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ECI Active Award for FCX Pegler & Louden

Work by leading flow control specialist FCX Pegler & Louden has helped secure one of the engineering industry's top awards – the ECI ACTIVE Award Project of the Year 2001-2002.

New Syngas plant in China

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded a contract by the BASF-YPC joint venture for a Syngas Plant to be located in Nanjing, PRC.

High-flow space-saving solenoid valves

Lee Products has developed a range of miniature high flow solenoid valves which set new standards in reducing space, weight and power consumption.

Plexus awarded Shell contract

Grant Prideco, Inc. announced that its Plexus Deepwater Technologies Division has been awarded a contract by Shell Deepwater Services.

Yangzi Petchem to finish polypropylene expansion

Yangzi Petrochemical Corp. in eastern China 's Jiangsu province is scheduled to complete the expansion of its polypropylene unit in the latter part of this year.

Testing fail-safeESD valves

Valves used in ESD and HIPPS fail-safe procedures can get stuck because of sticking effects on the actuator and valves seals in case they are not moved for a long period.

High-integrity manifold

Parker Instrumentation has unveiled a comprehensive range of high-integrity manifolds, designed to meet the growing demand for new levels of safety and performance for instrumentation systems used in oil, gas, chemical and other process plants.

Uhde awarded Hungarian contract

The Hungarian chemical company BorsodChem Rt. has awarded Uhde a contract for a new oxychlorination plant as the first stage in the expansion of its production capacity for vinyl chloride (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

New appointment for BJ Tubular Services

BJ Services Company announced that Malcolm Gray-Stephens has been promoted to Technical Services Manager – Middle East & Asia Pacific Region for BJ Tubular Services.

Atwood Falcon awarded contract

Atwood Oceanics, Inc announced today that Woodside Energy Ltd has awarded the Atwood Falcon a contract to drill two wells.