(May 19, 2014)—Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the receipt of an order from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. to supply control systems, safety instrumented systems, analysis systems and other products for Stage-1 of the Jeddah South supercritical oil-fired thermal power plant project in Saudi Arabia. The joint order recipients are Yokogawa Electric and a subsidiary, Yokogawa Middle East & Africa B.S.C.(c).
ERLANGEN, Germany (May 19, 2014) – A consortium comprising of Siemens AG, Siemens Ltd. Thailand and the Japanese partner Marubeni has completed the Wang Noi 4 combined cycle power plant in Thailand on schedule. The owner, the state-owned utility Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), took the power plant into commercial operation on April 7, 2014. The natural gas fired power plant features an efficiency of over 57.3 percent with an electrical capacity of 770 megawatts (MW).
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 19, 2014) – In an important victory for U.S. water utilities and their customers, a House-Senate committee has released legislation to create a pilot Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority that would lower the cost of renewing America’s aging water infrastructure.
The addition of a cardan joint helps resolve wear and failure and delivers improved angularity and smooth transmission of radial and axial loads.
Because these pumps require regular attention, end users should carefully consider the design options.
SANTO ANDRÉ, Brazil (May 15, 2014) – Since its founding in 1989, RZR Bombas Positivas has grown from a small pump part shop into a ISO-9001 standard rotary pump manufacturing facility serving OEM, food, energy, mining and chemical industries.
In 2010, the company became a CRCC-certified supplier for Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant, expanding its served industries to include oil and gas production and processing, petrochemical and power generation.
ENLARGEN, Germany (May 15, 2014) – The Gemini consortium has signed all construction, operations and financing contracts with a total construction budget of nearly €3 billion. With more than 20 parties involved, 70 percent of this budget will be provided on the basis of project financing – making Gemini the largest-ever financed offshore wind farm. For the Gemini project, Siemens will deliver 150 wind turbines with a capacity of 4 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 130 meters each.
As anyone in the Reliant Center could tell you, the oil and gas industry continues to grow. This year’s attendance of 108,300 broke an Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) record.
Fully integrated systems are critical for utilities when upgrading equipment and instrumentation.
LONDON, UK (May 14, 2014)—Despite growing global interest in Kenya’s oil and gas industry, its first competitive licensing round has been postponed to at least Q4 2014; however, this delay could serve as a long-term benefit for the country’s economy, as well as its oil and gas industry, says an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData.