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The American Gas Association (AGA), American Petroleum institute (API), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), and Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) have urged Congress to withdraw a new tax on natural gas.
The new tax has been branded as a ‘methane fee’ from the proposed budget reconciliation bill.
“Make no mistake, our industry supports methane…
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Northumbrian Water's Project Pipeline: Durham and Tees Valley includes replacing sections of the network that are more than 100 years old.
The water company plans to install 17 miles of new pipes, connecting Lartington Water Treatment Works with Shildon, via Whorley Hill.
This will ensure around 200,000 customers in these areas continue to receive clean and clear tasting tap water.
Events have…
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Royal Vopak has announced the opening of a new industrial complex on the US Gulf Coast including new pipelines connecting the terminal to the petrochemical complex.
The new terminal has been designed and built by Vopak to serve Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, a joint venture by ExxonMobil and SABIC to build and operate a world-scale plastics manufacturing facility in San Patricio County, Texas,…
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We all love it when a plan comes together. In July 1952 in Arkansas, when President Harry S. Truman dedicated the Bull Shoals Dam on the White River, which created Bull Shoals Lake, it, as planned, brought about a boom in tourism.
Perhaps not even the man who said that “America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand” could have envisioned…
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The next Pump Industry Awards Ceremony will take place on March 31.
Having finally staged the postponed 2020/21 awards in late September, the event achieved its goal of recognising and rewarding business and professional excellence right across the pump industry.
The event is now seeking nominations for the 2022 Pump Industry Awards to be held at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Kenilworth,…
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Saudi Arabian manufacturing and chemicals company Sabic has revealed that it is to invest almost £1 billion (€1.18 billion) into its Teesside plant.
The company, one of the world's largest petrochemical manufacturers, told Reuters the cash injection was part of its plans to reduce its carbon footprint by up to 60% initially.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the investment was a "huge…
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Allowing Nord Stream 2 to pump Russian gas to Germany will not threaten supplies to the EU, the German Economy Ministry said on 26 October.
While the pipeline is ready to start operations, it still needs to be certified by Germany’s Federal Network Agency, Reuters reported. The ministry’s supply analysis is an important requirement for the regulator to continue that process.
In…
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Construction has started on the Regional Water Improvement Pipeline project in Nevada, US.
The 16-mile pipeline will deliver 4,000 acre-feet of treated effluent water from Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) in Sparks to the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRI Center). Farr West Engineering is the construction manager for the project.
The news was celebrated by Governor Steve…
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Endress+Hauser has launched anew ultrasonic gas flowmeter with integrated pressure and temperature sensors for highly accurate, real-time measured values.
The Prosonic Flow G 300/500 is a suitable flowmeter for demanding applications in gas measurement, including wet gas.
With optional integrated pressure and temperature sensors for optimum process control, the ultrasonic device offers…
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Mammoet has been installing 100 components for a Linde plant’s gasification facility upgrade at Jurong Island, Singapore.
The items to be installed included pipe racks, rotating equipment (turbines, generators), e-containers, columns and reactors.
Overall, Mammoet employed a range of equipment to support this facility upgrade, including a CC8800-1 Boom Booster, CC2800-1, CKE2500 and 110…
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General Electric (GE) has announced a five-year, $3.5 million (€3 million) investment in the UK as part of its global Next Engineers programme, to increase the diversity of young people entering engineering.
The programme will be based in Staffordshire, where GE operates three sites that design, develop, and service products used throughout the power and renewable energy industries.
Next…
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Calgary is one of Canada’s fastest growing metropolitan cities and is the major urban centre for the southern half of the province of Alberta.
Calgary is located in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers.
The city is perhaps best known internationally for its annual July rodeo and outdoor show, the Calgary Stampede.
Originally founded…
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Israel is considering building a new onshore pipeline to Egypt to boost natural gas exports to its neighbour in the wake of the recent tightening of global supplies.
The pipeline, which will connect the Israeli and Egyptian natural gas grids through the north of the Sinai peninsula, is estimated to cost around $200 million (€171 million) and could be operational within 24 months, Reuters…
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New guidance on grease management for commercial kitchens has been published, with the aim of ensuring businesses in the UK meet regulations and keep cooking fat out of the sewer system.
The Grease Contractors Association, a non-profit organisation of specifiers, installers and maintainers of grease management systems, aims to raise awareness of the relationship between sewer blockages and…
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INOVYN has announced investment plans to upgrade existing production at Runcorn so that it can supply compressed fuel-cell quality hydrogen to mobility and power generation sectors.
This is part of more than €2bn investment in Green Hydrogen announced by the subsidiary of INEOS.
INOVYN, which has been producing and using low-carbon hydrogen at its Runcorn site for over 100 years, is set to…
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McDermott will deliver engineering and procurement for a Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) project - the largest polyethylene integration project in the world - with China National Chemical Engineering and Construction Corp.
This agreement follows McDermott's safe and successful delivery of the front end engineering design (FEED) and early works phases of the project.
The project is owned by Baltic…
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Grundfos has introduced its Distributed Pumping System in Thailand.
This can help reduce energy consumption for cooling large commercial buildings by up to 50%, substantially cutting operational costs and helping Thai companies achieve their sustainability goals.
Temperature control is one of the most energy-intensive functions in commercial buildings with heating, ventilation and air…
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The UK government has announced that from next April it will offer subsidies of £5,000 (€5,916) to homeowners in England and Wales towards the cost of replacing old gas boilers with low carbon heat pumps.
The announcement comes with COP26 just weeks away and amid calls from industry experts for more government support.
In the UK, heating accounts for more than a third of CO2 emissions and…
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