Saudi gas project is right on track

Saudi Arabia has cleared a major obstacle for signing final agreements with international oil majors for two mega gas projects, agreeing terms on associated power plants, the chief Saudi negotiator has said.

Chinese polypropylene plants

Tecnimont (Italy) has won contracts to build three polypropylene plants.

Kårstø continues to expand

Capacity at the Kårstø gas processing complex north of Stavanger is set to be expanded by more than 40% above the present level in 2005.

Australian ammonia plant

Burrup Fertilizers Pty Ltd has awarded a USD 300 million contract to Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Inc.'s Australian subsidiary SNC-Lavalin (SA) Inc.

AMC to install Snøhvit

A contract worth some NOK 80 million to install subsea production systems on Statoil's Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea has been awarded to Aker Marine Contractors (AMC).

Power supplies are fit for fieldbus

MTL's 9122-IS and 9121-IS Fisco power supplies have passed rigorous testing by Emerson Process Management for integration into the DeltaV digital automation system that is part of the PlantWeb architecture.

Velan wins TUV PED approval

Velan has earned PED approval from TUV, a necessity for supplying cast steel valves from Velan's Portugal manufacturing plant for the German market.

Stainless valves and fittings

NeRo (Oldbury, UK) has published a 130-page catalogue showing a wide range of stainless steel valves, tubes, pipes and fittings.

Foundation Fieldbus guide

A new pocket guide from the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA) is now available in Europe from American Technical Publishers.

Conbraco invests

Valve and flow control manufacturer Conbraco have invested EUR 50,000 in additional warehouse racking and handling equipment at its facility in Manchester, UK.