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Voswinkel becomes part of the Stauff Group

Aug. 24, 2015   + + +  As mutually announced by both companies, the Stauff Group has successfully completed the acquisition of the Meinerzhagen, Germany based company Voswinkel from the Voswinkel shareholder family in April this year already. Traditional German companies from the Sauerland region pool their expertise and know-how to become international specialists for fluid power pipework components ... more

 
RWE tests innovative energy storage solution
Company starts power-to-gas plant with extremely high utilisation rate



Aug. 17, 2015   + + +  On Monday, RWE officially launched its power-to-gas plant in the NRW location of Ibbenbüren. The state-of-the-art plant is part of new system that, for the first time ever, links together the supply of local electricity, natural gas and district heating. Any superfluous electricity from renewable sources is converted into hydrogen so it can be stored within the natural gas network. It can then be recalled from there at a later date for use in electricity production that boasts an extremely high utilisation rate. This power-to-gas process is seen as one of the key technologies for tomorrow’s energy supply  ... more

 
Construction of the world’s first modular large-scale battery
storage system begins in Aachen



Aug. 12, 2015  + + +  Today marks the official start of construction of the modular large-scale battery storage system M5BAT on the premises of RWTH Aachen University. Storage systems like this represent an important building block for the expansion of renewable energies, as they make a significant contribution to system stability. They also open up a broad range of areas of application. The planned power class of five megawatts and the high level of modularity – whereby different battery technologies are combined with one another – make the so-called “M5BAT” (Modular Multimegawatt, Multitechnology Medium-Voltage Battery Storage System) a world-first ... more

 

New Wireless AP/Bridge/Client Features AeroLink Protection™
for Maximum Wireless Network Availability

 


Aug. 11, 2015   + + +  In industrial networking applications, such as communications between offshore oil platforms or train-to-ground communications, a reliable wireless bridge is essential to minimize system downtime and maximize availability. Moxa's new AWK-3131A wireless AP/bridge/client delivers exceptionally fast, ultra reliable wireless performance in industrial settings by supporting IEEE 802.11n technology with a maximum net data rate of 300 Mbps, plus AeroLink Protection™ redundancy to prevent a single point of failure from bringing down an entire network ... more

 

Siemens sets a standard
for smart metering powerline data communication

 


Aug. 08, 2015   + + +  In intelligent power supply networks – smart grids – the quality of data transmission from digital meters to the power supply company is playing an increasingly important role. To make sure data is smoothly transmitted via lines in the power grid, it must be ensured that this transmission is also possible with equipment and transmission systems from different manufacturers. Siemens has developed the CX1 data transport profile for this purpose, and it is well on its way to becoming the international standard for open, secure, and fault-tolerant data communication via powerline for smart metering in intelligent power supply grids ... more

 

MOL acquires Czech, Slovak retail assets 

 


July 31, 2015   + + +  MOL Group, Budapest, completed its acquisition from Eni SPA of retail outlets in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The group earlier this year acquired Eni’s retail assets in Romania, including 42 service stations, under a 2014 agreement covering the three countries. The latest acquisition includes 125 service stations in the Czech Republic and 41 in Slovakia. MOL will rebrand the Agip stations mostly to the MOL brand in the Czech Republic and to the Slovnaft brand in Slovakia. As a result of this deal and a late-2014 acquisition from Lukoil Ceska Republika, MOL now owns 316 service stations in the Czech Republic. In Slovakia it now operates 253 service stations ... more

 

ELA Container Offshore GmbH
Numerous offshore projects have been completed since the company was founded in August 2014

 


July 30, 2015   + + +  In the course of numerous “first year” projects, ELA Container Offshore GmbH has gained plenty of valuable experience in the fields of offshore wind, offshore oil and gas, equipment for supply ships and dredging. In addition to Germany, ELA Offshore Containers were delivered to Africa, Kazakhstan, Norway, Denmark, Mexico and the Netherlands ... more

 

E.ON and FRIATEC entered into a long-term energy partnership

 


July 30, 2015   + + +  E.ON’s energy solutions business E.ON Connecting Energies and FRIATEC, the specialist company for products made of non-corroding and wear-resistant materials, have entered into a long-term energy partnership, starting with a high-efficiency heat supply solution for FRIATEC’s production plant in Mannheim, Germany. E.ON will refurbish the existing heat infrastructure of the Mannheim site and plans to build, own and operate Europe’s first fuel cell power plant of megawatt (MW) size to supply the site with clean energy ... more

 

Siemens AG: Jürgen Brandes named CEO of Process Industries and Drives Division

 

July 30, 2015   + + +  Jürgen Brandes (54) has been appointed CEO of Siemens’ Process Industries and Drives Division, effective October 1, 2015. He will succeed Peter Herweck (48), who is leaving the company at the end of the fiscal year. Brandes has been at Siemens for 25 years and is currently CEO of the company’s Mobility Management Business Unit. He previously held a variety of positions in Siemens’ automation and drives technology business both in and outside Germany. "We'd like to thank Peter Herweck for his many years of dedication in a wide variety of positions at our company, including, prior to his appointment as Division CEO, several years in China and as head of Corporate Strategy. We wish him every success in his future career," said Klaus Helmrich, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG + + +  more (biography Dr. Jürgen Brandes)

 

Siemens-Telecontrol: Connecting industrial outstations inexpensively and securely

 


July 13, 2015    + + +   With the new CP 1243-8 IRC communication processor, Siemens enables telecontrol applications based on the Sinaut ST7 telecontrol protocol. The new communication processor makes it possible to connect Simatic S7-1200 controllers as outstations (remote terminal units/RTUs) to higher-level ST7 stations with minimum effort and low costs. The solution is suitable for use in new and existing systems ... water/wastewater, gas lines, district heating, and electrical energy projects  ...  more

 

Atlas Copco:
Winterized compressors heading to Shah Deniz platform

 


June 30, 2015   + + +  Atlas Copco Compressors has delivered a 50-metric ton (55-ton) air compressor package to Baku for installation on a platform on the Shah Deniz field, 90 km (56 mi) offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The consignment, mounted on a single skid, comprised three ZR500 water-cooled screw compressors, a closed circuit water cooling system, three heatless dryers and a ZT110 black start screw compressor for emergencies ... more

 

Bender expands in South America

 


June 26, 2015 + + + Bender is reinforcing its presence in South America by opening an official branch in the Chilean capital of Santiago de Chile on 01 July 2015. The Managing Director of Bender Latin America is Sergio Julian, who reports directly to Dr Dirk Pieler (CEO of Bender GmbH & Co. in Grünberg). The branch currently has four employees. The sales area covers the whole of South American apart from Brazil + + +  Bender means active damage prevention in On- and Offshore applications of oil and gas production ... and for preventive monitoring of marine propulsion systems and on-board systems ... more

 

FKM seal material Vi 840
A breakthrough in the valves sector and gas industry

 


June 22, 2015   + + +  For some years now, one of the central demands from the valve sector and gas industry has been for a seal material that has suitable low temperature flexibility, and which conforms to the DIN EN 14141 standard. Up until now, there simply hasn’t been a suitable FKM seal material available. But now, the independent seal manufacturer C. Otto Gehrckens has developed the low temperature flexible ‘Vi 840’ FKM compound. This has been successfully tested according to DVGW DIN EN 682 (type GBL)  ... more

 
Hazardous-atmosphere mission
for MTU-equipped North Sea emergency salvage vessel



June 11, 2015 + + + On Wednesday May 27, the North Sea emergency salvage vessel “Nordic” – powered by MTU Series 8000 – the “Neuwerk” – with its MTU Series 595 engines – and the “Mellum” – with its MTU series 396 engines - approached the stricken fertilizer freighter “Purple Beach” to within 100 meters operating in gas-protected mode. All three ships are equipped with hazardous-atmosphere engines ... more

 

Siemens extends packaging agreement with Centrax
to deliver industrial turbines

 

June 09, 2015   + + +   Siemens has extended its packaging agreement for gas turbines with the engineering company Centrax Ltd. to now 31 European countries. Since June 2011, Centrax sells the SGT-300 and SGT-400 gas turbine series from Siemens as a complete package under the product name CX300 and CX400. In the extended European market Siemens has appointed Centrax to be the primary route to market for the sale of industrial power generation and distributed energy packages for these two gas turbine models ... more

 
E.ON Global Commodities and Meridian LNG announce UK Gas Sales agreement


April 23, 2015   + + +   Meridian LNG Holdings Corp. and E.ON Global Commodities SE (EGC), the trading unit of E.ON SE, have entered into a 20-year gas sales agreement under which EGC has agreed to purchase up to two million tons of regasified LNG per year (2.0 mtpa) from Meridian LNG at market-reflective conditions to be delivered at UK’s National Balancing Point. Meridian LNG intends to deliver such LNG through its planned Port Meridian import and regasification terminal ... more

 
Linde to supply LNG fuel gas system to new high-speed ferry


April 10, 2015   + + +    Technology company The Linde Group, via its Swedish Engineering subsidiary Cryo AB, has been awarded a contract by Meyer Turku Shipyard of Finland to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel gas system for the next-generation high-speed ferry being built for AS Tallink Grupp. The ferry will operate in the Baltic Sea between Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia and has been designed to comply with the European Emission Control Area (ECA) limits thanks to the use of LNG as fuel ... more

 
Siemens: HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels
for extreme ambient conditions



April 09, 2015  + + +  Siemens has expanded its high-performance Comfort Panel class in the Simatic HMI (Human Machine Interface) series to include particularly rugged devices for use in extreme ambient conditions. The Simatic HMI TP700 and Simatic HMI TP1500 Comfort Outdoor Panels are equipped with a UV-protected device front with degree of protection IP65 and are ideally suited for use in refrigerated buildings, ships, or the oil and gas industry ... more

 

A vision of a Gas Union in Central and South East Europe
(Article by Peter Poptchev in EnergyPost, March 30, 2015)

 


April 2, 2015   + + +  We will never have a unified European energy policy as long as Central and East European gas markets remain fragmented and divided, writes Peter Poptchev. Now, however, under the impetus of the Energy Union, the EU has a unique opportunity to put its Eastern gas house in order. Poptchev sets out the main steps that need to be taken to achieve this goal ... more

 

NordLink project ... ABB wins $900 million order to connect Norwegian and German power grids


March 19, 2015   + + +  ABB has won orders worth around $900 million from a consortium comprising leading utilities Statnett and TenneT as well as promotional bank KfW to supply on-shore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations and the cable system in the German sector that will facilitate the first ever interconnection between the Norwegian and German power grids. The link will be 623 kilometers (km) long, making it the longest HVDC connection in Europe ... more

 
J D Neuhaus Hoists Facilitate Crane Repairs
on Offshore Platform



When the diesel engine of a deck crane failed, it caused major handling problems for an offshore platform operating in the Dutch sector of the southern North Sea, problems that were solved with the use of J D Neuhaus air operated hoists. The crane was operating at 40 metres above sea level and provided a lift capacity of 20 tonnes ... more

 
Siemens commissions new gas turbine burner test center
Investment volume of approximately EUR 100 million



Feb 19, 2015   + + +   Siemens has commissioned its Clean Energy Center, a new burner test center for gas turbines in Ludwigsfelde near Berlin. Combustion processes in gas turbines will be examined and validated at the Clean Energy Center, with the aim of enhancing the efficiency of the Siemens gas turbines and improving their flexibility regarding the use of different liquid and gaseous fuels ... more

 
ROLLS-ROYCE sets up new regional subsidiary
MTU MIDDLE EAST



Feb. 11, 2015    + + +   Rolls-Royce has set up MTU Middle East as a new regional sales and service subsidiary with head office in Dubai. MTU Middle East is to support distributors and business partners of MTU, MTU Onsite Energy and Bergen Engines in 21 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The goal is to achieve an even more tightly knit sales and service network. In this region, high-speed and medium-speed large diesel and gas engines, drive systems and on-site power generation systems are mainly deployed in electrical power generation, the oil and gas industry ... more

 
SR Technics expands partnership with
Kuehne + Nagel to support customers in the Middle East

(Also: Video how K+N delivered a 101 t separator from Norway to South Korea)

February 9, 2015     + + +    SR Technics and Kuehne + Nagel announced that their successful partnership to provide Middle East customers of SR Technics with warehousing, spare parts logistics and distribution services would continue to develop + + +  The aerospace industry in the Middle East is rapidly expanding. According to SR Technics, its Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Dubai is already handling 65,000 annual transactions and it plans to almost double the transactions to 120,000 over the next five years ... more

 
Linde Group: Financial year 2014 - Outlook 2015


Linde achieves growth in a difficult market environment and increases its dividend ... more

 
Dive into the Undersea Mechatronic World of WITTENSTEIN
Invitation: Visit us at Subsea Expo 2015 in Aberdeen



2015, Jan. 28   + + +  WITTENSTEIN motion control (WMC) has led the field of mechatronic drive technology for extreme environmental conditions since 1992. At the Subsea Expo in Aberdeen, WMC will present intelligent components and integrated severe-service systems that are used successfully on numerous projects ... more

 
WIKA: New corporate video with a remarkable “star”


January 2015   + + +   For their new corporate video, WIKA has made an unusual choice for its main character - a small boy discovering the WIKA world + + + The WIKA group of companies is a leading global player in the field of measurement technology for pressure, temperature, level and flow, and also for calibration solutions ... more

 
PSI Receives Important Orders for Renewal of Network Control Systems ... PSIcontrol 4.3 with extended functionality and improved user interface


Jan. 19, 2015   + + +    PSI AG obtained by the end of 2014 a number of orders in the energy sector for the renewal of network control systems. Extensive upgrade orders for the modernisation of the existing PSI systems were received from ELE Verteilnetz GmbH (EVNG), LEW Verteilnetz GmbH (LVN) ... more

 
Gastech adds a dedicated Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) Zone to its industry leading event in Singapore


January 12, 2015 + + + dmg :: events (global energy) and NGV Global announce partnership (for dmg :: events’ flagship show Gastech Singapore, 27 – 30 October 2015) to deliver the ideal forum to discuss the commercial opportunities within the expanding Asian NGV market ... more

 
ThyssenKrupp consolidating to the cloud
Important step in IT harmonization



Dec 16, 2014  + + +  ThyssenKrupp AG today have signed a contract with Telekom subsidiary T-Systems for the set-up and operation of central data centers. Before the end of the year, T-Systems will start transferring IT systems and services previously accommodated in around 700 data rooms and eleven data centers to five global data centers. In addition, over 80,000 computer workstations and 10,000 server systems of ThyssenKrupp worldwide are to be moved to the cloud ... more

 
Panalpina receives top honors
for air freight and heavylift forwarding



Nov. 21, 2014   + + +   Panalpina was acknowledged this week in London as Air Freight Solutions Provider of the Year, as well as Project/Heavylift Forwarder of the Year, by one of the freight forwarding industry’s most prestigious awarding bodies. The recognition by Lloyd’s Global Freight Awards indicates Panalpina’s proficiency and know-how in freight and logistics.

“We’re proud to win these prestigious awards in two categories where we undoubtedly have a proven and long-standing track record,” says Chris Cooper, Panalpina’s managing director for the UK and Ireland. “Air freight and projects –  particularly in the oil and gas industry – are deeply ingrained in our company DNA.” ...

 
Avoiding inefficient and unsafe working practices
in potentially hazardous areas



2014 Nov. 12   + + +   How the recent introduction of the innovative EX25 2D Multi Range Barcode Imager for ecom’s i.roc® Ci70 -Ex handheld computer (PDA) enables new levels of efficiency and safety for companies and onsite personnel in potentially hazardous locations  + + +  The increasing use of 1D/2D barcodes in the workplace to identify items, pallets, containers, storage locations and even yard locations brings the opportunity to improve safety by reducing the time the people are in a hazardous area, and improving efficiency due to the speed and accuracy of item/location identification and data capture ...

 
Bilfinger:  Turnaround business an important pillar
of Bilfinger’s industrial services activities



Nov. 13, 2014  + + +  This year, TOTAL Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GmbH successfully completed the turnaround and inspection (T&I) 2014 project at its Leuna refinery in which Bilfinger specialists played a decisive role. The services provided by Bilfinger were valued at over EUR 10 million. Further T&I projects with an aggregate value of some EUR 35 million are planned for the autumn and the beginning of next year in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States for energy and chemicals companies as well as in the paper and consumer goods industry. Customers include Borealis, BP, Essar, ExxonMobil, Huntsman, Ineos, Neste Oil and Syngenta ....

 
RWE to increase presence in MENA region
Paul van Son appointed as Country Chair in Dubai



Nov. 06, 2014   + + +  Originally from the Netherlands, Paul van Son will be based at RWE in Dubai. His focus there will be on extending the contact network with governments and private sector companies in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, as well as driving the development of energy projects in the areas of renewables and smart technologies in particular ...

 
MAN Diesel & Turbo: Dr. Uwe Lauber appointed new CEO


Oct 28, 2014   + + +  The new CEO of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE comes from within the company. With effect from 1 January 2015 Dr. Uwe Lauber will assume the function as CEO of the globally operating technology company located in Augsburg. The 47-year-old Lauber had been Head of the Business Unit Oil & Gas before and took over the Executive Board position Global Sales and After Sales on 1 October 2014. He joined the company in 2000 ....

 
Cameron selects AUMA as partner for valve actuation


Oct. 02, 2014  + + +  Cameron has selected AUMA as a technology partner in developing the LEDEEN line of electric actuation offerings for the worldwide oil and gas industry. Cameron says this partnership helps complete its valve automation actuation product portfolio, providing package solutions, including LEDEEN electric, electrohydraulic, pneumatic, hydraulic, direct gas, gas-over-oil, subsea, and compact actuators ....

 
Siemens: The use of neural networks for energy applications


Sept. 30, 2014   + + +  As increasing amounts of wind and solar power enter transmission networks, it is not just demand for energy that is fluctuating, but also supply. Siemens has created a neural network-based forecasting software that predicts fluctuations, thus helping to increase the efficiency of electricity markets. Depending on the weather, wind farms and solar parks produce varying amounts of electricity, and conventional power plants must make up for fluctuations. The greater the share of fluctuating renewable energy sources, the more difficult it becomes to manage power supply — an issue that affects power suppliers and grid operators alike ...

 

Wintershall to acquire interests off Norway

 

Sept 12, 2014   + + +  Wintershall has agreed to acquire a package of production, development, and pipeline interests offshore Norway from Statoil ASA for $1.25 billion. The deal will increase Wintershall’s interests in oil & gas fields Gjoa, Vega ... in gas fields Aasta Hansteen and Asterix ... and in the Polarled gas-transport system ...
 

Sevan Marine ASA: Floating Gas Power Plant

 

Sep 12, 2014   + + +  Norwegian offshore oil & gas vessels firm, Sevan Marine ASA, is proposing a unique approach to bringing more power capacity to safety and space-conscious Japan. According to Bloomberg, Sevan is propositioning the development of a $1.5 billion natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant that would float on a cylindrical platform about 30 miles offshore. Sevan developed the innovative power plant concept in cooperation with Siemens. The 700 MW combined cycle plant would include its own Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) storage and regasification system. Natural gas would be delivered to the plant by LNG carrier directly through cryogenic hoses or by use of a HiLoad LNG unit, according to Sevan ....
 

E.ON power-to-gas pilot unit in Falkenhagen

 

Sept 1, 2014    + + +    E.ON’s power-to-gas (P2G) pilot unit in Falkenhagen in eastern Germany has delivered a positive performance in its first year of operation, injecting more than two million kilowatt-hours of hydrogen into the gas transmission system ...
 

Siemens presents first gas-insulated 320-kV switchgear
for direct current transmission

 

At the Cigré conference in Paris, Siemens presented the first compact gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) for high-voltage direct current applications. Within the framework of the energy transition, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission is gaining in significance as it allows low-loss transmission of large amounts of electricity over long distances. The new 320-kilovolt (kV) gas-insulated switchgear uses up to 95 percent less space compared to previous air-insulated units. When used on an offshore platform, the platform size can thus be decreased by approximately 10 percent. ...
 

MTU Onsite Energy gas generator sets
compliant with medium-voltage directive

 

August 21, 2014   + + +  Series 4000 gas generator sets built by MTU Onsite Energy, a Rolls-Royce Power Systems subsidiary, have been certified as compliant with the medium-voltage directive issued by the BDEW (Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry) in Germany. Operators of MTU Onsite Energy gas gensets are therefore authorized to feed the power they produce into the public grid ....
 

ABB to provide UK grid connection
for Europe’s largest tidal energy project

 

August 18, 2014 + + + MeyGen tidal stream project in Scotland’s Pentland Firth will rely on ABB technology to feed renewable energy into onshore distribution grid.  The MeyGen tidal stream project is at the forefront of world marine energy development and will harvest the tidal resources of one of the most energetic maritime sites in Europe, the strait connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea between the Orkney Islands and the Scottish mainland ...
 

Volga-Dnepr's IL-76TD-90VD fleet
sees Oil and Gas Deliveries double in first half of 2014

 

July 25, 2014  + + +  Volga-Dnepr Group’s Engineering & Logistics Center (ELC) developed a special loading frame that provided a timely and cost efficient solution for a customer moving a 30-ton oil and gas shipment onboard its IL-76TD-90VD from Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. The oil and gas shipment consisted of five pieces, including 13-metre pipes weighing 18 tons ...
 

DNV GL releases its new Maritime Impact magazine

July 14, 2014  + + +  Maritime Impact is the new DNV GL magazine for maritime customers and stakeholders. With a diverse range of stories and topics, this first issue shows how DNV GL is focussed on helping our customers, in both newbuildings and existing vessels, to maximise efficiency, ease regulatory compliance and improve safety for vessels and their crews ...
 

DAMEN, MTU and Svitzer
will launch the world's first RSD CNG tug in 2016 

June 25, 2014   + + +  Three leading companies have teamed up to bring the first ever Reverse Stern Drive (RSD) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) tug to the market. Damen Shipyards of the Netherlands, MTU Friedrichshafen and Denmark’s SVITZER have embarked on the pioneering project with the official launch of the new eco-friendly tug planned for 2016. The new RSD CNG tug combines high power with lower fuel costs and a substantial reduction in emissions ....
 
HIMA increases sales by 16%
and expects double-digit growth in fiscal 2014

June 4, 2014   + + +  HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG closed fiscal year 2013 with record sales of 105 million euros. This 16% increase in sales over the previous year was significantly higher than the industry average growth rate. Orders received thus far in 2014 indicate that double-digit sales growth will also be achieved this year. The company increased its business outside of Europe by 40%. The Middle-East, Asian-Pacific and North American regions, in particular, contributed to this success with high sales growth rates. However, incoming orders also increased in Europe relative to the previous year; favorable sales growth was posted in Germany, Benelux and Italy, in particular ...
 
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