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Iran is set to start loading crude oil at the Jask oil terminal on the Gulf Oman adding its first export terminal outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz leading to the Persian Gulf.
ABout 100,000 mt of heavy crude oil could be loaded, Vahid Maleki, director of the Jask Oil Terminal, told the state-run IRNA news agency on July 17.
Iran's outgoing President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to make the…
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The boards of British Water and the Water Industry Forum have confirmed that the proposed merger of their two organisations is to go ahead and will now prepare detailed plans and agree the timetable.
The two boards reaffirmed their recommendation to move forward together, first announced in May this year, following feedback by members that demonstrated clear support for the merger.
On July 15,…
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Enerpac has unveiled its new Enerpac ZE2 and ZW2-Series electric pumps for manufacturing and workshop applications requiring productive flow rates, quiet operation and simplified controls.
They are especially suitable for applications in a facility or location where an air-line drop is not available, feasible or desired.
In addition, the ZE2 and ZW2-Series pumps can be used for long periods…
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The downstream oil sector - the supplier of 96% of the UK’s transport fuels – said it was committed to working with the UK Government to decarbonise the transport system following the release of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TDP).
The announced changes to the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), will see a steady increase in renewable fuel content blended in fuels throughout…
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Industrial effluent treatment plant specialists, FLI CAP Technology have brought in Landia’s AirJet aeration system to a major dairy products manufacturer in the north-west of England.
A retrofit installation, which had to be achieved in an extremely tight space, has greatly enhanced dairy effluent mixing to enhance the overall process, and importantly, prevent odours. The AirJet also removes…
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Pumps
Offering unparalleled volumetric efficiency for a rotary lobe pump, Borger has launched the new, BLUELine Nova range.
Designed with a special, one-piece DIUS rotor, the BLUEline Nova (available in six sizes, with flow rates up to 110 m³/h) provides almost pulsation-free pumping at pressures up to 12 bar.
This new high-tech Nova range can also be supplied without casing liners for CIP…
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Inert gas welding requires the removal of oxygen from the welding zone before, during and after welding. This is known as weld purging as is crucial during the welding of stainless steel.
The hand-held PurgEye 100, designed and developed by Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT is perfect for welding stainless steel, reading accurately from atmospheric oxygen level (20.94%), right down to 100 ppm…
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Pumps
Hydro-Québec has picked ANDRITZ as its major partner to re-equip its 14 turbine generator units at the Carillon generating station.
Hydro-Québec has awarded the supply and installation of the first set of six 54-MW turbine-generator units at the facility on the Ottawa River, Canada, to ANDRITZ.
The first phase encompasses complete re-equipping of six units with new generators, speed…
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The total consumption of fossil fuels in the US including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, fell to 72.9 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) last year.
This was down 9% from 2019 and the lowest level since 1991.
Last year marked the largest annual decrease in US fossil fuel consumption in both absolute and percentage terms since at least 1949, according to the Monthly Energy Review.…
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Yorkshire Water Knostrop is a large wastewater treatment plant servicing a growing population of 800,000 people.
The decision was taken to rebuild the works with standard digestion and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant.
The contract was given to build a facility to process indigenous sludge and imported dewatered sludge cake.
SEEPEX had previously installed 12 large progressive cavity…
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Pumps
Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions has expanded its suite of pump offerings for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market with its new GD 800HDD pump.
The American-made pumpfeatures an extremely high flow rate of more than 1000 gpm, making it suitable for the most demanding horizontal drilling projects.
Its light weight eases transportation between work sites and its extremely high…
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Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has started producing two upgraded crude grades for domestic refining.
PDVSA's 1.3 million-barrel-per-day capacity refining network and US sanctions have led to intermittent scarcity of cooking gas, petrol and diesel, making the nation more dependent on imports.
Following the restart of a key upgrader in June, operated by the Petrocedeno joint venture,…
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Pipelines
Aquarius Spectrum will deploy its innovative acoustic monitoring system AQS-SYS on Singapore's drinking water supply network.
The provider of water leak detection and pipe condition assessment solutions was part of the proposal submitted by its local partner, which was awarded the tender by PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency for provision of leak detection services.
Aquarius will provide…
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Valves
Petrotec and Flowserve have jointly opened a new dry gas seal repair and testing facility in the Salwa industrial area of Qatar.
The new facility, the Petrotec Service and Technology Centre, expands Petrotec’s existing wet seal repair and testing capabilities in Qatar and adds local compressor seal commissioning, inspection and repair capabilities.
Dry gas seals are an integral part of…
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Globally, there are few resources as essential as water.
As the fluid of life, water is needed and used by every single person on the planet, but with the growing impacts of climate change being felt across the worldwide water sector, action is required now to reduce demand, increase supply, and apply the principles of a circular economy to the way water is managed and shared.
Meeting the…
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Valve specialist Schubert & Salzer Control Systems has developed a compact, lightweight and energy-efficient solution for all areas of the process industry with its new type 8028 sliding gate valve.
In addition, with a pneumatic 80-millimetre diaphragm actuator and digital positioner, the control valve allows for a low-noise operation.
The sliding gate technology used in the type 8028 controls…
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Many companies may have pipework systems that are full of water or other fluid that need to be completely drained for the smallest of repair.
Companies facing system downtime can drastically reduce pipe and valve repair and maintenance costs with Accu-Freeze available from the Pipestoppers Division of Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT.
Luke Keane, technical support at HFT, said: “We carried…
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Vanni Vignoli was elected as the 30th president of Europump - the European pump industry association.
The election was undertaken digitally as part of the association’s Virtual General Assembly.
An engineer in the pump sector for over 20 years, Vignoli has held various positions with Italian pump manufacturer, Caprari, best known for its centrifugal pumps, submersible motors, and integrated…
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