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Aug 30, 2022
Improving efficiency and cutting emissions
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 26, 2022
Pipelines
INEOS Phenol has agreed to acquire the entire asset base of Mitsui Phenols Singapore from Mitsui Chemicals - a leading Japanese chemicals manufacturer - for $330 million (€329 million).
The business has a turnover of $750 million (€749 million) and produces over 1 million tonnes of product each year, including cumene (410 ktpa), phenol (310 ktpa), acetone (185 ktpa)... [Read More]
Features
Aug 26, 2022
If an organisation is considering building a new fluid or sampling system, chances are it will cost significant capital.
Throughout the process, it is equally important to consider the human capital necessary to make the new system work as well.
It takes a specific set of skills to design a safe and efficient system with the right components, as well as to install all... [Read More]
Pumps
Aug 26, 2022
Anglian Water plans to create two new reservoirs to serve the East Anglian region of the UK.
One of them will be a joint project with Cambridge Water and will lie in the Fens, near the border of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, and will supply 100 million litres of water a day.
The other will be located in Lincolnshire, supplying 160 million litres daily. It is expected to... [Read More]
Product News
Aug 25, 2022
Parker Hannifin has launched its new SensoControl® SCP04 pressure sensor for hydrogen applications.With this latest development, the firm is following its strategy of engineering products for new markets and future applications. Hydrogen is being frequently used in all kinds of transportation equipment - from trucks to buses to trains and marine.
In order to enable the... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 25, 2022
Other
Trelleborg will discuss its world-leading liquified natural gas (LNG) transfer solutions and share some of its latest product developments at the Gastech Conference and Exhibition.
The event takes place from September 5-8 at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre, Milan.
As part of the main conference during Gastech, Trelleborg industry specialist, Andrew Stafford, technical... [Read More]
Pipelines
Aug 24, 2022
IWJS, one of the UK’s leading providers of services to wastewater networks, has been re-awarded the framework contract to continue delivering essential services to Anglian Water to 2025.
There is also an option to extend it for a further two years.
IWJS, a part of M Group Services, an essential infrastructure services provider in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications... [Read More]
Product News
Aug 23, 2022
Wanner International has been demonstrating two fully-operational Hydra-Cell® high efficiency seal-less and packing-free chemical processing pumps at ACHEMA.
Visitors to the stand were able to see the extremely low pulse MT08 dosing pump in action, producing a smooth flow for consistent processes.
Visitors also viewed the internal components of the pump head, including... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 22, 2022
Venezuela's state oil and gas company PDVSA has restarted gasoline production at the country's second largest refinery after repairing a breakdown, five sources with knowledge of the operation said on Monday, according to Reuters.
The Cardon refinery's naphtha reformer, with a capacity of 45,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), produces high-octane components for gasoline... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 21, 2022
Updates on city infrastructure services to the Fufeng/Highway 81 area in North Dakota, US, including projects related to wastewater treatment and raw water supply, were presented to members of the Grand Forks City Council during Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, reported Grand Forks Herald.
In June, the council approved annexing a portion of land north of the... [Read More]
Features
Aug 22, 2022
In addition to the transformation towards a climate-neutral chemical industry and the perennial topic of digitalisation, the current global political situation also poses massive challenges for the process industry.
Which technologies can be used to achieve defossilisation? How to secure and enhance regional and global supply chain networks?
What hurdles must be overcome... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 21, 2022
Lincolnshire County Council ruled a future planning application for a new site at Glentworth would not need an environmental impact assessment (EIA), even though it met some of the criteria, reported Drill or Drop.
The Glentworth oil field, between Market Rasen and Gainsborough, in the UK, was discovered in 1961. Records by the industry regulator show that oil has been... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Aug 19, 2022
Pipelines
Mining giant Rio Tinto has been fined $57,000 after a chemical spill near a central Queensland alumina refinery, ABC reported.
The company's subsidiary RTA Yarwun pleaded guilty to two charges of contravening a condition of its environmental authority in the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday afternoon.
The court heard about 20 litres of sodium hydroxide, also... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Aug 18, 2022
Pipelines
Shell said it plans to shut for two weeks in September a key crude oil pipeline in Gulf of Mexico that supplies oil to Louisiana refineries, according to Reuters.
The Odyssey and Delta crude pipelines will be shut for planned maintenance early-to-middle of the month, Shell said in a statement.
The pipelines transport Heavy Louisiana Sweet crude from offshore oilfields... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 17, 2022
Missouri American Water announced the completion of the company’s acquisition of the City of Eureka water and wastewater systems.
The facility serves approximately 4,000 water customers and 4,000 wastewater customers.
This winter the company will begin construction of a new water pipeline to supply Eureka with water from its St. Louis County system.
“We are honored... [Read More]
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