Compressors
GE snaps up Dresser for a cool $3 billion
GE has purchased Dresser, Inc. for $3 billion. The deal includes all of the Dresser businesses, which provide products and services for compression, flow technology, measurement and distribution infrastructure for customers in more than 150 countries.
HP Reliability: Better equipment selection starts with understanding available upgrade options
It all started with a letter we received from a major multinational petrochemical company: A reliability manager related that he had recently asked each maintenance department within the corporation&#..
Spiral-wound or kammprofile gaskets?
There appears to be a shift toward the latter, but the choice isn’t always clear. Here’s where best to apply each type.
Burckhardt delivering pipeline compressor to Dutch LNG terminal
Burckhardt Compression has an order from TS LNG BV to deliver one Laby-GI Booster compressor for the Gate LNG import terminal in Rotterdam-Maasvlakte, The Netherlands.
How the inertia number points to compressor system design challenges
It facilitates predicting compressor system performance
Case 57: Troubleshooting the cause of sudden impacts
Finding the cause can be elusive but calculations help
Burckhardt Compression delivers process gas compressors to hydrogen plant in Rotterdam
A call was placed to Burkhardt Compression that resulted in three new process gas compressors being delivered in April to the plant. The responsible contractor for the project is Air Liquide’s subsidiary Lurgi GmbH.
- Indian Oil buys first Colombian oil under Ecopetrol contract 12/31
- Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire, damages equipment at Tuapse refinery 12/31
- Chile's $2.5-B Volta green ammonia project wins environmental permit 12/31
- China begins issuing second batch of 2026 crude import quotas to refiners 12/31
- EIA: U.S. crude, fuel inventories rose in the week ended December 19 12/30
- Ghana's Tema oil refinery restarts after 9-yr shutdown 12/30

