
Jul 29, 2020
Atlas Copco compressors chosen after successful trials
Oil and Gas News
Jul 14, 2020
Pumps
The successful rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand made headline news around the world two years ago.
But it was the role played by Xylem and its dewatering expertise in challenging environments that helped secure their freedom.
Four of Xylem’s experts were on site and recommended a reconfiguration of the pumps that increased the... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 9, 2020
Pumps
Tsurumi Pumps Global has just won an order for two KRS822 pumps in Japan.
Hokkaido is an area thought of as a region where you saw comparatively little damage from heavy rain.
However, fields have been threatened with flooding following heavy rain from frequent torrential downpours.
So in addition to the pumps, the company also received orders for suction hoses, Sunny... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 7, 2020
Pumps
The Latty Group in France celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
Created in 1920, the family business managed by Mr Christian-Xavier Latty, pictured, the grandson of the founder, is now, a century later, the French market leader in research and innovation in industrial sealing.
Latty's products ensure that complex industrial processes stay perfectly sealed and today... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 2, 2020
The Middle East and African oil and gas pipelines sector has been impacted due to low oil prices and weak demand as a result of COVID-19.
The pandemic has affected the progress of several projects, forcing operators to opt for alternative strategies such as delaying project completion or reducing capital expenditures.
Haseeb Ahmed, oil and gas analyst at GlobalData,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 30, 2020
Pipelines
Thousands of Bifold FP low powered hydraulic solenoids from Rotork have been installed on 170 new wellhead panels in the United Arab Emirates as part of an oilfield expansion project.
The customer required a low power, high pressure and high flow solenoid so Bifold FP02 hydraulic solenoids were installed with low powered coils as part of the construction of new wellheads... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 26, 2020
AUMA will supply more than 2,700 electric actuators for a new 1.3 million m3 HES Hartel Tank Terminal.
Electric actuator manufacturer AUMA has won the largest order in the company’s history to supply a total of 2,756 explosion-proof electric actuators for the terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. AUMA is the sole actuator supplier for this project.
The giant contract... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 23, 2020
Valves
Rawson/Industrial Controls announced it is the exclusive distributor for Clarke Valve products to oil and gas and other industrial companies in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma and the greater Gulf Coast region.
The new partnership will enable Rawson/Industrial Controls to provide quick access to local product stock and high-level service support for Clarke... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 22, 2020
Pipelines
Over 80 Rotork CP, GP and RC200 pneumatic actuators have been installed on well pads in Alberta, Canada.
The actuators will part of an in situ steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil sand extraction project.
SAGD technology is used to extract bitumen oil from 800 metres below the surface of the earth. This process is a form of steam stimulation in which two horizontal... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 16, 2020
Pipelines
UK gas distributor Northern Gas Networks (NGN) is investing £77,000 (€86,000) to upgrade the gas distribution network in the Leeds area.
The project in the Hipperholme area will take about six weeks to complete. The work will see old metallic gas mains replaced with modern plastic pipes.
Northern Gas Networks, which operates in the north of the UK, is continuing to... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 2, 2020
Valves
TD Williamson, the global pipeline solutions provider, has introduced its latest innovation for the gas industry - the POLYSTOPP Quick Connect system.
The system allows operators to isolate a polyethylene line twice as fast as other methods while preventing the damage associated with squeezing.
Senior product manager at HT&P Ryan Ragsdale said it took less than 10 minutes... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 29, 2020
Valves
More than 270 Rotork process control actuators have been ordered for a project in Australia.
The customers, which have not been revealed, purchased the quarter-turn CVQ electric actuators which will operate ball and v-ball valves on separator skids to control the water extraction process at an onshore natural gas production site in the Surat Basin.
The ball valves will... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 18, 2020
Pipelines
More than 300 Rotork actuators have been specified for use along a 700 km Indian pipeline.
The pipeline, which is currently under construction, will stretch across southern India and transport supplies from a key refinery.
Due to the large scale of the project, a large number of actuators are required and Rotork’s CMA, IQ and SI ranges have all been specified.
The... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 13, 2020
Valves
Schroeder Valves is offering a new type of valve for pressures from 140 to 250 bar - the Schroeder Intermediate Pressure Valve (SIP).
This series is ideal in systems with frequent operation in the minimum flow range.
It will especially be in use with boiler feed water circuits in gas and steam combined cycle power plants (CCPP) for the protection of centrifugal pumps.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 12, 2020
Pipelines
Tracerco has been awarded a deep-water subsea inspection project to assess the integrity of a new pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.
The operator will deploy Discovery, Tracerco’s Subsea CT Scanner, to obtain critical baseline integrity data on the new pipeline system.
Multiple inspection locations will be identified by the operator along the pipe via the use of corrosion... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 11, 2020
Valves
Warren Controls, a leading manufacturer of control valves and speciality fluid handling products, has launched its two and three-way electrically actuated HVAC/BAC control valves.
The valve is designed to assist in the transport of low-pressure steam or hot or cold water within a building for temperature regulation and for domestic use.
The three-way valves are available... [Read More]
Product News
Apr 30, 2020
Pipelines
W&W Energy Services is helping its customers simplify operations and reduce costs with its knuckle boom crane truck.
The Petrofac-owned company specialises in pipeline, production and infrastructure services to energy producers in the Permian Basin.
The vehicle is a 2019 Kenworth K900 Tractor with an integrated Palfinger 110002 high performance hydraulic knuckle boom... [Read More]