Topsoe’s electrolyser demonstration plant delivers strong results
Topsoe has reached an important milestone at the inaugural demonstration test for its Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cell (SOEC) electrolysis technology. Held at the company’s demonstration site in...
View ArticlePump industry excellence is celebrated once again
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) was delighted to return to the famous St George’s Park in Staffordshire on 14 March for the staging of its 2024 Pump Industry Awards presentation...
View ArticleAnglo Pumps wins industry accolade
Anglo Pumps, part of the Metcor Group, was honoured at the Pump Industry Awards on March 14, clinching the prestigious title of Distributor of the Year at their first attempt. “It’s an incredible...
View ArticleSeptage crisis to spread?
Cornwall’s ongoing issue with a lack of facilities able to treat septic waste could be replicated in other parts of the UK, according to one leading equipment manufacturer. With South West Water...
View ArticleCIRCOR releases new oil and gas screw pump
CIRCOR International has revealed its new IMO LB6D 3-screw pumps – ideal for use in oil and gas industry lease automatic custody transfer (LACT) applications. Built to last for LACT boost operations,...
View ArticleTurning to hydrogen to meet net-zero goals
Hydrogen and its potential as a clean fuel are hitting headlines, as countries representing over half of the global GDP announced a 12-month plan during last year’s COP27 climate talks in the coastal...
View ArticleEcolab opens new wastewater treatment plant to advance sustainable solutions
Ecolab is proactively addressing the global water crisis to advance sustainable solutions in line with the goals of the Singapore Green Plan 2030. Nalco Water, Ecolab’s water brand, has just opened a...
View ArticleNew funding boosts water infrastructure upgrade plans
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $42.9 million (€40 million) from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Montana drinking water and clean water infrastructure...
View ArticleThames Tideway Tunnel nears completion
The team behind London’s super sewer is getting ready to start commissioning one of the UK’s largest new infrastructure projects. The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a 25 km tunnel which has been constructed...
View ArticleKROHNE highlights dynamic electromagnetic flowmeters
KROHNE has been keen to highlight its family of leading electromagnetic flowmeters, which achieve highly accurate flow measurement for all applications with conductive liquids. Whether it be basic...
View ArticleUrgent investment needed for “wicked” rivers’ problem
The water sector is at the forefront of the UK’s sustainability revolution, but this is not without its challenges. The need for greater investment, underpinned by robust data, was the subject of...
View ArticleTrafigura secures LNG supply for Japanese utility company
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed a loan agreement amounting to up to $390 million (€363 million) with Trafigura. The loan is co-financed with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,...
View ArticleADNOC signs agreement for Ruwais LNG project
ADNOC has signed a 15-year agreement with SEFE Marketing & Trading Singapore, a subsidiary of Germany’s SEFE Securing Energy for Europe, for the delivery of 1 million metric tonnes per annum of...
View ArticleSABIC Fujian Petrochemicals proceeds with large-scale ethylene project
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced that SABIC Fujian Petrochemical’s grassroots complex will leverage its ethylene and co-monomer...
View ArticlePump passes seven metre drop test
Sometimes there are moments that surprise even experts. This was the case recently when a Tsurumi dewatering pump survived a drop test from a height of seven metres – which was not really to be...
View ArticleClariant and Lummus win contract for new isobutane plant in China
Clariant and its process partner Lummus Technology have been selected by Huizhou Boeko Materials to provide their CATOFIN catalyst and process technology for the dehydrogenation of isobutane at the new...
View ArticleCollaboration extends data analytics tool to energy sector
Norwegian digital analytics company InfoTiles is extending its innovative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tool to the energy sector for the first time after successfully...
View ArticleAdding practicality to protective products
Organisations involved in the transportation and storage of volatile or hazardous liquids face stringent legislative controls to ensure people, products, and the planet are protected from accidents and...
View ArticleWood selected for green hydrogen project in Spain
Wood has been selected as owner’s engineer on a major green hydrogen production project in Teruel, Spain. The first-of-a-kind Catalina Project, developed by a consortium led by Copenhagen...
View ArticleNeste and Lotte Chemical team up on renewable chemicals and plastics
Neste and South Korean chemical company Lotte Chemical are teaming up to make chemicals and plastics more sustainable. The companies are embarking on a strategic collaboration to replace fossil...
View ArticleACME Group and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies explore hydrogen value chains
ACME Group and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a feasibility study to explore the joint development of large-scale hydrogen supply...
View ArticleFunding boost for clean water infrastructure
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $73.7 million (€67 million) from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Colorado drinking water and clean water infrastructure...
View ArticleDetermining low temperature ratings for rubber seals
Temperature ratings are typically published for industrial seals so you know where they can and cannot be used. Many sealing products have testing standards, allowing manufacturers to publish results...
View ArticleOperating under pressure
In the realm of industrial storage and transportation of volatile liquids, maintaining pressure equilibrium within tanks is critically important. The role of pressure and vacuum relief vents (PVRVs) or...
View ArticleAramco to acquire stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan
Aramco has signed definitive agreements to acquire a 40% equity stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan (GO). GO is one of the largest retail and storage companies in Pakistan. The transaction is subject to...
View ArticleTotalEnergies expands its natural gas production in Texas
TotalEnergies has agreed to acquire the 20% interest held by Lewis Energy Group in the Dorado leases operated by EOG Resources (80%) in the Eagle Ford shale gas play. This increases its natural gas...
View ArticlePipeline integrity specialist opens new facilities
The team behind PipeSense has amplified its commitment to delivering best-in-class leak detection services with continued investment in its world-class facilities. PipeSense, the provider of advanced...
View ArticleKent wins landmark three-year framework contract with Repsol Norge
Kent, a global integrated energy services provider has been awarded a comprehensive three-year framework contract with Repsol Norge for various operations in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. This...
View ArticleEast Sussex treatment works gets €9.1 million water quality upgrade
Works are underway to upgrade an East Sussex wastewater site, so it can handle more flows and cut phosphorous levels in the treated water which leaves the site. The £7.8 million (€9.1 million)...
View ArticleCleanova scoops filtration contract for European carbon capture plant
New entrant Cleanova has secured the contract to supply the filtration system for the first full-scale carbon capture facility to be added to a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facility. The WtE plant, located in...
View ArticleQdos CWT chemical metering pump doses chlorine without fail for 15,000 hours
A Qdos Conveying Wave Technology (CWT) chemical metering pump ran for over 21 months dosing chlorine at Ergon – West Virginia Inc.’s paraffinic refinery in Newell, West Virginia after replacing a...
View ArticleVolgelsang to showcase the HiCone for the wastewater sector
Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG will be showing the conical HiCone progressive cavity pump for use in wastewater treatment plants and pump stations. “Wastewater treatment plants that consume large amounts...
View ArticleMOL inaugurates the largest green hydrogen plant of the region
MOL Group has handed over a 10 megawatt capacity green hydrogen plant in Százhalombatta which is the largest in central and eastern Europe. The €22 million investment makes fuel production more...
View ArticleWater infrastructure funding boost for California
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $510 million (€480 million) from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for California drinking water and clean water infrastructure...
View ArticleAramco awards contract for gas plant expansion
Aramco has awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts worth $7.7 billion (€7.2 billion) for a major expansion of its Fadhili Gas Plant in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia....
View Articlebp simplifies organisational structure and announces executive team changes
bp is simplifying its organisational structure – supporting delivery of the priorities it set out in February to grow the value of the company. The oil and gas major will continue to have three...
View ArticleLummus expands R&D capabilities to enhance water and wastewater technologies
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the opening of its cutting-edge research and development (R&D) facility dedicated to...
View ArticleCepsa and Evos collaborate on green methanol storage
Cepsa has signed an agreement with Evos, a liquid energy and chemical storage company, to enable the storage of green methanol to be produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras and...
View ArticleSpecial milestone for ABB gas analyser
ABB is marking the 30th anniversary of the first multi-component turnkey emission monitoring system using fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Manufactured in Frankfurt, the system is...
View ArticleXylem launches new Jabsco single use pump
Xylem has launched the Jabsco PureFlo 21 Single Use pump. The new pump features an adjustable, integrated pressure relief valve. The multi-membrane, diaphragm pump comes equipped with a disposable pump...
View ArticleNeste successfully concludes its first processing run with pyrolysis oil
Neste has successfully conducted its first processing trial run with a new challenging raw material, liquefied discarded tyres in its efforts to advance chemical recycling. In the processing run, Neste...
View ArticleFacing up to the challenges
The chemical supply chain plays a critical role in society, providing countless products on which people, organisations and governments rely on. As those in the biofuels sector will be aware, the...
View ArticleTeesside LPG Terminal boosts energy security
A new LPG terminal is now operational in Teesside that will improve the security of the nation’s off-grid energy supply – providing up to 90,000 tonnes of LPG each year to homes and businesses across...
View ArticleOxford Flow partners with nZero Group to deliver zero-carbon fuels
Oxford Flow will provide its IM-S gas regulators as part of a partnership with Thyson Technology, a nZero Group company, on SGN’s H100 Fife Future of Gas project in Scotland. H100 Fife will employ a...
View ArticleNew screens in place as SPIRAC and MWH treatment fight back storms
At a crucial stage of a £43 million (€50 million) upgrade, including a critical inlet screen and screen handling replacement, the last thing a contractor would want is for not one, not two, but three...
View ArticleSINOPEC collaborates on Kazakh polyethylene project
SINOPEC has become a shareholder in the Kazakhstan’s polyethylene project. Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov met with Sinopec president Zhao Dong and CEO of SIBUR Mikhail Karisalov to discuss the...
View ArticleFunding boost for US water infrastructure projects
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $42.9 million (€40 million) from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for South Dakota drinking water and clean water infrastructure...
View ArticleAramco in talks to acquire stake in Chinese petrochem company
Aramco has entered into discussions with Hengli Group regarding the potential acquisition of a 10% stake in Hengli Petrochemical – subject to due diligence and required regulatory clearances. The...
View ArticleIncreasing throughput and accuracy
In today’s crowded process plants, less than ideal straight pipe runs often result in swirling fluid flows and asymmetrical velocity profile distortions that affect the efficient, continuous operation...
View ArticleShell invests in North Sea gas field
Shell UK has taken a final investment decision (FiD) on the Victory gas field in the UK North Sea – 47 km north-west of the Shetland Islands. Once onstream, the field will help to maintain domestically...
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