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As countries across Europe ramp up investment in renewables, Portugal hopes to establish itself as a major exporter of green hydrogen energy. The planned Sines Hydrogen Plant will put them on track to produce and distribute 175,000 tons of hydrogen per year across central and northern Europe.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc has announced it will have eliminated all net emissions from its own operations and the bulk of greenhouse gases from the fuel it sells to customers by 2050.

All industrial operations are continually driving to improve efficiency and productivity to increase profit margins and maximise bottomline returns. In many sectors, such as oil and gas, heightened health and safety demands and environmental concerns add to the above challenge as well as improvements on old assets that can often be operating beyond their initial design life.

Actuator failure can compromise valve performance, plant productivity and employee safety. Therefore, plant operators need actuators that can perform reliably in severe environments and harsh conditions. Therefore, actuators should/ can be fitted with sophisticated sensors. Data from the sensors should be collected and analyzed.

The valves market in Saudi Arabia is anticipated to cross USD 5 billion by 2021*. On the longer term, increasing industrialization, growing construction activities, strong government support in the form of favourable FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) policies and incentives schemes will rapidly drive the Saudi Arabian valves market in coming decades.

The International Marine Organization’s ruling that the maritime sector will have to reduce sulphur emissions by over 80% is helping to position LNG as the frontrunner in the search for a low sulphur marine fuel alternative. But while the promoters of LNG are presenting it as an environmentally friendly fuel, it is not, and never will be.

Bolstered by an extensive network of underground gas storage (UGS) facilities throughout Russia and Europe, Gazprom increased its maximum daily deliverability to 843.3 million cubic meters in 2019- 2020, an all-time record for the Russian energy industry. According to company estimates, future UGS projects put Gazprom on track to exceed a daily deliverability of 1 billion cubic meters.

M&J Valve’s expanding gate (EG) valve is highly versatile and can be used in most circumstances where the positive shut off of liquid or gas is required.

Valves are an inherent and vital part of any process plant. From the humble commodity valves used in instrumentation to the most complex control valve. They all serve a purpose, they all cost money, and they all will need to be replaced sometime in the future. Unfortunately, as we all know, unexpected failure can be a major cause for replacement. In this article we will be exploring the top 10 causes of valve failure and some mitigation strategies.

QUADAX® butterfly valves have undergone severe thermal cycle tests combined with an endurance test. Based on the positive results the company has been awarded a large contract for the replacement of side entry valves in an existing LNG installation which will be extended by a new LNG terminal.