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Wärtsilä signs a contract with Hamina LNG

Wärtsilä has been awarded a turn-key contract with Hamina LNG Oy to supply a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal to be built in Hamina, Finland.

Total, ONAP signs TEA in West Africa

Total and the National Office of Petroleum of Guinea (ONAP) signed a Technical Evaluation Agreement (TEA) to study deep and ultra deep offshore areas located off the coast of Guinea Conakry, covering approximately 55,000 square kilometers.

Thermador Groupe strengthens its stainless steel side!

On September 25, 2017, Thermador Groupe acquired the French company FGinox. With a reported turnover of €14.6m in 2016,  FGinox sells a wide range of fittings, industrial valves, flanges and fasteners in stainless steel that will reinforce Thermador group's industrial portfolio.

MOGAS has authorized repair center in Turkey

MOGAS Industries, Inc. (MOGAS) and Opak Madencilik, an Ankara-based mining services company, have entered into an agreement for Opak to represent MOGAS as an Authorized Repair Center (ARC) in Turkey.

Tilted Disc® check valves for severe applications

Val-Matic’s Tilted Disc® Check Valve has streamlined body contouring, flow area 40% greater than nominal pipe size and hydrodynamic disc combine to provide the lowest headloss of any check valve produced today.

Orbinox VG slurry handling knife gate valve

Orbinox PNEUTON™ engineering team has completed the 3D models for ORBINOX ‘VG’ series bi-directional slurry handling knife gate valve.

Metso, Eco Consult in a distribution agreement

Metso is expanding the coverage of its flow control solutions with a distribution agreement with the Croatia-based company Eco Consult d.

Peru’s first ssLNG facility is installed

Okra Energy announces its installation of the first small-scale liquefied natural gas (ssLNG) facility for the nation of Peru, utilizing Okra’s proprietary equipment design and technology.

ATI sets a mobile demonstration unit

ATI has created a compact, mobile trailer containing working valve-mounted actuators powered by hydraulics, pneumatics and electronic controls.

Rotorex offers compact switch over boards

In most specialty gas switch over board installations, available space in the central supply room is limited. This creates a real challenge for designers to come up with a gas supply system layout that has the smallest footprint.