A OneBridge-Phillips 66 joint development project is set to advance digital management and machine learning for pipelines into the cloud. The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration reports that since 1997, in Natural Gas pipelines alone incidents have resulted in 322 deaths and damages totalling to over $7 billion. Ageing infrastructure and increased public... [Read More]

Unsurprisingly, they would prefer a soft Brexit: remaining in the single market and retaining essential skilled EU workers. The position paper was worked up by a group of British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) council members and approved by members at the annual general meeting. The paper was then circulated to MPs, civil servants and government departments. According... [Read More]

A new addition to the Qdos range of chemical metering pumps, Qdos 20 is designed with maintenance reduction in mind The new pump has been developed to offer enhanced accuracy for sodium hypochlorite metering in disinfection applications with flow rates to 20 litres per hours at a maximum of 7 bar pressure. It is suited for applications at the well sites of many smaller... [Read More]

Fluid Handling International reported at the end of last year that the tax supplying the Coast Guard-administered fund was about to expire. It has now expired and is accompanied by a broad liberalisation of drilling regulations.  Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund was maintained with a $0.09 per-barrel tax, but this has now expired. The balance of the fund is... [Read More]

Sunoco has been ordered to stop construction of its Mariner East II natural gas pipeline until it complies with state-issued permits. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) website, there have been 32 permit violations to date. The most recent is from 22 December, citing unauthorised horizontal directional drilling (HDD) affecting local... [Read More]

The Department of the Interior’s (DoI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has issued a provisional ruling to relax standards, aligning with an executive order in 2017 to review regulations concerning energy production. The proposed rule would affect the Production Safety Systems section of the Code of Federal Regulations. One of the most significant changes... [Read More]

Censorship laws will carry over from the old organisation, with a fifteen year sentence for violation. Reuters is reporting that the Israeli parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has allowed Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Co (EAPC) and a new national oil company, Europe Asia Pipeline Co (EAPC-B), to continue to operate secretly. Information about the companies... [Read More]

AxFlow, has acquired Bahr Pump OU (Estonia), Pumptechnique SIA (Latvia) and Flow Technologies UAB (Lithuania). All three companies’ provide fluid handling equipment, advanced systems, and service to end-users and contractors. Their main products are pumps, valves, actuators, loading arms, hydrocarbon metering, and related service and repair, mainly for the petrochemical,... [Read More]

The fund is maintained through a per-barrel tax of $0.09, which is set to expire at the end of 2017. According to a press release from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the fund is currently at $5.7 billion. As of writing, no renewal to the tax has been introduced. In the same release, PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said that “The main... [Read More]

Three additional sizes have been added to the company’s UL/FM check valves To meet the higher pressure requirements of today’s water infrastructure systems, all 2- to 12-inch Mueller UL/FM swing check valves are now rated at 350 psig cold working pressure (CWP).  In addition, the product line has been expanded to include 2-, 14-, and 16-inch sizes (with... [Read More]

A university study suggests that deficits in waste processing capacity are hindering growth in the industry. The researchers used data from wells in the US to model the needs of shale gas operators in the UK, where there is currently only one well in operation. The report found that over the lifetime of a well, its waste management needs could reach over £1 million. The... [Read More]

Current pipelines can’t keep up with production, new pipelines are two years away and rail companies aren’t looking to upgrade routes. Reuters reported 18 December that Canadian oil companies are struggling to export their crude as production grows and pipelines and railways reach capacity. They’re also struggling to compete with cheaper US production... [Read More]

The solution tries to support more sustainable wastewater treatment operations   Aerobic digestion is often the second largest consumer of energy, after biological treatment aeration, at a wastewater treatment plant, according to Xylem field tests. Xylem has launched a new aerobic digester solution under its Sanitaire brand that decreases energy consumption by up... [Read More]

The system focuses on flexibility in order to create an alternative to traditional LNG transfer techniques. Trelleborg announced the successful test of the Universal Transfer System (UTS) conducted with Connect LNG and Gas Natural Fenosa, and it saying it provides evidence of the new applications that its suite of products for jettyless LNG transfer can unlock in this... [Read More]

Enbridge Line 3 replacement project, the largest the company has attempted, is the most recent in a line of pipeline projects that have been held up due to anti-fossil fuel sentiment. The company’s plans to replace the current pipeline have been complicated by disruption by local activists and government procedures. According to Reuters, Enbridge Executive Vice President... [Read More]

The system is a holistic approach to pipeline management, bringing multiple tools under one roof. Siemens has launched Pipelines 4.0, an integrated approach to the engineering, supply and life cycle optimisation of pipeline assets, tailored to meet the needs of North American operators. It combines equipment and turnkey packages for pipeline stations with data analytics,... [Read More]