
Return to main news page
If you would like to use our search facility - please log in or register above.
The results below show our latest news.
The results below show our latest news.
Jan 18, 2022
Aramco grows downstream presence in Europe
Pipelines
Jan 18, 2022
Severn Trent has begun water pipe replacement work in Nuneaton in the UK as part of a wider £3 million (€3.6 million) investment in Warwickshire.
The work will include replacing 500 meters of ageing pipes providing customers with improved water quality and reliability for years to come.
The Work is began on 14 January and will take 10 weeks to complete.
Shannon Currall,... [Read More]
Product News
Jan 18, 2022
NIVUS is expanding its range of clamp-on sensors to include another variant that works on the basis of the ultrasonic transit time difference.
With its measuring frequency of 500 kHz, these sensors are suitable for large pipe diameters or for pipe wall materials.
The new sensors also work in pipes with wall thicknesses of up to 30 mm. Compared to the 1 MHz version that... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jan 17, 2022
Pipelines
bp and Oman have signed an agreement to develop renewable energy and green hydrogen development in the Middle East county.
The Ministry of Energy and Minerals backed the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and a Renewables Data Collection Agreement which will support the potential development in Oman by 2030.
As part of the agreement, bp will capture data from 8,000km2... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jan 17, 2022
Pipelines
Equinor and SSE Thermal have awarded two key contracts for work on a proposed hydrogen storage facility at Aldbrough, UK.
The Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage project is a collaboration between Equinor and SSE Thermal which plans to store low carbon hydrogen either within the existing natural gas storage facility or at a new hydrogen storage site adjacent to the Aldbrough Gas... [Read More]
Features
Jan 17, 2022
For design engineers and specifiers in the general industrial market, corrosion can be a major challenge. Even the highest quality products can fail when used incorrectly. But how do engineers select the best materials? They carefully analyse the operating environment and ask themselves three key questions.
Firstly, is the material composition susceptible to cracking?... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 14, 2022
Pumps
Bedford Pumps has provided two of their fish friendly pumps to a chemical plant in Runcorn in the UK to aid in the chemical process.
INOVYN ChlorVinyls, part of INEOS, is Europe’s leading producer of vinyls and manufactures in eight countries across Europe.
Their Runcorn site which focuses on the production of chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives, produces... [Read More]
Other
Jan 14, 2022
Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) has increased its shares within Thames Water to 20%.
The sole corporate trustee of one of the UK's largest pension funds agreed to acquire an additional 8.77% in Kemble Water Holdings Limited, the ultimate holding company of Thames Water from investors Wren House Infrastructure LP.
USS first became an investor in Thames... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jan 14, 2022
Pipelines
A total of 34.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas was transported to Turkey and Europe in two years via the TurkStream pipeline.
The pipeline was opened in 2020, by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Around 18 bcm of gas flowed to Turkey and 16.8 bcm to Europe via the TurkStream Natural Gas Pipeline, between New Year’s Day 2020... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 13, 2022
Pipelines
Ørsted and Liquid Wind have reached an agreement over an e-methanol project.
Ørsted will acquire a 45% ownership share of Liquid Wind AB’s FlagshipONE facility.
FlagshipONE is a late-stage development project and could become the world’s first large-scale sustainable e-methanol project.
Liquid Wind plans to establish a series of facilities across Sweden to decarbonise... [Read More]
Features
Jan 13, 2022
Scrutiny of the water sector’s environmental performance has intensified over the past two years, catalysed in part by a heightened public appreciation of nature and outdoor spaces.
As such, there is mounting pressure on utilities to improve their wastewater treatment systems and meet progressively higher standards set by regulators.
A major investigation into management... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 13, 2022
Pipelines
CropEnergies and Johnson Matthey have entered into an engineering, license and technical services agreement for a plant to produce renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol.
This will take palce near CropEnergies’ production site in Zeitz, Germany.
Using Johnson Matthey technology, the renewable ethyl acetate produced by CropEnergies will reduce the fossil carbon... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jan 12, 2022
Pumps
Neste has successfully concluded its first series of trial runs processing liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.
After kicking the series off with its first-ever industrial scale trial run with liquefied waste plastic in 2020, Neste has conducted additional runs in 2021. Neste has been able to upgrade liquefied waste plastic to drop-in solutions for... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 12, 2022
Xylem has announced it is sponsoring an innovative new funding mechanism for water utilities to deploy promising new technologies.
The partnership with water consultancy Isle Utilities is a new approach to funding and scaling breakthrough water technologies, called the Trial Reservoir.
It provides water technology innovators access to capital for pilot projects, with... [Read More]
Product News
Jan 12, 2022
The Mono EZstrip range of progressing cavity pumps, with a host of new features, now makes in-situ maintenance easier than ever for wastewater sludge applications.
The cavity pump is available from Fluid Motion Solutions, which is part of NOV Inc.
The smooth-profile Positive Torque Split Coupling Rod of the EZstrip pumps already alleviates potential ragging issues to... [Read More]