Technical

Petrobras has announced in early November that it had selected WorleyParsons (Sydney, Australia) to take part in the largest industrial undertaking in the history of the company in Brazil.

The Fieldbus Foundation (FF), HART Communication Foundation (HCF) and Profibus Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO), have formed a Wireless Cooperation Team to begin an unprecedented project to collaborate on wireless technology in the manufacturing and process industries.

Mexican state-owned power company CFE Comision Federal de Electricidad (Federal Electricity Commission) has awarded the construction of the 750MW La Yesca hydroelectric project on the Santiago River in Mexico’s Jalisco and Nayarit states to a consortium composed of the Mexican engineering firm Empresas ICA S.A.

Three consortia have pre-qualified to bid for construction of a medical and industrial waste treatment plant at the Ghabawi landfill, situated some 25km east of Amman in Jordan.

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has announced that Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, and Ecuador-based Petroecuador have signed a Memorandum of Intent in order to build a new refinery in the coastal province of Manabi, NE Ecuador.

Mexico state-owned power company, CFE Comision Federal de Electricidad (Federal Electricity Commission), has received three bids for the 750MW La Yesca hydroelectric project to be located on the Santiago River in Jalisco and Nayarit states, Mexico.

The Severn Glocon Group plc, a UK-based manufacturer and service provider for severe service control valves in the oil, gas, petrochemical, power generation and associated industries, has announced the acquisition of Design Paradigm Ltd, a specialist engineering design and analysis consultancy with a strong valve industry pedigree.

SPX Corp. has announced that its process equipment business has received a contract from Westinghouse Electric Co. to design and engineer valves for new nuclear power plants in China.

With regards to an improved service to its clients, Transmark Fcx Italy has announced that presently its new Sicilian stocking facility is now fully operational with its own offices and warehouses close to the Petrochemical Complexes of Siracuse.

A detailed technical overview on WirelessHART(tm) technology, the new wireless communication standard for process measurement and control applications, is now available for viewing at the HART® Communication Foundation (HCF) website (www.hartcomm.org).