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Taylor advances

Mr Ian Taylor has been appointed to the board of Advanced Valve Technologies Ltd as Deputy Chairman.

Qatar-UK gas supply deal

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Qatar Petroleum have signed an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas from Qatar to Britain.

Inert check valve

Bio-Chem Valve has developed a non-metallic, self-sealing in-line check valve for handling low volume, low flow transfers.

Coal power station proposed for S. Africa

Black & Veatch International (BVI)will perform a feasibility study for the first "greenfield" power station in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

New flapper valve strip steel

Specially formulated for the flapper valves of automotive and stationary air conditioning compressors, the new Sandvik HiflexTM stainless strip steel makes possible smaller, more efficient compressor designs.

Steel valves for Iran’s 9th olefin complex

OMB Valves has announced a successful award of a contract by Technip and Nargan for the supply of forged steel valves to the new Ethane Cracker plant in the 9th Olefin Complex of the National Petrochemical Company of Iran (NPC).

Electricity boost for Iran

Iran is contemplating the establishment of new power houses to produce 28,000 mw by 2011, according to Hossein Mahmoudzadeh, managing director of Iran's Energy development Organization.

Hygienic control valves

Samson Regeltechniek BV, The Netherlands, has developed control valves designed to meet high demands of hygiene in the food industry and capable of operating in the germ-free, sterile environments of pharmaceutical industries.

Pampilla refinery extension

The Peruvian company Refinería La Pampilla SA has awarded a contract to a joint venture created between Technip-Coflexip and the Spanish group Dragados Industrial for an extension of its refinery in La Pampilla nearby Lima.

Compact control valves save space

The Baumann range of compact control valves are lighter and smaller than competing products, making them ideal for skid mounted equipment, or where space is limited.