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Pumps
Worldwide pump supplier Wanner International announced that it has achieved an average annual organic growth rate of 14%, over the past five years.
According to the company, this was driven by the realisable value that the Hydra-Cell® pump technology creates for customers, in addition to Wanner’s dedication to customer service.
Wanner’s Hydra-Cell seal-less diaphragm pumps are…
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Global water technology company Xylem has released the Flygt N3069, a new stainless steel submersible pump for complex industrial applications.
The newest addition to the company’s Flygt range will enable the company to leverage advanced techniques to respond to the diverse pumping needs of industrial customers with customised solutions.
Xylem added that the use of 3D printing technology…
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Flowmeters
Emerson has completed the purchase of Zedi’s software and automation businesses, according to an announcement from the company.
The addition of Zedi’s cloud supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) platform will enable Emerson to help oil and gas producers increase production and lower operating costs.
“As world energy demand continues to grow, helping our vital oil and…
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Pipelines
INEOS has confirmed in a statement that it has started to progressively reduce the throughput of the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) to 150 million barrels per day, in order to carry out repairs on one of its three processing units at Kinneil.
According to the pipeline operator, an operational issue with the main heater on Train 3 at Kinneil requires immediate repair.
This requires flow reduction…
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Pumps
Fluid management solutions provider CRI Pumps has invested $5 million (€4.46 million) into facilities in the US and Mexico.
According to CRI Group’s vice chairman, G. Soundararajan, the company has been developing products for these markets for over a decade, with a focus on the US, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
The investment will see a wholly owned subsidiary…
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Valves
CIRCOR has recently confirmed that Crane has put forward a revised tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of CIRCOR common stock for $48 (€42.7) per share in cash.
Crane’s initial unsolicited offer of $45 per share in cash, made in May, was rejected by CIRCOR.
CIRCOR’s board of directors will now review and evaluate the revised offer from Crane, in consultation with…
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Insertion valves and line stop fittings provider Hydra-Stop launched the Insta-Valve 20-24 insertion valve after a prelaunch at AWWA’s ACE19 in June.
The new insertional valve is available for pipes measuring 20-24 inches, and was designed in response to feedback from industry professionals.
According to the company, the engineered valve cartridge has a mechanically actuated, resilient…
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A Colorado energy producer is taking advantage of new Coriolis mass flowmeter technology that ensures both stable and uninterrupted measurements of oil with high gas content. The new meter is cost-effective, rugged and reliable technology that helps them meet investors’ needs for accurate and reliable well allocation measurement information.
Independent energy company looking for…
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Pipelines
UK water and wastewater company United Utilities has revealed its plans for the world’s largest ‘listening’ project of its kind to tackle water leakage across its network.
The company will install approximately 100,000 acoustic loggers over the next two years across its underground water supply network, which comprises over 26,000 miles of pipes.
“We have one of the…
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Valves
The fifth Valve World Americas Expo & Conference, organised by KCI Publishing and Messe Düsseldorf North America, took place from 19-20 June 2019 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, US.
A total of 4,361 attended the event, including over 700 conference delegates, setting a new record.
The two-day event was attended by flow control professionals from around the…
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Pipelines
Growing supply of Permian crude means the basin will need extra crude oil takeaway capacity of up to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) by the end of next decade, according to new research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
A moderate overbuild of pipeline capacity is expected in the early 2020s as the current wave of pipeline investments are completed, with midstream operators…
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Pumps
Ebara Corporation has completed construction of its new Components Development and Innovation Center, which will play a critical role in the development and testing of dry vacuum pumps and gas abatement systems.
The facility, known as the V6 Building, is due to begin full operations in October 2019. With an investment of approximately 1 billion yen (€8.2 million), the facility is located in…
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Valves
CIRCOR’s board of directors has unanimously rejected the revised unsolicited tender offer from Crane, after ‘careful consideration and with the advice of its independent financial and legal advisors’.
In a statement released on 11 July, CIRCOR said it had rejected to offer on the grounds that it ‘substantially undervalues the company and is low-value, highly conditional and…
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Work is due to begin on the final stage of a £1 million (€1.12 million) project to refurbish the Parkeston pumping station in Essex, UK, according to a government release.
Located at the lower end of the Ramsey/Dock River near Harwich, the pumping station protects homes and businesses in the area from flooding risk.
The final stage of the two-year upgrade project includes the…
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Flowmeters
Technology company Honeywell has launched Honeywell Forge for Industrial, an enterprise performance management software for operational technology.
The platform leverages process and asset digital twins, advanced data analytics and process industry knowledge to help industrial manufactures achieve peak performance.
Honeywell Forge for Industrial collects and integrates information from a…
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Huco has launched an e-commerce service that allows end users to order precision couplings direct from the company’s manufacturing headquarters.
The online platform allows small volume orders to be delivered globally, with next day shipping on standard orders.
Huco, which is a brand of Altra Industrial Motion, offers a range of precision couplings for industrial and commercial applications,…
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Pipelines
Cranfield University has announced a partnership with IntecSea to test the viability of a new in-pipeline liquid removal unit.
Intec has developed the new capability within a pseudo dry gas system, with support from the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and industry sponsors.
The tests are attempting to prove the capability of the device, using Cranfield University’s pilot scale pipeline…
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Pumps
Oorja Development Solutions, a spin-out company from Imperial College London in the UK, has been awarded $100,000 (€89,000) to develop solar pumping systems in rural India.
The company was named the winner of this year’s Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge for its work developing and operating pay-as-you-go community solar pumping systems in India.
Oorja, which was co-founded by…
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