DUBAI (14 October 2014)—Amarinth, a company specializing in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical, industrial and renewable energy markets, has secured an order out of its new Dubai office for API 610 OHI self-priming pumps and API 610 VS4 pumps to move aviation fuel around the Abu Dhabi International Airport as part of the ADIA Expansion Project.
The technology effectively strips remaining fluid from suction and discharge lines during production.
LONDON (13 October 2014)—Increasing access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook, a special report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series. More than 620 million people in the region (two-thirds of the population) live without electricity, and nearly 730 million people rely on dangerous, inefficient forms of cooking.
(13 October 2014)—Between 2 and 7 October, the Haj 1435 H pilgrimage drew more than 3 million pilgrims to the holy quarter of Mashaer in Mecca.
Extensive preparation was required in order to deliver services to this location, which is a desert for the rest of the year. Saur helped to distribute clean drinking water and sanitation, both essential services for the pilgrims from both a ritual standpoint as well as for health and hygiene.
DUBAI (13 October 2014)—Petrochemical companies in the United Arab Emirates employed 38,100 people in 2013, according to new data from the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA). The country is now the GCC’s second largest petrochemicals hubs in terms of employment, accounting for 26 percent of the Gulf’s total chemical workforce.
The UAE manufactures an estimated US$11 billion worth of chemical products, including plastic and fertilizers.
SAN FRANSISCO (Oct. 13, 2014) – Elected officials and senior water officials from San Francisco, San Mateo County, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) celebrated the first Hetch Hetchy drinking water deliveries through the new Bay Tunnel on Oct. 15.
A UAE company turned to air-operated double-diaphragm pumping technology to carefully and efficiently produce chemicals for the oil industry.
Tourists enjoy 30 tons of fresh snow daily at Ski Dubai, thanks to 24 end-suction pumps and a sophisticated cooling system.
Coal-burning power plants can expect higher returns by installing pinch valves in emissions scrubbers.