Enviornment/Safety
Hydron Energy launches breakthrough landfill biogas upgrading project
The platform is powered by Hydron Energy's novel metal organic framework (MOF) that is designed to simultaneously remove nitrogen (N₂) and carbon dioxide (CO₂) at ambient pressure—a capability that simplifies operations and significantly reduces both capital and operating costs compared to incumbent technologies.
Ebara Elliott Energy awarded contract from Kawasaki to advance global liquefied hydrogen supply chain
Ebara Elliott Energy (EEE), a leading global provider of high-performance turbomachinery and a subsidiary of Ebara Corporation, has been awarded a breakthrough order from Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. to supply specialized liquid hydrogen booster pumps and cryogenic Hydrogen Return Gas Blowers for..
Chevron resumes full production at Wheatstone LNG after repairs for cyclone damage
Tropical Cyclone Narelle struck the 8.9-MMtpy facility in late March, leaving both LNG processing trains offline.
Peru pipeline rupture followed years of regulator warnings, documents show
A pipeline rupture that crippled Peru's energy grid in March followed years of documented warnings from regulators to pipeline operator TGP about dealing with landslides, erosion, and construction flaws in the system that moves about 95% of the country's gas.
Emerson accelerates edge ecosystem for real-time enterprise operations intelligence
DeltaV Live Enterprise View reinforces Emerson’s leadership in real-time operations intelligence Expanded DeltaV Edge Environment strengthens Emerson’s differentiated edge ecosystem New applications expand the DeltaV Automation Platform, building on Emerson’s proven approach Emerson, a glo..
ABB enhances AI capabilities of flagship industrial device digital solutions
My Measurement Assistant+, ABB’s industrial device maintenance solution, now features multilingual Copilot integration Solution provides proactive device-specific assistance and resolves most technical issues in minutes, ushering in smarter and simpler operations across industries In additio..
SUBLIME Energie inaugurates world's first system capable of liquefying biogas into a renewable fuel
SUBLIME Energie has inaugurated in Plélo (Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany, France) its demonstrator “Charlie,” the world’s first system capable of liquefying biogas directly on the farm. For the first time, on-farm anaerobic digestion can produce a renewable fuel without relying on gas grid infrastructure. ..
BEL Valves announces multi-million-pound contract to supply Indonesia’s first carbon capture project
UK based valve and actuation specialist, BEL Valves, has announced its first Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) win in a multi-million-pound contract that will see the company supply to Indonesia’s first Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage project. BEL Valves – part of the British ..
ADNOC Gas says domestic demand still being met after Habshan attack
ADNOC Gas said that domestic demand in the UAE was being met through its other facilities after its Habshan complex in Abu Dhabi was hit by debris from an intercepted attack on Friday. The attack, which killed one Egyptian citizen, "caused damage to certain facilities" at the Habshan complex, ADNOC..
Digital Exclusive: Evolving pressure relief valve designs protect LNG facilities
C. CARROLL and R. GARCIA, Emerson, Houston, Texas (U.S.) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing, storage, and transport has become a burgeoning industry, with numerous facilities under construction across the globe. Since LNG is a dense liquid, it enables the economic movement of large quantities o..
Australia’s biggest LNG plants suffer outages due to cyclone, straining global supply
Australia became the world’s second-largest LNG exporter after Qatar shut down production this month following damage to its facilities from Iranian strikes.
Update: Libya's coast guard tows damaged Russian LNG tanker away from its shores
The Russian-flagged Arctic Metagaz, carrying LNG from the Arctic port of Murmansk, has been adrift since early March, when Russia’s Transport Ministry said it was hit by Ukrainian naval drones.
Lining up for storage tank savings
J. ZIMMERMAN, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings; C. SUMNER, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and R. GALVIN, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings, Calgary, Alberta, Canada While today’s high-performance, high-solids storage tank lining syst..
Damaged Russian tanker days away from Libyan shores, Italian official says
A damaged Russian LNG tanker that has been drifting unmanned in the Mediterranean for more than two weeks, risking a major ecological disaster, is four to six days from Libya’s shores.
Damaged Russian LNG tanker has reached Libyan waters, Italy says
The most significant current risk is the potential release of gas, although no leaks have been detected so far.
Pure DC and AVK deploy Europe's first data center microgrid
Pure Data Centers Group (Pure DC) has announced the launch of Europe's first, large-scale, 110 MW onsite microgrid, developed to support early–phase site operational resilience.
Shell-led LNG Canada says unplanned flaring event could continue for a week
Flaring started late on Wednesday, and increased noise and visible emissions are expected.
OX2, Sodra and TES advance e-NG project into pre-FEED
OX2 and Södra, together with the e-NG project development company TES, announced that they are advancing their development plans for an e-NG (electric natural gas) facility at the Värö peninsula in Varberg, Sweden, by entering the Pre-Front-End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) phase. The decision follo..
Yokogawa and CMC Solutions sign global sales and service agreement for predictive emission monitoring systems for industry
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has entered into a global agency agreement with US-based CMC Solutions (CMC) to expand the availability of CMC’s predictive emission monitoring systems (PEMS) outside the U.S. Under the agreement, Yokogawa will leverage its global service network to ma..
HELLENiQ ENERGY and Chevron sign plan to produce gas for Europe
HELLENiQ ENERGY in collaboration with Chevron, have signed the lease agreements with the Hellenic Republic for the exploration of four offshore blocks located south of Crete and the Peloponnese, marking a significant milestone for Greece’s upstream development.
Australian gas producer Santos wins court fight over net-zero claims
The lawsuit was launched in 2021 by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, an activist shareholder, which said it was the first case of its kind in any country to challenge the validity of a company’s net-zero emissions target.
China's epic renewables boom lifts it into rare clean capacity club
With 73 GW more clean capacity than fossil fuel capacity in use, China now has 51% of its power fleet drawing from clean sources and joins the ranks of Brazil, France and Germany as major economies powered mainly by clean energy sources.
Emerson introduces hybrid continuous gas analyzer for improved regulatory compliance and emissions control
Emerson announced the release of its Rosemount QX1000 Continuous Gas Analyzer, ideally suited for use in continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), but also a good fit in many other types of applications. The QX1000 uses paramagnetic detection for O₂ and quantum cascade laser direct absorption ..
Yokogawa, ANYbotics to integrate OpreX Robot Management Core software with ANYmal robotic inspection solutions
By integrating the management of explosion- and non-explosion-proof robots that conduct autonomous inspections of industrial facilities, the two companies aim to develop new opportunities in the oil and gas, power and metals industries.
ETW Energietechnik wins contract for biomethane plant from Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR)
The full-service provider of biomethane plants and combined heat and power (CHP) plants has been awarded the contract for a plant that will process up to 700 Nm³/h of landfill gas into biomethane in the future.
Baker Hughes, Giammarco Technologies to advance and commercialize hot potassium carbonate for post-combustion carbon capture
Giammarco Technologies’ proven HPC process is already widely used across more than 400 industrial projects and leverages a safe and sustainable potassium-based solvent to efficiently capture CO₂ from gas streams.
Opinion: Europe's offshore wind pact is a hedge against U.S. gas reliance
At the North Sea Summit on Monday, ministers from Britain, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway signed an agreement to develop 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity in shared economic waters.
Canada commissions Deep Sky Alpha, the world's first cross-technology direct air capture platform
Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group announced that it has supported the successful commissioning of Deep Sky Alpha, Canada’s first facility to successfully capture and sequester CO2 in sedimentary storage, and the world’s first cross-technology DAC platform, located in Alberta. The pro..
Emerson advances software-defined automation with latest control system release
Emerson has enhanced its DeltaV™ Automation Platform through the release of version 16 of its distributed control system (DCS) and integrated Safety Instrumented System. DeltaV version 16.LTS delivers software-defined capabilities that reduce automation costs, enhance operational intelligence, impro..
EemsGas receives €30 million investment subsidy for major green gas project in the Netherlands
EemsGas – one of the largest green gas production facilities in the Netherlands with an investment of €100 million – has received €30 million in DEI+ investment subsidies from the Dutch government. Sustainable raw materials producer Perpetual Next, which holds a 50% stake in EemsGas, announced this ..
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor acquires Swiss rotating equipment maintenance company AST Turbo AG
- Digital Exclusive: Evolving pressure relief valve designs protect LNG facilities
- Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG hub hit by missile attack, ‘extensive damage’ reported
- JGC-Hyundai JV awarded EPC contract for major low-carbon LNG plant project in Papua New Guinea
- Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years
