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Hydrogen plant in Finland

Fortum Oil & Gas has commissioned ThyssenKrupp Group's engineering arm Uhde GMBH to design and supply equipment for a 140 MMscfd hydrogen production plant at Porvoo, Finland.

Pressure relief valves meet PED requirements

Bidirectional A04J2 pressure relief valves from Sterling Hydraulics are now available in CE-marked versions that are suitable for use on all equipment required to comply with the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC (PED).

Valve complies with German gas laws

Lutz-Jesco has introduced its multifunction PENTABLOC valve, designed to comply with German legislation concerning exposure to dangerous gases or substances.

Long life for check valves

A new series of ball-cage check valves from Parker Hannifin Instrumentation Products Division is optimised for higher temperature applications.

Technip sets world record

Technip has set new world deepwater records with the Deep Blue on the Na Kika project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Taking the heat

Parker Instrumentation has launched a series of ball-cage check valves optimised for higher temperature applications requiring long service lifetimes.

Fuelling refinery upgrade

A Jiskoot Bunker Blender system is at the heart of an investment programme to upgrade operational capabilities at the Eg3 Refinery near Puerto Galvan, Argentina, by its new owner Petrobras Energia.

Egypt: LUKoil moving in

LUKoil will boost spending on Egyptian oil and gas projects to compete for market share in Africa with BP and Royal Dutch/Shell, Europe's two largest oil companies.

Tomoe partnership with Transmark Heaton

Tomoe Tritec Limited, a specialist in the development of butterfly valves and actuators, has recently signed a business partnership with Transmark Heaton Valves Limited, one of Europe's largest stockholding distributors of valves to the oil, petrochemical, chemical, process and pharmaceutical industries.

Brunei: LNG upgrade

Emerson Process Management has received an order to replace all existing propane and mixed refrigerant compressor anti-surge valves in an LNG facility in Brunei.