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Emission-free ball valve

Econosto will be displaying a series of emission-reducing ball valves at the Valve World 2002 Exhibition.

Stolt wins Nigeria contract

Stolt Offshore SA has won a contract from ExxonMobil’s Nigeria subsidiary for the flowlines and risers on the Erha field offshore Nigeria in a water depth of 1200 metres.

CCI to supply Qafco plant expansion

A USD 1 million dollar USD order for a severe service and conventional valve package has been awarded to CCI by UHDE GmbH.

Refinery in Port-Jerome, France

Foster Wheeler France SA has won a contract from Esso Societé Anonyme Française for the main part of the EPCm phase of the PJ21 project for its Port-Jerome Gravenchon refinery in Normandy, France.

FCX Orton MV valves for Ras Laffan

FCX Orton, the Italian valve specialist, has supplied more than 100 valves ranging from 3" up to 82" for the Ras Laffan Train 3 LNG plant in Qatar.

New rotary valve from CCI

CCI announces the introduction of the new Rotary DRAG® axial flow valve, which combines the elevated capacity found in rotary valves with the precise flow control of a high velocity control valve for the gas transmission market.

Arctic application for Rotork actuators

Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuators are being installed on an oil industry development scheme situated in one of the coldest and exposed environments in the world.

Pemex plans gas contracts

After delaying the bidding for controversial new contracts to produce natural gas in northern Mexico, Pemex now expects to award the contracts by mid-2003, a company official has said.

Pneumatic systems speed up palletiser

When paper manufacturer Australian Paper needed to speed up its automated Boxed paper palletising system, Robotic Automation (Australia) stepped in to help.

Polyethylene plant in Iran

Pars Petrochemical Company – a wholly owned affiliate of the National Petrochemical Company of Iran – has just awarded Technip-Coflexip and its Iranian partner Nargan, an EPC contract for the design and construction of a low density polyethylene plant for the 9th Olefins Complex at Asaluyeh.