ROSEMONT, Ill. (Oct. 16, 2014) – Wilo USA welcomes Eric Kearbey as Midwest regional sales manager for water management.
Kearbey, a former Midwest regional sales manager for Ekato Corporation, has 17 years of experience in the chemical, pump and industrial markets. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri.
LONDON (16 October 2014)—The Khurais and Manifa projects in Saudi Arabia have the most recoverable reserves among the world’s top 100 upstream developments, with approximately 19.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and 13.7 billion boe, respectively, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
GLASGOW, Scotland (Oct. 15, 2014) – The Weir Group PLC has entered into an agreement to acquire Trio Engineered Products1, a Chinese-American manufacturer of crushing and separation equipment for the mining and aggregates markets, for an enterprise value of $220 million2.
(15 October 2014)—World Vision, which is the largest nongovernmental provider of clean water in the developing world, has together with Grundfos announced a new partnership to provide clean water to 2 million people in sub-Saharan Africa during the next five years.
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.
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.
