Equipment & safety

Meridium innovates APM solution for intelligent machines and asset strategies, previewing its next-generation solution with cognitive capabilities at an annual conference.

MRC Global awarded new contract to support BASF's North American operations.

PurgExtra® is the latest weld purging product released by Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT® for the purging of tube and pipe joints from 1 – 24 in.

IMI Bopp & Reuther launches improved freeware to relieve the headaches of valve selection.

Inter Pipeline has released its 1Q16 financial results, stating generated funds from operations totaling US$186 million.

Africa Oil and its joint venture partners have completed an exploration and appraisal programme across Kenya, where pre-FEED studies have been completed on the crude oil pipeline route.

WSS highlights dangers of neglecting onboard welding equipment.

A team led by AJ Jain, Harkand North America Managing Director, has agreed to a management buyout of Harkand’s North American and African business.

Standardisation is a key enabler for safe and cost-effective pipeline innovation, explains Kristian Markegård and Ali Mirzaee-Sisan, DNV GL – Oil & Gas.

Emerson has announced the release of the Rosemount CT5100 continuous gas analyser.

NextDecade has filed with US FERC for authorisation to site, operate and construct the Rio Grande LNG project.

Fotech Solutions to present pipe monitoring technology at the International Oil & Gas Security Conference.

US demand for corrosion inhibitors is forecast to rise 3.1%/y to US$2.8 billion in 2020, while volume will approach 1.7 billion lbs.

Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT enables immediate reading of the weld purge gas at the underside of the joint, from any distance up to 1000 m away with their PurgEye® 1000 Weld Purge Monitor®.

Groups and concerned citizens have been told to wait for an improved pipeline process, which, so far, has yet to materialise.