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In order to again significantly increase the capacity of the West-East Pipeline in China - that extends over 4000 km - the operating company has constructed 10 new gas compressor stations. more

In Mongstad on the West coasts of Norway near Bergen, liquid gas is stored in large cavities hewn into the rock, pumped from there onto tankers and shipped out. more

The city of Anshan in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning is known for its steel industry. Angang Iron & Steel Co. is China's third-largest steel plant. This plant is currently being modernized, a process that also involves installing a new blast furnace blower. more

Copper mining in the Chilean Andes means mining under extreme conditions: severe frosts and extremely deep snow in winter, and great temperature and humidity fluctuations all year round. more

Stena Don, a service and investigation oil rig of the latest kind recently started operations in the North Sea. A dynamic positioning system enables accurate positioning to the meter in conjunction with speed-controlled drives. more

In the spring of 2003, the first Transrapid trains in China should float along the approximately 30 kilometer section of track between central Shanghai and Pudong Airport at maximum speed. more

As part of a modernisation project, the chemical company Brunner Mond, based in north-west England, is now using variable-speed drives, instead of steam turbines to drive its centrifugal gas compressors. more

As part of a modernisation project, the chemical company Brunner Mond, based in north-west England, is now using variable-speed drives, instead of steam turbines to drive its centrifugal gas compressors. more

Beijing is not exactly famous as a health resort. Up until now, heating in the Chinese capital has been with heavily sulfurous lignite. The pollution content in the air was accordingly high. more

To recover land from the sea and put it to use has always been an old dream of humanity. The "Queen of Penta-Ocean" is a ship, equipped with state-of-the-art technology which allows land to be efficiently recovered by dumping material. more