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New president for Halliburton Energy

Dave Lesar, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Halliburton, has announced the appointment of John Gibson, 44, as president of the company's Halliburton Energy Services business unit.

Rotork wins Canadian oil contracts

Rotork is supplying several hundred electric and pneumatic valve actuators and control systems throughout an extensive oil production development in northern Alberta, Canada.

Hoke conforms to European PED

Circor International has announced that Hoke products now conform to the PED as required by Article 3 of the European Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/PC and under the Sound Engineering Practices of the UK.

McDermott to build FPSO in Gulf of Mexico

Murphy Exploration & Production Company has awarded a contract to J. Ray McDermott, Inc., a subsidiary of McDermott International Inc., to construct a Floating Production System for the Front Runner Project.

High cycle life & zero leakage ball valve

Hoke, Inc., a division of Circor International, has introduced the 70 & 71 Series unidirectional, high-performance ball valves designed to exceed 100,000 cycles with zero leakage.

MOGAS signs contract with Reliant

MOGAS Industries Inc., the producer of severe service ball valves, has recently signed a National Pricing Agreement with Reliant Energy for their RSVP product line.

Technip-Coflexip to build Saudi acid plant

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded by SABIC a contract for the design and construction of an acetic acid plant in SABIC's Arabian Industrial Fibers Company Complex in the industrial city of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Largest ever ball valves for Asia Pacific

Rotork IQ range intelligent electric actuators have been selected to operate "the largest ball valves every supplied into Asia Pacific,” according to Mr Paul Moir of the Asean Council on Petroleum (ASCOPE) in Kuala Lumpur.

Power pulse tank system for dust collection

Asco has introduced a new power pulse tank system for the dust collector industry.

Thermoplastic seals severe conditions

Parker Hannifin’s Seal Group has introduced UltraCOMP™ engineered thermoplastics for sealing applications in extreme temperature, pressure and chemical environments.