New appointment for BJ Tubular Services

BJ Services Company announced that Malcolm Gray-Stephens has been promoted to Technical Services Manager – Middle East & Asia Pacific Region for BJ Tubular Services.

Nanhai petrochemical project

Major construction work is expected to start in early 2003 on the Nanhai Petrochemical complex, which is located on Daya Bay near Hong Kong.

Oman approves third LNG train

Oman has approved an expansion of its liquefied natural gas plant through a third train which is expected to raise the country's output by 50% to 9.9 million tonnes a year, an oil ministry official has said.

Four consortia in Jordan-Egypt pipeline bid

Four international consortia have bid for the construction of the Jordan-Egypt gas pipeline, a senior official has said.

New step forward for pressure sensors

Sensor-Technik UK is launching a new series of pressure sensors featuring what is claimed to be a breakthrough in technology.

Fastest coating facility in the world

Together with Pagendarm BTT GmbH, BASF in Ludwigshafen is building a technical centre facility for aqueous pressure-sensitive adhesives that is designed to operate at a maximum speed of 1500 metres per minute.

Sitindustrie launches new website

The Sitindustrie Group, specialists in tubes and pipes, industrial equipment, non ferrous metals and steel, is launching its new website, www.sitindustrie.com.

Ball valves in refrigeration units

Ease of maintenance lies behind York Marine's decision to replace traditional globe valves with Worcester V-Flow ball control valves in the design of its new VSM 151 refrigeration units.

DSM developing global standards

To become more efficient and competitive, DSM is introducing technical standards world-wide covered by the Operational Excellence programme.

FCx Truflo wins contract for destroyers

A consortium led by FCx Truflo Marine has secured a major contract to supply actuated and manual valves on the new Type 45 Anti Air Warfare Destroyers being designed, engineered and built by BAE Systems for the UK Ministry of Defence.