Sinopec chem expansion
BP PLC and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec Corp., are in talks to expand a Sinopec unit in eastern China to meet the country's growing need for purified terephthalic acid.
Tyco success at sugar refinery
Tyco Valves and Controls has supplied over 400 pneumatically actuated valves to a new process plant at the East London site of Tate & Lyle Europe.
Technip-Coflexip wins Juno offshore award
Technip-Coflexip wins Juno offshore award
Technip-Coflexip has announced that Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd, one of its UK entities, has been awarded the pipelines and subsea EPCIC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning) contract from BG International (NSW) Ltd, for its Juno development in the Southern UK North Sea.
Emerson’s new valve actuator
Emerson Process Management's new Bettis WellGuard™ pneumatic control, fluid-powered linear valve actuator was announced at the Global Petroleum Show in Calgary.
Emerson goes east
Fisher-Rosemount will henceforth be known as Emerson Process Management.
Lukoil to build oil product terminal
Russia's Lukoil is to invest USD 150 million in an oil product terminal at the port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad region.
Petronas gets oil contract in Mozambique
Petronas, together with Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos de Mocambique (ENH), has been awarded the exploration and production contract for the offshore Zambezi Delta Block by the government of Mozambique.
Sonangol to build refinery
Angolan firm Sonangol has said that work on its USD 3 billion 200,000-barrels-a-day oil refinery in Lobito will start next year and the plant will come on stream in 2006.
Emerson receives TÜV certification
Emerson Process Management has announced that its Fisher Fieldvue(R) DVC6000 Series Digital Valve Controller has received certification from TÜV, an internationally recognised,
German-based inspection authority.
Extended leak-free cycle life
Hoke High-Cycle 7223D RotoBall® bi-directional ball valves feature a high performance Delta stem seal designed to extend their operating life to between 50,000 and 100,000 cycles, depending on system configuration, with leak-free performance.
