Sealings

Fugitive emissions can leak from a variety of machinery sources such as valves, flanges and fittings. Also an important source of fugitive emissions can be linked to seals installed in pressurized rotating equipment (pumps and compressors). Seals are designed to help prevent leaks and contain pressure. In this newssection you can find news related to sealings.

Canada’s $750 million emissions reduction fund

Oil and gas companies that use federal cash to help cut methane emissions from their operations won't have to repay every

Article: Thief Hatch Monitoring for Storage Tanks

Nearly half of all emissions in major oil basins come from storage tanks. Equipment companies and producers have been working together to install better and tighter sealing thief hatches – hatches used on tanks for manual access to product- for decades, but even the best thief hatch will not seal if it is not closed.

Pipeotech promises 10-year gas-tight performance

Norway’s Pipeotech claims to be the first company within the pipe sealing segment to offer a 10-year gas-tight guarantee as standard on its innovative DeltaV-Seal.

Alberta funds Methane Emission Reduction in oilpatch

The Government of Alberta (Canada) has announced where money will be spend to reduce methane emissions from the oilpatch.

SSAB–LKAB–Vattenfall takes step toward fossil-free iron

SSAB, LKAB, and Vattenfall are taking a decisive step toward fossil-free steelmaking with the start-up of HYBRIT’s globally unique pilot plant for the production of fossil-free sponge iron.

OGCI Sets Carbon Intensity Target

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) announced a target to reduce the collective average carbon intensity of member companies’ aggregated upstream oil and gas operations to between 20 kg and 21 kg CO2e/boe by 2025, from a collective baseline of 23 kg CO2e/boe in 2017.The range is consistent with the reduction needed across the oil and gas industry by 2025 to support the Paris Agreement goals[1].

Siemens SITRANS store IQ Smart Monitoring App

Siemens offers customers the ability to make both process measurements, and to remotely monitor the activity and health of instrumentation, using a SCADA, PLC or DCS system, or otherwise.Siemens MindSphere information can be uploaded to the cloud and then used to provide users with real-time monitoring of multiple assets, retrieving real-time data from multiple remote sites for your user group, anywhere and any time.

LNG as Marine fuel – Deep-sea shipping GHG reduction

The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) has released a video explaining why Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is currently the only viable solution available that can cut emissions from deep-sea shipping as newer, cleaner options are developed.

ESAB Introduces Cryo-Shield Ni9 Flux Cored Wire

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has globally introduced Cryo-Shield Ni9, a Ni Cr Mo alloy flux cored wire used for all-position welding of 9% Ni steel LNG fuel and storage tanks with 100% CO2 shielding gas.

Market Forecast: O&G Pump Market on Track to Expand

A new global oil and gas pumps market forecast issued by Frost & Sullivan indicates the global oil and gas pumps market is likely to experience marginal growth.