Jun 16, 2020
Gas network in north of UK gets pipe upgrade
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]
Oil and Gas News
May 29, 2020
Valves
More than 270 Rotork process control actuators have been ordered for a project in Australia.
The customers, which have not been revealed, purchased the quarter-turn CVQ electric actuators which will operate ball and v-ball valves on separator skids to control the water extraction process at an onshore natural gas production site in the Surat Basin.
The ball valves will... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 18, 2020
Pipelines
More than 300 Rotork actuators have been specified for use along a 700 km Indian pipeline.
The pipeline, which is currently under construction, will stretch across southern India and transport supplies from a key refinery.
Due to the large scale of the project, a large number of actuators are required and Rotork’s CMA, IQ and SI ranges have all been specified.
The... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
May 12, 2020
Pipelines
Tracerco has been awarded a deep-water subsea inspection project to assess the integrity of a new pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.
The operator will deploy Discovery, Tracerco’s Subsea CT Scanner, to obtain critical baseline integrity data on the new pipeline system.
Multiple inspection locations will be identified by the operator along the pipe via the use of corrosion... [Read More]
Product News
Apr 30, 2020
Pipelines
W&W Energy Services is helping its customers simplify operations and reduce costs with its knuckle boom crane truck.
The Petrofac-owned company specialises in pipeline, production and infrastructure services to energy producers in the Permian Basin.
The vehicle is a 2019 Kenworth K900 Tractor with an integrated Palfinger 110002 high performance hydraulic knuckle boom... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 27, 2020
Valves
Twenty years on since purchasing their first equipment from Landia, the same Mexican customer has placed a new order for 20 submersible mixers and chopper pumps.
The mixers will be working in the process tanks of two WWTP’s in Atequiza – whilst the chopper pumps will be recirculating digester sludge every four hours.
Located close to Mexico’s largest freshwater... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 22, 2020
Pipelines
Liberty Steel Hartlepool has secured contracts to build more than 470 kilometres of pipe for use in offshore and onshore energy infrastructure projects in the US and Caspian Sea regions.
The orders, of significant value, will be fulfilled at Liberty’s Longitudinally Submerged Arc Welded Linepipe (LSAW) mill.
Production has commenced and will continue for the next... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 15, 2020
Valves
Emerson and Quantum Reservoir Impact have announced a team-up to develop and market the next-generation applications for AI-based analytics and decision-making tools for oil and gas exploration and production.
The collaboration combines the power of Emerson’s global reach and the world’s largest independent exploration and production software portfolio with Quantum’s... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 3, 2020
Valves
The plunge in oil prices have hit the upstream sector hard.
Cuts are being made across the industry that will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline.
Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-final investment decisions (FID) on projects will be deferred. And of the 50 or so projects identified with potential to go... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Apr 1, 2020
Pipelines
An American energy firm has confirmed it will proceed with the construction of a crucial pipeline that will boost the economy by $8bn (€7.3bn).
TC Energy Corporation is behind the 1,210 mile long Keystone XL Pipeline Project that will be capable of delivering 830,000 barrels per day of crude oil from Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska.
“We appreciate the ongoing... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 20, 2020
Pipelines
Garlock's Jim Drago explains how the raised surface profile of PTFE sheet gasket helped a midstream oil and gas processor address leaky pipes
Bolted flange-gasket connections in process piping systems are common and given little thought – unless they start to leak.
Chronic leakage proved to be an issue for one of our clients, a midstream oil and gas processor and services... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 17, 2020
Pumps
A new and low-cost approach to multiphase metering – the process of determining the make-up of crude oil as it’s pumped from the reservoir – has been demonstrated by engineers from Brunel University London.
Crude oil is extracted as a mixture of oil, gas, water and sand, which is separated and processed before making its way downstream to be turned into usable... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 5, 2020
Pipelines
Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge has released a statement in response to the Transportation Safety Board’s (TSB) investigation into the Shelley natural gas pipeline incident.
The incident took place on 9 October 2018, around 13.5km north of Prince George in British Columbia, Canada. According to news outlet CBC, the explosion was caused by stress cracks in the... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 4, 2020
Pipelines
Subsea technology and services company Cortez Subsea has won myriad 3D inspection contracts in the past year, which combined are worth over £1.5 million (€1.7 million).
The company has carried out work offshore Malaysia using the MCS Photo Realistic 3D Cloud (PRC), a subsea camera and software system that scans structures and pipeline sections to create a 3D cloud... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 4, 2020
Pipelines
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has issued a new standard for pipeline inspectors that is expected to enhance safety and sustainability during pipeline construction.
The pipeline standard, API Recommended Practice (RP) 1169, Pipeline Construction Inspection, Second Edition, updates the issues that pipeline inspectors should review when overseeing each phase of... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Mar 3, 2020
Pipelines
Italian energy giant Eni has successfully completed the construction of a gas pipeline connecting Bir Rebaa Nord (BRN) and Menzel Ledjmet Est (LME) fields in the Berkine Basin, located in southeastern Algeria.
The pipeline measures 185km in length with a diameter of 16 inches, and has a transport capacity of seven million cubic metres of gas per day.
The project... [Read More]
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