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Pumps
With the re-opening of its Shanghai office after the Coronavirus pandemic appears to be easing in the country, Landia has sold a new batch of chopper pumps to China.
As business begins to get back to normal after a lengthy lockdown, the new order will see the chopper pumps used for a liquid manure application at a dairy farm in the northern part of China. The 18.5 kW pumps are for an expanding…
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Valves
The plunge in oil prices have hit the upstream sector hard.
Cuts are being made across the industry that will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline.
Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-final investment decisions (FID) on projects will be deferred. And of the 50 or so projects identified with potential to go ahead this year, only 10…
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Pipelines
An American energy firm has confirmed it will proceed with the construction of a crucial pipeline that will boost the economy by $8bn (€7.3bn).
TC Energy Corporation is behind the 1,210 mile long Keystone XL Pipeline Project that will be capable of delivering 830,000 barrels per day of crude oil from Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska.
“We appreciate the ongoing backing of landowners,…
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Pipelines
Garlock's Jim Drago explains how the raised surface profile of PTFE sheet gasket helped a midstream oil and gas processor address leaky pipes
Bolted flange-gasket connections in process piping systems are common and given little thought – unless they start to leak.
Chronic leakage proved to be an issue for one of our clients, a midstream oil and gas processor and services provider. The site…
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Valves
New York City fireboats have been equipped with Rotork’s electric actuators.
The boats, Firefighter 2 and Firefighter 343, from the Marine Division of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) are using its IQ range of part-turn devices which will help keep the city safe.
The actuators have the important duty of controlling the flow of water to the fire nozzles on deck, meaning that they…
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Pumps
A new and low-cost approach to multiphase metering – the process of determining the make-up of crude oil as it’s pumped from the reservoir – has been demonstrated by engineers from Brunel University London.
Crude oil is extracted as a mixture of oil, gas, water and sand, which is separated and processed before making its way downstream to be turned into usable products.
Now, a new…
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Other
A top company has won support from another firm by investing into its water and industrials business.
Oxford Flow, the flow capital equipment specialist for oil, gas, water and industrial process industries, has revealed that GF Piping Systems, a division of Georg Fischer (GF), has come on board in support of GF’s innovation strategy.
Oxford Flow will use the investment to speed up the…
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Valves
Rotork’s hydraulic actuators have been selected for use in the redevelopment of the Bokor oil field, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.
The company, MIR Valve, ordered 12 RH rack and pinion actuators to control subsea ball valves on a jacket flooding system, as part of the Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd Bokor Phase 3 redevelopment project, which aims to boost production rates.
Jacket flooding systems…
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Pumps
Aker BP and Framo have entered into a long-term maintenance contract for seawater lift pumps where compensation is directly linked to facility uptime.
In 2018, in partnership with Cognite, the two companies launched a digital pilot project for predictive maintenance of the seawater lift pumps on the Aker BP-operated Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Following the success of the…
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Pumps
A software tool developed by City, University of London spin-out PDM Analysis in the UK can be used to help improve the efficiency of pumps and compressors.
Data analysed by the SCORG software tool allows compressor manufacturers to design machines that run more efficiently, reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 5%.
Use of the software in the compressors and pumps…
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Other
Rotating equipment solutions provider John Crane, in partnership with Khanh Linh Equipment and Engineering, has opened a wet seals service centre in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
For almost 12 years, Khanh Linh, which acts as John Crane’s local distributor, has provided a range of products and services to oil and gas customers in the region. The service centre is part of John Crane’s plans…
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Pipelines
Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge has released a statement in response to the Transportation Safety Board’s (TSB) investigation into the Shelley natural gas pipeline incident.
The incident took place on 9 October 2018, around 13.5km north of Prince George in British Columbia, Canada. According to news outlet CBC, the explosion was caused by stress cracks in the pipe, which sparked a huge…
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Energy giant ExxonMobil has proposed a model framework for industry-wide methane regulations, urging stakeholders, policymakers and governments to develop comprehensive rules to reduce emissions in all phases of oil and gas production.
“ExxonMobil has been applying the principles of this framework to our oil and natural gas operations for several years, resulting in improvements that…
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Other
Emerson has teamed up with Quantum Reservoir Impact (QRI) to develop and market next-generation applications for artificial intelligence (AI)-based analytics and decision-making tools for oil and gas exploration and production (E&P).
Together, they will help oil and gas customers embrace digital transformation technologies and harness vast amounts of data to optimise their reservoir…
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Pipelines
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has issued a new standard for pipeline inspectors that is expected to enhance safety and sustainability during pipeline construction.
The pipeline standard, API Recommended Practice (RP) 1169, Pipeline Construction Inspection, Second Edition, updates the issues that pipeline inspectors should review when overseeing each phase of a pipeline’s…
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Pipelines
Subsea technology and services company Cortez Subsea has won myriad 3D inspection contracts in the past year, which combined are worth over £1.5 million (€1.7 million).
The company has carried out work offshore Malaysia using the MCS Photo Realistic 3D Cloud (PRC), a subsea camera and software system that scans structures and pipeline sections to create a 3D cloud of millions of points to…
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Pipelines
The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have updated a 2004 agreement that defines the agencies’ respective responsibilities regarding pipeline safety and security.
“This action will improve the safety and security of our nation’s energy infrastructure,” said US…
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Pipelines
Italian energy giant Eni has successfully completed the construction of a gas pipeline connecting Bir Rebaa Nord (BRN) and Menzel Ledjmet Est (LME) fields in the Berkine Basin, located in southeastern Algeria.
The pipeline measures 185km in length with a diameter of 16 inches, and has a transport capacity of seven million cubic metres of gas per day.
The project will enable the export of…
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