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SaviCorp enters Middle-East market with DynoValve

SaviCorp unveiled its newly upgraded DynoValve at the Automechanika Exhibition in Dubai. Serge Monros, founder and CEO/CTO, SaviCorp, and Victor Chu, president, SaviCorp, announced the launch of the DynoValve at the Dubai Automechanika exhibition by DynoGreen Tech, SaviCorp's new exclusive middle-eastern distributor, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Savvy Green.

Red Dragon high-pressure solenoid valves

Isolation solenoid valves are used in natural gas fuel lines to enable or disable flow as part of an automated control system. This is often a safety-related requirement where reliable and prompt closure is essential to ensure that the flow of fuel is suspended quickly in the event of power failure for example.

Pipeline Engineering secures E.ON supply contract

Pipeline Engineering has won a multi-million-dollar contract with E.ON to supply subsea cable protection for the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm being built off the east coast of the U.K. Pipeline Engineering will supply its patented PEFLEX subsea cable protection system designed to protect array cables on offshore wind farms.

ABB wins automation project

ABB has won a project from Foster Wheeler for the automation of bulk inventory operations management of the chemical complex that is under construction by Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) in Jubail Industrial City II, Saudi Arabia.

In Situ to use Unique Hydra CPTs

Unique Hydra, a Unique Maritime Group (UMG) company, has recently signed an agreement with In Situ Site Investigations (In Situ) based in Battle, East Sussex, UK, to offer rental Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) equipment and operators in the African subcontinent.

WGPSN secures sixth North Sea contract extension

Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured its sixth major North Sea contract extension this year. The latest award comes in the form of a three-year contract from Nexen Petroleum UK to deliver operations, maintenance and technical support services to the Scott and Buzzard platforms.

Metso to launch Neles valve globally in 2014

newsitemMetso’s new line of Neles globe control valves launched last year, which targeted the Asia Pacific, Chinese and Indian petrochemical, refining and oil & gas industries in its first phase, will be launched globally in 2014. The new globe control product line builds and expands on technology and service capabilities acquired when Metso purchased the South Korean company Valstone Control in 2012.

Specialised Turning unveils custom machined fittin

Specialised Turning, Inc. of Peabody, Massachusetts, introduced custom machined fittings, adapters and flanges with intricate features and close tolerances for use with precision instruments, manifolds and valves.

OptaSense signs Kazakhstan partnership agreement

newsitemOptaSense, a QinetiQ company, will be providing Avencom, a leading technology supplier to Kazakhstan Oil and Gas companies, to provide its Distributed Acoustic Sensing services.

Trelleborg supplies fenders to three LNG developme

Trelleborg Marine Systems has been awarded three contracts to supply fender systems to all three liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects on Queensland’s Curtis Island, Australia. Trelleborg has been chosen to supply the Queensland Curtis LNG, Gladstone LNG and Australia Pacific LNG projects with state-of-the-art SCN Super Cone and ANP Arch Fender Systems.