Sulzer has expanded its global network of service centres with the opening of a new facility in Balikpapan, Indonesia. The new centre is in a prime location to serve customers in the oil and gas, mining, power and general industries. It offers a comprehensive range of services for electric motors, compressors, pumps and steam turbines. At the opening of the new centre,... [Read More]

Centrifugal pumps manufacturer Amarinth has secured an order from Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) in Kazakhstan for bespoke vertical pumps. The order, which has been awarded through KPO’s agent Industrial Systems Group (ISG), is for two 3m vertical pumps to replace existing Girdlestone pumps. Having identified the need in the Caspian region for its products... [Read More]

North Carolina, US-based SPX Flow’s Plenty TRIRO C-Range of triple screw pumps are being used in oil and gas applications as part of a forced lubrication system. The continuous application of lubricating oils to moving machine parts, such as bearings, gears and compressors, is critical to keeping offshore equipment operating at maximum efficiency. A typical offshore... [Read More]

In order to reduce the number of cost-intensive pumping installations on site, an oilfield operator near Bremen in Germany has selected a Netzsch system with an underground driven progressing cavity pump (PCP). The solution offered by Netzsch combined a PCP with a submersible motor, which was then installed for the oilfield operator. The electric submersible progressing... [Read More]

Flow control services provider Flowserve has entered into a five-year contract with Shell Australia for the provision of general maintenance services for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, located offshore Western Australia. Flowserve will support Prelude form its Quick Response Centre (QRC) in Darwin, in Australia’s Northern Territory.... [Read More]

The Weir Group has released its interim results for the first half of 2019, reporting operating profits of £172 million (€187.6 million), an increase of 5%. The Glasgow-headquartered engineering company highlighted a 17% order growth for H1, benefitting from its recent portfolio transformation. The sale of its Flow Control business was completed for an enterprise... [Read More]

Upstream pumping equipment provider Weir Oil & Gas has introduced a new frac pump, the SPM® Quintuplex Extended Max (QEM) 5000 E-Frac Pump. The frac pump is the industry’s first continuous duty 5,000-horsepower pump designed for electric or gas turbine-driven applications. Demands at frac sites have increased over the past few years; lateral lengths are now... [Read More]

Ebara Corporation has completed construction of its new Components Development and Innovation Center, which will play a critical role in the development and testing of dry vacuum pumps and gas abatement systems. The facility, known as the V6 Building, is due to begin full operations in October 2019. With an investment of approximately 1 billion yen (€8.2 million),... [Read More]