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Certification for Hoke Sampling Cylinders

Hoke Inc., a division of Circor International, has acquired Transport Canada (TC) certification for Sampling Cylinders.

Problem solved by monitoring flow

The Eletta R Series flow monitor, available from Solartron Mobrey, has solved a problem for steel producer Avesta Polarit.

Farris valve software

Farris Engineering (Brecksville, Ohio, USA) has introduced version 4.2 of its SizeMaster™ Mark IV Pressure Relief Valve Engineering Software.

Marwin valve simplifies automation

Marwin Valve introduces the 3L/T2S00 Series, a Class 150/300 3-way and 4-way valve that will lower overall costs by allowing the replacement of two or three conventional straight-line valves, eliminating excess fittings, and simplifying automation.

Fertiliser complex for Turkmenistan

Gap Insaat of Turkmenistan, a subsidiary of Calik Holding of Istanbul, Turkey, has commissioned Krupp Uhde with the design and construction of a natural gas-based fertiliser complex comprising an ammonia plant and an urea plant.

Statoil awards contracts

Statoil has awarded contracts for the Kristin and Mikkel gas and condensate fields in the Norwegian Sea.

FMC sells subsea solutions offshore Brazil

FMC Technologies has announced that its FMC Energy Systems business has been awarded contracts valued at USD 16 million to supply sub-sea production solutions for Petrobras and Halliburton KBR offshore Brazil.

Self-sealing break-apart valve

Breakaway Technologies Inc. (BTI), the US specialist in cryogenic valve designs, has introduced the CryoBreak Force.1™ valve, aimed at reducing loss caused by human error inherent with filling cryogenic bulk storage tanks.

Saudi gas expansion

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded, by Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), a major lump sum turnkey contract for the expansion of the Berri gas plant to handle additional output of sour gas from the Qatif field now under development.

Specialist instrumentation for new dry dock

All the specialist cross site services field instrumentation for the new Class TSSBN submarine dry dock facility at DML Devonport has been supplied by the KDG Instruments division of Solartron Mobrey, based at Crawley, UK.