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Asia to lead global new pipeline additions by 2024

Asia will drive the global new-build pipelines additions by 2024, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, Global length and capital expenditure outlook for oil and gas pipelines, 2020−2024: Asia leads global pipeline growth, reveals that Asia is likely to have a new-build oil and gas pipeline length of 46,699 km by 2024. Planned projects that…
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Jun 19, 2020

Valves

Cost savings found when PDS systems installed, research shows

New analysis shows major energy and cost savings potential from installing Power Drive Systems (PDS) on commercial pumps, fans, compressors and other motor-driven products, regardless of load variability. The new research, led by the National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), shows a 43% drop in energy use when PDSs are applied to…
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Jun 18, 2020

Anglian Water returns to Rotork after signing new framework agreement

Rotork has been awarded a new framework agreement for the supply of its products and services to Anglian Water. The UK water company supplies water and water recycling services to more than six million customers in the east of England and Hartlepool. The Anglian region stretches from the Humber estuary, north of Grimsby, to the Thames estuary, and from Buckinghamshire to Lowestoft on the east…
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Jun 18, 2020

Xylem ranks in top 20 of global survey of firms

Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, has been named one of the 100 best corporate citizens in a recent survey. In 3BL Media’s annual ranking of public companies, Xylem was placed 16th in an assessment of 1,000 companies globally, rising two places since its 2019 evaluation. The ranking is an assessment comparing…
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Jun 18, 2020

New acquisition for Hidrostal GB

Hidrostal GB, the UK holding company for the Swiss pump manufacturer Hidrostal, has announced the acquisition of four service centre locations of the electrical and mechanical engineering services company, Parsons Peebles Service. The transaction was completed with administrators BDO as part of a sequence of deals that saw a substantial number of jobs secured. James Stephen, partner at BDO,…
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Features

Jun 17, 2020

BPMA releases ‘gender split’ survey results

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) - the organisation which represents the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and related equipment - recently carried out a survey amongst members, to help better understand how it can help and encourage companies to attract and retain more women engineers. According to Office of National Statistics data, women currently…
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Jun 17, 2020

Pumps remove rainwater as Singapore’s newest underground line is built

The construction of the latest underground subway is under way in Singapore and Tsurami Pumps is playing its part. The Thomson-East Coast Mass rapid Transport (MRT) line is being built and several of its submersible dewatering pumps were used in the construction of the Marina Bay station building and the tunnel construction connecting adjacent stations. Especially for the occasional squalls…
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Oil and Gas News

Jun 16, 2020

Gas network in north of UK gets pipe upgrade

UK gas distributor Northern Gas Networks (NGN) is investing £77,000 (€86,000) to upgrade the gas distribution network in the Leeds area. The project in the Hipperholme area will take about six weeks to complete. The work will see old metallic gas mains replaced with modern plastic pipes. Northern Gas Networks, which operates in the north of the UK, is continuing to prioritise work in line…
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Jun 16, 2020

Thames Water upgrades ageing sewage works

A 1960s-built sewage treatment works in the UK has been given a £3.6 million (€4 million) upgrade by Thames Water to protect the environment and serve a growing population. Faringdon sewage works, in Oxfordshire, is responsible for treating the wastewater of around 8,000 households and businesses in Faringdon and the Coxwells. Upgrades include two huge new sewage filters and a standby power…
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Jun 15, 2020

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Over 250,000 vacancies need to be filled in UK water industry over next decade

British Water has welcomed the 2020-2025 Workforce Renewal and Skills Strategy launched by the Energy and Utilities Skills Partnership. The document sets out how the sector can ensure a safe, skilled and sustainable workforce, and fill an estimated 277,000 vacancies over the next decade, while addressing challenges such as the climate emergency, skills shortages and a constricted labour…
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Jun 15, 2020

Grundfos announces plans to acquire Eurowater

Grundfos has entered into an agreement to acquire Eurowater in a bid to strengthen its value proposition within the water treatment business. The acquisition aligns closely with Grundfos’ strategy to strengthen its innovation leadership within water technology, and supports the company’s purpose to pioneer solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of…
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Jun 12, 2020

Vodafone joins forces with SES to reduce water leaks

SES Water and Vodafone have signed a 10-year deal to revolutionise how water leaks are detected and prevented. The UK based water firm will use Vodafone’s Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology to create an intelligent water distribution network that aims to cut leakage by 15% over the next five years and pave the way for more than halving it by 2045. In the UK alone, it is…
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Jun 12, 2020

Arizona water treatment plant upgrade hailed a success

The city of Douglas in Arizona celebrated upgrades and increased treatment capacity at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The expansion of the WWTP is part of a larger project that includes the extension of new wastewater collection infrastructure to provide first-time service to households. The WWTP upgrades were partially funded with a US$7.6-million (€6.7 million) grant from the…
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Jun 11, 2020

Sulzer pump range receives top certification

Sulzer launched its energy-efficient CPE end-suction single-stage centrifugal pump range two years ago. Now the company’s CPE pump has been granted NSF61 and NSF372 drinking water certification, which means the pump range now conforms with the highest standards related to drinking water applications as well as the energy efficiency requirements of all industries globally. The CPE pump is…
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Jun 11, 2020

Centrisys wins order for work at water recycling plant

Centrisys Corporation will supply five decanter centrifuges and one spare rotating assembly unit to support an upgrade and expansion at a California plant. The leading North American manufacturer of decanter and thickening centrifuges and dewatering systems, announced it had won an order from Inland Empire Utilities to support a planned upgrade and expansion of its regional water recycling plant…
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Features

Jun 10, 2020

Flow sensors help with cheese production analysis

Dairy cooperative ARLA Foods has selected BAUMER’s FlexFlow sensors to obtain more detailed analysis of energy consumption during cheese production at its Falkenberg location in Sweden. The use of flow sensors which monitor both flow velocity and the temperature of mediums at critical locations in a major dairy processing plant have proved to be very significant in providing vital energy…
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Jun 10, 2020