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Aug 3, 2021
Pump companies join BPMA stable
Oil and Gas News
Aug 3, 2021
Pipelines
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said it was operating its refineries short of full capacity as diesel sales had not yet hit pre-pandemic levels.
The company, which said it was operating at 90% capacity, added it expected to increase refining to full capacity shortly as demand for fuel steadily increased.
Indian state fuel retailers’ petroleum sales exceeded pre-pandemic levels... [Read More]
Pipelines
Aug 3, 2021
Riventa have been monitoring a hydro-turbine for a major water supplier in England, to see if its maximum possible electrical output was being maintained.
At a key site, river water is pumped to a break tank at the top of a hill, from where it can either overflow or run down the hill to a large reservoir below - or be directed to a hydro-turbine with the same outfall.... [Read More]
Pipelines
Aug 2, 2021
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water are about to begin maintenance work at Llandegfedd Reservoir, which plays an important role in supplying over 600,000 people.
It supplies Cardiff, Newport, parts of Monmouth and surrounding areas with a reliable supply of safe, clean drinking water every day.
The work, which began this month is anticipated to be completed by the end of October.
Rhys... [Read More]
Pumps
Aug 2, 2021
Tsurumi Pumps are being used in a canoe slalom event at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
There are 15 submersible pumps being used to pump the water and create turbulence for the event.
A total of three of the pumps have 150kW motors and pump 4,000 litres per second!
As a comparison, the company’s two-inch submersible pump model LB480 pumps less than 0.5 litres per second.... [Read More]
Features
Aug 2, 2021
AccessESP, a Houston-based provider of rigless electrical submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions for the global oil industry, has developed retrieval technology that reduces costs by enabling quick and easy ESP installation and retrieval using slickline, wireline, or coiled tubing.
The system eliminates the need for a workover rig to pull and reinstall an ESP, lowering... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 30, 2021
Valves
Finland-based Flowrox has sold its valve and pump businesses to Neles - a listed Finnish manufacturer of industrial valves.
Flowrox’s industrial automation, environmental technologies and filter business are excluded from the acquisition and will continue under a new, later to be announced name and brand.
“In recent years, Flowrox's operations have expanded in... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 30, 2021
Pipelines
The controversial Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is 99% complete, the pipeline operator has revealed.
This follows the news that the pipelay vessel Akademik Cherskiy finished its initially planned workload.
The $11 billion (9.25 billion) Nord Stream 2, designed to bypass Russia’s political foe Ukraine and double the capacity of the existing... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 30, 2021
Pumps
Hydrogen fuel company Element 2 is planning to install up to 300 pumps in Aberdeenshire over the next decade.
The firm will invest up to £2 million (€2.3 million) in a two-acre site in Bridge of Don, Scotland, that will support up to six pumps capable of dispensing up to three tonnes of hydrogen fuel per day.
Element 2, based in North Yorkshire, has plans to invest... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jul 29, 2021
Other
German rescue teams are still searching for missing workers following the explosion at a chemical park on July 27.
At least two people were killed and 31 others injured in the blast at the Chempark site in the city of Leverkusen.
In a statement from Currenta, three people were "seriously" injured in the blast while five people remained missing.
"My thoughts go to the... [Read More]
Pipelines
Jul 29, 2021
Southern Water has increased the size of its leakage team and is employing new tools and techniques to find and fix leaks as the south-east of the UK faces a future of more people and less water.
This is part of the organisation's commitment to halve leakage by 2050.
Southern Water has committed to triple the rate of leakage reduction and is making major investments... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 29, 2021
Pipelines
A new gas distribution test grid (microgrid) is being used to understand any changes to operational procedures needed for the gas network to transport up to 100% hydrogen in the future.
The microgrid has been purpose-built by DNV and led by Northern Gas Networks (NGN) as part of the H21 project and is located at DNV’s test and research facility at Spadeadam in Cumbria.... [Read More]
Pumps
Jul 28, 2021
Next Filtration Technologies, who produce water treatment products Scale Stop and FOG STOP, have agreed a new partnership with the Argonide Corporation to provide a new microbiological removal system.
In conjunction with Next’s Scale Stop Template Assisted Crystallisation (TAC) water treatment units, Argonide’s long-recognised advanced filtration technology will provide... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jul 28, 2021
Pipelines
Exchanger Industries Limited, the Canadian designer and manufacturer of heat transfer products for the energy, petrochemical, industrial and clean power generation sectors, has acquired HRS Heat Exchangers.
HRS is a specialist global supplier of heat exchangers and custom process systems across the environmental, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.
The acquisition... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jul 28, 2021
Pipelines
Iran has opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman to allow Iranian tankers to avoid using the Strait of Hormuz.
"This is a strategic move and an important step for Iran. It will secure the continuation of our oil exports," President Rouhani said in a televised speech. "This new crude export terminal shows the failure of Washington's sanctions on Iran."
Rouhani... [Read More]
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