Hitachi’s “100 year commitment” to UK
Japanese company Hitachi has signed an almost GBP 700 million deal giving it rights to build a new generation of power plants in the United Kingdom. Hitachi will buy Horizon Nuclear Power, which was intending to build reactors on existing sites at Wylfa, Anglesey, and Oldbury, near Bristol.
Repack-S announces OSIS
High-performance, composite sealing specialist, Repack-S has announced OSIS, an innovative polyurethane (PU) rubber On-Site Injection System, to join spliced seals in large hydropower valve equipment. The ultra-portable, OSIS system ensures a completely homogeneous, high integrity sealing joint during equipment maintenance, avoiding the loss in mechanical strength experienced with other seal joining techniques.
Global demand for oilfield equipment forecast
Global demand for oilfield equipment is forecast to rise 3.8%per year through 2016 to $109 billion. Gains will be fuelled by a substantial increase in oil and gas production as the world economy rebounds from the general economic weakness triggered by the 2009 global recession. CRANE presents at Canada Coking Conference
CRANE Energy Flow Solutions® showed the features and benefits of the Pacific® Wedgeplug Valve and the Krombach® Metal Seated Ball Valve (MSBV) at the Safety & Reliability seminar on days 3 & 4 at the Canada Coking Conference & Exhibition, October 22-26.
There are certain strategic design characteristics that make these valves remarkable. Duxvalves opens Kuala Lumpur office
In 2010, Malaysia was the world’s third largest exporter of liquified natural gas, holding the third highest oil reserves across Asia.