Technical

Following the retirement in October of David Pangbourne, Rob Bartlett has recently been appointed as the new BVAA Director.

Ceetak, the UK designer and supplier of seals, has launched a new service for the customised design and production of special-purpose rubber seals and gaskets.

Qatar Petroleum and ConocoPhillips have signed a Statement of Intent regarding the construction of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar.

OPEC member Kuwait is likely to re-tender a major contract aimed at boosting its oil export capacity to 3 million barrels per day, a senior executive has said.

Peter Brotherhood has secured a GBP 1.85 million contract to supply three reciprocating gas compressors to a gas processing facility jointly owned by BP and Sonatrach in In Amenas, Algeria.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company in Singapore was appointed by GlaxoWellcome Manufacturing Pte Ltd (a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) company) to deliver scheme design and engineering, procurement, and construction management services to redevelop the facilities that house technical development and quality assurance/quality control analytical testing support to manufacturing at Jurong, Singapore.

Velan has begun to ship Securaseal Severe Service Metal-Seated Ball Valves for the Rio Tuba Nickel HPP Project, in the Philippines.

Parker Instrumentation has signed a representation agreement for its fluid instrumentation manifolds, valves and tube fitting product lines with Benfield Electric Japan (BEJ).

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract to provide the engineering, procurement and technical advisory support for two new pure terephthalic acid (PTA) plants in the Far East.

Statoil has awarded Aker Kvaerner a contract for hook-up and installation work on the Snohvit LNG plant which is under construction at Melkoya Island near Hammerfest.