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West of Shetland award for Subsea 7

Subsea 7 has announced a contract award from BP for work associated with the Schiehallion Infill and Foinaven Water Injection pipelay projects, off the West of Shetland, Scotland.

Manufacturing and operations centre

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Ltd has completed construction of a new 46,000 square foot manufacturing and operations centre.

Severe service control valve

Dresser Masoneilan has introduced a new control valve designed for severe service applications.

Steam conditioning

Masoneilan introduces the SteamForm® steam-conditioning valve.

Stolt Offshore awarded North Sea contracts

Stolt Offshore has won three contracts for its Northern Europe and Canada region.

Tajikistan: hydropower plants

A contract for the construction of a series of Sangtudin hydropower plants has been signed by representatives of Tajikistan, Russia, and Iran.

USA: Freeport LNG terminal

Technip, in joint venture with Zachry Construction Corporation and Saipem, a contract for a new LNG receiving terminal near Freeport, Texas, USA.

Quatargas II offshore EPC contract

Technip, jointly with the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), will be in charge of the EPC contract for the offshore facilities of the Qatargas II LNG plant expansion project (Qatargas II).

Greece: fibre-board line

Metso Panelboard will upgrade and deliver equipment for Alfa Wood – Pindos SA’s fibre-board production line in Greece.

Rocket fuel control values

Spirax Sarco has been providing valves for processing solid rocket propellant at Roxel UK in Kidderminster for the last three years.