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• Company News

  Shanghai Electric marks 27 years in Pakistan

  Shanghai Electric is now celebrating the 27th anniversary of its entering Pakistan markets since 1993. Yesterday was itself a related anniversary, making 69 years since China established diplomatic relations with Pakistan. Shanghai Electric, representing ...

  On June 16, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  3 SGT-300s to drive Datum compressors at Malaysian gas field

  Siemens Gas and Power (Siemens) will supply three SGT-300 industrial gas turbine generators (GTG), three mechanical-drive SGT-300 gas turbines, and three DATUM centrifugal compressors for the Petronas Kasawari ...

  On June 16, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  GE and Toshiba turbines powering 907 MW plant in Mexico

  GE announced that Techint’s Norte III combined cycle power plant in Mexico has achieved the start of commercial operation using four GE 7F.04 gas turbines paired with four ...

  On June 16, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  AI, visualisation to help reduce Covid risk in facilities

  Zyfra, Finnish-Russian digital solutions provider for heavy industries, has developed a product that could reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 at industrial and other facilities. The system, ...

  On June 12, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  Two casings of steam turbine leave factory, one by land and another by river

  The Doosan Škoda Power 75 MW DST-S10 steam turbine ordered for a biomass power plant in Sodegaura, Chiba, has left Pilsen in the Czech Republic. Both turbine casings ...

  On June 12, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Gas Turbines

  LM9000 tested amidst Covid; claims to match LMS100 efficiency

  Baker Hughes said it has completed the First Engine to Test (FETT) for the LM9000 aeroderivative gas turbine. The test took place at the company’s testing facilities in ...

  On June 12, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Energy News

  US LNG exports experience fallout from Covid-19 and oil price collapse

  A revised forecast has come out on the natural gas market based primarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the brief crude oil price war initiated by Saudi ...

  On June 12, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  What API 682 says on mechanical seal selection

  API 682 provides guidance on selecting mechanical seals for specific applications. This is an informative annex which means that it only provides guidance and is not a requirement ...

  On June 7, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Upgrade to boost plant output by 6% and efficiency by 1%

  GE will implement its Advanced Gas Path technology at the 780 MW combined cycle plant owned by Edison, a part of EDF Group, in Torviscosa, Friuli region, Italy. ...

  On June 7, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Non-standard compressor manufacturer now Kobe Steel subsidiary

  Kobe Steel announced that a Chinese affiliate, Wuxi Compressor, has become its subsidiary after acquiring additional shares in the company. Based in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi Compressor manufactures ...

  On June 7, 2020 / By TMI Staff & Contributors