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Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced that it has been awarded a large contract for a new strategic gas export pipeline by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).
The gas pipeline and associated facilities will span a distance of 145km. The contract has been awarded on a lump sum turn key basis, according to the company.
L&T is currently building a crude transit line between North Kuwait and Central…
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An Engie-led association has won a bid for Brazilian fuel producer Petrobras’ pipeline division TAG in a $8.6 billion (€7.63 billion) deal, Reuters reports.
The association consists of French utility firm Engie and Canadian company Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ).
Petrobras will be keeping a 10% stake in TAG according to the report.
“Our…
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Kent-based utility company South East Water announced that it has become the first utility firm in England to have a full Narrowband Internet of Things (NBIoT) commercial agreement with Vodafone UK.
“In total, this trial has brought together nine specialist companies in their respective fields to test the latest cutting edge digital water meters, sensors, advanced analytics and…
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HitecVision has announced the sale of its Norwegian oil and gas and midstream infrastructure company CapeOmega for approximately €1.2 billion.
The sale was made to Partners Group, a global private markets investment manager.
CapeOmega, which was established in 2015, holds stakes in key midstream infrastructure in Norway.
These include offshore gas transmission system Gassled; Nyhamna, which…
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According to Kota TV News, a legislative panel has approved Governor Kristi Noem’s bills to prepare for potential protests over the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
At the Legislative 11th hour, the two bills proposed by Noem ‘sailed’ through a joint House Senate committee despite opposition from tribal leaders, civil libertarians and some legislators who questioned the rushed nature…
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Bulgarian gas network Bulgartransgaz announced that a €1.4 billion pipeline is set to be built in Bulgaria, Reuters reports.
Three consortiums have submitted bids in the tender to build the gas pipeline.
According to the report, the plans are to have the 484km pipeline run from Bulgaria’s border with Turkey to Serbia.
The primary purpose of the structure will be to transport Russian…
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Water treatment company Pentair, together with the Pentair Foundation, has announced a new partnership with Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) to deliver clean drinking water to Mathare, in Nairobi, Kenya.
The project builds on a multi-year programme to deliver safe drinking water to Kibera, located in the western Nairobi. Funds raised from the project have helped to sustain the water system…
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Louisiana-based pipe supplier Stupp Corporation will invest $22 million (€19.4 million) in upgrading its two steel pipe manufacturing facilities in Baton Rouge.
The project, which was announced by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, will create 128 new direct jobs and could create almost 300 indirect opportunities, of which 93 will be in construction, according to Louisiana Economic…
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Noble Midstream Partners has secured an investment of $200 million (€176 million) from Global Infrastructure Partners Capital Solutions Fund (GIP) to support the EPIC Crude Pipeline in Texas, US.
The equity commitment will be used to fund contributions to Dos Rios Crude Intermediate, the subsidiary holding Noble Midstream’s 30% interest in the pipeline.
Of the total investment, $100…
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Energy Transfer and Phillips 66 Partners have announced the completion of the second phase of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline.
The 24-inch pipeline will transport crude oil over 163 miles from Lake Charles in Louisiana to a facility near St. James, Louisiana. Service is expected to begin on 1 April.
The first phase of the pipeline entered service in April 2016, carrying crude oil through 49 miles of…
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According to State Impact Pennsylvania, state environment officials in Greene County have levied a $1.5 million (€1.3 million) fine against a natural gas pipeline company due to construction site problems.
The State Impact Pennsylvania reports that the fine stems from violations that began in October 2017 along the Rice Midstream Holdings’ Beta Trunk Pipeline. The…
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According to Reuters, European Union nations backed a plan to regulate Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline last week, a move that will likely slow but not rule out its construction.
Germany and France have pushed to amend the draft agreement that ensures the Nord 2 pipeline carries Russian gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea complies with EU law, so that Berlin has a greater say on the…
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Reuters reports that Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed a deal to build a pipeline to transport Ethiopian gas to an export terminal in the Red Sea state.
According to Reuters, Ethiopia and Djibouti’s agreement comes over a year after POLY-GCL signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Djibouti to invest $4 billion (€3.5 billion) to build the natural gas pipeline. The MOU also…
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Global energy company Gazprom has announced that it has had a meeting with Wang Yilin, chairman of the board of directors of CNPC, to discuss the ongoing preparations of gas supplies to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline.
Alexey Millar, Gazprom’s chairman of the company’s management committee met with Yilin and discussed a range of issues related to cooperation between the…
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According to ABC News the Keystone pipeline in Missouri is now repaired after a segment was shut down in early February when a leak was detected.
ABC News states that Terry Cunha of pipeline operator TransCanda says that the segment from Steele City, Nebraska, to Patoka, Illinois, was restarted last week.
The leak was first detected on February 6 near the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles.…
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A 90-tonne bung of congealed fat is to be dug out by hand from a Liverpool sewer, according to UK water provider United Utilities, who’s sewer engineers will be digging out the fatberg with pickaxes and shovels.
80 metres long, the blockage of congealed fats, oils and other substances was found underneath Birchall Street and couldn’t be moved with conventional high-powered jets,…
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A large leak in Wigan that has left several homes and business without water for weeks is going to receive repairs, according to Wigan Today.
The report outlines that among the households and businesses affected is the Wigan Investment Centre where half of the building has experienced issues related to the leak, including the disability of several toilets.
Commuters have also been affected by the…
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Liquid software company JFrog has announced that it has completed the acquisition of DevOps automation platform company, Shippable.
JFrog has said that it will be incorporating Shippable’s portfolio of cloud-native and Kubernetes-ready CI/CD solutions into its own platform. The company states that this will create a complete and integrated DevOps pipeline solution.
"We're immensely excited…
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