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ValveWatch® system

Crane Valve Services (USA) has reported that its new open-flow ValveWatch® ESD valve monitoring system has been used successfully in the North Sea to help oil and gas platform production.

Autronic actuator

German located NATO kerosene pipeline will be equipped with ATEX certified actuators from Autronic Reglersysteme (Germany ) this year.

50th anniversary of Bettis® actuator

Emerson Process Management (USA) has announced that it recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Bettis® brand of pneumatic, hydraulic, gas/hydraulic and electric valve actuators.

Mini-solenoid valves

Asco Joucomatic has extended the range of operation for its 302 Series of mini-solenoid valves, with new 2/2 (NC-NO) and 3/2 (NO-U (Universal) and Uvacuum) versions.

Device developer toolkits

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the release of its AT-400 Device Description Tokenizer toolkit version 5.0 and the AT-401 Device Description Services toolkit version 5.0.

Position feedback actuators

Tol-O-Matic (USA) introduces its new Absolute Position Feedback (APF) technology.

Saudi Arabia: petrochemical complex

Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabia’s Project Management & Development Company Ltd (PMD) to provide front-end engineering and design and project management consultancy services for the USD 3.5 billion Jubail petrochemicals complex.

The Netherlands: offshore wind-farm

Shell and Dutch energy company Nuon have signed the final contracts for their joint realisation of the first Dutch offshore wind farm, located at Egmond aan Zee, 10 miles outside the Dutch coast.

Control valves for gas plant

Emerson Process Management (USA) has won an order for Fisher control valves to be installed at the Ormen Lange gas processing plant at Nyhamna in Aukra municipality, 120km NW of the coast of More, Mid-Norway.

Valve monitoring system

Crane Valve Services (USA) has reported its open-flow ValveWatch® ESD valve monitoring system, proven in the North Sea, helps boost oil and gas platform production.