Piping
Digital Exclusive: Water injection pump mechanical seals failure after pump shutdown
This article shows how the isolation of pump suction piping can lead to pump over-pressurization, causing mechanical seals catastrophic failure.
ABB expands non-invasive sensing portfolio to advance simpler, safer temperature measurement
NINVA clamps directly onto the outside of the pipe, giving plant operators accurate process temperature readings without the need to cut, weld or maintain traditional invasive thermowells.
Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada hits full capacity two years after upgrade
The uncertainty in global crude markets and the disruption to the Strait of Hormuz have increased demand for Canadian oil from Asian markets, but have also made it difficult to predict the pipeline's utilization rates beyond the short-term.
Iraq starts work on Basra-Haditha oil pipeline
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Trump signs order authorizing oil pipeline project partially reviving Keystone XL
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Druzhba pipeline restarts Russian oil flows to Europe, unblocking EU loan for Kyiv
The Druzhba pipeline has become one of the most politically charged pieces of infrastructure in Europe since a Russian drone strike damaged the pipeline in western Ukraine and stopped Russian oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia.
Phillips 66, Kinder Morgan move ahead with new U.S. West Coast fuel pipeline
The Western Gateway Pipeline project comes as companies race to build a major new fuel pipeline to the U.S. West Coast ahead of planned refinery closures in California, a relatively isolated fuel market with limited pipeline links to major refining hubs, leaving it vulnerable to supply disruptions and price spikes.
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