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Inspection specialist Eddyfi Technologies has launched a new tank bottom inspection scanner, the FloormapX.
The FloormapX is a multi-technology magnetic flux leakage (MFL) array tank bottom inspection solution, which Eddyfi says is designed to increase productivity with unprecedented efficiency and is capable of addressing almost all tanks. It offers an ‘unmatched probability of detection’,…
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US coatings firm Mascoat has introduced two new primers for use under its thermal insulating coatings.
Mascoat has been making insulating coatings since 1995, but will now be able to offer a single source for its coatings systems, to protect equipment from corrosion for 20 or more years. The company says that the full system solution will also provide energy retention, radiant heat gain…
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US firm SignalFire Wireless Telemetry and industrial internet of things (IIoT) specialist Machfu have launched a new integrated network-to-cloud solution for industrial applications.
The companies have integrated SignalFire’s 900MHz wireless sensor network with Machfu’s IIoT Gateway. Users can now run the SignalFire Edge Application on Machfu’s Edge Gateway to wirelessly bring all sensor…
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Dutch tank manufacturer Gpi Tanks XL is to build nine stainless steel oil storage tanks with a total capacity of 16,700 m3 for Maastank, located on the Botlek in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Gpi will build the tanks at its Westdorpe facility from a combination of SAE 316L grade stainless steel and duplex 2205. The nine tanks will be 27.5 m tall and range in capacity from 1,620–2,150 m3. The…
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Two leading Dutch tank building and maintenance companies – Verwater Group from Hoogvliet and SJR Group from Rotterdam – have merged.
The Verwater SJR Group says that the two companies’ combined complementary product and service portfolios will allow it to provide the most comprehensive range of services for tank storage in the ARA area, from new construction, both on-site and…
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Global fluid handling solutions company OPW, part of Dover Corporation, has bought US-based Girard Equipment’s ISO Liquid Tank Container product line.
The product family includes manlids, pressure/vacuum relief vents, airline ball valves, composite footvalves and top discharge butterfly valves. OPW will manufacture the product line at its facility in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China,…
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Inspection solutions provider MFE Rentals has partnered with global robotics leader Boston Dynamics to offer its customers access to the Spot robot.
Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is designed for remote and hazardous environments and can be used for a number of applications, such as automating documentation of construction progress, and providing situational awareness in remote settings. It can…
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The organisers of the 15th Anniversary Technical Conference ‘Tank Farms and Oil Terminals: Operation, Modernisation, Development’, have released the list of participants..
The conference will be held at the Solo Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge in St Petersburg, Russia on 26–27 November 2020. The participants include chief technical officers of tank farms and oil terminals from Russia, alongside…
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Belgian engineering and consultancy company Agidens has appointed Hedwig Maes as its new CEO from 1 October 2020.
Maes has more than 30 years’ experience in industrial automation and industrial systems. He studied industrial electronics at IHAM and business economics at Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (UFSIA) in Antwerp, Belgium. He was formerly the senior vice president…
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S&B Infrastructure, a Texas, US-based engineering firm, has bought Cape Environmental Management’s (CAPE’s) domestic and international fuels businesses.
CAPE’s fuel businesses will allow S&B to offer specialist fuelling services, mainly to aviation, including commercial airports and military airfields, as well as in-house industrial services such as storage tank construction and…
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German company TGE Gas Engineering has launched a new business unit – Plant Optimization & Services.
The company says that all activities related to maintaining the value of customers’ existing plant assets and optimising these to the latest technology have been grouped into the new unit. This will allow customers to benefit from an extended lifetime of their facility, the safest…
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Valve and actuator manufacturer Bonomi has launched a new UK website which includes a digital version of its new product catalogue.
The completely redesigned site divides the company’s ever-expanding range into six categories, allowing visitors to quickly navigate to what they are looking for. The categories are process valves, brass valves and regulators, actuators and actuated valves,…
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Analysts from Vostock Capital have prepared a free-to-download report on investment projects for storage and processing capacities, ports, pipelines and railway transport systems in Russia.
The report is being made available prior to the 15th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition ‘Oil Terminal’, which will be held on 26-27 November 2020 in Sochi, Russia. Ongoing and promising investment…
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German oil and gas software consultancy firm Implico Group and Brazilian software developer Aquarius Software have launched a partnership to collaborate on automation and digitalisation products for the oil and gas industry in Latin America.
The partners say they will introduce their innovative technologies, at their customers’ sites and make supply chains fit for the future. Implico says that…
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Swiss inspection specialist firm ROSEN Group is developing a new approach to managing the integrity of hydrogen pipelines, applicable to the conversion of existing gas pipelines or for the development of new hydrogen networks.
The group says that it is applying its 30 years of pipeline experience to this new area. Interest in hydrogen as a more environmentally friendly fuel is growing, and in…
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Australian design and construct geotechnical specialist Menard Oceania has completed ground improvements works for the construction of three, 30 m fuel storage tanks at Vopak’s terminal in Sydney, Australia.
Vopak announced in July 2019 that it would expand the capacity at its Sydney terminal by 105,000 m3. The new tanks are expected to be commissioned in Q2 2021.
Menard says that it takes a…
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Firefighting foam specialist firm BIOEX has launched FILMOPOL 1N, its new AR-AFFF foam concentrate to quickly extinguish fires and prevent reignition.
FILMOPOL 1N is certified to the latest EN 1568 specification (2018) suitable for use on class B hydrocarbon fuels (such as crude oil, gasoline and kerosene), polar solvents (such as alcohol, ketone and ethers) and class A fires. Its versatility…
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Valve manufacturer PosiWell has appointed Turco Valves and Supply as its exclusive distributor in North, Central and South America.
PosiWell says that it has spent some time seeking a suitable distributor in the Americas, wanting to emulate its success in South East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, and that Turco Valves and Supply meets all of its requirements.
‘Fred Turco, Daniel Bradley,…
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Dover Precision Components, a US manufacturer of high-performance engineering parts, has activated robotic tuggers at its Inpro/Seal manufacturing facility in Rock Island, Illinois, US.
The company says that the tuggers will be used to move raw materials, in-progress parts and completed products around the Inpro/Seal facility. This will improve worker safety, by avoiding potential problems from…
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German engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm TGE Gas Engineering has won a contract for initial engineering services for the cryogenic storage facilities of the new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and ethane cracker units at INEOS Project ONE at the port of Antwerp, Belgium.
INEOS says that its €3 billion Project ONE development, will be the most energy efficient production site…
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