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Global isolation valve specialist Severn Ball Valves, part of Severn Glocon Group, is now supplying a new ‘Severn’ range of highly-specified gate, globe and check valves from the Saudi Aramco-approved manufacturer SUFA Technology Industry Company.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced it has been selected to provide professional technical services for Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resin producer in the Americas, at portions of the Marcus Hook Refinery they recently acquired, near Philadelphia, Pa.

Pacific Industrial Service, for 16 years a leader in Valve and Actuator Service and Repair, is proud to announce it is now the official West Coast distributor for Reyco valves. The new line of Reyco valves, a long-established brand of safety valves, adds to the already-sterling quality of Pacific Industrial's array of valves and gauges designed to suit any of its customer's needs.

Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider, has been awarded two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for Petro Rabigh's Phase II petrochemical expansion project.

Nero Pipeline Connections introduces the features and specifications of its new range of ball valve actuators. The aluminium epoxy-coated actuators offer a working temperature range of -32ºC to +90ºC and are silicon-free.

At this year’s ACHEMA trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany, KSB presented its new generation of multi-functional valve control units and positioners for pneumatic quarter-turn and linear actuators.

Where process control applications need larger valves it can sometimes be difficult to achieve the required levels of accuracy combined with fast positioning.

In the Market research and Investment Analysis Report of Valves in Nuclear Power Plants 2012-2016, it disclosed that more valves would be needed since the installed capacity of NPPs in China was enlarged.

North America is witnessing a fresh surge of natural gas production, which is encouraging investors to pump money into the industry, says a new report by natural resources expert GlobalData. The report states that the increase in shale gas drilling has made the US less dependent on LNG imports, and the region now plans to export some of its own natural gas production. The US has witnessed a huge increase in shale gas production, and consequently, the price of natural gas in the country has decreased, in turn attracting even more investors and LNG consumers. Significant commercial production of shale gas is being attained by the Barnett shale play in East Texas, the Fayetteville shale play in northern Arkansas, the Haynesville shale play in northern Louisiana, the Woodford shale play in eastern Oklahoma, the Antrim in upper Michigan, the Bakken in North Dakota and the Marcellus shale play stretching into western Pennsylvania, western New York and West Virginia.

Cargotec has recently signed an exclusive marine equipment repair agreement with the major engineering, procurement and construction contracting company, Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding Co (HEISCO).