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Air Liquide signs a new equipment supply contract

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a new equipment supply contract with Yulin Energy and Chemical Corporation of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group.

Statoil, Shell, and Total sign partnership

Statoil, Shell, and Total have signed a partnership agreement to mature the development of carbon storage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

Valtorc’s series 390 flush bottom tank ball valve

Valtorc’s series 390 stainless steel flush bottom tank valve release features a number of port configurations, including standard, full port pipe and full port tube dimensions.

Metso to implement a new operating model

Metso's Board of Directors has decided on the Group's new operating model and organization, effective from January 1, 2018.

Rockwood Swendeman valves for cryogenic storage

In cryogenic and industrial gas industries large amounts of gases are stored in a liquefied state for long periods of time.

KBR receives an EPCM services contract

KBR, Inc. has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by JVGAS – a joint venture of Sonatrach, Statoil and BP – for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction management services in Algeria.

Veresen files FERC applications

Veresen Inc., is eyeing projects such as the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. The Company has filed applications with the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the construction and operation of a 7.

MRC Global delivers 33,190 lengths of pipe

MRC Global has delivered 33,190 lengths of pipe for Jemena’s Northern Gas Pipeline, which is to be constructed between the towns of Tennant Creek in Australia’s Northern Territory and Mt Isa in the neighboring state of Queensland, Australia.

ACS offers Genebre motorised butterfly valves

ACS offers a comprehensive range of Genebre motorised butterfly valves, suitable for HVAC applications. Complete with IP67 actuators, for both modulating, on/off, as well as failsafe control, these valves are ideal for most applications.

Emerson’s 40 CFR Part 63 gas chromatograph

Under the impending 40 CFR Part 63 regulations, all U.S. refineries will be required to report the heating value of their flares that are used as control devices for emissions.