Eileen O’Neill, Executive Director of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), has issued this statement:

“Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by Hurricane Harvey, including the water professionals responding to the devastating flooding.

It is during tremendous challenges like this that we see the incredibly tight-knit nature of the water community. WEF’s members are expressing concern and offering support for colleagues in Texas, Louisiana and throughout the Gulf Coast.

According to the World Resources Institute, Bahrain is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world and will continue to be through at least 2040. To save as much water as possible in the production of oil and eliminate the need to deliver water via tanker truck, the Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (Bapco) is using GE's advanced mobile water technology to convert seawater into usable, highly pure source water at the Awali refinery.

Schneider Electric has announced it has been selected to provide comprehensive process automation systems, solutions and services to Dangote Oil Refinery Ltd., a subsidiary of business conglomerate Dangote Group, to drive supply chain and operational efficiency, reliability and profitability for the Group’s greenfield refinery in Lagos, Nigeria.

Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. recently announced several strategic changes in their organization. “The industrial marketplace and the electric motor and generator markets are rapidly changing. Helwig Carbon Products embraces the opportunities and challenges of this environment and has made organizational adjustments that will move us forward in a dynamic way”, said Helwig Carbon Products President Mark Umhoefer.