Agreement covers pipeline activities
T.D. Williamson (TDW), a world leader in pipeline services and equipment, announced that it has signed a global pipeline intervention and isolation services contract with BP.
Activities covered by the agreement include hot tapping and STOPPLE® plugging, as well as SmartPlug® pressure isolation. AUMA is single source for Arab oil initiative
AUMA was selected as the single source supplier of electric actuators for Qatar Petroleum de-gassing stations. Located at the Dukhan field in the Arab D block, work began in 1998 on a gas recycling initiative to enhance oil production: within two years, AUMA’s field devices for valve control were successfully installed as part of a retrofit and replacement programme. Oliver Valves wins prestigious Manchester award
Oliver Valves, the Knutsford-based manufacturer of oil and gas valves for the global energy industry has scooped the GBP 50-100 million turnover category at the Manchester Evening News Business of the Year Awards.
It is the second time the business has been victorious at the awards in just three years, having won in the GBP 25-50 million bracket in 2010.
This year has been a year of awards success and recognition, with Oliver Valvetek – one of the three businesses in the Oliver family – winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise and chairman Michael Oliver being awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list. New recruits support AUMA UK’s service focus
AUMA growth in the UK has been supported with the recruitment of Kerry Harris to the new post of Manager for the Southern Region and Head of Internal Sales. Major Middle East application for AUMA actuators
AUMA has established a global customer base including a lengthy history supplying its valve control devices for Middle East installations. 
Rotork is supplying an all-electric valve actuation package encompassing isolating, regulating and modulating actuators with two-wire digital control for the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the North Sea. 
The Rotork Smart Valve Monitoring (SVM) system has been selected to provide a networked solution for digital valve monitoring and partial stroke testing on a large scale oilfield installation in the Middle East. 
Armaturenfabrik Franz Schneider GmbH + Co. KG from Nordheim was given an award for its outstanding performance for the 8th time in a row by the major American corporate group Emerson. 
Trumbull stainless steel chainwheels allow operation of overhead valves by means of a slight pull on the chain.