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McDermott secures an EPC contract from bpTT

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) has announced a significant contract award by BP Trinidad & Tobago, LLC (bpTT) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Cassia Compression Platform, located 35 miles (57km) southeast off the coast of Trinidad.

WES Team supports Naval Platform

Weir Engineering Services was called into action when 20 rotary electric actuators on a Naval Platform required critical service and repair.

Egina start production with TechnipFMC’s subsea systems

Total’s Egina field, located 150km (93 mi) off Port Harcourt, kicked into production just as 2018 was winding to a close.

Sohar III supplies drinking water to Batinah Oman

The seawater desalination plant, Sohar III in Oman, supplies drinking water to an important coastal region in the Gulf of Oman, the Batinah plain.

Wind Point acquires and merges “ClockSpring and NRI”

Wind Point Partners, a leading Chicago-based private equity firm, has announced recently that it has entered into definitive agreements to simultaneously acquire and merge Clock Spring Company, Inc.

Sonatrach, CHEC sign Skikda oil port contract extension

The Sonatrach Group and the Chinese company China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) signed a contract in Algiers for the study, supply and construction of an LNG marine jetty and marine and port infrastructure located in the port of Skikda hydrocarbons called "El Djedid".

Emerson’s automation training solution

Emerson recently introduced the Performance Learning Platform, a portable and compact automation technology training solution that enables hands-on training to prepare workers to maintain their plant safely and efficiently.

GEMÜ honoured as Global Market Leader for 2018

The German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche has awarded the family-owned enterprise GEMÜ Gebrüder Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co.

Hamaton expands valve portfolio with new series

Hamaton has introduced advantageous new additions to their already extensive valve portfolio, namely TR413 and TR414 Snap-In valves with aluminium cores, which are cost-efficient, lightweight and fast flowing.

Siemens to supply industrial gas turbines in Alberta

Siemens was recently selected to supply two SGT-300 industrial gas turbines for an established Montney producer in Alberta, Canada.