DOHA (20 May 2015)—Wintershall is ceasing its activities in Qatar and is returning Block 4 North near the North Field off the Qatari coast on 25 May 2015. Wintershall’s office in Doha will be closed. In 2013, Wintershall made the Al Radeef gas discovery off the cost of Qatar.
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BOSTON, Mass. (May 20, 2015) – After four years of drought and mixed results from efforts to roll back water use, the scale of California’s water crisis has brought the state to the brink of massive investments in water supply, including desalination, water diversion and water treatment. One solution certain to receive significant new funding in the years ahead, according to a new study from Bluefield Research, is wastewater re-use.
FRANKFURT (May 20, 2015) - The global process industry is looking forward to the upcoming event in Frankfurt. Over the course of a week on roughly 132,000 m² of exhibition space starting on June 15, 2015, nearly 3,800 exhibitors will be showcasing their products, technologies and expertise targeted at chemical production and the pharmaceutical and food processing industries.
(17 May 2015)—The Arabian Sea Region Oil & Gas 2015 Summit takes place 26-27 May at the InterContinental Hotel in Muscat, Oman. The global Summits organiser, IRN holds the senior level conference with the Official Support and Endorsement of the Minister of Oil & Gas of the Sultanate of Oman.
(4 May 2015)—GI Tech, Invertek’s sales partner in the UAE, installed a series of eight Optidrive E2 Single Phase AC drives to control chilled water pumps in the Al Jahili Fort’s air conditioning system as part of an ambitious renovation project overseen by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage.
PUNE, India (12 May 2015)—Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL), a global fluid management company has won another order from Calik Enerji of Turkey for supply of pumps for its 230MW CCPP project in Georgia.
Calik Enerji is a Turkish energy company of Calik Holding, with business interests in oil and gas exploration and production, transportation, and distribution; power generation, transmission and distribution; power plant design and engineering; and telecommunications services.
DOHA, Qatar (4 May 2015)—ExxonMobil Research Qatar (EMRQ) announced that ExxonMobil has awarded a global commercial license for Immersive 3-D Operator Training Simulator technology to co-developer EON Reality Inc.
MONROE, Conn. (May 19, 2015) - Stancor Pumps appointed Laurent Récalt as director of Engineering and Product Development.
LONDON (May 19, 2015) - Brazil will spearhead renewable energy additions in South America to 2017, with the country’s cumulative installed capacity expanding from 19.8 Gigawatts (GW) in 2013 to over 32.9 GW by 2017, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.17 percent, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (May 14, 2015) – The Saajhi Stepping Pump by Xylem Inc. has been selected as a silver winner at the Edison Awards in New York City, earning honors in the Agricultural Enhancements category. The awards, inspired by Thomas Edison’s persistence and inventiveness, recognize innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy.