INDUSTRY NEWS
New pump for electric, gas and diesel-driven fleets
Gardner Denver Petroleum & Industrial Pumps (P&IP) has introduced the new Thunder 5,000 HP Quintuplex pump. The pump is designed for dual-fuel gas engines, electric motors, diesel engines and gas turbine direct drives. Edward Bayhi, vice president and general manager, Petroleum & Industrial Pump Division, says, “The Thunder 5,000 HP Quintuplex pump has successfully made it through validation testing. Crucially, operators can now substantially decrease their
consumable cost and fatigue cycles due to the pump’s long stroke advantage. This means slower operating speeds can be maintained, resulting in longer consumable life and reduced fatigue cycles. The same flow rate can be achieved with smaller plungers, reducing operating
CABLE TO IMPROVE OFFSHORE CONNECTIVITY
Huber+Suhner has launched its fire- resistant Radox OFL (Oil & Gas Flexible Lightweight) cable solution – providing the offshore industry with a safe way to reduce platform weight. Featuring a lightweight and
compact design, the Radox OFL cables reduce weight and space by up to 60% when compared to other cables on the market. The cable’s small
bend radius and thin wall – which is half the size of standard cables – reduces stripping time by 60%, making installation easier and quicker. This has
the potential to save industrial and offshore facilities several hundred thousands of Euros in structural design by overcoming space and weight restrictions.
Tech firm secures £1m for corrosion management
A company that aims to transform corrosion management has secured a £1m investment to further develop its technology and expand into the oil, gas and petrochemicals sectors. CorrosionRadar, which supplies the world’s longest range Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) monitoring technology, has secured investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund. A spin-out from Cranfield
University, CorrosionRadar’s patented system enables the move away from
manual inspections to automated monitoring, and from reactive to predictive corrosion management. Earlier detection aids corrosion prevention, lowering costs and risk. The firm uses permanently embedded sensors placed on the surface of the asset to continuously monitor its condition and detect problem areas, along with advanced analytics and AI to predict where faults are likely to occur. The system allows facilities managers to focus their resources most effectively.
load on the pump, leading to extended pump life and less downtime.”
WORLD FIRST PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY
A new solution that aims to revolutionise performance and safety in the underwater world has been unveiled. The development of the first FSWBot (Friction Stir Welding Robotic Crawler) for internal repair and refurbishment of pipelines aims to transform the way pipeline issues are dealt with. Led by Forth Engineering in
Cumbria, the FSWBot project has been attracting attention from around the world after being showcased in Aberdeen in November 2019. The project, sponsored by Innovate UK, seeks to integrate several state-of- the-art technologies including friction stir welding, milling, patch deployment and ultrasonic NDT, onto a robotic system which can be deployed to conduct repairs on pipelines without the need for the pipeline to be closed down for the duration of the repair.
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