A major US oilfield water management company requested help to develop solar-powered control stations for some of its water gathering pipelines in West Texas and New Mexico. Water, a by-product of oil...

All industrial operations are continually driving to improve efficiency and productivity to increase profit margins and maximise bottom-line returns. In many sectors, including the oil and gas industry...

In 2012, when Hurricane Sandy was heading for New York City, one person had already identified that the predicted water surge in the harbour would hit the city’s infrastructure hard. Alan Leidner,...

The summer of 2018 will be remembered as one of Ireland’s hottest and driest. The exceptionally dry weather reduced water levels to a varying degree across the country and this, in turn, impacted...

Proper lubrication of a bearing can make or break a pump design. Any application in which rubbing occurs (i.e. a pump bearing) requires some form of lubrication to prevent excessive wear, heat build-up,...

A copper mine in Chile had a quantity of six standard 24-inch two-stage 900 high pressure vertical turbine pump (VTP) units installed on intake structures in a process water application in its reclaimed...

Discharge of produced water into the environment is strictly regulated, and oil present in discharged produced water is one of the key parameters against which a performance standard/discharge limit is...

With the shortfall in freshwater supplies already reaching crisis level in some parts of the world, and the Environment Agency warning that the UK could run short within 25 years, water conservation is...

Selecting the proper gasket thickness to ensure a long-term seal has always involved a performance trade-off. You can use a 1/16” (1.6mm) gasket when flanges are in good condition, delivering a tight...

High pressure surges in pipelines can cause damage to equipment, product contamination or even catastrophic failure – with all the financial, environmental and safety consequences that implies. In...