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Oct 13, 2020
MWH Treatment plays key role in Thames Water’s capital delivery programme
Oil and Gas News
Oct 13, 2020
Pipelines
bp, in partnership with OQ, PETRONAS and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in Oman, has revealed that production has begun from the Ghazeer gas field - 33 months after the development was approved.
Its Block 61 Phase 2 facility was initially expected to come into production in 2021. The first phase of development of Block 61 – Khazzan – was brought online in September... [Read More]
Features
Oct 12, 2020
Siltbuster Process Solutions (SPS), the water treatment specialist, has provided equipment for a special trial project that sees one of its lamella clarifiers treating a raw water supply.
The client is trialling different chemical dosing set ups on actual water, running the tests for several weeks to generate data for a thorough review.
For the pilot, SPS was tasked... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 12, 2020
Pipelines
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the oil and gas sector leading to a sharp fall in fuel prices coupled with an over-abundant supply of oil and gas.
Pipeline operators in Canada have been forced to reduce their capital expenditure during the year.
Despite capital expenditure prioritisation to conserve cash, Canadian pipeline operators might still look to analyse the... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 9, 2020
Pipelines
ExxonMobil has made its final investment decision to proceed with the Payara field offshore development in Guyana after receiving government approvals.
Payara is the third project in the Stabroek Block and is expected to produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day after startup in 2024.
The $9 billion (€7.6 billion) development will target an estimated resource base... [Read More]
Flowmeters
Oct 9, 2020
TESTA Analytical Solutions has developed a new flowmeter that enables continuous measurement of flow rate without interference in chromatography systems.
Flow rate is one of the most important parameters in any liquid chromatography system as it determines retention time or volume and has by nature a major influence on reproducibility.
Compatible with all HPLC and GPC/SEC... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Oct 8, 2020
Pipelines
TD Williamson crews isolated a ruptured 14-inch natural gas liquids pipeline while it continued to flare off, enabling repairs while the system remained in service and creating the conditions for the fire to extinguish itself.
The west Texas pipeline exploded after it was hit by a third-party contractor excavating the right-of-way nearby.
The explosion and massive fire... [Read More]
Product News
Oct 7, 2020
Following the success of its acclaimed separators since their launch in 2016, Borger has released a new 25 m³/h model, suitable for dairy farmers with herds of up to 150 - and for small-scale biogas operators.
The launch of this compact new Bioselect RC 25 (which complements Borger’s existing range of up to 40 m³/h, 75 m³/h and 150 m³/h Separators), provides easy... [Read More]
Pumps
Oct 7, 2020
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has won the Community Initiative Award at the 2020 Aquaculture Awards for its work with the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) project on the Isle of Lewis - the first local circular economy of its kind in Scotland.
The success of the project, which sees fish waste (transferred from SSC’s processing plant) co-digested with household... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 6, 2020
Albion Water has been commissioned to develop a water services strategy for Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone in the UK.
The manufacturing and commercial growth area plans to complement existing advanced engineering and aeronautics in the region.
Albion Water will be advising and facilitating the delivery of drinking water supplies and the provision of local wastewater... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 6, 2020
British Water chief executive Lila Thompson said a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreed between India and the UK’s leading water sector trade association will “bring a great boost” to trading relationships between the two countries.
Thompson’s comments came at the India-UK Water Partnership Forum - a virtual event which took place on 22 September.
The... [Read More]
Product News
Oct 5, 2020
Emerson has introduced the Fisher V280 full-bore trunnion-mounted ball control valve for severe and speciality pressure, flow and process control applications.
The valve provides dynamic process control by utilising a robust drive train unique to the market that is designed to guide the shaft and properly absorb energy.
Available attenuators for liquid and gas process... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 5, 2020
Three new sewage treatment plants and 300 sewage intercepting wells will be built in Shantou city, China.
The installation of the CK actuators from Rotork will be a critical part of this project.
They will be installed on gate valves around the new sewage treatment plants, where they will be controlling the flow of raw sewage in and out of the sewage interceptors, where... [Read More]
Pumps
Oct 2, 2020
BBA Pumps has supplied flood relief pumps to Djibouti after a tender was put out by the United Nations.
The African country has suffered from heavy rainfall and floods in recent years.
BBA Pumps, partnering with the South African-based African Generator Company, successfully responded to the tender issued in February.
The tender required the supply of mobile emergency... [Read More]
Pipelines
Oct 2, 2020
Replacing valves in pipework can be a challenge, especially when the pipelines have liquids running through them.
One option is to completely drain the system to make the repairs, which can prove costly, time consuming and problematical as to where to drain the liquid.
Once liquids have been brought to a standstill, a specially designed flexible jacket is wrapped around... [Read More]