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Emerson Process Management has expanded its integrated operations (iOps) solutions to include workflow software modules from OVS Group.
Integration of Emerson’s technologies and OVS software means users across an oilfield can automate the analysis of their data and reports to capture opportunities more efficiently.
The joint solution works with Emerson’s DeltaV distributed control…
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Private US equity firm May River Capital has acquired Hunt Valve, a fluid power engineering company specialising in severe duty valves and components.
May River plans to invest in the company to build a platform that will accelerate the company’s profitable growth.
Brad Sterner, Hunt Valve’s new president and CEO, said the company’s history of supplying severe-duty valves to the…
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Flowmeters
UK flowmeter specialist Litre Meter has appointed two new distributors in Southeast Asia to distribute its flow measurement solutions and chemical injection packages.
The new distributors – Wehaya in Selangor, Malaysia, and Lasindo in Jakarta, Indonesia – will deliver Litre Meter devices for the offshore oil and gas industry in Asia and Australasia.
Litre Meter has appointed the two…
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EnerMech Australia has signed a distribution agreement with Parker Hannifin to act as a specialist Parker distributor in the Australian oil and gas sector.
Covering a broad spectrum of technologies, EnerMech will use Parker products for client requirements in hydraulics, pneumatics, filtration, instrumentation, fluid connectors, and seals.
EnerMech will recruit additional staff to support the new…
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AS-Schneider, a German industrial valves specialist, has received the Fire Safe Approval for its E Series valves and manifolds.
The approval, granted by the international testing and certification body TÜV SÜD, certifies that the E Series valves perform safely and reliably in shut-off duties also in case of fire.
The tested valves were deemed leak-free under extreme test conditions and…
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Read Cased Hole, a Scotland-based oil well production and integrity evaluator, has launched a new Micro-leak Detection solution.
The new solution will help maximise operational safety and minimise downtime by delivering fast and reliable answers for on-the-spot well integrity management decisions.
The diagnostic solution combines GE Oil & Gas’ NTO acoustic noise tool and Read’s…
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Pumps
The Frankenthal, Germany-based pump manufacturer KSB Aktiengesellschaft has launched the latest versions of its self-priming centrifugal Etaprime pumps.
The new pump offers high suction properties, even under relatively poor inlet conditions where the inlet pressure is low.
At negative inlet pressure, for example, the pumps still manage up to 9m suction lift.
Fluids with entrained gas can also be…
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Swissinnov Product, a Swiss company specialised in pump systems, has launched the NaoStedi pulseless dosing pump compatible with Masterflex L/S drives.
The new pump serves multiple applications in pharmaceutical, medical, laboratory, chemical, and industrial markets.
NaoStedi delivers high performances in dosing accuracy and flow control, and is a new and fairly easy to use alternative to…
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KBR, an American engineering, procurement and construction company, has been selected by Shell to utilise its Rose solvent deasphalting technology at Shell’s Pernis refinery.
The Rose unit is set to remove heavier fractions from crude oil, allowing the Rotterdam, Netherlands-based refinery to upgrade a larger proportion of its oil intake into lighter, high-grade products.
KRB and Shell…
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Sustainable productivity solutions provider Atlas Copco has completed the acquisition of Varisco, an Italian pump manufacturer with a global sales network.
Varisco, employing 135 people, is based in Padua near Venice, Italy, and had revenues of €30 million in 2014.
Founded in 1932, Varisco is known for the design and manufacture of high-quality pumps used by a wide range of…
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Emerson Process Management’s CSI 6500 machinery health monitor has received IEC 61508:2010, Safety Integration Level (SIL) 1 certification.
The monitor is certified suitable for use in delivering reliable protection monitoring in such environments as steam and gas turbines in power plants, critical refinery assets, nuclear industry critical assets, and other safety-critical…
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Swiss liquid handling solutions provider Sulzer has signed a frame contract for process and medium consistency pumps to the Horizonte 2 project by Brazil’s Fibria Celulose.
The world’s leading eucalyptus pulp producer Fibria’s new production line will be built in the Três Lagoas Unit in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil and it is scheduled for start-up in late…
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Emerson Process Management has introduced the industry’s first wireless HART pressure gauge.
The Rosemount wireless pressure gauge (WPG) enables remote collection of field data, keeping operators updated on changing field conditions and improving personnel safety by reducing manual operator rounds and field exposure.
Mechanical gauges face quality and reliability issues commonly associated…
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Rochdale, UK-based Suprafilt has landed a £2 million (€2.56m) contract for Deephams Sewage Treatment Works in London to supply an aeration system with airmain, header pipework and control valves.
The project is currently at the design stage, with phase one expected to be completed by the end of April.
Phase two should be completed by June with the project due to be finished completely…
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Graco, a US-based manufacturer of fluid handling equipment, has updated its hydraulic Dyna-Star product line with the release of the high-pressure hydraulic Dyna-Star grease injection pump.
The new pump is field-proven to be capable of operating at pressures of up to 10,000 psi, even with low flow rates in wireline, slickline, and wire rope applications.
It also reduces freezing, stopping, and…
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Swiss pump maker Sulzer has received an order for the delivery of an extensive process pump package to Metsä Group’s next generation bio-product mill in Finland.
Construction work at the Metsä Fibre mill, located in the town of Äänekoski in Central Finland, is scheduled to be completed during the third quarter of 2017.
The investment of €1.2 billion put into the…
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Centrifugal pump manufacturer Amarinth has designed a bespoke vertically mounted API 610 OH 1 pump with Plan 13 seal support system.
The pump was created for AI Energy Solutions (AIES), the specialist process engineering division of the Arabian Industries Group, to use with its nutshell filters for cleaning produced water. AIES approached Amarinth, which has delivered pumping solutions for…
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Flowmeters
The Avanti Co., representatives of flowmeter and accessories company Liquid Controls, has recently acquired Avery-Hardoll and its metering product line by Liquid Controls.
Avery-Hardoll has a worldwide reputation as the standard in bulk fluid metering and fluid measurement accuracy.
It has been around since the 1930s and besides its bulk meters, it also designs and produces valves, couplings, and…
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