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Pipelines
Two major oil companies have urged the National Energy Board in Canada to review a proposal which could see smaller refiners left without market access via Canada's Mainline pipeline system.
Shell and Suncor joined MEG Energy and the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada in opposing Enbridge’s proposal to introduce long-term fixed-volume contracts on the largest pipeline system in…
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Canadian transportation and storage infrastructure firm Pembina has announced it is purchasing Kinder Morgan Canada and its US portion of the Cochin Pipeline in a $4.35 billion (€2.93 billion) deal.
Kinder Morgan Canada is an energy infrastructure company which owns part of the Cochin Pipeline, a 1,810-mile multi-product pipeline which spans from Alberta to Ontario. Through the deal, Pembina…
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Crude oil has started flowing through a new US pipeline, transporting it from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi, Texas.
Trafigura Trading started moving its product through the Cactus II Pipeline system, which has the capacity to transport 670,000 bbl/d of crude oil.
The move follows a long-term volume commitment by Trafigura in 2018 and represents the initial commercial service of Cactus…
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Petrofac has announced that is Engineering & Production Services (EPS) business has won a three-year operations and maintenance support services contract from INEOS for the Forties Pipeline System (INEOS FPS).
Petrofac will provide staff to the Unit Platform, located in the central North Sea, the onshore Cruden Bay Terminal, as well as other landline sites. The contract builds on the…
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Water midstream company XRI Holdings has announced the completion of its Northern Delaware Basin Supersystem, with water pipeline infrastructure spanning more than 125 miles through Lea and Eddy Counties in the US state of New Mexico.
The news system will be supplied by environmentally responsible, non-potable and industrial water resources owned or controlled by XRI, as well as recycled…
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Fluid handling equipment provider Cole-Parmer has announced the launch of its ‘Connected Suite’ of Masterflex® peristaltic pumps, which offer a choice of communication technology and functionality to accommodate a range of fluid handling workflow applications.
The company’s products range from traditional, stand-alone pumps for simple fluid transfer, to networking and Cloud-based…
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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced more than $60 million (€54.1 million) in funding for state pipeline and underground natural gas storage safety programmes.
US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said that the DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is awarding the funds through formula grants to support safety programmes at the state…
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Flowmeters
Canadian water and wastewater services provider Aquatera Utilities has contracted Neptune Technology Group to replace water meters for 1,500 customers throughout the City of Grande Prairie in Alberta, Canada.
As water meters reach the end of their lifespan of around 20 years, Aquatera will replace them at no cost to the property owner. The water meters offer high-resolution low-flow leak…
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Pipelines
A pipeline in Alberta, Canada has ruptured, spilling 40,000 litres of crude oil into a creek that flows into the North Saskatchewan River, the Alberta Energy Regulator has reported.
In a notice on the regulator’s website, the incident took place on 15 August on a pipeline operated by Bonterra Energy, around 14km south of Drayton Valley in Alberta. The line was subsequently shut in and…
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Pumps
Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has announced a major milestone in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), which is touted as the largest of its kind in the world.
The engineering company has commenced operations in the Laximpur underground pumping station (LUPS), which completed a wet run earlier in August. The pump house, which is named after the goddess Gayatri,…
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Valve manufacturer Circor now features high-quality R. G. Laurence on/off valves for applications requiring rapid opening and sealed closure, such as those in hazardous conditions.
The valves are ATEX-certified and FM-approved, offering reliable performance in high temperature and extreme service conditions.
R.G. Laurence 2500 series two-way globe-type piston valves are operated by an…
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Internet of Things (IoT) developer Mobius Labs has been awarded a $750,000 grant (€672,666) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the commercialisation of its FirstDrops™ water leak detection product.
The start-up, which is based in Albany in the US, expects commercial sales of the product to begin by the end of 2019. In July, the company received the Center for…
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Valves
Flowrox, a Finnish manufacturer of industrial valves and pumps, has announced the acquisition of Polar-Automaatio, which specialises in the design, delivery and maintenance of industrial automation systems.
“Polar-Automaatio has a long and reputable history in the sectors that Flowrox operates in,” said Flowrox CEO and president Jukka Koskela. “Polar-Automaatio has been particularly…
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Valves
Aberdeen, UK-based subsea well intervention technology specialist Interventek has won a contract worth over £1 million (€1.08 million) to deliver open water well intervention safety valves to Trendsetter Engineering.
The company’s 6-3/8”, 15,000psi Open Water Revolution Valves will be delivered in early 2020 for integration into Houston, Texas-based Trendsetter’s MkII 15K Light Riser…
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Flow control services provider Flowserve has entered into a five-year contract with Shell Australia for the provision of general maintenance services for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, located offshore Western Australia.
Flowserve will support Prelude form its Quick Response Centre (QRC) in Darwin, in Australia’s Northern Territory. Since opening in 2003,…
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Pipelines
Global trading company Trafigura has begun shipments of crude oil from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi in Texas, US via the newly operational Cactus II pipeline.
The shipments are part of a long-term volume commitment announced by Trafigura in early 2018 and represents the initial commercial service of Cactus II. Deliveries will connect to a waterborne export service to Europe and the rest…
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Measurement specialist Krohne has launched a comprehensive suite of software modules for single and multi-product pipelines for oil, gas, water, chemical or refined products.
Known as PipePatrol, the software offers monitoring and protection of pipelines in all operating conditions. It can be supplied in a range of configurations, with eight individual modules covering leak detection, theft…
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Steel pipe manufacturer Northwest Pipe has been selected by Garney Construction to supply the treated water pipeline for the Bois d’Arc Lake project in North Texas, US.
The contract, which represents over 22,000 tons of pipe, is for a pipeline that will carry treated water from the new Leonard water treatment plant currently under construction to existing pipeline infrastructure within North…
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