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Sulzer expands operations in Southeast Asia with new service centre

Swiss pumping solutions provider Sulzer has expanded its footprint in Southeast Asia, with the opening of a new service centre in Semenyih, Malaysia. The company is now able to offer rotating equipment services 24/7 in Malaysia, and is uniquely placed to offer specialist technical knowledge and support for all types of pumps, electrical equipment and turbomachinery. The opening of the…
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Oct 9, 2019

Flowrox’s Corona water treatment technology nominated for innovation award

Flowrox’s yet-to-be-launched Corona industrial water treatment technology has been nominated for the Aquatech Innovation Award 2019, in the Wastewater Treatment category. Also known as the ‘Oscars of the Water Technology Industry’, the winner of the Innovation Award will be announced on 4 November during Aquatech Amsterdam’s opening ceremony. Corona is a unique industrial water…
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Oct 8, 2019

Orseal wins valve package contract for FPSO system offshore Brazil

Industrial valve solutions provider Orseal has recently completed delivery on the first of two valve package contracts for Libra MV31 in Brazil. Dutch company MV31 has a long-term charger agreement with Brazilian oil major Petrobra for the deployment of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, as operator of the Libra consortium. Chartered for 22 years, the FPSO Guanabara…
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Oct 8, 2019

Blue Energy inks domestic gas supply deal in Australia

Blue Energy as signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the owner of the North Queensland Gas Pipeline (NQGP), Palisade Investment Partners, to bring new domestic gas supplies into the Townsville market in Queensland, Australia. The NQCP is the only source of natural gas to North Queensland; the onshore natural gas pipeline crosses 391km, transporting gas from the Morandbah Gas Project…
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Oct 8, 2019

Wintershall Dea sell interests in Norwegian gas terminal, pipeline

Wintershall Dea subsidiary Wintershall Norge has agreed to sell its interests in the Nyhamna terminal and the Polarled pipeline to CapeOmega and Solveig Gas Norway, respectively. The decision to sell the interests on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is part of a broader programme to optimise Wintershall Dea’s global portfolio, following the merger between Wintershall and DEA in May…
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Oct 7, 2019

Atlas Copco’s new pumps enhance drainage, sludge pumping operations

At the WEFTEC Conference in Chicago, US in September, Atlas Copco Power Technique launched three new electric submersible pumps for drainage and sludge pumping applications. The WEDA S30 and S60 sludge/trash pumps have been designed specifically for drainage and sludge pumping applications, while the WEDA D80 is a new drainage pump. All pumps in the WEDA range are compact, lightweight and easy…
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Oct 7, 2019

New rules in US to strengthen onshore pipeline safety

The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has introduced three new rules that will strengthen the safety of onshore gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines throughout the US. Additionally, the rules will enhance PHMSA’s authority to issue an emergency order to address unsafe conditions or hazards that pose an immediate…
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Oct 7, 2019

Siemens and Grundfos digital partnership to tackle global water challenges

Global technology company Siemens has signed a digital partnership framework with pump manufacturer Grundfos to tackle global water challenges and save energy. Under the collaboration, both companies will focus on digital technologies in water and wastewater applications, industrial automation and building technology. Siemens and Grundfos will aim to tackle global water challenges, by…
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Oct 4, 2019

Subsea 7 nets Shell contract offshore UK, acquires 4Subsea

Subsea engineering, construction and services company Subsea 7 has won a sizeable contract from Shell for the Pierce depressurisation project, located around 160 miles offshore Aberdeen in the UK. Valued at $50-150 million (€45.5-136.6 million), the contract includes the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation (EPCI and T&I) of a 30km gas export pipeline,…
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Oct 4, 2019

CIRCOR to sell distributed valves business in shift away from upstream oil and gas

Valve manufacturer CIRCOR recently announced its intent to sell its Distributed Valves business, as the company continues to follow through with a strategic shift away from upstream oil and gas. Commenting on the announcement, Scott Buckhout, president and CEO, said: “This is an important step in CIRCOR’s transformation as we continue to diversify away from upstream oil and gas and focus…
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Oct 3, 2019

Weatherford nets safety valve contract from Brazil’s Petrobras

Multinational oilfield services company Weatherford has won its largest-ever contract for deep-set safety valves, from Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras. Under the contract, Weatherford will deliver 24 Optimax™ deep-set safety valves over the next four years. The Optimax safety valve protects against catastrophic loss of well control by providing failsafe closures at pressures of up to…
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Oct 3, 2019

Anglian Water clears over 40,500 blockages from sewer network

Engineers at Anglian Water in the UK have cleared a total of 40,575 blockages from the region’s sewer network over the past 12 months, 85% of which were caused by unflushable products such as wet wipes, as well as fats, oils and grease (FOG). The water company has now marked the start of a month-long campaign to raise awareness of the problems caused by unflushables, dubbed Unblocktober, by…
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Oct 2, 2019

Clarke Valve secures control valve approvals in Canadian markets

Clarke Valve, a portfolio company of Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures and OGCI Climate Investments, has secured the first two provincial approvals on its path to a nationwide Canadian Registration Number (CRN) in Canada. The first approval was granted by the Alberta Boilers Safety Association (ABSA) for Clarke Valve to sell its Shutter Valve™ product line in Canada,…
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Sep 30, 2019

Pragma improves safety, lowers costs with new ESP valve

Aberdeen, UK-based oil and gas production technology business Pragma has developed an advanced downhole safety valve to offer improved well control for cable deployed electric submersible pumps (ESPs) retrofitted to production wells. The new valve will allow both onshore and offshore installations to meet safety regulations while improving the operations footprint at the wellsite during…
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Sep 30, 2019

NGL Energy to acquire pipeline infrastructure provider for $600 million

NGL Energy Partners has agreed to acquire Golden Gate Capital’s Hillstone Environmental Partners for approximately $600 million (€548.7 million). Hillstone Environmental provides water pipeline and disposal infrastructure solutions to customers located in West Texas and New Mexico in the US. With the acquisition, NGL Energy plans to combine Hillstone’s services with its existing Delaware…
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Sep 27, 2019

Enbridge, NextDecade to develop natural gas pipeline in Texas, US

NextDecade and Enbridge have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pursue the development of the Rio Bravo pipeline and other natural gas pipelines in South Texas, for the transport of natural gas to NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project, located in Brownsville, Texas in the US. The Rio Bravo pipeline will be able to transport 4.5 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from the Agua…
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Sep 27, 2019