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Flow and mass flow instrumentation

The Tribar is a fully integrated flow meter for liquid and gas flow measurement.

Technip wins North Sea pipe contract

Technip-Coflexip has announced that its Norwegian entity Coflexip Stena Offshore Norge AS has been awarded the Ringhorne Jurassic to Jotun and Balder gas disposition EPCI contract by Esso Norge AS.

Calobri distribution

Calobri, the oldest Italian manufacturer of API602 forged steel valves, has signed a distribution agreement with Federal Hardware Engineering Co. Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Federal International (2000) Ltd, to act as a distributor for its line of forged steel valves for the oil and gas industry.

Reorganisation at Tyco Valves

A focus on customer service has driven a major reorganisation of Tyco Valves and Controls Distribution in the UK.

RPV expands again

RPV, the UK-based independent valve and gasket stockist, is once again planning to further increase its warehouse and production facilities for early 2003.

FCX Orton wins Qatar contract

FCX Orton, part of the specialist flow control FCX Group, has secured a multi-million dollar contract to supply a variety of flow control products for the Ras Laffan power and desalination plant project in Qatar.

CB&I wins clean fuels project

Valero Energy Corporation (San Antonio, Texas, USA) has awarded Howe-Baker Engineers Ltd (a subsidiary of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV) a contract to design and build a 25,000 barrel per day CCR (Continuous Catalytic Regeneration) Platformer(TM) and associated facilities at Valero's 195,000 BPD refinery in Paulsboro, NJ, USA.

One fits all

Netherlocks Safety systems BV has developed a “one-fits-all” lockout device for handwheel- and lever-operated valves.

Steam trap testing

Tyco Valves and Controls offers steam trap users an evaluation service based on a standard ANSI/ASME test, enabling users to ensure that they have the correct product for a specific task and ensuring that the efficiency of steam traps can be effectively monitored.

Balanced globe valve

The Masoneilan 41000 Series control valve is a cage-guided globe valve design with balanced trim configurations.