Technical

Ernst Haage has designed a new series of high-pressure bellow valves for metering and shut-off of gases and liquids.

Norsk Hydro is to invest more than NOK 1 billion on exploring for oil off the coast of the West African nation of Angola.

The 52nd Sea Horse Institute, a marine corrosion conference, will be held August 13-16, 2001 in Myrtle Beach South Carolina, USA.

BSS Flow Control Solutions has developed a range of Quarter Turn Ball Valves in a wide variety of materials, ranging from bronze, carbon and stainless steel, to more exotic designs in titanium, hastolloy and monel.

The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) has officially certified three series of Yokogawa field devices as conforming to its most rigorous explosion-proof standard, the FISCO (Fieldbus Intrinsic Safety Concept) model, applied to Foundation Fieldbus technology applications, according to Yokogawa Electric Corporation.

Exxon Mobil Corporation hasannounced that Mobil Cepu Ltd, an affiliated company, has made a major oil discovery in Indonesia following the successful completion of the Banyu Urip No. 3 (BU-3) well.

The Foxboro Company, a unit of Invensys Process Automation, has won an automation contract for the Saudi Aramco Haradh Gas Plant in Saudi Arabia.

FCx Thompson Valves has launched a new specialist technical catalogue for its range of high performance Maxseal IVP pressure regulators.

Norgren has developed the Smart Suite of products, designed to enhance machine performance and provide user intelligence and feedback.

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Ltd are to build a major petrochemical complex in southern China.