HOUSTON (May 1, 2016) — Halliburton Company and Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the companies have terminated the merger agreement they entered into in November 2014, effective April 30.
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TREVOSE, PA.(April 28, 2016) — QGC’s water treatment plant at its northern coal seam gas fields near Wandoan in Queensland, Australia, was named Industrial Water Project of the Year at the annual Global Water Awards. The award represents one of the most impressive technical or environmental achievements in the field of industrial water.
(April 28, 2016) -- Ham Baker Group, which continues to expand as a total solutions provider for process and flow control, has made three key appointments.
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2016) - The Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (WRDA), new legislation that provides critical investment in water infrastructure and includes support for water reuse, was introduced in the Senate April 26 and passed by the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee April 28.
CANONSBURG, PA (April 28, 2016) – The Ghalilah desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates has been honored at the 2016 Global Water Awards with a Distinction Award in the Desalination Plant of the Year category, which recognizes plants commissioned in 2015 that represent the most impressive technical achievement in the industry.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (April 27, 2016) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI), the global authority on pumps and pumping systems, announced the 2016-2017 Board of Directors and Officers during its Annual Conference recently held in Tucson, Arizona. The Board is primarily responsible for guiding the strategic direction of HI and providing organization oversight.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (April 26, 2016) –The Hydraulic Institute will be presenting on pumping efficiency at the NJWEA John J. Lagrosa 101st Annual Conference and Exhibition in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The course will be presented by Mr. Benjamin Stevens of A.W. Chesterton Company and will occur May 17 at 9:00 a.m. as part of the “Resiliency: Planning, Design and Economics” session.
BEVERLY, Mass. (April 26, 2016) – Xylem Inc. announced an expansion of products and services available through direct channels in North America. Working together with Lab Synergy, this agreement supports Xylem’s strategic goals to expand geographically and accelerate growth.
TREVOSE, Penn. (April 26, 2016) — To help meet new regulations governing wastewater treatment at Chinese coal-to-chemical plants, a facility in Yulin City will install GE’s advanced zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology. GE’s ZLD evaporator and crystallizer system will eliminate liquid discharge of waste and enable water reuse at the Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. coal-to-chemical plant in Shaanxi Province, China.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (April 25, 2016) – Xylem Inc. has launched a new biogas support system, the Flygt BIS 1 biogas support system, specially adapted for the wall-mounting of submersible mixers in biogas digesters. The robust installation system is designed to ensure process optimization, reliability and safety as well as hold the mixer in place throughout its use.
The system is easy to install and enables the operator to reduce installation time by up to 40 percent.*