Mar 6, 2020
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Oil and Gas News
Jan 24, 2020
Pumps
Centrifugal pump manufacturer Amarinth has secured two new pump orders from Yinson Offshore Production and the Fatima Fertilizer Company.
The order from Yinson includes four stainless steel horizontal pumps, which will be installed on a condensate unit in a hazardous zone onboard a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
The FPSO will be located... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jan 15, 2020
Pumps
Gardner Denver Petroleum & Industrial Pumps (P&IP) has entered into a six-month field trial of its new Thunder 5000 HP Quintuplex pump with STEP Energy Services in Alberta, Canada.
“The Thunder 5000 HP Quintuplex pump carves a pathway for customers to achieve maximum flow capability in terms of barrels per minute, while also minimising maintenance costs,”... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jan 10, 2020
Pumps
Hayward Tyler, a supplier of pumps and motors to the energy sector, has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to supply a glandless pump package for a major solar project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The contract, which was awarded by China’s Shanghai Electric Group, is for installation Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase IV, a 950MW concentrating solar... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 16, 2019
Pumps
Pump and valve manufacturer CIRCOR International has announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in the city of Weihai in China’s Shandong province, due to open in 2020.
CIRCOR Weihai currently manufactures centrifugal and three-screw positive displacement pumps for the industrial and commercial marine markets.
The new facility will enable CIRCOR to expand... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 13, 2019
Pumps
Fives Cryomec has successfully installed centrifugal pumps, CRYOMEC® single-stage and multi-stage centrifugal labyrinth pumps to an air separation unit (ASU) plant near Houston in the US state of Texas.
A number of years ago, a local subsidiary of Fives’ Cryogenics | Energy business line was opened in Houston to strengthen the company’s position in the North American... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 25, 2019
Pumps
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]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 22, 2019
Pumps
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]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 7, 2019
Pumps
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]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 27, 2019
Pumps
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]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 14, 2019
Valves
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]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 30, 2019
Valves
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]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 29, 2019
Pumps
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]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 15, 2019
Pumps
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]
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