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Apr 20, 2018
FERC launches gas pipeline review
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Apr 23, 2018
Valves
The UK company’s 3800L Series pilot operated pressure relief valves with modulating pilot controls (PCM) have been certified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to handle air, gas and vapour. Previously, the 3800L was only certified for liquids.
The addition of air, gas and vapour certification allows the 3800L to be ASME Code stamped for use in both... [Read More]
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Apr 24, 2018
Pumps
Sulzer India has been contracted to supply twenty-one barrel-type boiler feed pump sets for GE Power India. The pumps are being sent to three new thermal power plants in the north of the country. The delivery is scheduled from mid-2018 to mid-2019.
The 20MW barrel-type boiler feed pumps will be supplied with twenty-one booster pumps. The Swiss company says that the pumps... [Read More]
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Apr 24, 2018
Pipelines
Southern Water, a utility operating in the south of the UK, is testing the Xylem subsidiary’s ‘SmartBall’ to detect leaks in its pipe network.
The device is equipped with an acoustic sensor that can detect small variations in the flow down a pipe, which might indicate the smallest of leaks or even a crack that has yet to leak. The device’s acoustic... [Read More]
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Apr 25, 2018
Pipelines
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) announced 24 April that it has decided to close its offshore pipe laying business with immediate effect. This follows a review by the company of its position in the ‘highly competitive pipe lay market’, which it says continues to suffer from overcapacity.
350 jobs will go with the along with the business.
This move follows an... [Read More]
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Apr 25, 2018
Level Monitors
Larson Electronics has released an explosion proof, magnetically operated, leak proof float switch that allows operators to control tanks by starting and stopping pumps, opening and closing valves and actuating level alarm signals. This float switch is NEC, CEC, ATEX and IECEx certified with NEMA 4 weather-proofing.
The company says that the EPSW-FLS-1KPS-10A float switch... [Read More]
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Apr 25, 2018
Pipelines
Gray Oak Pipeline, a joint venture owned 75% by Phillips 66 Partners and 25% by Andeavor, has received enough bidding commitments to begin construction. The pipeline system will provide crude oil transportation from West Texas to facilities on the Texas coast and is expected to be placed in service by the end of the fourth quarter of 2019.
There will to be a second binding... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2018
Other
Vogelsang will be exhibiting its shredding technology at the IFAT trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials in Munich this May. At booth 347/446 in hall B1, the focus will be on the new generation of the twin-shaft grinder XRipper.
“Wet wipes, disruptive matter and in some countries, mounds of fat, block pumps and entire channels. This poses major challenges... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2018
Flowmeters
The Arabian Calibration Company (ACC) and TUV SUD NEL (NEL) have signed a long-term agreement to deliver meter calibration and flow measurement services within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
The agreement will see NEL supporting ACC in the creation and ongoing delivery of a number of services, including fixed and mobile calibration capabilities, and flow measurement... [Read More]
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May 4, 2018
Other
The InsoLion FS gasket is James Walker's performance isolation gasket and uses a patented triple seal design. This incorporates a coated metallic core housing a modified u-shaped TFM seal energised with a phynox spring. The location of James Walker’s triple seal design elements on the gasket face is meant to allow the gasket to be used across all types of flange... [Read More]
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May 4, 2018
Other
A membrane made up of block polymers has the customisable and uniform pore sizes needed for filtering or recovering particular substances from wastewater, researchers say in a study published in Nature Partner Journals - Clean Water.
Researchers from Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame believe that a block polymer membrane could improve desalination... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2018
Other
Blackburn Chemicals, a provider of foam control and antifoaming solutions, has installed a range of Babcock process heating systems into its Lancashire factory as part of a major expansion programme.The company supplies a wide range of industries, including paper, food, paint and textiles, in over fifty countries. It has been expanding production on site and has... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2018
Pipelines
Nexans Norway will supply static and dynamic umbilicals and accessories for a deep-water oil and gas production development in the United States. The project is part of a five-year frame agreement between BP and Nexans for the worldwide supply of umbilical and direct electrical heating (DEH) cables.
Nexans will supply its umbilicals for the second stage development of... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2018
Other
April 27, TechnipFMC announced the launch of Subsea 2.0, a product platform intended to make subsea projects simpler, leaner and smarter. When combined with iEPCI (the company’s integrated approach to field architecture and project execution), Subsea 2.0 is meant to improve project economics and unlock first oil and gas more quickly.
Subsea 2.0 is a product platform... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2018
Pipelines
30 April Statoil announced that installation of Norway’s largest pipeline to the Johan Sverdrup field has begun. Operations started outside Mongstad in the south west of the country on board Saipem’s Castorone pipe laying vessel.
The 36 inch pipeline will extend more than 280km to the Johan Sverdrup field once installed. It is being pulled through a pre-drilled... [Read More]
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