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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...

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Pump 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...

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Anglo 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...

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Septage 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...

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CIRCOR 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,...

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Turning 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...

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Ecolab 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...

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New 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...

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Thames 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...

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KROHNE 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...

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Urgent 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...

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Trafigura 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,...

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ADNOC 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...

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SABIC 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...

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Pump 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...

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Clariant 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...

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Collaboration 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...

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Adding 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...

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Wood 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...

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Neste 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...

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ACME 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...

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Funding 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...

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Determining 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...

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Operating 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...

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Aramco 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...

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TotalEnergies 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...

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Pipeline 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...

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Kent 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...

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East 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)...

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Cleanova 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...

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Qdos 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...

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Volgelsang 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...

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MOL 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...

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Water 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...

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Aramco 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....

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bp 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...

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Lummus 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...

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Cepsa 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...

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Special 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...

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Xylem 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...

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Neste 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...

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Facing 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...

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Teesside 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...

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Oxford 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...

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New 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...

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SINOPEC 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...

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Funding 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...

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Aramco 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...

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Increasing 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...

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Shell 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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