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Valmet will deliver automation to the Baltics’ first biogas plant fired with household and commercial biowaste.
Built by BioWOIMA Finland Oy in Tallinn, Estonia, it will produce biomethane for the natural gas network and fuel for compressed natural gas-powered vehicles.
The order is included in Valmet’s orders received of the fourth quarter 2021. The delivery will take place in May and the…
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Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by LUKOIL for a new integrated methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and alkylation plant.
This will be built at the oil and gas company’s refinery in Perm, Russia.
The MTBE unit will use Lummus' CDEtherol technology and the alkylation unit will use the CDAlky® technology.
Lummus' scope includes technology licensing, basic engineering, technical…
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Canada has embarked on an ambitious transformation of its energy system, and clear policy signals will be important to expand energy sector investments in clean and sustainable energy sources, the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed.
To support those climate and energy targets, governments in Canada have in recent years worked on a number of policy measures, including an ambitious…
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Aramco is expanding its global downstream presence with investments in Poland’s refining, wholesale and jet fuel marketing segments.
The Saudi Arabian oil company, the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals firm, has agreed to acquire equity stakes of 30% in a 210,000 bpd refinery in Gdansk; 100% in an associated wholesale business; and 50% in a jet fuel marketing joint venture with…
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Severn Trent has begun water pipe replacement work in Nuneaton in the UK as part of a wider £3 million (€3.6 million) investment in Warwickshire.
The work will include replacing 500 meters of ageing pipes providing customers with improved water quality and reliability for years to come.
The Work is began on 14 January and will take 10 weeks to complete.
Shannon Currall, from Severn Trent,…
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NIVUS is expanding its range of clamp-on sensors to include another variant that works on the basis of the ultrasonic transit time difference.
With its measuring frequency of 500 kHz, these sensors are suitable for large pipe diameters or for pipe wall materials.
The new sensors also work in pipes with wall thicknesses of up to 30 mm. Compared to the 1 MHz version that is also offered, the new…
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bp and Oman have signed an agreement to develop renewable energy and green hydrogen development in the Middle East county.
The Ministry of Energy and Minerals backed the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and a Renewables Data Collection Agreement which will support the potential development in Oman by 2030.
As part of the agreement, bp will capture data from 8,000km2 of land – an area more…
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Equinor and SSE Thermal have awarded two key contracts for work on a proposed hydrogen storage facility at Aldbrough, UK.
The Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage project is a collaboration between Equinor and SSE Thermal which plans to store low carbon hydrogen either within the existing natural gas storage facility or at a new hydrogen storage site adjacent to the Aldbrough Gas Storage facility in East…
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Bedford Pumps has provided two of their fish friendly pumps to a chemical plant in Runcorn in the UK to aid in the chemical process.
INOVYN ChlorVinyls, part of INEOS, is Europe’s leading producer of vinyls and manufactures in eight countries across Europe.
Their Runcorn site which focuses on the production of chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives, produces chemicals for a wide…
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Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) has increased its shares within Thames Water to 20%.
The sole corporate trustee of one of the UK's largest pension funds agreed to acquire an additional 8.77% in Kemble Water Holdings Limited, the ultimate holding company of Thames Water from investors Wren House Infrastructure LP.
USS first became an investor in Thames Water in 2017, attracted…
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A total of 34.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas was transported to Turkey and Europe in two years via the TurkStream pipeline.
The pipeline was opened in 2020, by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Around 18 bcm of gas flowed to Turkey and 16.8 bcm to Europe via the TurkStream Natural Gas Pipeline, between New Year’s Day 2020 to December 31,…
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Ørsted and Liquid Wind have reached an agreement over an e-methanol project.
Ørsted will acquire a 45% ownership share of Liquid Wind AB’s FlagshipONE facility.
FlagshipONE is a late-stage development project and could become the world’s first large-scale sustainable e-methanol project.
Liquid Wind plans to establish a series of facilities across Sweden to decarbonise the maritime…
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Scrutiny of the water sector’s environmental performance has intensified over the past two years, catalysed in part by a heightened public appreciation of nature and outdoor spaces.
As such, there is mounting pressure on utilities to improve their wastewater treatment systems and meet progressively higher standards set by regulators.
A major investigation into management of wastewater…
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CropEnergies and Johnson Matthey have entered into an engineering, license and technical services agreement for a plant to produce renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol.
This will take palce near CropEnergies’ production site in Zeitz, Germany.
Using Johnson Matthey technology, the renewable ethyl acetate produced by CropEnergies will reduce the fossil carbon footprint of a wide…
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Neste has successfully concluded its first series of trial runs processing liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.
After kicking the series off with its first-ever industrial scale trial run with liquefied waste plastic in 2020, Neste has conducted additional runs in 2021. Neste has been able to upgrade liquefied waste plastic to drop-in solutions for plastic production and…
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Xylem has announced it is sponsoring an innovative new funding mechanism for water utilities to deploy promising new technologies.
The partnership with water consultancy Isle Utilities is a new approach to funding and scaling breakthrough water technologies, called the Trial Reservoir.
It provides water technology innovators access to capital for pilot projects, with an initial focus on…
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The Mono EZstrip range of progressing cavity pumps, with a host of new features, now makes in-situ maintenance easier than ever for wastewater sludge applications.
The cavity pump is available from Fluid Motion Solutions, which is part of NOV Inc.
The smooth-profile Positive Torque Split Coupling Rod of the EZstrip pumps already alleviates potential ragging issues to reduce maintenance and…
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At Yorkshire Water’s new £50 million (€60 million) Huddersfield Energy and Recycling Facility (E&RF), the digester mixing system from Landia is ensuring that total gas production can reach its anticipated 22,192Nm3/d (normal cubic meter/day).
Designed, constructed and commissioned by J. Murphy & Sons Ltd (JMS), the Huddersfield E&RF is an integral part of Yorkshire Water’s…
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