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Dec 14, 2021
Exploring hydrogen hub potential at Southampton cluster
Pipelines
Dec 13, 2021
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has completed their £8 million (€9.3 million) wastewater upgrade in the north of Cardiff.
This investment work will help increase the sewer network capacity and improve the quality of the water released back into the environment.
The work, which got underway in June 2020, involved replacing, cleaning and relining sections of the wastewater pipe... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 13, 2021
Pipelines
Toyo Engineering India has successfully been awarded a contract by Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a 3.55 MMtpy diesel hydro-treating (DHT) Unit.
The wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, will carry out the work in Assam state of India.
NRL is a public sector undertaking governed... [Read More]
Features
Dec 13, 2021
As global water distribution infrastructure ages and the world's population grows, non-revenue water (NRW) – caused mainly by leakages resulting from pipe failures – presents a significant economic and environmental challenge for utilities worldwide.
Retrofitting existing water networks with modern pressure management systems helps prevent loss of precious water resources,... [Read More]
Archive News
Dec 10, 2021
Pumps
A Landia chopper pump is playing a vital role in the use of slurry as a fertiliser at a Lancashire, UK farm.
Using energy captured from solar panels at the all-electric, 100-hectare farm, the 7.5 Landia pump transfers slurry 510 metres, directly from the main dry cow house to the external lagoon, making significant savings on fuel and labour.
A supplier to the Arla... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 10, 2021
US-based Eagle LNG Partners has completed a long-term supply contract to establish an LNG terminal in Aruba, the Caribbean, with WEB Aruba, the local power and water utility.
The Aruba LNG Terminal will serve as WEB’s LNG receiving and re-gasification terminal for its Balashi power plant. The terminal will be located at Refineria di Aruba, an existing industrial location... [Read More]
Other
Dec 9, 2021
Severn Trent Water has been fined £1.5 million (€1.74 million) for illegal sewage discharges in Worcestershire, UK.
Between February and August 2018, Severn Trent Water discharged sewage from four sewage treatment works. The court heard how the company failed to respond to alarms of warning of a blockage, failed to inadequately manage sewage sludge, and failed to... [Read More]
Product News
Dec 9, 2021
Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL), based in India, has received a patent for its NS type of submersible pumps.
The Patent Office of the Government of India has offered the patent in KBL’s name entitled ‘Arrangements for Reducing Weight of Pumps’.
NS submersible pumps are used for sewage, dewatering and seepage applications. The impellers of these pumps are of... [Read More]
Product News
Dec 8, 2021
Sulzer has launched the world’s biggest medium-consistency pump, the MCE93-400, which has been built in response to customer demand for bigger production rates.
The pumping of liquids with a high dry solids content - medium consistency - is essential for processes in the pulp and paper industry.
In recent years, production rates have spiralled and as a result, Sulzer... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 8, 2021
Pipelines
The first US industrial-scale renewable natural gas facility using agricultural residues as a feedstock has started operations in the city of Nevada, Iowa.
Following two-and-a-half years of construction and transformation of VERBIO’s Nevada plant, Greg Faith, the company’s president and general manager, announced the facility is now injecting pipeline-quality natural... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 8, 2021
Pumps
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and AGL Energy (AGL) have agreed to undertake a feasibility study to repurpose infrastructure at coal-fired power stations to generate green hydrogen from water.
The announcement reinforces Australia’s potential to become a global green hydrogen superpower.
The Liddell and Bayswater power stations currently account for over 40% of... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 7, 2021
Pipelines
Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) and Linde Gas have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaboratively explore the feasibility and development of a CO2 liquefaction and storage facility.
The new plant will be located adjacent to the SLNG terminal on Jurong Island in the city state.
The project concept involves using cold energy from the SLNG terminal’s... [Read More]
Pumps
Dec 7, 2021
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s £8 million (€9.3 million) investment to upgrade the wastewater system in Norton and Presteigne has been completed.
The work will help improve the quality of the water which is release to the environment. This in turn will boost water quality in the Norton Brook and River Lugg to ensure a first-class wastewater service to householders.
The... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 6, 2021
Other
Tranter has received an order for several NovusBloc welded plate heat exchangers for a refinery expansion project in North America.
The project was engineered and procured by an American-based Global EPC-Contractor focusing on on-shore and off-shore oil and gas projects.
Tranter’s scope of supply includes a number of NovusBloc heat exchangers in different sizes that... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 6, 2021
Valves
Valve engineering firm Severn Group has acquired US-headquartered Valv Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of metal-seated, zero-leakage isolation valve solutions.
The deal, which follows the strategic partnership announced in June, represents a step toward Severn Group’s vision to become a leading global severe service valve specialist in... [Read More]