Mar 30, 2021
New Zealand’s gas pipeline network to transition to 100% hydrogen
Oil and Gas News
Mar 25, 2021
Pumps
Tried and tested NIKKISO centrifugal canned motor pumps are mainly used for transfer and circulation tasks involving highly flammable, explosive or toxic fluids in the chemical and petrochemical industry.
To further improve their operational safety and reliability while carrying out these demanding tasks, all non-seal models are equipped with an E-monitor that indicates... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 25, 2021
Pipelines
PAO Severstal has delivered an order of large-diameter pipes to Peru - the company’s first ever shipment to South America.
The products were produced at Severstal’s Izhora Pipe Plant, in St Petersburg, Russia. Pipes were manufactured in line with the API 5L PSL 1 steel production standard, grade X52, diameter 762 mm, thickness 9,53 mm.
The pipes were shipped directly... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 23, 2021
Flowmeters
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory launched the UK’s first traceable hydrogen flow calibration facility for domestic gas meters.
The new facility will help meter manufacturers determine if existing meter stock, and new technologies under development, are correctly measuring flow rates.
This is an important step to ensure that hydrogen gas meters deployed... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 22, 2021
Pipelines
The oil and gas company Saudi Aramco revealed that its profits dropped significantly last year as the COVID-19 pandemic curbed demand for oil.
The Saudi Arabian firm said earnings last year dropped by nearly 45% compared with 2019.
Saudi Aramco, one of the largest companies in the world, still made a profit of $49bn (€41bn).
The firm said it had been "one of the most... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 22, 2021
Pipelines
Aemetis, a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company focused on below zero carbon intensity products, will construct a 32-mile extension to the existing four-mile private pipeline that was completed last year.
The pipeline is designed to carry biogas from dairies as part of the Aemetis Central Dairy Digester Project, which is planned to span across the Stanislaus... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 19, 2021
Pumps
The technology group Wärtsilä will carry out the conversion of a Taiwanese power plant from its reliance on heavy fuel oil (HFO) to operate on natural gas.
The project is being carried under a full engineering, procurement, and construction contract issued by the plant owner Ta-Yuan Cogen, a developer of cogeneration plants.
The order with Wärtsilä was placed in... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 19, 2021
Pipelines
OSSO, the specialist fluid temperature control and separation solutions provider, has been awarded a contract by Neptune Energy to deploy its high volume mud cooler and AutoCUL technology.
Destined for the Seagull campaign in the UK Central North Sea, the technology will allow the operator to manage the field’s high bottom hole temperatures.
The Seagull development... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 19, 2021
Pumps
Scheuch will supply a flue gas cleaning plant to energy company Adven’s new 30 MW steam facility for Arctic Paper in the city of Munkedal.
The new cleaning plant will help Adven to fulfill the latest emission regulations as well as reduce its total environmental impact.
Scheuch’s turnkey delivery consists of a dry sorption system in combination with a wet scrubber.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 18, 2021
Pipelines
bp has announced that it is developing plans for the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facility - targeting 1GW of gas production by 2030.
The project would capture and send for storage up to two million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per year, equivalent to capturing the emissions from the heating of one million UK households.
With close proximity to North... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 18, 2021
Pipelines
The US Energy Information Agency has reported that four new natural gas pipeline projects were completed and entered service by February this year.
Consumer Energy’s $610 million (€510 million) intrastate Saginaw Trail Pipeline entered service last November.
The project replaced and expanded natural gas pipelines and infrastructure in Saginaw, Genesse, and Oakland... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 17, 2021
Pipelines
Siemens Energy has been selected by Shenzhen Energy Corporation in China to supply two 460-megawatt (MW) F-class gas turbine power islands for Phase Two of its Fengda natural gas power generation expansion project.
Under terms of the technology supply agreement, Siemens Energy will supply two sets of SGT5-4000F gas turbines, steam turbines, generators and related auxiliary... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 17, 2021
Pipelines
Kent County Council in the UK has announced all food waste in the county will be recycled and turned into biogas.
Around 45,000 tonnes of food waste collected annually from local households will be turned into the gas through a new anaerobic digester at Blaise Farm Quarry.
The biogas will be fed directly into the National Grid as well as powering the plant itself and... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 11, 2021
Pipelines
Jemena has signed a collaboration agreement with Italgas to share knowledge and experiences in distribution network management with a focus on technological innovation and decarbonisation.
Italgas and the Australian energy infrastructure firm, specialise in natural gas in Italy and Australia respectively.
Italgas manages 73,000 km of gas pipeline infrastructure, while... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 10, 2021
Pipelines
TMK has supplied more than 5,000 tonnes of seamless steel pipes to the Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) in the UAE.
The 16 inch pipes will be used to transfer gas from the Mahani facility to the SNOC Sajaa Gas Plant.
The pipes produced at TMK's Volzhsky Pipe Plant are intended for use in aggressive environments.
The 3LPP coating pipe will be used in the construction... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 8, 2021
Pipelines
A second Russian pipe-laying vessel is undergoing trials ahead of joining the controversial Nord Stream 2 project.
The vessel, the Akademik Cherskiy, left the German port of Wismar on Thursday with the intention of later joining the project in Danish waters.
The US has criticised the plan to build the pipeline from Russia to Germany, aimed at pumping more Russian gas... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 5, 2021
Pipelines
OMV, the integrated oil, gas and chemical company, is planning to build a pilot plant at its Schwechat Refinery that will produce second-generation biofuels from 2023.
Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) has been selected by OMV with overall responsibility for the construction of the new biofuel plant.
CAC is behind the plan to build the first large-scale plant in Europe... [Read More]
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