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De-sulphurisation plant in Romania

Sidex SA, Romania, has placed a contract with Rautaruukki Engineering, Finland to supply a coke oven gas de-sulphurisation Plant to remove hydrogen sulphide and ammonia.

CCI valves to South Korea

A USD 3.65 million order has been received by CCI Switzerland to supply complete turbine-bypass systems for the first two 800-MW fossil-fired units at the new Yong Hueng Power Plant in South Korea.

Parker Instrumentation goes Caspian

Parker Instrumentation has signed a distribution agreement for its fluid instrumentation valves and tube fitting product line with Caspian Sea Ventures Corporation (CSVC).

Safety first

Safety within the process industries has increasingly become an issue.

Joint project for lower emission

Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Indiana, USA) and Westport Innovations Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada) are to receive funding for a joint natural gas heavy-duty engine project.

IchemE award

Krohne’s Altoflux 2W Hybrid has won the IChemE Excellence in Safety and Environment Award 2000.

Severn Glocon wins gas plant order

Severn Glocon has won the contract to supply more than 400 valves for two new gas processing plants in the Middle East.

Louisiana gasification

TECO Power Services Corporation will develop an integrated gasification combined-cycle power plant for CITGO Petroleum Corporation using Texaco Development Corporation's proprietary gasification technology.

Cleaner gasoline technology

BP has unveiled a breakthrough in gasoline desulphurisation technology that could significantly reduce the cost of producing low-sulphur gasolines to meet current and future environmental legislation.

DSM: two new plants

DSM Elastomers will build two new plants at its site in Geleen, the Netherlands, one EPDM rubber (Keltan®) and the other for melamine.