Aug 15, 2017
North Dakota oil industry suffering labour shortage
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Aug 11, 2017
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Shell has launched a methane detector pilot at one of its shale gas sites in Alberta, Canada.
The pilot test is part of a wider initiative called the Methane Detectors Challenge, a collaboration between the Environmental Defence Fund (EDF), oil and gas companies, US government agencies and technology developers to develop a next generation methane detection system. It... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2017
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In Northeastern Nevada, the largest gold-mining region in the US, the City of Elko’s wastewater treatment facility has completed its latest investment in Landia’s submersible mixing equipment.
At the facility’s ASP (activated sludge process), Landia’s model POP-I mixers have been suspending solids, homogenising the sludge in the anoxic tanks 24/7... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2017
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Engineering company Weir has published its financial results for the first half of 2017, showing a positive outlook despite losses in its flow control division.
Comprised of Oil and Gas, Minerals and Flow Control divisions, Weir designs, engineers and manufactures a range of solutions for a variety of fluid handling applications, including pumps and valves, and pressure... [Read More]
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Aug 4, 2017
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An ‘elusive yet fundamental’ property of fluid flow has been documented for the first time, by researchers from the University of Chicago.
The findings could eventually go on to be hugely important in a range of fluid handling applications, as they offer valuable insight into viscous fluid flow. By showing that the total helicity (the measure of when two vortex... [Read More]
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Aug 3, 2017
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Recruiter for the oil and gas sector Petroplan has teamed up with Bahco, an international tools supplier, to explore health and safety in the industry.
In particular, the campaign wants to look at the current state of safety, how things have improved and what progress still needs to be made.
The two companies are specifically interested in the opinions of workers ‘in... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2017
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The Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) in North Carolina is set to install 22,000 meters of advanced meter infrastructure (AMI), allowing the agency to “streamline processes and better respond to customer inquiries and service requests.”
Mueller Systems’ Mi.Net AMI has been chosen as the system for the new project. It will enable OWASA to access... [Read More]
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Aug 1, 2017
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Global water technology specialist Xylem has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2017.
Xylem’s net income over the period is reported at $99 million (€84 million), or $0.55 per share, the company delivering a net adjusted income of $106 million or $0.59 per share in the quarter. Year on year for the period, this represents a 23% increase... [Read More]
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Aug 1, 2017
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As the primary component of natural gas, methane is a common, problematic by product of oil drilling.
A greenhouse gas 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide over the course of a century, methane is a costly challenge for the energy industry. Piping it from remote areas is expensive, so companies burn off about a third of the gas they produce in bright flares that can... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2017
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Sheffield based precision engineering company Evenort has announced the acquisition of Alexander Comley, a company based in the Midlands that specialises in the production of large flanged products.
According to a statement from the two companies, the purchase will better serve customers based both in the UK and abroad by allowing the newly formed group to offer a single... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2017
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Carbon nanotubes immobilised in a tuft of quartz fibre have the power to remove toxic heavy metals from water, according to new research from Rice University in the US and Swansea University in the UK.
Researchers have calculated that one gram of the remarkable material could treat 83,000 litres of contaminated water to meet World Health Organisation standards –... [Read More]
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Jul 27, 2017
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The Utrenneye gas condensate field, which will serve as the resource base for the Arctic LNG-2 project, can supply more than 30 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas a year, according to Russian news agency TASS, citing Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson.
Led by Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, the Arctic LNG-2 project will be located offshore near... [Read More]
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Jul 26, 2017
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For over a century, scientists have used a formula known as Darcy’s Extended Law to model how fluids move through rocks. The premise of the law is that gases move through rocks via their own, separate, stable, complex, microscopic pathways.
Darcy’s Extended Law has long underpinned engineers’ approaches to modelling fluid flow, but engineers from Imperial... [Read More]
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Jul 26, 2017
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Mueller Industries, an international company specialising in flow control and industrial products, has published its second quarter earnings report for 2017.
The Memphis, Tennessee headquartered company has announced operating income of $46.8 million for the second quarter, compared to $44.4 million in the same quarter of 2016. According to the company’s report,... [Read More]
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Jul 24, 2017
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Xylem has been selected to provide advanced UV disinfection technology to support “first” UV drinking water treatment application in Florida.
According to the water technology company, its Wedeco UV technology will deliver “safe, clean drinking water for 110,000 people in City of West Palm Beach”.
Cryptosporidium is the leading cause of waterborne... [Read More]
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Jul 20, 2017
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Flow Research has published a new study, titled ‘The World Market for Ultrasonic Flowmeters’.
The new market research report is the 5th published by Flow Research on the ultrasonic flowmeters market. Their previous study of the market was released in 2012, with earlier editions coming out in 2008, 2003 and 2001.
A primary goal of the study is to determine the... [Read More]
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Jul 19, 2017
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Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have developed a new leak detection system, one which uses a robot to inspect pipes from the inside to find leaks before they have time to become catastrophic.
The new leak detection system can inspect gas and water pipes. Significantly, it works “no matter what the pipe is made of”. Many other leak... [Read More]
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