Technical

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals have appointed a consortium led by Bechtel Co. as project manager for a USD 4.05 billion petrochemical joint venture in southern China.

Valve World will organise an international seminar on CE Marking of Valves as part of the European Legislation and the Pressure Equipment Directive.

ISA 2001, the instrumentation, systems and automation conference and exhibition, will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, USA, from 10-13 September 2001.

The Nigeria National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) Saturday signed a pact of 62 million U.S. dollars with Japan's power equipment company Marubent. Liyel Imoke, chairman of NEPA's technical board, was quoted as saying that the Japanese company will install six new power generating turbines.

FCx Performance Inc. companies have sealed two major new sole supply agreements in the US flow-control marketplace.

Hex Valve has published a free 36-page catalogue with detailed technical specifications on its primary, gauge, and block & bleed instrument valves.

The Weir Group has appointed two new directors at subsidiary companies.

American Electric Power will begin construction of new emission control systems at two of its power plants in West Virginia.

Krupp Uhde has won a second major contract for the construction of a polyethylene plant in Iran within a space of only 8 weeks. The customer is the Jam Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), Teheran.

Continental Disc Corporation of Liberty, Missouri, is now marketing the full range of Groth vapour control products throughout the UK and mainland Europe.