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The global pipeline leak detection system market for the oil and gas industry is expected to witness significant growth until 2023, driven by increasing demand and regulatory changes.
The market’s estimated value by the end of 2016 was $2.1 billion, a new market study by Credence Research says, and it is projected to reach $3.2 billion (€2.9bn) by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 6.4%.
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Canadian energy company Enbridge has shut down and isolated its Ozark pipeline following a 15,330 gallons (365 barrels) crude oil spill in Missouri, US.
"On 14 January, a leak detection alarm notified workers of a potential release on Line 51, the Ozark pipeline, at the Lawrence Pump Station in Lawrence County, Missouri," Enbridge spokeswoman Jennifer Smith told Reuters in an email.
Some of the…
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Graco Advanced Fluid Dispense (AFD) has launched new barrel stack designs for Graco F-5 and F4-55 two-component liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection moulding meter, mix, and dispense equipment.
The updated barrel stacks are available in both multi-pass and single pass designs, and they are easy to clean and assemble and have no tapered national pipe thread (NPT) threads.
End users can save up…
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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has produced a series of web videos to educate process engineers and specifiers on the benefits of its Bredel hose pumps.
In particular, a focus is given to comparisons between Bredel technology and progressive cavity (PC) and air operated diaphragm (AOD) pumps.
The online accessibility of the videos ensures the content can be used as an invaluable…
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Fowler Wastewater Reclamation Facility in the US state of Georgia has been approved for a multimillion dollar expansion project set to double its capacity.
Forsyth County board of commissioners voted to greenlight the nearly $64 million (€60m) contract to expand the Fowler facility from treating 2.5 million gallons a day to 5 million gallons.
The county’s procurement director Donna…
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EPS has signed a design-build-operate (DBO) contract valued at €3.8 million for the upgrade of the water supply infrastructure in Ireland.
The work being undertaken in North Leitrim involves an overall €8.4 million investment by Irish Water and will benefit 9,000 people, Leitrim Observer reported.
The North Leitrim Regional Water Supply Scheme supplies treated water to the towns of…
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The Philippines’ largest oil firm Petron Corp. wants to build a new refinery to aid a foreign partner in meeting the growing domestic demand for finished petroleum products.
According to Ramon Ang, president of Petron’s parent company San Miguel Corp., the new refinery would process up to 250,000 barrels of oil per day.
The facility would increase Petron’s total refinery…
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Delta Industrial Valves, a member of Weir Group known for its knife gate valves, will cease operations at its Michigan, US, plant by mid-2017.
Delta, which has been operating the plant in Niles for about 30 years, said the change in oil prices and the wildfires in Alberta, Canada, prompted the closure.
The facility’s about 60 employees manufactured pumps, valves, wellheads, and other…
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Rapid growth in automobile, textile, food, and chemical industries is projected to upsurge the demand of high pressure pumps through 2026, according to a new market study.
Persistence Market Research expects dynamic high pressure pumps to dominate the global high pressure pump market during the forecast period, but positive displacement (PD) pumps are also projected to witness significant growth…
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The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) in the United Arab Emirates has approved a $73.7 million (€70m) drainage network and water treatment plant in Kalba city.
The project was approved during the council’s meeting in early January, where Ali bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi, chairman of Sharjah Public Works Department, stressed the importance of the project in improving sanitation and environment…
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Colonial Pipeline Co., a US fuel transfer company, is working to respond to a petrol leak on its Line 19, a 12” line near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Colonial line 19, which delivers petrol into the Nashville market, sprung a leak that was reported over the last weekend.
Crews are working to drain, remove, and replace the affected segment of piping, but Colonial says progress is slow due to…
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East African countries Uganda and Tanzania have awarded a contract to US-based Gulf Interstate Engineering (GIE) to design a crude oil pipeline running through both countries.
The front-end engineering design contract involves helping with project construction specifications, a plan for project execution and schedule, and drafting bid documents to select the developing contractor, Reuters…
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Altra Industrial Motion Corp., a global manufacturer of electromechanical power transmission and motion control products, has closed on the acquisition of the Stromag business from GKN.
Stromag generated approximately €131 million in revenue in 2015, and the acquisition is anticipated to be accretive to Altra’s earnings in 2017, excluding any one-time or acquisition-related costs.
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United Electric Controls (UEC), a safety, alarm, and shutdown technology producer, has made available beta versions of its Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector.
The new detector, with a five-year battery life, is designed to maximise toxic or explosive gas detection points while eliminating the need for costly and fixed wiring.
UEC is offering free beta trials to gain additional feedback on…
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Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is introducing the HIAC PODS+ liquid particle counter with advanced features for early detection of minute contaminants.
The portable PODS+ delivers fast, lab quality liquid contamination analysis in less than 60 seconds, and its multi-liquid testing capability means it is suitable for heavy industrial environments, such as oil and gas exploration, aerospace…
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Evoqua Water Technologies has been selected by Townsville City Council to replace the membrane system for the water purification plant at Cleveland Bay in Australia.
The original membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant, based on a different supplier’s membrane, has been in operation for eight years.
Evoqua’s Memcor MBR line features a proven immersed hollow fibre membrane system that performs…
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IMI Precision Engineering has launched a free smartphone app to provide engineers and maintenance supervisors with a faster and easier solution when sourcing replacement parts.
The new IMI Norgren Express App uses patent pending technology to provide maintenance engineers with an ordering system that enables them to find and order products on their smartphone from a catalogue of over 100,000 part…
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The Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada, has optimised the timing of its system upgrade with new membranes, using GE’s asset performance management solution.
At the same time, a unique membrane cassette refurbishment programme will ultimately save the Lakeview Water Treatment Plant over $1.5 million ($1.4m) while minimising environmental impact.
Working together, GE Water & Process…
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