Archive of: Industry News Articles

IMO To Delay Tier III NOx Emission Limits For Ships

Running On Syngas

GE and Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A.-based Green Waste Energy (GWE) announced they have signed a frame agreement for GE to supply an undetermined number of ecomagination qualified Jenbacher gas engines to power a series of Advanced Recycling and Energy Conversion (AREC) plants that GWE’s development subsidiary, Green Waste Energy Development (GWED), plans to build around the world.

Compressor For The H2SO4 Industry

Siemens has expanded its compressor portfolio with a turbo compressor designed for the sulfuric acid industry.

Caterpillar Launches Tier 4 Land Well Service Engine

Caterpillar Global Petroleum has launched the Cat 3512E (HD) high-horsepower land well service engine. The U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final engine is offered with ATAAC and SCAC configurations in two power ratings: 1678 bkW at 1800 r/min and 1864 bkW at 1800 r/min. The engine will be available for customers to order in 2014.

GE To Acquire Salof

GE Oil & Gas today announced that it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Schertz, Texas, U.S.A.-based Salof Co., a designer of small-scale LNG technologies.

PFS Technologies’ Middle East Launch

PFS Technologies, a global supplier of flow measurement technologies and compressed air foam (CAF) fire suppression systems, announced the opening of its Dubai headquarters and the appointment of key management.

Hitting A Milestone

MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced the 500th sale of its MAN 48/60 medium-speed engine. The milestone was reached with the order of two common-rail variants of the engine by Huta Marine of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of a diesel-electric system to power a self-propelled cutter suction dredger.

Diamonds Are A Seal’s Best Friend

Flowserve Corp., which produces engineered and industrial pumps, seals and valves as well as a range of related flow management services, announced it has signed a collaborative agreement with Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc. (ADT) to become the exclusive developer and supplier of diamond coated hard faces for its mechanical seals.

Turbine Upgrade Milestone

Rolls Wood Group (RWG), a joint venture between Rolls-Royce plc and Wood Group, has completed its 100th upgrade of a Rolls-Royce Avon 200 industrial gas turbine. It will be sent to an offshore production platform in Asia.

In For The Long-Term

Siemens Gas Turbine Technologies (SGTT) and open joint stock company OGK-2 announced a long-term service contract for the largest combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) in Russia – PGU-800 of Kirishi power plant, which was repowered in March 2012.