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Thermal Insulation News

Exploring 'Future Fuels' - Methanol’s Superstorage Solution

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Technical inquiries to SRC Group ramped up after it received Approval in Principle (AIP) for a concept which ‘reinvented methanol fuel storage’ on board ships. Delivering the answers has seen technical…

Algeria Seeks to Cut Energy Consumption After Oil Earnings Fall

Algeria is offering motorists incentives to more than double the number of cars running on natural gas by 2021 in an effort to reduce consumption of costly imported fuel amid strained public finances, officials said.

Materia introduces new Proxima Thermoset Resin Portfolio

Materia Inc., a leader in the development and manufacture of catalysts and advanced polymers, is pioneering the next generation of oil and gas solutions with Proxima thermoset resins. Proxima resins provide reliable…

Trelleborg Signs Framework Agreement with Statoil

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Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway, signed a framework agreement with Statoil for the supply of Elastopipe, corrosion protection, Passive Fire Protection (PFP) as well as Thermal Insulation (Vikotherm R2, S1 and P7).

Shell Selects Materia's Thermal Insulation System

Materia, Inc., in conjunction with Aegion Corporation, has been selected by Shell Offshore, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), to supply pipeline insulation materials for…

New Sales Manager for Contraflex

Richard Lane (Photo: Advanced Insulation)

Gloucestershire-based Advanced Insulation, a manufacturer of specialist passive fire protection and thermal insulation for the upstream oil and gas industry, has appointed Richard Lane as Sales Manager for its Covertherm business unit.

Trelleborg to Enhance Safety at Sverdrup Oil Field

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Trelleborg’s offshore operation has secured a contract to supply its thermal insulation, corrosion and passive fire protection (PFP) solutions for use on the new Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea, off Norway.

France to Spend $1.1b on Green Tax Rebates

French tax rebates on home insulation and other energy saving investments for households will cost the state 930 million euros ($1.17 billion) in the next two years, according to the government's 2015 finance bill presented on Wednesday.

K-Line Welcomes 'Galaxy River'

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, (hereafter called "K" Line) announced delivery of "GALAXY RIVER", an 82,200 cbm-type LPG Carrier at Sakaide Shipyard of Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Japan on June 27, 2014.

Fire Shelters Enhance Safety for Offshore Gas Project

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Three passive fire shelters designed to protect the control electronics of automatic emergency shutdown and fire suppression systems on offshore gas production platforms in the Arabian Gulf are being supplied…

Trelleborg Launches Thermal Insulation Portfolio

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Trelleborg’s offshore operation announced it has consolidated its range of high performance thermal insulation materials, to house them all under one brand – Vikotherm. The company will present its newest…