Increasing awareness about renewable energy and favourable government legislations such as the Directive on Renewable Energy Sources (RES) are expected to drive the European renewable energy market. Unwanted inflows of water are the single most important factor causing production problems for oil companies. Analytical X-ray specialist, PANalytical, has launched Oil-Trace, a package that enables complete XRF analysis of all types of fuels, oils and oil derivatives. Clyde Bergemann, a leader in boiler cleaning and materials handling solutions, has hosted a UK Clean Energy Technology Forum. After won a US$ 950000 contract for 42 large GRP processing vessels for Kazakhstan, Forbes Technologies Ltd was faced with the problem of transporting these light weight structures to this virtually land locked country adjacent to the Chinese Border. Volvo Penta has introduced a new version of its hazardous area power pack.
This unit now comprises of Electronic Engine type D12 with Power Range from 300HP through to 700HP. Invensys Process Systems has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide distributed control systems (DCS), safety systems and fire and gas systems for the Yemen LNG Company Ltd. The growth of complex industrial processes created a need for standards and certifications in potentially explosive environments. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has established a scheme to facilitate international trade in electrical equipment intended for use in explosive atmospheres. Global experts in marine transfer, Reflex Marine Ltd, has secured a contract with Pride International Inc, one of the world’s largest drilling contractors For the past 12 months, Sandia National Laboratories based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US, has served as the lead national laboratory in project LOGIIC Nevada, US-based SulphCo Inc has received the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Excellence in Crude Oil Refining Technology of the Year Award for its development of the high performance Sonocracking technology that helps upgrade sour heavy crude oils into sweeter lighter crude oils. A £2.2million grant has been awarded to UK three universities to find a way to make oil refineries more efficient and so cut UK energy bills by millions of pounds each year. Nexans and BP are making history with the Power from Shore project that will make Valhall, in the Norwegian North Sea, the world’s first offshore oil field to receive all its electricity from land, with no need for on-platform generation. Shell and Statoil have signed an agreement to work towards developing the world’s largest project using carbon dioxide (CO2) for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) offshore. prev    next