CARY, N.C. (Aug. 18, 2014) – After five years of success in the U.S., ABB announced its first Automation and Power World (APW) event in Mexico. Industry leaders from around the world will gather to discuss innovation and energy reform in Mexico City for ABB’s Technology Solutions for the Future of Energy event, Aug. 21-22.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Aug. 15, 2014) – The largest piece of the turret for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility is under construction.
SAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 15, 2014) – In 2004, the first water system upgrade under the Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) broke ground at Summit Reservoir in San Francisco. At that time, the Programmatic Environmental Impact Report that paved the way for 23 project-related California Environmental Quality Act documents was four years away from certification. The Project Labor Agreement that helped create more than 725,000 apprentice hours was three years in the future.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Aug. 15, 2014) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has entered a training partner agreement with Iwaki America Incorporated that allows both organizations to leverage co-branded educational and training programs designed for pump end-users, distributors and engineering consulting firms.
WASHINGTON (Aug. 14, 2014) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $11 million in supplemental funding to help clean up contaminated brownfields properties. The Revolving Loan Funds (RLF) will help 31 grantees carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects. These projects are expected to create more than 700 jobs and leverage over $57 million in cleanup and redevelopment while using unique financing mechanisms and partnerships to protect people’s health and the environment.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Aug. 14, 2014) - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announces the 2014 WEF Awards recipients. The awards will be presented during WEFTEC 2014, WEF’s 87th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference this fall in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Camp Applied Research Award
Sudhir Murthy
Washington, DC
Chesapeake WEA
VANCOUVER, British Columbia and CALGARY, Aleberta (Aug. 14, 2014) –Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. announced an agreement with Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc. that advances the natural gas market in Canada’s Yukon Territory. This new partnership supports the delivery of clean liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power Wellgreen’s PGM-Nickel-Copper mining project. The site is located in the southwest region of the Yukon, and could be the first mining project in Canada powered by LNG.
BATAVIA, N.Y. (Aug. 14, 2014) – Graham Corporation announced that it has been awarded two new orders totaling approximately $5 million. One order is for a new Graham ejector system at a U.S. oil refinery. The second order is to replace existing Graham surface condensers at a Middle East liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility. Both orders are expected to ship within nine to 12 months.
BREA, Calif. (Aug. 13, 2014) – Moxa announced that it has become the newest member of the Fieldbus Foundation. Within the Foundation's Remote Operations Management subcommittee, Moxa will collaborate with key sponsors including Petrobras, Reliance, and Saudi Aramco on the specification of new technology and protocols for process automation.
(Aug. 13, 2014)—Countries in the Middle East will spend nearly 2.2 billion U.S. dollars for pumps next year. This is the latest forecast in Pumps World Market, published by the McIlvaine Company.
The report breaks down the predicted spending by industry. Oil and gas, refinery services and water are the top three industries for pumps spending next year, according to the report.