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Canadian company C-FER Technologies has opened a new $14 million (€10.9 million) research and testing facility in Edmonton, Alberta, for the development of new oil and gas pipeline technologies.
C-FER's new facility features:
• A full-scale underground leak simulator for liquid pipelines• One of the world's largest deep water pressure vessels, capable of pressures up to 8,000…
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Save The World Air (STWA), a developer of integrated viscosity reduction and joule heat solutions for the energy industry, has entered into a joint development agreement with Haven Technology Solutions, a research firm specialising in flow regime management technologies for the global energy industry.
Testing to be conducted at the Haven flow-loop research facility in Magnolia, Texas, will…
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Flowrox, a specialist in heavy-duty industrial valve, pumps and instrumentation manufacturing and service, is releasing a new instrument to the oil & gas market designed to enhance the monitoring of pipelines and related flow-process equipment affected by paraffin wax and asphaltene depositions.
The Flowrox Deposition Watch is a predictive device, as opposed to a reactive solution, allowing…
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Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, a specialty distributor of flow solutions for mission critical fluids, has completed the acquisition of Barnes Industrial Plastic Piping headquartered in Tampa, Florida, US.
Chuck Moyer, CEO of Ryan Herco, stated, 'The combination of the two companies works very well strategically. Barnes has tremendous strength in the Florida contractor marketplace and has developed…
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Floking Pipes will begin manufacturing oriented PVC pipe, to compete with ductile iron pipe, in Chennai, India, in August 2014.
It took the company two years to obtain the required licensing to start the plant, according to a spokesperson. The plant will use technology from Spanish molecular oriented PVC pipe maker Molecor Tecnologica.
The Indian company has plans to install four lines, each with…
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Arabian Pipes has won a contract worth over $12.2 million (€8.7 million) to supply Saudi Aramco with up to 258km of steel welded pipes.
The pipes will be produced at the company's Riyadh Plant for delivery during Q3 of this year.
Arabian Pipes reports that it made a net profit of $2.6 million in 2013, a 25% decline on the previous year.
The company also declared a pre-tax loss of $1.8…
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Centura Oil, a Minnesota-based waterjet service contractor to the oil, gas and mining industries, has developed a downhole casing and pipe cutting system that can fit inside pipes as small as 2" ID (51mm) and cut multiple layers of grouted casing in a single pass with a 55K PSI (3800 bar) abrasive waterjet.
Operable in hazardous environments, Centura Oil's CenJet 90 casing and pipe cutting system…
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Hilong Holding, a China-based integrated oilfield equipment and services provider, has announced that the Group has successfully acquired all the equity shares of Texas Internal Pipe Coating (TIPC) with the purchase agreement signed on 14 February 2014 and the closing completed on 26 March this year.
Located in Texas, US, Texas Internal Pipe Coating is a company with the main business of OCTG…
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Northwest Pipe Company, a manufacturer of engineered welded steel pipe products, has announced it is exploring the sale of its remaining energy tubular products (ETP) business.
Northwest’s ETP business includes line, structural, and standard pipe, and is located in Atchison, Kansas.
The ETP portfolio serves a wide range of markets and its quality-certified pipe and tube products are aimed…
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F.W. Webb has announced a new polypropylene pipe and fitting system for commercial, institutional and industrial needs.
The Niron PP-RCT pipe and fitting system is lightweight yet durable, and can be installed in place of copper and steel at a faster installation pace, with less material waste and less overall cost according to the manufacturer.
The product complies with industry standards and…
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Metinvest Group, a Ukraine-based holding company of mining and steel assets, has been given permission to supply large diameter pipes made from internally-produced pipe making plate for oil and gas pipelines in Iraq.
The company has been added to the Oil Ministry of Iraq's list of certified suppliers of large diameter pipes manufactured from internally produced pipe making plate, meaning it can…
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Composite Pipes Industry (CPI), a manufacturer of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes, has won a contract worth $5 million (€3.6 million) for the supply of pipes and fittings for a 62 km-long pipeline for British oil giant BP.
The company says the corrosion-resistant pipes, to be used on the pipeline in BP's Khazzan field development in Oman, are cost-effective and do not require…
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The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has acquired Tubexpress, a Brazilian distribution company which supplies pipes and tubes to the petrochemical and oil and gas industry.
Tubexpress, founded in 1990, is a stock holding distributor offering products according to ISO 9000 standards. The company has two branches in Osasco and São Carlos, both in the state of São Paulo, and employs…
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CB&I, a Texas-based energy infrastructure firm, has announced it will be supplying pipe fabrication for the Dow Chemical Co. US Gulf Coast investment programme.
The contract includes pipes for four new polyethylene plants in Louisiana and Texas and a new propylene and ethylene production unit in Texas. Both products are used in making chemicals.
The value of the contracts has not been…
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Global demand for plastic pipes is expected to rise by 6.7% per annum to reach 19.3 billion metres in 2019.
The demand increase was forecast in World Plastic Pipe, a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry research firm.
According to the study, strong growth of construction activity, particularly in the large markets of China and the US, will boost the demand for plastic…
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Saudi Arabia-based Arabian Pipes (AP) has scooped a $133 million (€96.7 million) three year contract to supply welded steel pipes to Petroleum Development of Oman.
The deal will see AP produce, coat and supply steel pipes designed for high pressure flow lines and critical applications. Production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2014 and the supply will be continuous until the…
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A new blast furnace at Wales-based Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks has been equipped with some three miles of cooling pipework, installed by Fairwood Fabrications and supplied by Pipe Centre.
The £9 million (€10.5 million) installation was part of a complete rebuild of No. 4 Blast Furnace at the South Wales plant. The pipework forms a part of the furnace’s…
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GE Oil and Gas (GE) has introduced flexible pipes to help customers overcome the challenging conditions found in Brazil's Santos Basin by developing new materials for the pipes required to bring hydrocarbons to the surface.
The company says it has been working on the technology for the past three years in order to meet the specific conditions of the basin and claims it is now…
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