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EUR 5M-project in Saudi Arabia

The Armaturenfabrik Franz Schneider GmbH + Co. KG has been awarded the contract to supply the installation hardware for the Sadara project in Saudi Arabia.

AUMA SA.2 adopted at Swiss

Adoption of AUMA modular electric actuators at Zurich Lake water plant began in 1975 and has continued with the recent installation of 190 SA.

Technip lands Prelude gig

French engineering company Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Anglo Dutch supermajor Shell for its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas development, off Western Australia.

The contract covers the project management, fabrication, transport and installation by reeling of 12-inch flowlines and the fabrication of pipeline end terminals, flowline appurtenances and rigid spools.

ExxonMobil and Chevron in Saipem WA deals

newsitemExxonMobil and Chevron have each handed services giant Saipem lucrative contracts for work off West Africa. The deals from the US supermajor duo cap a busy week for Eni-connected Saipem which in the past few days revealed other large contracts in the same region.

VFS’s new pneumatic actuators

Valve & Fitting Solutions introduces a new innovative range of air and electric actuators for instrument and process ball valves – HPA series. These actuators have been subject to over one million cycles test without failure.

Two-way control valve optimizes water coil perform

Offered in 2 ½-6 in. sizes, Energy Valve uses Delta T Manager algorithm to directly control water coil performance. It also monitors coil performance characteristic curve and resulting energy/power output.

Linde receives contract from SIBUR in Russia

Technology company The Linde Group has received an engineering contract for the licensing and front end engineering design (FEED) of one of the world's largest ethylene plants in Tobolsk, Western Siberia.

Technip awarded contract for Alma and Galia

Technip was awarded by EnQuest Britain Limited a contract for the development of the Alma and Galia fields, located 310km Southeast of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. The fields, which will be tied back to the EnQuest Producer floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO), are located at a water depth of approximately 80m.

Drax Power Station extends agreement with Exeeco A

Exeeco APS (Actuation, Projects and Services) has been providing actuators and services to Drax Power Station since 1973 and as part of the Rotork flow control group is proud to announce that Drax Power Limited (Drax) has extended its Actuator Framework Contract for twelve months with an option to extend for a further two years.

KBR to execute 2 studies for Höegh LNG

KBR announced that it was selected as Höegh's preferred engineer to execute pre-FEED studies for two of its projects off the coast of Israel and offshore Australia. KBR will provide the pre-FEED study for the King liquefied natural gas-floating production storage and offloading (LNG-FPSO) facility currently being evaluated for Noble Energy's giant Tamar gas field off the coast of Israel.