The UK-based fabrication and welding company says that over a million new engineers and technicians will be needed by 2025 to sustain the fluid handling industry. According to a study by Engineering UK, there is a shortfall of 20,000 per year for people with level 4+ skills. The lack of new talent in the engineering sector is persisting despite the Confederation of British... [Read More]

HyComp, established in 1886, employs about 120 people and supplies composite components made with proprietary carbon fibres and thermoplastic materials. The products made include wear rings and air rotary valves as well as actuation and electronic systems on aircraft. “HyComp’s joining Saint-Gobain gives us the opportunity to broaden our portfolio of critical... [Read More]

According to the annual report from the Energy Information Agency (EIA), natural gas will see a 40% increase in consumption by the US industrial sector by 2050. In one scenario projected by the report, gas use will reach its previous peak set in the early 1970s by 2020. Two thirds of the natural gas used by the industrial sector in the US went to heat or power applications,... [Read More]

The acquisition of Cinti, an installation, service and repair provider in Italy, includes all tools and facilities needed to provide ‘a complete service offer’, AxFlow says. Cinti owns 50% of the Italian solutions, maintenance and repair company Elettromeccanica Alto Adige and has a secondary location in Bolzano, which according to AxFlow is ‘strategically... [Read More]

The company says that the system is more efficient and reduces operating costs. Babcock is going to use its ecoSMRT LNG reliquefaction equipment to four new LNG carriers. It says the product offers efficiency, cost and footprint savings. The resulting system on the carriers will operate with a greater reliquefaction capacity at reduced power consumption, according to the... [Read More]

SIKB, a ‘network organisation’ based out of the Netherlands, has observed accelerated corrosion in uncoated steel tanks when they store biofuels and has released a report into the causes. The aim of the report is to adjust legislation related to storage, says the organisation. The interim report finds that when biodiesel is added to conventional diesel the... [Read More]

The Aker product is designed to help exploit 80 million barrels of oil in a reserve under the North Sea. The Norwegian oil and gas company Wintershall Norge has contracted Aker Solutions to build a subsea production system for them. It is going to Wintershall’s Nova Project in the North Sea and is to consist of ‘two templates with manifolds, seven subsea trees... [Read More]

Emerson announced 26 February that it has finished a $90 million (€73 million) automation project on BPs Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel west of Shetland. BP’s goal is to produce 200,000 barrels of oil a day from the North Sea by 2020, which Emerson is supporting. The company worked as the main automation contractor for the... [Read More]

The company hopes to improve quality of life in developing countries by turning human waste into a useful resource. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave the $4.2 million (€3.4 million) grant to Crane to develop their Mobile Septage Treatment System (MSTS), which produces water for agricultural or industrial use from human waste. The Gates Foundation supports... [Read More]

The Flow Measurement Institute (FMI) has merged into the Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC) to form a new Flow Measurement Special Interest Group (SIG). Stephanie Smith, project manager at InstMC, said that the day-to-day running and governance of the FMI would largely stay the same under its new title, with the new Flow Measurement Special Interest Group retaining... [Read More]

Canada’s largest rail company, Canada National Rail, has developed a product called CanaPux: solid, dry pucks of bitumen that float, do not easily dissolve and do not combust easily. A researcher at the University of Calgary has also developed a way to form solid bitumen. Both hope that their processes will increase the viability of expanding oil transport via rail. Canada’s... [Read More]

The Global Energy Talent Index’s (GETI) second annual report shows an industry that is optimistic about new technology, shrugging off anxieties over job security, but struggling to appeal to younger talent. Technology provides easier operations but also ‘softer’ benefits like flexible work times. Four in ten of respondents citing increased happiness over... [Read More]

Below is Huntingdon Fusion Techniques' most recent white paper on different welding techniques, their advantages, and their limitations. The tungsten arc welding concept, originally introduced as a practical tool in 1950, is now established as the most versatile technique for producing fusion welds to the highest quality standards. A temperature of around 4,000ºC... [Read More]

Construction for about half of the pipeline has now been approved. Canadian pipelines have been increasingly contested, both between companies and the public and between regional governments. The proposed pipeline will run from the tar sands in Alberta across to Burnaby in British Columbia (BC). Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB), the independent federal regulator... [Read More]

Federal regulators have posted a corrective action order following cracks in two of the five storage tanks of Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Such orders are only issued when there is a danger of ‘serious harm to life, property, and the environment’. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s... [Read More]

United Utilities, a water company in North West England, is using a cocker spaniel to detect leaks by smelling the small amounts of chlorine in mains water. The dog is still in its trial phase. The utility is hoping that the dog, called Snipe, will be able to identify leaking pipes in areas where leak detection is more difficult due to the generally wet conditions. To... [Read More]