Industry News

ABB awarded wellhead platform contract

Valve World Publisher - September 20, 2001

ABB, the global power and automation technology group, in partnership with Heerema of The Netherlands, has been awarded a contract by Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Ltd (Esso), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation, to design, build and commission a deepwater tension leg platform for the Kizomba A Project located in the deepwater Block 15 offshore Angola.

Conoco awards Indonesia contracts

Valve World Publisher - September 10, 2001

Conoco Inc. has awarded two engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contracts for the USD 1.6 billion Belanak offshore natural gas development.

Appointments at Danfoss

Valve World Publisher - September 3, 2001

Soren Gandrup has been appointed the vice president of sales (Europe) of the Danfoss Flow Division.

BASF invests in Ultrason

Valve World Publisher - August 29, 2001

BASF will significantly increase the production capacity at Ludwigshafen for its high-temperature resistant plastics based on polysulfone and polysulfone ether.

Reinz wins customer satisfaction award

Valve World Publisher - August 28, 2001

The gasket manufacturer Victor Reinz (Neu-Ulm, Germany) has been awarded the Certificate for Top Customer Satisfaction by the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Product and Processing Evaluation in Mainz, a subsidiary of the Steinbeis Foundation.

Petroleum Argus and Commercial Services Company fo

Valve World Publisher - August 27, 2001

Petroleum Argus and Commercial Services Company have formed a strategic alliance in the area of natural gas liquids, whereby Petroleum Argus will market and sell the publications of Commercial Services throughout the world.

ABB buys Mexican company

Valve World Publisher - August 24, 2001

ABB, the global technology group, has acquired FIP SA, a supplier of pressure-containing equipment for oil and gas production in Mexico.

TransAlta awards contract for scrubber additions

Valve World Publisher - August 23, 2001

TransAlta Corporation (Calgary, Alberta) has awarded a consortium of Stone & Webster, a division of the Shaw Group, and Alstom Power the engineering and construction contract for a USD 200 million project to instal two flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) units on two 730mw coal-fired units. Civil construction began in 2000.

Conoco awards contract to Honeywell

Valve World Publisher - August 20, 2001

The Industrial Control business of Honeywell has signed a USD 5.3 million contract with Conoco Inc. to provide general automation contract services for the energy company’s gas-to-liquids semi-works facility currently under construction in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Bayer to build chemical base in Shanghai

Valve World Publisher - August 15, 2001

German chemical company Bayer will invest about DEM 7 billion to set up a chemical base in Shanghai.

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