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Partial valve stroke testing

Moore Industries' HIM HART Loop Monitor can confirm that the Fisher Fieldvue DVC6000 Series Digital Valve Controller is performing a partial valve stroke test to validate proper Emergency Shutdown (ESD) valve operation and, if the test has failed, to alert the user that the ESD valve is stuck.

Valve actuation for Colorado Springs

Rotork IQT intelligent electric valve actuators have been installed at the Colorado Springs Utilities' Ute Pass water treatment plant located in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, USA.

Fugitive emission approval for control valves

Metso Automation is the first valve manufacturer to have obtained fugitive emission type approval for its control valves in accordance with Shell’s MESC SPE 77/312 specification, revision 26-11-2002.

Foster Wheeler to build power plant in Italy

Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract for a combined-cycle plant in Teverola, Italy.

New Caledonia: power plant

Alstom has been awarded a turnkey Engineer, Procure and Construct (EPC) contract to provide a new power plant for Prony Energies in New Caledonia.

Actuator accessories

Ultraflo has a new range of accessories for its complete line of pneumatic actuators.

Safety interlocks for the Buzzard

Smith Flow Control has been awarded the contract to supply safety interlocks for the Buzzard field development in the North Sea operated by EnCana (UK) Limited.

FCX at naval expo

FCX, the specialist global distributor and manufacturer of valves, instrumentation and related flow control products, will be exhibiting at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris on 25-29 October.

Contract between BP and Aker Kvaerner

Aker Kvaerner Netherlands BV has received a letter of intent to perform EPCm services for BP Petrochemical and Refining sites in Germany.

Valves switch high flows

Where three-way switching is required, a series of four port, three way directional valves are capable of switching high flows of up to 85 litre/min.