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Aug 18, 2021
Anglian Water submits strategic pipeline plans
Pipelines
Aug 18, 2021
A new competition is offering up to £4 million (€4.7 million) in research and development funding for innovative pilot projects that could see fibre broadband cables fed through the country’s water pipelines.
Fibre in Water (FiW), a joint project led by the UK Government and the Geospatial Commission, will award funding from January 2022 to 31 March 2024. The pilots... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 17, 2021
Pipelines
Zimbabwe has clinched a $1.3 billion (€1.1 billion) agreement with Coven Energy to develop a fuel pipeline from the Mozambique port city of Beira to its capital city, Harare.
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Information, Monica Mutsvangwa, said the pipeline would lessen the load of the existing one that also links Harare and Beira. The deal with the UK-based firm will also... [Read More]
Other
Aug 17, 2021
Macquarie Asset Management (Macquarie) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Southern Water’s parent company, Greensands Holdings.
Southern Water provides essential services to 2.6 million water customers and 4.7 million wastewater customers across Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. Under the agreement reached with Southern Water’s existing shareholders,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 16, 2021
Pipelines
PennEast Pipeline said it still expected to complete the first phase of its $1.2 billion (€1 billion) natural gas pipe in Pennsylvania in 2022.
PennEast, which seeks to complete the pipeline's second phase from Pennsylvania into New Jersey in 2023, is just one of several long-delayed projects facing opposition from north-eastern states as the region transitions from... [Read More]
Pipelines
Aug 16, 2021
Anglian Water is investing £1.7 million (€1.9 million) in an essential project to future-proof the wastewater network in Hullbridge, UK.
Work on an essential sewer upgrade scheme in Hullbridge, in Essex, will begin on Monday 16 August.
The investment will see 2 km of new sewer pipes installed from the west of its pumping station on Ferry Road, under Kendall Park... [Read More]
Features
Aug 16, 2021
Non-revenue water (NRW) is the difference between the amount of water put into a distribution system and the amount of water billed to consumers. It is a global problem.
The estimated yearly global cost of NRW to utility companies is around $39 billion (€31 billion).
Olivier Narbey believes that the introduction of pressure management into existing water networks will... [Read More]
Product News
Aug 13, 2021
Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions (GD) has proven in field trials that its new V3 valve significantly increases performance hours in high pressure hydraulic fracturing operations.
GD Redline valves and seats are industry leaders, designed for maximum performance and reliability, with the full-open, bonded design providing optimal flow efficiency and maximum sealing.... [Read More]
Pumps
Aug 13, 2021
Thames Water in the UK has completely refurbished two slow sand filter beds at Hampton water treatment works – one of the biggest in Europe.
The water firm has fully rebuilt the porous floor and outer walls to help protect supplies for future generations, with the site the size of 100 football pitches producing a third of London’s water.
Hampton, built in the 1850s,... [Read More]
Product News
Aug 13, 2021
Titan Enterprises said there was a growing demand for precision flow measurement devices from manufacturers of domestic and industrial water-consumption appliances to integrate as part of a smart water meter system.
With year-on-year increases in water usage for domestic and industrial purposes, smart water flow metering solutions - with integrated Titan liquid flow sensors,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 12, 2021
Pipelines
Decom Engineering is expanding its operations with a new base near Aberdeen in Scotland which will improve access to key oil and gas companies.
The £200,000 (€235,000) investment will establish a test centre and office facility on the doorstep of Europe’s oil capital.
Established in 2011, the Northern Ireland-based engineering company has developed technologies... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 12, 2021
Pipelines
KBR has been awarded a technology licensing contract by Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas for PKN ORLEN’s petrochemical project.
The Petrochemical Development Programme in Plock, Poland, will see KBR provide technology license, basic engineering design, and proprietary equipment for PKN ORLEN’s Olefins Complex III Project.
This is Europe’s largest petrochemical... [Read More]
Other
Aug 12, 2021
Morrison Water Services has been awarded two long-term framework contracts by Northumbrian Water for capital works on water and wastewater network infrastructure projects.
The framework was tendered in three separate Lots and is intended to support the capital delivery programme in both the Northumbrian Water and Essex and Suffolk Water operating areas in the UK.
Morrison... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 11, 2021
Pipelines
Inter Pipeline will receive $408 million (€347 million) under the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Programme (APIP).
The grant has been awarded in support of Inter Pipeline’s Heartland petrochemical complex - an integrated propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and polypropylene production facility, which will be operational early next year.
“The APIP grant recognises... [Read More]
Features
Aug 11, 2021
Italy and Autogas, the name given to liquid petroleum gas (LPG) that is used as a motor fuel, have a relationship that dates back to the 1950s when the country became one of the first in Europe to introduce the fuel.
Since then, the two have been good for each other, with Autogas growing into the world’s most commonly used alternative fuel, and Italy ranking as the... [Read More]
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