Starwood, OGCI & Elysian Join CCS Project

Starwood Energy Group Global, Inc. recently announced that it has finalized agreements with OGCI Climate Investments to invest in the development of a large-scale carbon capture facility to be integrated with a natural gas power plant.

GE Consortium to build cycle power units in Poland

GE announced that the order of two high-efficiency and lower emission power units to be constructed through consortium at the Polska Grupa Energetyczna Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna’s (PGE) Dolna Odra Power Plant in the Western Pomerania region of Poland.

Non-Browning Lens for High Radiation Monitoring

Resolve Optics reports on how its non-browning lenses are helping a specialist camera manufacturer to supply a turnkey solution for monitoring remote operations in high radiation environments.

BP’s Sustainability Report 2019

BP published their latest sustainability report during the current global health crisis. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a huge impact on people’s lives and many industries, Where they can, BP has been making its own contribution help deal with the virus and teams throughout the world have been playing their part where possible."2019 already seems a long time ago, but many of the changes we were planning then, and which we announced on the 12 February, are more important today than ever.

ValvTechnologies Introduces Service Hotline

ValvTechnologies recently announced the launch of a Crisis Service Hotline to ensure customers continue to receive service support.

Framatome Earns High Safety Mark from US NRC

Framatome’s fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington, received a positive report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) following its recent biennial license performance review (LPR).

API Releases New Sustainability Reporting Guidance

Three leading global natural gas and oil industry associations: API, IPIECA and IOGP just released the fourth edition of the “Sustainability Reporting Guidance for the Oil and Gas industry,” which provides a framework for company reporting on sustainability topics including governance and business ethics, climate change, environment, heath and safety and social impacts.

Top 10 Valve Inspection Points

Recently published standards have brought in new demands for valve inspectors. The S-562 (Supplementary Requirements to API Specification 6D Ball Valves) and the S-611 (Supplementary Requirements to API 600 Steel Gate Valves and to API 603 CRA Gate Valves) specify that new tests and procedures are to be performed.

Newark Launches Industrial Test Equipment

Newark launched a range of industrial and production-grade test equipment and tools under the Multicomp Pro brand. The testing equipment is designed to make it easier for design engineers, maintenance engineers and laboratory technicians to identify high-value alternatives while ensuring production-grade quality and reliability.The new additions to the range of equipment include benchtop, handheld and PC-based oscilloscopes, bench power supplies, spectrum analyzers, arbitrary function generators and handheld equipment such as digital multimeters, calibrators and clamp meters.

EPA Temporarily Halts Environmental Law Enforcement

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a suspension of its enforcement of environmental laws, which means companies will not need to meet environmental standards during the coronavirus outbreak.