PUNE, India (February 2015)–KEPL, a manufacturer of complex engineered pumps in India, has shipped the first set of 5-stage BB3 pumps to Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for J3 Project at Jamnagar in Gujarat, India.
(27 February 2015)—Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) announced the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Qatar entered planned maintenance in February 2015. Pearl GTL comprises two identical GTL trains, with a total capacity of 140,000 barrels per day of GTL products plus 120,000 barrels per day of natural gas liquids and ethane. One train, representing half the facility, has recently begun a planned turnaround maintenance progam, which will continue for a period of some 2 months.
DUBAI, UAE (1 March 2015)–Safety Services Group (SSG) announced the opening of a new chain manufacturing facility in Kochi, India. The facility will manufacture Grade 80 lifting chains to meet the industrial demand in India, Middle East and the African region.
ABU DHABI, UAE (1 March 2015)—A report from the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has identified the need for innovative approaches to financing energy infrastructure to meet future demand.
The report discovered the following results:
TREVOSE, Pa. (March 4, 2015) – GE has announced that it will provide Stockholm Vatten with membrane bioreactor (MBR) equipment for the Henriksdal municipal wastewater treatment facility to upgrade the existing technology, making it the largest MBR plant in the world.
HOUSTON (March 4, 2015) – FlexEnergy, Inc., manufacturer of the synchronous generator-based micro-turbines, announced that it has partnered with Waukesha-Pearce Industries (WPI) as its distributor for FlexEnergy’s robust turbine technology. The relationship will initially cover the Marcellus shale gas region.
The Integral Horsepower Motor Rule will take effect June 1, 2016.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (March 2, 2015) – Global consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan today announced that its joint survey with Pumps & Systems magazine is now open for participation. The survey will investigate pump users’ attitudes towards key issues such as technological transformation and shifting global demand, which will dictate the future of the industry.
The value-added services that IoT technology provides could transform the pump industry.
LONDON (March 2, 2015) – SPX’s Glasgow facility, which produces its ClydeUnion Pumps, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the “Manufacturer of the Year” category for this year’s Annual Pump Industry Awards.
In addition, three SPX engineers based in Glasgow, Emma Lambert, Stewart Skinner and Affan Waseem, have been shortlisted for “The Engineer of the Year” category.