Nov 9, 2020
Rotork actuators selected for Korean LNG terminal
Oil and Gas News
Nov 3, 2020
Pipelines
The outlook for South America’s offshore oil and gas production is on track to surpass volumes from North America by 2024 despite the effects of COVID-19 on global demand and supply.
While several projects in Brazil and Guyana are less likely to be postponed or suspended, offshore projects in US and Mexico tell a different story.
Key projects in offshore US have... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 2, 2020
Pipelines
Dresser Natural Gas Solutions (NGS) has acquired Flow Safe, a manufacturer of spring-operated and pilot-operated high performance pressure relief devices.
Dresser NGS, a provider of measurement, instrumentation and piping solutions to the natural gas distribution market, has acquired the entire business, including 38 employees and two locations in New York and Houston.... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 30, 2020
Pipelines
Sulzer Chemtech is expanding its Tower Field Services (TFS) capabilities by moving into a new facility on Tees Advanced Manufacturing Park (TeesAMP).
This will enable the company to strengthen its repair, maintenance and corrosion protection services for processing equipment, columns, vessels and power plant boilers to meet growing market demand throughout Europe, Russia... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 27, 2020
Pipelines
bp announced the start of gas production from its latest development offshore Egypt – the Qattameya gas field.
Through bp’s joint venture, Pharaonic Petroleum Company, the field in the North Damietta offshore concession, which is expected to produce up to 50 million cubic feet of gas per day, has been developed through a one-well subsea development and tie-back... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 23, 2020
Pipelines
A new 90km aviation fuel pipeline has been given the green light.
The UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has approved the application by Esso to replace the pipeline that runs from Fawley Refinery, near Southampton, to its west London terminal storage facility in Hounslow.
The replacement pipeline, costing £150 million (€166 million)... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 21, 2020
Pipelines
The Europe-Asia Pipeline Company and MED-RED Land Bridge have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the storage and transfer of oil products through the former’s pipeline network and storage tanks.
The Israeli state-owned company will carry out the work from the UAE and other Eastern and Western markets, and from the Mediterranean to the Far East.
MED-RED... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 13, 2020
Pipelines
bp, in partnership with OQ, PETRONAS and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in Oman, has revealed that production has begun from the Ghazeer gas field - 33 months after the development was approved.
Its Block 61 Phase 2 facility was initially expected to come into production in 2021. The first phase of development of Block 61 – Khazzan – was brought online in September... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 12, 2020
Pipelines
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the oil and gas sector leading to a sharp fall in fuel prices coupled with an over-abundant supply of oil and gas.
Pipeline operators in Canada have been forced to reduce their capital expenditure during the year.
Despite capital expenditure prioritisation to conserve cash, Canadian pipeline operators might still look to analyse the... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 9, 2020
Pipelines
ExxonMobil has made its final investment decision to proceed with the Payara field offshore development in Guyana after receiving government approvals.
Payara is the third project in the Stabroek Block and is expected to produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day after startup in 2024.
The $9 billion (€7.6 billion) development will target an estimated resource base... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 8, 2020
Pipelines
TD Williamson crews isolated a ruptured 14-inch natural gas liquids pipeline while it continued to flare off, enabling repairs while the system remained in service and creating the conditions for the fire to extinguish itself.
The west Texas pipeline exploded after it was hit by a third-party contractor excavating the right-of-way nearby.
The explosion and massive fire... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 18, 2020
Pipelines
The South American oil and gas pipeline sector has been impacted by weak demand and low oil and gas prices as a result of COVID-19.
The worsening financial situation is leading to delays in the upcoming pipeline projects while measures to curb the spread of pandemic has impacted the operations of existing pipelines, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.Haseeb... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 27, 2020
Pipelines
McDermott International, a fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions for the energy industry, has been awarded a contract by Delta Offshore Energy to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for a subsea gas pipeline.
The pipeline will connect a regasification platform, located around 22 miles offshore, to the planned 3,200 MW power... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 30, 2020
Pipelines
Thousands of Bifold FP low powered hydraulic solenoids from Rotork have been installed on 170 new wellhead panels in the United Arab Emirates as part of an oilfield expansion project.
The customer required a low power, high pressure and high flow solenoid so Bifold FP02 hydraulic solenoids were installed with low powered coils as part of the construction of new wellheads... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 22, 2020
Pipelines
Over 80 Rotork CP, GP and RC200 pneumatic actuators have been installed on well pads in Alberta, Canada.
The actuators will part of an in situ steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil sand extraction project.
SAGD technology is used to extract bitumen oil from 800 metres below the surface of the earth. This process is a form of steam stimulation in which two horizontal... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 16, 2020
Pipelines
UK gas distributor Northern Gas Networks (NGN) is investing £77,000 (€86,000) to upgrade the gas distribution network in the Leeds area.
The project in the Hipperholme area will take about six weeks to complete. The work will see old metallic gas mains replaced with modern plastic pipes.
Northern Gas Networks, which operates in the north of the UK, is continuing to... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 2, 2020
Valves
TD Williamson, the global pipeline solutions provider, has introduced its latest innovation for the gas industry - the POLYSTOPP Quick Connect system.
The system allows operators to isolate a polyethylene line twice as fast as other methods while preventing the damage associated with squeezing.
Senior product manager at HT&P Ryan Ragsdale said it took less than 10 minutes... [Read More]
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