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Siemens celebrates 1,000 gas turbines from Berlin:
electricity for
one billion people
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April 27, 2016 + + + Today, the Siemens gas turbine factory in Berlin
is shipping its 1,000th gas turbine manufactured at the plant. The
SGT5-4000F gas turbine, which has a capacity of 300 megawatts (MW), weighs
300 metric tons and is destined for the Umm Al Houl combined cycle power
plant in Qatar. The total installed capacity of the 1,000 gas turbines
produced in Berlin, amounting to nearly 220 gigawatts (GW), would be
sufficient to theoretically supply approximately one billion people with
electricity ... Read more |
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FEEDing the Recovery
Operators advancing offshore FEED during downturn
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April 04, 2016 + + + Backlogs for subsea
equipment manufacturers are being rapidly eroded as new orders dwindle,
says analyst Douglas-Westwood (DW). This will lead to a likely
trough in installations during 2017-2018. But as with previous
down-cycles, operators are continuing to progress development concepts and
initial engineering on stalled projects + + + Lead-times for delivery and prices typically increase as activity
picks up. Being “first in the queue” as a result of continuing FEED work
through the down-cycle, DW adds, may be critical for operators seeking to
maximize value from future field developments ... Read more |
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Tyco Launches New Gas and Flame Detection Brand
Five Global
Companies under One Brand
Provide Complete Gas and Flame Detection
Solutions
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March 16, 2016 + + + Tyco International today
announces the formation of Tyco Gas & Flame Detection, a new operating
brand of Tyco’s Life Safety Products division. Under this new brand, Tyco
intends to be the global solutions provider of choice for all entities
with gas and flame detection needs ... read more |
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Iran: German VDMA delegation sees
significant potential
for the
maritime industry
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March 14, 2016 + + + Iran was also badly affected in the shipping
sector by the long-standing sanctions. It thus now wants to catch up as
fast as possible on the technological front – and in this respect sees
Germany as its most important business partner. “We were deeply impressed
by the great openness of our Iranian business partners ... Read more |
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ecom: Exploring Mobility
At the helm of a new revolution, the Loc-Ex®
01-BLE Beacon
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ecom treads new paths for the mobile worker in
the oil and gas industry, chemicals, petrochemicals, mining,
pharmaceutics, energy and the environment. During our in-house
development, we succeed in opening up the explosion-protection field to
standards which are a normal part of modern communications. This helps
improve efficiency leading to cost reduction and can even save lives ...
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RWE expands natural gas business in Hungary
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Feb 26, 2016 + + + RWE is acquiring the business and
industrial customers of TIGÁZ, a subsidiary of Italian energy utility Eni.
Hungary’s ELMU-ÉMÁSZ Group, a subsidiary of RWE, could see its share of
the Hungarian competitive market for gas rise to around ten percent as a
consequence. ELMU-ÉMÁSZ re-entered the Hungarian gas market as recently as
July 2015 ... read more |
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New MAN turbine technology
used for gas-fired power plant in
Shanghai
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2016, Feb. 22 + + + An opening ceremony on January 19, 2016, saw a new
gas-fired combined heat and power plant being put into operation at SAIC
VOLKSWAGEN AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY LIMITED— a joint venture between Chinese
SAIC and German Volkswagen Group. The plant contains four sets of MGT
6200, the latest range of gas turbines by MAN Diesel & Turbo ... reade
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Statoil, Norwegian government agree on subsea CO2 study
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Jan 05, 2016 + + + Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
has signed an agreement with Statoil on a feasibility study regarding CO2
storage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The study will include
various development concepts for storing CO2 at three different locations
on the NCS. It is to be completed by June 1 and is budgeted at about NOK
35 million ($4 million) ... read more |
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E.ON and Samsung SDI sign a Memorandum of Understanding
on
co-operation in energy storage business
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Dec. 12, 2015 + + + E.ON SE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Samsung SDI Co.,
Ltd., on co-operation in the energy storage business. The co-operation
includes the development of profitable energy storage solutions and, to
this end, to assess and develop a potential business model for targeting
applications for Lithium-Ion batteries in selected regions and markets.
The agreement focuses on solutions for grid stabilization, industrial
customers and appropriate energy systems ... read more |
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Lukoil discovers potential giant gas field offshore Romania
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Oct. 16, 2015 + + + PJSC Lukoil says its Lira-1X
exploratory well in the deepwater Romanian Black Sea has discovered a
large, potentially extensive gas field.
The semisubmersible Transocean Development Driller II drilled the well on
the Trident block (EX-30), 170 km (105 mi) offshore in 700 m (2,296 ft)
water depth ... read more |
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Siemens on
the way to Industrie 4.0 with the
Digital Enterprise
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Oct. 09, 2015 + + + At this year’s SPS IP Drives, Siemens is pointing
the way towards the digital future of industry under the banner “On the
way to Industrie 4.0 – Driving the Digital Enterprise”. Siemens provids a
comprehensive overview of its achievements as a leading global expert in
driving forward developments in the electrification, automation and
digitalization of industrial processes. Visitors may look forward to an
array of product innovations across the fields of industrial software,
automation and drive technology as well as services ... more |
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