Aspen Aerogels has completed delivery of Spaceloft advanced thermal insulation to Technip for a 21-kilometer subsea natural gas pipeline off the coast of Brazil. Technip is building the rigid pipeline for the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras. The line will connect the Canapu field (1,700 meters deep) to the Cidade de Vitoria floating production...
URS Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract by ENMAX Green Power Inc. to provide engineering, procurement, construction, startup, testing and commissioning services for a new 120-megawatt simple-cycle power generation facility in Alberta, Canada. The natural gas-fired facility is located about 40 kilometers north of Calgary near the...
Energy Transfer Partners L.P. announced the completion of the 56-mile Katy Expansion pipeline project that increases the capacity of the Partnership’s existing ETC Katy natural gas pipeline in southeast Texas by more than 400 million cubic feet per day. The 36-inch Katy Expansion project provides approximately 20,000 horsepower of compression to the...
China Prosperous Clean Energy Corporation, a retailer and wholesaler of compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas through its subsidiaries based in China, today announced that the Company has completed the first stage of construction for natural gas distribution network for residential usage in Shijiazhuang Yuanshi County. This project has...
BrassCraft’s patented Safety+PLUS® Excess Flow Valve promises to usher in a new standard of safety for natural gas. With more than 65 million homes in the United States alone utilizing natural gas for their water heaters, furnaces, boilers, heaters and other applications, the patented Safety+PLUS Excess Flow Valve from BrassCraft will be a welcome...
Reliant Energy has completed the previously announced sale of the Northeastern electricity marketing assets of its retail subsidiaries, Reliant Energy Solutions East and Reliant Energy Solutions Northeast, to Hess Corporation. Reliant Energy, Inc. based in Houston, provides electricity and energy services to retail and wholesale customers in the United...
GDF SUEZ Energy North America announced the acquisition of FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc. (FirstLight) from Energy Capital Partners is now complete. FirstLight owns and operates a unique portfolio of 15 power generation plants — primarily pumped storage and traditional hydro facilities. It also has a state-of-the-art natural gas peaking power...
Atlas Copco has won a multi-million USD contract to supply six turboexpander compressors for a new type of application related to liquefied natural gas (LNG). The customer, Norway-based KANFA Aragon A.S., part of the Sevan Marine Group, will use the equipment for the world’s first floating natural gas liquefaction plant. Installed aboard a so-called...
UCN, Inc., the market leader in on-demand contact center software, has signed an agreement for inContact® Echo® with a rapidly-growing energy services company. The new customer has hundreds of agents at multiple contact center sites. Previously the company tracked customer satisfaction levels by having the agent ask direct questions during the call....
Meridium Inc., the global leader in asset performance management software and consulting solutions, today announced that Manitoba Hydro has licensed Meridium’s root cause analysis software, PROACT® for Meridium, in its HVDC Division (High Voltage Direct Current), which states they have already experienced benefits from PROACT and the methodology....