Tag: Venezuela
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Interview: Juan Miguel Pinto, ALADYR president
The new president of ALADYR, the Latin America desalination and water reuse association, sees his organisation as a window onto the region for international companies. His big aim is to step up events during 2018, taking knowledge of desalination and reuse out to the market.
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Opportunities await at IDA World Congress 2017 in Brazil
Latin America, and particularly Brazil, is a big user of desalination and water reuse technology, and there is huge potential for the growth of these technologies in the region, writes Emilio Gabbrielli, president of the International Desalination Association (IDA).
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Venezuelan oil firm ups desalination to offset drought
Amid a persistent severe drought, Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA’s Paraguaná refinery has upgraded its desalination facility to increase output by a third following investment in plant of some US$ 250 million.
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GE wins desalination plant deal for Caribbean island
GE is to supply its Procera water filtration equipment package for a seawater desalination plant expansion project in Hato on the Caribbean island of Bonaire, a Netherlands- governed municipality, 80 km north of Venezuela.
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Six Chinese firms sign Venezuelan desalination deal
The Venezuelan government has signed agreements with six Chinese companies to install water desalination plants at coastal sites in the Latin American country.
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Venezuela’s largest desalination plant to start this year
Venezuela state-owned oil firm PDVSA expects by the end of the year to start operating a US$ 200 million seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to provide water for oil refineries on the Paraguaná peninsula and drinking water for local communities.
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Latin America: where modern desalination began
For several years, the author, currently on D&WR’s editorial board, has enjoyed giving presentations on the history of desalination, especially for the benefit of the younger generations of desalters. They have the impression, he says, that desalination started on the continent of America only a few years ago, rather than more than 200 years ago.This…
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Ceramic membrane deal for produced-water treatment
Danish company LiqTech International Inc announced on 5 November 2012 that it has entered into a close cooperation agreement with Constructora Conconcreto South America following a successful 12-month trial period with LiqTech’s ceramic membranes for water filtration in the oil and gas industry.
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Protesa lands Venezuelan desalination pipe supply
Spanish pipemaker Protesa has been awarded a contract for the supply and installation of glass-reinforced plastic pipes and fittings for the desalination plant at the Paraguaná Refinery in Venezuela, in collaboration with Acciona Agua.
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ERI to supply 75,000 m³/d Venezuelan desalination plant
Spanish EPC contractor Acciona Agua has awarded Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) of the USA the energy-recovery technology contract for the 75,000 m³/d (20 MGD) Paraguana desalination plant in Venezuela.
