Dec 18, 2020
Atlas Copco PAC H pump for high pressure applications
Oil and Gas News
Dec 14, 2020
Pumps
Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions has launched its new Hammerless Frac Suction Cover Retainer to improve health and safety.
The global provider of high-pressure pumps, parts and services said the new device has been designed for applications up to 17,850 psi and added that it holds a pump’s valve cover in place during pumping operations.
Traditionally, valve... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 7, 2020
Pumps
Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) has supplied the Atal Tunnel project with its hi-tech fire-fighting pumping systems.
KBL delivered fire-fighting pump sets for deployment along the 9km tunnel, which is the world’s longest motorable tunnel.
The Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh was opened to public use earlier last month.
The tunnel connects Manali to Leh and is located... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 26, 2020
Pumps
LEWA Nikkiso America was awarded the contract to supply pumps to transport gas from the coast to offshore units.
Following the acquisition of natural gas production rights, off the northern coast of Mozambique by a French oil company, a gas drying plant was set up to compress the gas and later convert it into LNG (liquefied natural gas).
Since the gas is extracted under... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Nov 24, 2020
Pumps
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has secured Government funding to build the UK’s first mobile primary standard facility for testing hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) to ensure they deliver the correct amount of fuel.
Funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), through the National Measurement System mechanism, the mobile... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 1, 2020
Pumps
A natural gas plant in the Middle East had been using a multi-stage, heavy duty vertical turbine pump, type 60-WUJ-2M, in organic lean amine production that was continuously failing.
Lean amine is an organic compound that can absorb hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from sour natural gas.
The temperature of the pump service ranges from 6°C to 59°C. European... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 29, 2020
Pumps
A new order from Future Biogas is set to bring the total number of Borger pumps and separators at its plants to over 20.
The AD developer and operator invested in its first Borger pump in 2015 for its UK site near Swaffham – seeking an alternative solution to its existing pumps that were proving time-consuming and costly to maintain.
Since then, the full-service company,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 14, 2020
Pumps
The successful rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand made headline news around the world two years ago.
But it was the role played by Xylem and its dewatering expertise in challenging environments that helped secure their freedom.
Four of Xylem’s experts were on site and recommended a reconfiguration of the pumps that increased the... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 9, 2020
Pumps
Tsurumi Pumps Global has just won an order for two KRS822 pumps in Japan.
Hokkaido is an area thought of as a region where you saw comparatively little damage from heavy rain.
However, fields have been threatened with flooding following heavy rain from frequent torrential downpours.
So in addition to the pumps, the company also received orders for suction hoses, Sunny... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 7, 2020
Pumps
The Latty Group in France celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
Created in 1920, the family business managed by Mr Christian-Xavier Latty, pictured, the grandson of the founder, is now, a century later, the French market leader in research and innovation in industrial sealing.
Latty's products ensure that complex industrial processes stay perfectly sealed and today... [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 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 8, 2020
Pumps
With the re-opening of its Shanghai office after the Coronavirus pandemic appears to be easing in the country, Landia has sold a new batch of chopper pumps to China.
As business begins to get back to normal after a lengthy lockdown, the new order will see the chopper pumps used for a liquid manure application at a dairy farm in the northern part of China. The 18.5 kW... [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
Mar 19, 2020
Valves
New York City fireboats have been equipped with Rotork’s electric actuators.
The boats, Firefighter 2 and Firefighter 343, from the Marine Division of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) are using its IQ range of part-turn devices which will help keep the city safe.
The actuators have the important duty of controlling the flow of water to the fire nozzles... [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 6, 2020
Pumps
A software tool developed by City, University of London spin-out PDM Analysis in the UK can be used to help improve the efficiency of pumps and compressors.
Data analysed by the SCORG software tool allows compressor manufacturers to design machines that run more efficiently, reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 5%.
Use of the software in the... [Read More]