Building on the revolutionary GHS VSD+ range of variable speed-driven oil-injected screw vacuum pumps, Atlas Copco has taken a leap ahead with the new GHS 1402-2002 VSD+ series. These series of pumps have a new design for better performance, optimal oil separation, a smaller footprint and an innovative new controllerContinue Reading
Celeros Flow Technology has injected new life into a heritage pump for a Canadian heavy oil recovery customer, enabling them to increase production. The pump – a Mather & Platt BB5 – was more than 40 years old and had been subject to numerous post-installation alterations. Heavy oil deposits areContinue Reading
The Danish marine pump specialist Svanehøj has been awarded a contract to supply pump systems for two LNG fuelled carriers that will transport liquid CO2 to the Northern Lights project’s storage facilities in Norway. 2021 has been a record year for Svanehøj. Northern Lights is developing infrastructure to transport CO2 fromContinue Reading
FloWorks International LLC, the specialty flow control distribution platform, has acquired parts and services distributor netMercury. Image © Murrstock – stock.adobe.com. Founded in 2000, netMercury distributes critical parts and services to the global integrated circuit fabrication and technology industries with three locations in Dallas, Austin and Phoenix. The company’s productsContinue Reading
The Gjerdrum family has acquired 100% of the shares of Norwegian pump and liquid handling specialist PG Flow Solutions AS (formerly Ing Per Gjerdrum AS), 40 years after Per Gjerdrum founded the company. PG Flow Solutions’ headquarters in Sande, Vestfold, Norway. “Although we have been shareholders of PG Flow SolutionsContinue Reading
Pfeiffer Vacuum, one of the world’s leading suppliers of vacuum technology, introduces new multi-stage Roots pumps ACP 90, which are designed for oil- and particle free applications in the pressure range between atmosphere up to 3×10-2 hPa. These vacuum pumps meet the requirements where clean and dry vacuum is neededContinue Reading
he High Court of Namibia recently issued a judgement that allows Canadian oil and gas company, Reconnaissance Africa (ReconAfrica), along with its joint venture partner, the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR), to continue with its oil and gas exploration campaign in Namibia. Represented by Namibian-based law firm, SNC Incorporated,Continue Reading
Some Namibian vehicles cross into Angola on an hourly basis to fill up their cars, while others fill jerry cans to sell on the black market. Angolan fuel is sold on the black market at N$400 per 25-litre container of petrol, and N$320 for diesel. This has forced some serviceContinue Reading
Democratic Republic of Congo will offer 27 oil blocks and three gas blocks, nearly double as many as previously planned, in a licensing round next week, the hydrocarbons ministry said on Monday. Congo, a leading miner of copper, cobalt, gold and diamonds, has long aimed to boost its oil sectorContinue Reading
According to the World Bank, Russia holds the world’s largest natural gas reserves, the second largest coal reserves, and the eighth largest oil reserves. Over the past years, Russia has expressed heightened interest in exploring and producing oil and gas in Africa. Emboldened African leaders and industry executives have acceptedContinue Reading
