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Egypt’s first water treatment facility with an integrated zero liquid discharge (ZLD) plant has been commissioned to protect Egypt’s only life-giving aquifer, the River Nile.
The ZLD technology, provided global water purification technology developer Aquatech, has resulted in the plant reduce its fresh water demand by 70%.
Aquatech was awarded a contract in 2013 by the Egyptian…
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Recon Technology, China's first listed non-state owned oil and gas field service company, has been awarded a patent for its proprietary Oilfield Wastewater Treatment Device by China's State Intellectual Property Office.
Oily wastewater, as the outcome of the oilfield exploitation process, contains water, various oils, chemical polymers, heavy…
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The California State Water Resources Control Board (WRCB) has approved $2.2 million (€2m) of funding to reconfigure the Cascade Shores wastewater treatment operation.
WRCB hopes that the provided resources help eliminate two long-standing water quality treatment issues and stabilise and substantially reduce rate payers’ costs over time.
The Cascade Shores plant, because of its size and…
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Axalta Coating Systems, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, is has introduced two new high temperature, corrosion-resistant internal pipe coatings to its Nap-Gard functional coatings collection.
The new Nap-Gard 7-0017HT and 7-0017VHT Black Beauty FBE products are thermosetting epoxy powders designed to provide high chemical resistance when operating in temperatures up to 200°C…
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Pumps
Gardner Denver, a US industrial equipment company, sold six of its Thunder Series pumps in October, the company’s petroleum and industrial pumps (P&IP) division reports.
The company continues to see a strong interest from service companies who are looking to reduce their total cost of ownership.
The company initially introduced the Thunder Series pumps to the market at…
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Level Monitors
Baumer has introduced two new variants to its CleverLevel series of level sensors, the LBFH and LBFI available with qTeach and a 360° output status indicator.
In the same way as their predecessors, the level switches are based on frequency deviation technology and are suitable for both hygienic and industrial applications.
The level switches offer various programming options to suit different…
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Elaflex, a global hose maker, has extended its product portfolio to meet the growing international trend towards long length collapsible bunkering hoses.
The type FHD hose range comprises various sizes up to DN 200, and following market requirements, all sizes are now available ex stock with L15 pressure rating in 40m lengths.
Due to recent changes in the marine hose standard EN 1765, reusable…
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Level Monitors
Hantemp Controls stainless steel float switch line has expanded to include the new SSLLA adjustable float switch.
Unique to the SSLLA adjustable float switch is 5” of adjustable range permitting application-tailored switching levels.
Applications include precise setting of the fill-level in surge drums, overfeed pumping accumulators, and other instances requiring adjustable liquid level…
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Vietnamese Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co. (BSR) plans to borrow $1.2 billion (€1.12bn) to upgrade and expand its Dung Quat oil refinery.
BRS CEO Tran Ngoc Nguyen said the company would this month select the consulting unit, which would arrange loans with banks for the project.
According to BRS, the expansion project’s investment capital is estimated at $1.82 billion, 30% of…
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Flowmeters
The Indonesian government is planning to force oil and gas contractors to install flowmeters at their wells after years of criticism over lack of production data in the field.
Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s oil and gas director general IGN Wiratmaja Puja said the government would stipulate the installation of flowmeters through a ministerial regulation in a bid to increase the…
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US President-elect Donald Trump has criticised bearing, coupling, and gear drive manufacturer Rexnord over its plans to move production from the US state of Indiana to Mexico.
Trump took on Milwaukee-based Rexnord on Twitter over the weekend, as the company intends to move its industrial bearings production south of the border, according to the Wall Street Journal.
“Rexnord of Indiana is…
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Valves
Asco has introduced the 045 Series line of pinch valves, offering low power consumption and less heat transfer for protection of liquid media for analytical and medical instruments
The new pinch valves are designed with a small form factor that is half the height of competitive products, according to Asco.
This makes them well-suited for compact instruments that are used in laboratories and…
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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group has acquired Aflex Hose and its subsidiary Aflex Hose USA through its parent company Spirax-Sarco Engineering for £61.4 million (€72.8m).
Aflex, based in Halifax, England, and with a sales/assembly operation in Pennsylvania, US, specialises in the design and manufacture of PTFE lined flexible hose for the pharmaceutical, food, and chemical process…
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Pumps
Amarinth, a centrifugal pumps and associated equipment specialist, has delivered a complex skid package with an API 610 OH2 pump to the Mariner platform in the North Sea.
The Mariner field is located 140km southeast of the UK Shetland Islands in a water depth of 110m and is ranked as one of UK’s largest undeveloped oil finds.
The required skid package for the platform was constrained by an…
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Motion and control systems manufacturer Parker Hannifin has agreed to acquire liquid and air filtration systems maker Clarcor for $4.3 billion (€4bn) with company debt included.
In its biggest acquisition deal ever, Parker’s offer of $83 per share represents a premium of approximately 18% over Carcor’s closing price last Wednesday.
According to a statement by Parker, the…
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Rotork has improved its Pakscan two-wire digital control system with the introduction of a new P4 master station capable of running the new Pakscan Plus ultra-fast control loop.
On the P4 master station, a large touch screen display provides an easy-to-use, multilingual user interface providing quick device setup, interrogation, and issue resolution.
NAMUR standard diagnostic icons and colours…
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German actuator manufacturer Auma is preparing to replace its KP and KES connections for explosion-proof actuators with the new electrical KT connection.
The new connector, as well as the two previous ones, feature a modular design that simplifies their purchasing and installation, and they are implemented via Auma’s plug/socket connector.
“The new KT plug/socket connector combines…
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Pumps
Pump expert Sulzer has entered into exclusive discussions with Moret Industries to acquire the pump manufacturer Ensival Moret (EM) at a proposed price of €80 million.
EM, whose main manufacturing facilities are based in Saint Quentin, France, and Thimister, Belgium, achieved sales of €115 million in 2015 and has currently about 730 employees.
The company also operates manufacturing…
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