Technip awarded contract for Alma and Galia
Technip was awarded by EnQuest Britain Limited a contract for the development of the Alma and Galia fields, located 310km Southeast of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. The fields, which will be tied back to the EnQuest Producer floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO), are located at a water depth of approximately 80m.
PetroVietnam eyes Japanese investment
State-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam may seek Japanese partners to develop as many as 20 offshore blocks in the South China Sea, according to business daily, Nikkei. Toshiba joins NET Power, Shaw, and Exelon
NET Power LLC announced that Toshiba Corporation, a world-class technology manufacturer, has joined The Shaw Group, a leading global engineering services firm, and Exelon Corporation, the leading U.S. Metso’s Neles Q2-Trim™ eliminates noise
Metso's new Neles Q2-Trim ™ reduces noise up to 30 decibels compared to a typical control valve helping process industry customers to improve personnel and plant safety while simultaneously increasing efficiency and reliability.Metso's frontrunning Q2-Trim technology is combination of various techniques resulting multiple benefits for customers. Champion of British engineering
Michael Oliver, chairman and founder of Oliver Valves, the Cheshire-based manufacturer of valves used by the world’s biggest energy companies, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the valve industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Despite current global economic slowdown, Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC)-Phil’s Subic Shipyard won a bid to build mid-size container ships for the first time this year. 
NOF Energy, the business development organisation for oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables sectors, has formed a new partnership with the British Valve and Actuator Association (BVAA). 
ACS Valves introduces a new line of cast iron rotary airlock valves designed to provide to general industry the same primary process optimization benefits typically associated with high-end, specialty-application valve designs. 
With its new ISO FE-Series, AS-Schneider has developed a new valve technology that complies with the highest ISO15848-1 tightness class “A”.