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Foster Wheeler wins Venezuelan upgrader project

Foster Wheeler Ltd’s Fired Heater Division was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract by Grupo Alvica, a joint venture of Fluor Daniel and Inelectra, for the supply of two delayed coker furnaces.

HP bellow Valves

Haage has designed a new programme of high-pressure bellow valves for metering and shut-off of gases and liquids.

Intekama welcomes FCx GHR

FCx GHR, the German-based specialist distributor of FCx, is to exhibit a comprehensive range of flow control products at this year's Interkama exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Praise for Severn Glocon

Severn Glocon Ltd (UK) has been praised for its performance in the supply of specialised severe service control valves to a Middle East oil production platform.

ABB awarded wellhead platform contract

ABB, the global power and automation technology group, in partnership with Heerema of The Netherlands, has been awarded a contract by Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Ltd (Esso), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation, to design, build and commission a deepwater tension leg platform for the Kizomba A Project located in the deepwater Block 15 offshore Angola.

Valve connectors feature rapid termination system

Harting has introduced a new range of valve connectors featuring the Harax rapid termination system.

Trip Throttle Valve

Gimpel, a product of Tyco Valves & Controls, has introduced its Oil Operated Trip Throttle Valve (OOTTV), used for admitting 1050F/566C steam to main compressor steam turbine drives when bringing ethylene or ammonia plants online.

Texas plastic upgrade

Contech Control Services has been awarded a turn-key contract for engineering, procurement, construction, and on-line commissioning services for the upgrade of distributed control systems at ExxonMobil Chemical's BAPP plastics plant located in Baytown, Texas.

BSS waters down problem for Bass

When the Bass Brewery in Burton-on-Trent discovered that there was a possibility that its water supply could be in danger of coming into contact with South Staffordshire Water's supply it called upon industrial pipeline and valve distributor BSS to help solve its problem.

IPSCO expands international organisation

Acquisition by the international Flowserve Corporation has added a broad spectrum of new opportunities to IPSCO (UK) Ltd, the Scunthorpe-based company which specialises in hot-tapping and line-stopping equipment.