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    Hydraulic actuators for steam control valves

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    Autronic Reglersysteme GmbH has delivered three electro hydraulic actuators to Daume Regelarmaturen GmbH for application in a power plant extension in Munich, Germany.

    IOC eyes Gujarat for naphtha cracker plant

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    Indian Oil Corporation Ltd is evaluating locations in Gujarat and Haryana, India, for an eight-lakh tonnes-a-year naphtha cracker plant.

    New CEOs at Statoil and Aker Kvaerner

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    Statoil has appointed Helge Lund as new chief executive for the Statoil group.

    Tiny solenoid valves handle large flows

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    Valuable savings in size and weight are possible in equipment that uses the GS02 80 bi-directional solenoid valve from Sterling Hydraulics.

    South Africa: paper conversion

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    Jaakko Pöyry Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, which is part of the Jaakko Pöyry Group's Forest Industry business group, has been awarded a contract by Mondi Ltd for its PM1 conversion project at Merebank paper mill in Durban, South Africa.

    USA: Valero desulphurises

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    CB&I will engineer and construct a new gasoline desulphurisation unit in Louisiana, USA.

    Canada: Suncor expansion approved

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    The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board has approved plans for Suncor Energy Inc. to expand its oil sands upgrading facilities in order to increase production capacity to 330,000 barrels per day by late 2007.

    USA: accessing stranded gas

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    Sovereign Oil & Gas Co., Houston, has entered into an agreement to work exclusively with Syntroleum Corp., Tulsa, to acquire and develop stranded natural gas fields using Syntroleum's proprietary gas-to-liquids (GTL) synthetic fuels technology.

    Explosion-proof switchboxes

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    This year's introduction of ATEX-certified explosion-proof switchboxes has created a much higher level of demand than could have been predicted, says valve accessories specialist Rotork Valvekits.

    SA valve maker wins Kazakhstan order

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    A South African valve manufacturer has won a contract to supply large ball metal-seated butterfly valves to an oil refinery in Kazakhstan.
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