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Dec 10, 2020
Nigeria to spearhead Africa refinery capacity additions
Pipelines
Dec 10, 2020
Boring machine lays the groundwork for new UK pipeline
United Utilities’ 23 tonne boring machine ‘Sandy’ finally completed its 270 metre journey underneath the busy M65 motorway after 120 days and over 2,800 hours of work.
The epic journey 16 metres underneath the busy UK motorway began on 27 July and using laser guiding and GPS location technology, Sandy’s support... [Read More]
Product News
Dec 10, 2020
KROHNE has announced the availability of its OPTIPROBE electromagnetic insertion-type flowmeter that provides monitoring of conductive clean liquids in water and wastewater applications.
This corrosion-resistant flowmeter comes in a variety of designs. The OPTIPROBE is available with an adjustable insertion length of up to 16 inches (400 mm) that can be easily fixed... [Read More]
Features
Dec 9, 2020
Siltbuster Process Solutions (SPS) provided a wastewater treatment solution for Welsh Water at its visitor centre while a new plant gets built.
The original wastewater treatment works would not have been capable of treating the increased amount of wastewater produced when the refurbished visitor centre in the Llys y Frȃn Country Park Reservoir is completed.
Young... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 9, 2020
Valves
Oxford Flow has announced that its ES axial flow isolation valve for the oil, gas and petrochemical sectors has excelled in fugitive emissions testing – offering a viable option to eliminate fugitive emissions from valves in critical processes.
The flow control equipment specialist for oil, gas, water and industrial process industries, performed ISO 15848-1 testing,... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 9, 2020
ABB has donated products and solutions to secure the power infrastructure in Beirut following the devastating explosion in August.
Major hospitals and a school in the Lebanese capital have received products and solutions from ABB to restore and accelerate reconstruction efforts as the city rebuilds its civil society.
Mike Mustapha, head of global markets for ABB Electrification,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 8, 2020
Pipelines
The Canadian energy regulatory has recommended that NOVA Gas Transmission’s Edson mainline expansion project be approved.
The project involves the construction and operation of 85km of natural gas pipeline.
It is needed to increase pipeline capacity and move gas from the Peace River Project Area to growing markets in central and southern Alberta.
After considering... [Read More]
Features
Dec 8, 2020
Aftermarket support from Celeros Flow Technology has delivered significant improvements in environmental performance and mean time between failures (MTBF) for an operating European oil refinery.
There was a maintenance window of just two weeks available in which to complete a mechanical upgrade to a third party OH2 pump.
The upgrade was necessary to ensure the pump... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 8, 2020
Valves
Mokveld delivered the first local pressure control loop with a pressure transmitter directly connected to the control valve in the Far East almost 10 years ago.
This was a back-pressure control application, with a conventional gas driven actuator.
Building on this solution, Mokveld recently commissioned the first electric driven ‘self-acting’ control valve in a European... [Read More]
Pipelines
Dec 7, 2020
More than 30 Rotork actuators have been installed on jet valves in order to provide critical air regulation control at a treatment plant.
The Milano San Rocco Wastewater Treatment Plant represents one of the biggest examples of wastewater reuse for irrigation in the world where practically all the treated water can be reused for farm irrigation.
It processes the wastewater... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Dec 7, 2020
Pumps
Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) has supplied the Atal Tunnel project with its hi-tech fire-fighting pumping systems.
KBL delivered fire-fighting pump sets for deployment along the 9km tunnel, which is the world’s longest motorable tunnel.
The Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh was opened to public use earlier last month.
The tunnel connects Manali to Leh and is located... [Read More]
Pipelines
Dec 7, 2020
Perma-Pipe International Holdings has announced its Egypt subsidiary has been awarded $6 million (€4.53 million) in contracts by the China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC).
This is for the provision of thermally insulated pipe, field joints and a leak detection system for a district cooling network. This is for the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA)... [Read More]
Product News
Dec 4, 2020
Wanner Engineering has introduced its new Hydra-Cell Q330 Series pump that features a seal-less design.
The Minneapolis-based firm in the US said this avoided maintenance problems of mechanical or dynamic seals and packing that could lead to leaks and wear.
The pumps have been designed for a variety of high-capacity applications including salt water disposal (SWD),... [Read More]
Pumps
Dec 4, 2020
The chief executive of Wessex Water said the company was ‘devastated’ following the fatal explosion at its plant in Bristol.
A major incident has been declared following the large blast at its site in Avonmouth, UK.
Three employees and a contractor were killed in the accident at its water recycling plant on Thursday.
The blast is believed to have occurred in one... [Read More]
Flowmeters
Dec 4, 2020
VorTek Instruments has released its new SonoPro Portable clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter.
According to Vortek, the flowmeter offers high-accuracy transit-time ultrasonic technology to deliver accurate and reliable flow metering in a portable design.
The design incorporates matched precision transducers and signal processing circuitry to accurately measure the flow of... [Read More]
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