islands in Dubai.
Frequent... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 12, 2022
Pipelines
A total of 150 companies have called on Commission President von der Leyen to prepare a European strategy for geothermal energy.
With the right policies in place, geothermal could meet half of the EU’s heating and cooling demand by 2030 as well as providing balancing services for intermittent renewables and vast stores of lithium and other raw materials needed to accelerate... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 11, 2022
Pumps
First Hydrogen has announced its strategy and road map for the advancement of its energy division.
The company is engaged in developing green hydrogen production projects initially in the UK and Canada.
First Hydrogen has reported that it has identified four industrial sites in the UK and is advancing discussions with landowners to secure land rights.
The sites are... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 11, 2022
Pumps
Atlas Copco has completed the acquisition of Pumpenfabrik Wangen that was announced February 21 this year.
Pumpenfabrik Wangen is a German manufacturer of progressive cavity pumps used for transferring fluids mainly in the biogas and wastewater sectors.
The company also manufactures twin-screw pumps used in sectors like food and beverage and cosmetics.
Pumpenfabrik... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 8, 2022
Pipelines
Wood has secured a three-year contract with Norwegian state-owned operator Gassco to secure 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]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 8, 2022
Pipelines
Indonesia's state energy firm PT Pertamina has signed a joint study agreement with Japan's Mitsui for commercialisation of carbon capture in the central Sumatra region.
The two companies will also explore the possibility of a long-term partnership in decarbonisation and transitioning into clean technology, Pertamina said in a statement.
Carbon capture development is... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 7, 2022
Pipelines
Cadent is investing £70 million (€83 million) in upgrading gas mains across north England.
The energy firm is upgrading 450 km of pipes across Barrow, South Lakeland and Copeland in a bid to modernise the underground gas network.
In Barrow, 7,832 metres of pipe are set to be upgraded in 2022/23, as well as 2,645 in South Lakeland and 2,291 in Copeland.
Every year,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 7, 2022
Pumps
Britain's National Grid revealed it will sell a 60% stake in its British gas transmission and metering business to Australia's Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.
Macquarie said its investment will ensure the transmission system will play a leading role in delivering the UK's net-zero by 2050 target by supporting hydrogen's... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 6, 2022
Pipelines
Wood has unveiled its new steam methane reforming (SMR) technology, which can achieve 95% CO2 emissions reduction compared to a traditional hydrogen production plant.
The technology aims to counter inefficiencies in energy, heat production and industrial processes, which together account for more than half of all global greenhouse gas emissions.
Wood believes the pathway... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 6, 2022
Pipelines
Renewable fuels firm Aemetis announced the acquisition of an 8.5-acre property for $2 million (€1.8 million) located near its renewable ethanol plant.
The corner property is a strategic location for operations supporting the company’s Carbon Zero projects, including diary renewable natural gas (RNG) and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).
Sited adjacent to the... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 6, 2022
Pumps
UK-based green hydrogen tech firm CPH2 has entered into a purchase order with AFCryo for its membrane-free electrolyser (MFE).
The order is for the New Zealand-based manufacturer of composite cryostats and cryogenic cooling systems.
The sale of the 1MW MFE220 electrolyser unit will see it delivered in early 2023. This is the second 1MW electrolyser unit that AFCryo... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 5, 2022
Valves
ITT Inc. has announced it has acquired privately-held Habonim for $140 million (€127 million) in an all-cash transaction.
Habonim will become part of ITT’s Industrial Process (IP) segment. The acquisition closed in the second quarter of this year and is expected to be accretive to ITT’s consolidated EBITDA margin.
Based in Kfar HaNassi, Israel, Habonim is a leading... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 4, 2022
Pumps
A materials upgrade performed by Celeros Flow Technology (Celeros FT) has prevented repeated pump failures at an oil refinery in the US - delivering a return on investment (ROI) of less than one year.
The Celeros FT team was called in to investigate the cause of repeated failures of the casings and casing covers on the refinery’s OH2 pumps in boiler feed water service.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 4, 2022
Pumps
Neste and the Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) have signed an agreement for the clean hydrogen project (SHARC) in Finland.
Neste has closed the grant agreement process with CINEA and the European Commission, following the earlier announced EU Innovation Fund grant decision of €88 million to Neste’s clean hydrogen project at its Porvoo... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 31, 2022
Pipelines
A new 240 MW thermal power plant has been commissioned while a new 220 MW piston gas power plant is under construction in Uzbekistan.
The power plant has been built by the Turkish company Cengiz Enerji and is in the Kibray district of the Tashkent region.
The construction of a separate gas piston power plant, also by Cengiz Enerji, with 220 MW capacity is located in... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 31, 2022
Pumps
American Petroleum Institute (API) president and CEO Mike Sommers has responded to the announcement by President Biden about increasing US liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe.
President Biden and the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen want to establish a joint task force to help increase exports to Europe and reduce their dependency on Russian... [Read More]
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