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Rotork actuators for BTC oil pipeline

A total of nearly five hundred Rotork IQ and IQT intelligent electric valve actuators have been installed on the BTC (Baku–Thilisi–Ceyhan) oil pipeline.

Rotork IQ Pro electric valve actuator

Rotork's new IQ Pro electric valve actuator includes a data logging feature that enables users to monitor valve performance, forecast when valve maintenance might be required and scheduled, and manage assets for maximum productivity.

Gazprom has control of Sakhalin-2

Russia's state-controlled natural gas monopoly has wrested control of the country's largest single foreign investment from Shell, taking a majority stake in the Sakhalin-2 project for USD 7.45 billion in a deal that consolidates the Kremlin's command over national energy resources.

New Plast-O-Matic TRVDT relief valve

Plast-O-Matic Valves' new series TRVDT three-port, in-line relief valve is suitable for systems requiring minimal footprint or where the use of a piping tee is not practical.

Encoder feedback linear actuators

Servotechnic's Haydon size 8 hybrid linear actuators are now available with encoder feedback.

CPT characterised seat control valve

Flowserve Corp, a global provider of fluid motion and control products and services, has introduced the Flowserve Worcester CPT characterised seat control valve.

Power Station maintenance contract

British Energy has been supplied with a custom-built valve actuator training rig as part of a recently signed framework agreement for the service and repair of electric, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators at all nine of its UK power stations.

Swagelok actuators for ball valves

New Swagelok® ISO 5211-compliant actuators are available factory assembled to a broad range of Swagelok ball valves or in kits for field assembly.

NV range of gas non-return valves

The new NV range of gas non-return valves from Witt Gas Techniques, the Warrington-based gas safety, control, mixing and analysis equipment supplier, are safety devices designed to stop the return flow of gases in gas supply pipelines used in shipyards, gas production plants, treatment works and gas distribution systems.

Metal control valves

Badger Meter, represented in the UK by Pump Engineering, now offers a complete line of metal control valves in sizes from 0.25 up to 2in with materials of construction including stainless steel, Hastelloy, Monel, Inconel, Alloy 20, titanium, tantalum and other exotic materials for corrosive applications.