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Dec 20, 2019
Valves
Metso’s valve business Future Neles has signed a distribution agreement with Axel Larsson Maskinaffär in Sweden, helping to expand Metso’s valve offering in all customer industries in the Scandinavian country. “With the agreement, we can even better respond to the increased demand for our products and customers’ needs for support,” said Joakim Grenehed, head of Metso’s valve…
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Dec 20, 2019
Pipelines
Magma Global has been chosen by C-Innovation to supply m-pipe thermoplastic composite subsea jumpers for flowline intervention in the Gulf of Mexico. The 4-inch diameter 10ksi m-pipes are expected to be deployed in the next few months. C-Innovation plans to carry out a remediation of suspected blockage or restriction in a subsea production system using Flexi-Coil. The work will be performed…
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Dec 20, 2019
Tencarva Machinery has been named an authorised distributor of Ingersoll Rand – ARO Brand Fluid Products in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, expanding its national coverage in the US. The company currently has an established distribution network covering Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. As an authorised ARO distributor, Tencarva Machinery will sell and…
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Pumps
Inflexion has agreed to acquire Aspen Pumps, a manufacturer of specialist pumps, from 3i Group. This will be Inflexion’s second ownership of Aspen, following a successful partnership between 2007 and 2015. Aspen designs, manufactures and distributes mini pumps that remove condensate water from air conditioning and refrigeration systems. The company has offices and warehousing in the UK,…
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Pumps
PSG and Dover Group company Almatec, a manufacturer of specialty pumps, has extended its line of solid plastic C-Series air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps. The new additions include C 40 and C 50 models, which are engineered to be a more cost-effective alternative to similar plastic pumps. The pumps feature an industry-leading design that increases bolt torque to improve pump…
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Pipelines
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has partnered with the city of Waxahachie in the US state of Texas to carry out robotic inspections on several miles of the city’s sewer pipelines. The pilot project, which is being led by professor and chair of UTA’s civil engineering department Ali Abolmaali, is expected to result in estimates on the remaining service life of the…
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Missouri American Water has improved efficiency of the Rogue Creek wastewater system, by completing over $350,000 (€314,347) in upgrades, including new sewer lines, safety system improvements and new electrical equipment. “When a water or sewer system has been neglected and under-invested in for years, as was the case in Rogue Creek, it usually needs quite a bit of work to get it back into…
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Valves
Metso’s valve business, Future Neles, will open two new service centres in Lisbon, Portugal and in the Mulhouse area of France, to increase service availability. The company’s service centres offer valve repair services, as well as predictive maintenance services such as digitalised process diagnostic services and shutdown planning, to help customers increase plant reliability. “We…
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Dec 18, 2019
Pipelines
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two offshore contract worth €85 million, one of which is for a 4km-long gas pipeline in Denmark. The contract, which was awarded by Denmark’s Energinet Gas-TSO, is for the laying of a new 4km-long, 36-inch gas pipeline from Jutland to Funen in the Lillebaelt of Denmark. The scope of the project includes the pre-trenching, pipe-pull, cofferdam…
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Pipelines
The UK’s water regulator Ofwat has confirmed a major investment programme to improve services for customers and the environment. Ofwat has revealed a spending package of £51 billion (€60.1 billion) over the next five years, of which around one quarter will be dedicated to providing resilient services and a better environment in the face of a growing population and climate…
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Dec 17, 2019
Other
Honeywell has recently acquired Houston, US-based Rebellion Photonics, a provider of intelligent visual gas monitoring solutions that maximise safety, operational performance, emissions mitigation and compliance in the oil and gas, petrochemical and power industries. Rebellion’s real-time monitoring platform visually identifies and quantifies gas releases to detect and analyse leaks quickly,…
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Dec 17, 2019
Pipelines
US high-density polyethylene piping solutions provider ISCO has agreed to acquire Alabama-based M. T. Deason, expanding its presence in the American gas distribution market. The agreement, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to complete in January 2020. M.T. Deason has been providing products and services for the gas distribution market since 1982. “I’ve known…
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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 its footprint to better…
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Pumps
SLD Pumps & Power has completed a major project at a large wastewater treatment plant near Glasgow in Scotland, enabling critical repairs to be carried out. The company’s high-capacity pumps diverted millions of litres of wastewater, allowing engineering to inspect worn channels and structures downstream to assess what repairs were needed. SLD deployed 12 high-capacity pumps: eight…
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Dec 16, 2019
Flowmeters
A new flow measurement solution from Emerson now provides greater measurement assurance for hydrocarbon custody transfer applications. The company’s MID-certified turnkey flow measurement solution in Europe enhances truck and railcar loading operations by improving measurement accuracy and traceability, increasing loading bay availability and reducing operating costs. The new solution…
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Dec 16, 2019
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Multinational law firm DWF has highlighted a number of trends for the global energy sector for 2020, with global head of energy Slava Kiryushin offering various insights. Oil Commenting on the global oil trade in 2020, Kiryushin expects there to be an oversupply: "Many oil traders have predicted a bullish 2020 for the global oil industry, with some going as far as speculating the revival…
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Dec 13, 2019
Pipelines
Calima Energy, which owns and operates drilling and production rights in British Columbia, Canada, has been granted a permit to construct a pipeline to connect the company's well-pad to regional pipeline and processing infrastructure. Regulatory approval has been given for the company to construct and operate a 19.5km steel 8-inch service pipeline, which will connect existing and future Calima…
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Dec 13, 2019
With topics such as the future demand for hydrogen being discussed and the latest technologies being launched, StocExpo, the world’s largest and longest running international bulk liquid storage event, returns to Rotterdam in March 2020 with an eye firmly on the future. Thousands of professionals, experts and analysts from leading oil majors, including Shell, BP and ExxonMobil, and the…
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