ABB—a global player in electric power and automation—is acquiring Los Gatos Research (LGR) of Mountain View, Calif., to add a new line of gas analyzers to its measurement business. “LGR fills a gap in our technology ...
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Norway's Statoil Thursday reported first-quarter output of 1.998 million b/d of oil equivalent, down 9% year-on-year, which, coupled with lower prices, cut net profit by more than half. However, CEO Helge Lund said in the results ...
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Royal Dutch Shell, Japan's Mitsubishi and Iraqi state-owned South Gas Company have launched a long-delayed project to capture and market gas from some of Iraq's biggest oil fields, Shell said Wednesday, adding that it would be the largest ...
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House Republicans on Friday criticized an Obama administration study of hydraulic fracturing as unnecessary and plagued by delays and excessive costs. "We all want to ensure safe and responsible production of oil and natural gas, but the ...
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BASF is taking a number of steps to strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment. The segment bundles BASF’s businesses with chemicals that improve the properties of many different end-user products. The ...
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The design of fluid instrumentation systems for use in harsh and corrosive environments has been boosted by an optimised new grade of 6Mo tubing. The mechanical characteristics of the new ?Parker Grade? 6Mo tubing have been optimised to ...
Neptune Chemical Pump Co. is pleased to announce the launch of its Model 5003-S and 5005-S Hydraulic Diaphragm Metering Pumps. These highly accurate, low-volume pumps deliver repeatable flows down to quarts per day, making them ideal in Oil ...
State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed a joint venture agreement Sunday with France's Total and Japan's Idemitsu, Cosmo Oil, Marubeni and Mitsui for a new condensate refinery to be built in Qatar at Ras Laffan Industrial City. Under the ...
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The chairman of the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday criticized the Obama administration for failing to adequately fund research into making sure hydraulic fracturing and nuclear waste storage is safe. During a ...
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For construction of any kind of a building, whether it is big or small, residential property or a manufacturing concern, school or even a factory, a piping system is required to be installed for fulfillment of various purposes like for gas ...
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PSG?s Maag Industrial Pumps, the global leader in positive displacement pumps and systems, is pleased to introduce its S Series line of twin screw pumps. The S Series screw pumps are part of Maag?s newly created Industrial Pumps platform, ...
The Shaniv Paper Industry Ltd has signed a $16 million agreement with the Tamar consortium for the supply of 60 million cubic meters of gas over seven years, the company said late Wednesday. This is the first gas supply contract to be ...
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President Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, on Tuesday reiterated the Obama administration's position that decisions to license liquefied natural gas exports from the US should be based on a transparent, analytic ...
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China National Offshore Oil Corp or CNOOC Group, the parent of listed arm CNOOC Ltd, refined 30.08 million mt (602,400 b/d) of crude last year, up 15.2% from 26.1 million mt in 2011, the company said in its 2012 sustainable development ...
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China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2012. Financial Highlights: In accordance with the PRC Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises, in 2012, the Company's operating ...