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Stainless ball valves

Valve and Control Specialists Pty Ltd (Australia) has further developed its range of stainless ball valves to encompass a true socket weld for tube ends full bore 3-piece ball valve which negates the use of tube fittings.

Egypt-Libya pipelines

Egypt and Lybia are studying co-operation between the two countries to set up joint ventures in the fields of oil and gas industries.

Sensors for hazardous areas

Ixthus Instrumentation has a range of LVDT sensors for applications requiring reliable position measurement in hazardous locations with its PTI 750 series of loop-powered intrinsically safe LVDT position transmitters.

Saves space, time and money

Global pneumatics specialist Norgren has extended its range of in-line valves that,

Profibus valves speed toothpaste production

Burkert Fluid Control Systems has supplied Profibus-compatible products

Proportional valves benefit from digital control

Affordable processing power has been strategic in allowing the migration of digital closed loop control technology

Hydrogen plant at Illinois refinery

BOC has begun construction on a new hydrogen plant at CITGO Petroleum Corp.'s Lemont, Ill., oil refinery.

Oman fertiliser

Uhde GmbH has signed a letter of appointment with Sohar International Urea & Chemical Industries in Muscat, Oman, to build a turn-key large-scale fertiliser complex on the east coast of the Arabian peninsula.

International tender on PVC plant

Iran is in the final stage of an international tender on the establishment of a 300,000-ton-a-year plant to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh, head of the state National Petrochemical Co., has said.

Venezuela to develop LNG project

Venezuela has signed an agreement with an Anglo-Dutch company and another firm from Japan to start developing a USD 2.7 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project which aims to make the oil-rich nation a net gas exporter by 2007.