News

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Water Valve Handbook

The American Water Works Association’s Valve Handbook, published by McGraw Hill, is a comprehensive and valuable resource for anyone in the business of plant design or maintenance.

Guide outlines Profibus use

Profibus International (Southampton, Hampshire, UK) has finalised the Profibus Profile for Fluid Power Technology.

Dutch gas sites to be renewed

The Stork GLT consortium has received an order from the Nederlandse Aardoliemaatschappij BV (NAM) for the renovation of a further three gas production sites in the Slochteren gas field in Groningen, The Netherlands.

Iranian cracker contract comes into force

The contract awarded to Technip and Nargan by the National Petrochemical Company of Iran (NPC) for the design and construction of its ethane cracker in the 9th Olefin Complex has just become effective.

Actuators to automate petroleum depots

PTT, the petroleum authority of Thailand, has embarked on a programme of automation at all of the country's petroleum depots in order to improve safety and reduce operating costs, using Rotork IQ range intelligent electric valve actuators.

Tyco valves for Shell FPSO unit

Anderson Greenwood Crosby, a division of Tyco Valves & Controls, has been awarded a major contract for the supply of safety relief valves for the Shell Bonga Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit.

Coflexip wins UK North Sea award

Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd (CSOL), a UK entity of the Technip-Coflexip Group, is in charge of a major three-year contract from the Texaco, Amerada Hess and Talisman Energy (THT) multi-operator alliance to provide Diving Support Vessel (DSV) and Underwater Services in the North Sea.

FCx supplies air stations for Korean destroyer

FCx Truflo Marine has secured an order for advanced air stations designed to control vital functions on three new destroyers scheduled to be built in Korea.

Solar-powered actuators for Brazilian pipeline

Tulsa-based Flow-Quip Inc. has been won a USD 3 million contract to supply up to 250 solar-powered valve actuators for a major pipeline modernisation project in Brazil.

Valve for potable water

American Valve has introduced its model 3700, featuring an epoxy-coated cast iron body and the same patented Teflon fused ball as the 4000 series.