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The advanced, compact ST75V Air/Gas Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) helps monitor the potentially volatile, hydrogen (H2) gas necessary to help large electric plant power generators keep their cool as they produce electricity across the power grid.
Power generation is a high-temperature, hazardous process. At the front-end, there are natural gas fueled steam boilers that…
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California regulators have directed two of the state's largest oil refineries to cut their air pollution that will require modifications at the plants.
This means Chevron Corp's Richmond plant and PBF Energy Inc's Martinez refinery, will have to install wet gas scrubbers to reduce pollution from their fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU) within five years.
The new requirement is expected to…
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Cloud-based applications are providing water utilities with more resilient and flexible network management options, enabling them to make better use of existing data, writes Josh Britton, global product manager at technology specialist Ovarro.
The water sector is under continued pressure to make operations more efficient but in many cases, ageing IT systems are holding back progress. With budget…
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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is currently investing £8 million (€9.2 million) to upgrade the wastewater network between Hailey Park and Tongwynlais.
This investment work will help increase the sewer network capacity and help protect the local environment for years to come.
The work, which got underway last summer, involves replacing, cleaning and relining sections of the wastewater pipe between…
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reached a compromise over OPEC+ policy in a move that should unlock a deal to supply more crude to a tight oil market and cool soaring prices.
Brent oil prices fell on the news by as much as $1 per barrel towards $75 per barrel after Reuters reported the two major OPEC producers had agreed a deal.
In a statement on Wednesday, the UAE energy…
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Shell and BP South African Petroleum Refineries (SAPREF) is preparing to start-up after a temporary shutdown.
South Africa's largest crude oil refinery will begin restarting, after temporarily shutting down as a wave of violent looting swept across the country, the operators said in a statement.
The refinery, situated in the east coast port city of Durban, shut down last week due to violence…
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Cadent, the UK's largest gas distribution company, has released a Green Print - Future Heat for Everyone blueprint drawing together technical, consumer and economic considerations to create a pioneering plan to transition 22 million homes to low carbon heat by 2050.
It underlines the scale of the challenge ahead, acknowledging that a mosaic of low carbon heating solutions will be required to…
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Atlas Copco Power & Flow has launched two new PAS dewatering surface pumps with proprietary HardHat technology.
The lightweight canopy means the PAS 100 and PAS 150 pumps are durable and easy to service - minimising downtime.
The HardHat polymer is resistant to corrosion and the effects of extreme temperatures and harsh operating environments.
Furthermore, the canopy is resistant to…
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Esh-Stantec is set to commence work on the Northumbrian Water Capital Construction Works Runway 3 Framework after securing a place on lots 1 and 2.
The framework will help maintain and improve the water and sewerage treatment and network assets, which serves 2.7 million people across Northumbrian Water’s operating areas.
The capital works for the infrastructure programme will deliver…
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A water company fined a record £90 million (€104 million) for deliberately dumping raw sewage into the sea has come under fire again for its environmental performance.
Southern Water has been ranked one of England's worst water companies for pollution incidents last year, according to Environment Agency data.
It comes days after the firm was fined after admitting 6,971 illegal…
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A team from Oil Dynamics recently finished a substantial water installation in a wide mountainous area in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The German company supplied a turn-key electric submersible pumping system (ESPS) including the electrical variable speed drive, control system, wellhead and production tubing.
The ESPS is producing water from more than 1,500 meter below the ground. The pump…
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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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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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