Renewable energy

FoundOcean signs strategic agreement with BASF

Valve World Publisher - November 19, 2014

FoundOcean, specialists in subsea grouting for the offshore energy construction industry, have signed a strategic agreement with chemical company BASF.

“Marrying BASF’s world-leading chemical manufacturing capabilities and FoundOcean’s extensive offshore grouting experience means that foundation installers and wind farm developers can be confident in the integrity of the grouted connection”, assured Luc Westhof, key account manager for Wind Power at BASF.

KVNR Shipping Award for Aeolus

Valve World Publisher - November 18, 2014

Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has won the KVNR Shipping Award. This prize was presented during the Maritime Awards Gala on 6 November.

Dafram introduces new control ball valve line

Valve World Publisher - November 13, 2014

Dafram has launched a new product line of control ball valves. Dafram control ball valves assure excellent flow characteristic and provide accurate, reliable control in a wide range of applications, such as chemical, power and oil, both on gas and liquid service.The Dafram control ball valves range consists of trunnion mounted ball valves for high performance and critical applications with special configurations, size ¼” to 36”, 150lbs to 4500lbs, PN10 to PN450, 2000psi to 15000psi, side entry, top-entry, full and reduced bore, in carbon steel, stainless steel, nickel and exotic alloys.

TWD pipeline intervention paves way for repair

Valve World Publisher - November 12, 2014

The Greek operator Hellenic Petroleum needed T.D. Williamson (TDW) to create a safe working environment for its pipeline maintenance team to carry out repair works on a tower attached to a key gas line at its Aspropyrgos Refinery near Athens, Greece.

Helping hand for monitoring & control of actuators

Valve World Publisher - November 10, 2014

The new Remote Hand Station enables safe and secure local monitoring and control of Rotork IQ3 actuators installed in inaccessible or hazardous locations.

Unlike alternative options offering only basic operation and indication, Rotork’s superior solution provides the user with an exact duplicate of the actuator’s own monitoring and control interface, at a distance of up to 100 metres from the valve.

Crane expands Pacific valves Wedgeplug line

Valve World Publisher - November 6, 2014

Characterised by simplicity of design, low energy usage and the innovative Wedgetorque operator, Pacific Wedgeplug valves from Crane are specifically engineered to address the challenges in severe service applications.

NORSOK M-710 compliance for Ketron PEEK Stock Shapes

Valve World Publisher - October 29, 2014

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant) achieved NORSOK M-710 compliance for its Ketron 1000 PEEK (natural) extruded stock shapes (plates, rods and tubes). Samples machined from the shapes performed successfully when exposed to 10% hydrogen sulphide (H2S) in 100% gas phase, as described in the ISO 23936-2:2011 standard.

Foster Wheeler awarded EPC contract by PEMEX

Valve World Publisher - October 27, 2014

A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by PEMEX REFINACIÓN for an ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) project at the Salina Cruz refinery, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Honeywell’s UOP wins EPC contract for gas plant

Valve World Publisher - October 23, 2014

UOP, a Honeywell company, announced that PennTex North Louisiana, a subsidiary of PennTex Midstream Partners, has selected UOP to engineer, procure and construct (EPC) a gas processing plant to recover valuable natural gas liquids (NGLs) in northern Louisiana.

Wärtsilä to develop Indonesia’s 1st bio-LNG plant

Valve World Publisher - October 22, 2014

Wärtsilä and two Indonesian partners signed a joint development agreement to create the first ever bio-LNG plant in Indonesia.

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