Standards

March 11 & 12, 2020 – Mexico City, Mexico. The Valve World Americas team is excited to host the Valve World Mexico Conference in March 2020, at the Sheraton Mexico City Maria Isabela Hotel.

The U.S. American Petroleum Institute (API) has made revisions to a key safety standard aimed at enhancing the oil and natural gas industry’s commitment to worker safety, incident prevention and environmental protection in offshore operations.The standards, API Recommended Practice 75 (RP 75), provides guidance for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually the SEMS of offshore operations.

Baker Hughes has recently launched their new Masoneilan Low-E Packing series to reduce emissions. The company is committed to environmental stewardship and plans to reduce CO2 equivalent emissions by 50% by 2030.

Viper Imaging has designed a simple, out-of-the-box solution for hot spot detection to protect industrial application equipment, personnel and the environment.

As EPA TANKS 4.09D are officially defunct, industrial facilities must become familiar with the new methodology and calculations behind storage tank emissions.

Emerson’s fluid control & pneumatics facility in Florham Park was recently recognized by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for its leadership in Environmental Stewardship.

Pöyry, together with JERA and the Electricity Generating Authority in Thailand (EGAT) recently launched the Power Plant Operations and Management Body of Knowledge (POMBOK), the world’s first thermal power plant operations and management body of knowledge.

Clarke Valve has announced that it has secured two Provincial approvals on its expected path to a countrywide Canadian Registration Number (CRN).The Alberta Boilers Safety Association (ABSA) issued the first approval for Clarke Valve to sell its proprietary Shutter Valve product line in Canada.

In January 2020, new federal rules on methane measurement will be enforced in the Canadian oil and gas sector. The rules will require every oil and gas company in Canada to have a system in place in order to meet the goals of the 2016 agreement with the United States and Mexico on controlling methane emissions.Methane is a damaging greenhouse gas that has up to 30 times more potential to trap heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, and leaks can occur at every stage in oil and gas production, whether from flares, pipelines, equipment tanks and/or processors.The production of natural gas consists primarily of methane, and is particularly susceptible to leaks.

SeekOps Inc. has secured funding from two investors as part of its Series A-1 fundraising - OGCI Climate Investments fund (OGCI CI) and Equinor Technology Ventures (ETV).SeekOps develops advanced sensor technology to detect, localize, and quantify natural gas emissions through integrated drone-based systems.