DUBAI (14 October 2014)—Amarinth, a company specializing in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical, industrial and renewable energy markets, has secured an order out of its new Dubai office for API 610 OHI self-priming pumps and API 610 VS4 pumps to move aviation fuel around the Abu Dhabi International Airport as part of the ADIA Expansion Project.
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SAN FRANSISCO (Oct. 13, 2014) – Elected officials and senior water officials from San Francisco, San Mateo County, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) celebrated the first Hetch Hetchy drinking water deliveries through the new Bay Tunnel on Oct. 15.
DUBAI (13 October 2014)—Petrochemical companies in the United Arab Emirates employed 38,100 people in 2013, according to new data from the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA). The country is now the GCC’s second largest petrochemicals hubs in terms of employment, accounting for 26 percent of the Gulf’s total chemical workforce.
The UAE manufactures an estimated US$11 billion worth of chemical products, including plastic and fertilizers.
(13 October 2014)—Between 2 and 7 October, the Haj 1435 H pilgrimage drew more than 3 million pilgrims to the holy quarter of Mashaer in Mecca.
Extensive preparation was required in order to deliver services to this location, which is a desert for the rest of the year. Saur helped to distribute clean drinking water and sanitation, both essential services for the pilgrims from both a ritual standpoint as well as for health and hygiene.
LONDON (13 October 2014)—Increasing access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook, a special report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series. More than 620 million people in the region (two-thirds of the population) live without electricity, and nearly 730 million people rely on dangerous, inefficient forms of cooking.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (9 October 2014)—CB&I announced Chevron Lummus Global, a joint venture between CB&I and Chevron, has been awarded a contract in excess of US$100 million by Bahrain Petroleum Co. (Bapco). The scope of work includes the license of its LC-FINING and ISOCRACKING technologies and engineering design packages for the new residue hydrocracking and vacuum gasoil hydrocracking units for the Bapco Modernization Program.
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (Oct. 8, 2014) – Larson Davis is now A2LA accredited to calibrate microphones, sound level meters, acoustic calibrators and noise dosimeters as described in ISO 17025.
RAVENNA, Ohio (Oct. 8, 2014) – Vogelsang announces the appointment of John Grucella to the position of product manager for maceration and grinding products.
HELSINKI (Oct. 8, 2014) – Wärtsilä and two Indonesian partners have signed a joint development agreement with the intention of creating the first bio-LNG plant in Indonesia. The co-signers of the agreement with Wärtsilä are PT Pertamina (Persero), a national energy company, and PT Godang Tua Jaya (GTJ), a waste utilization sector specialist company.
ATLANTA (Oct. 7, 2014) – Siemens’ West Chicago plant hosted a Manufacturing Day event, Oct 3. More than 60 middle and high school students, teachers and parents from the greater area of Chicago participated in activities, plant tours and informational sessions to learn more about careers in manufacturing.