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Pipelines
Composite Pipes Industry (CPI), a manufacturer of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes, has won a contract worth $5 million (€3.6 million) for the supply of pipes and fittings for a 62 km-long pipeline for British oil giant BP.
The company says the corrosion-resistant pipes, to be used on the pipeline in BP's Khazzan field development in Oman, are cost-effective and do not require…
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Valves
Neste Oil and Metso have agreed on the delivery of automation and valve technology for the refinery unit under construction at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery.
Metso's technology helps the company with its targets to increase the output of high-octane gasoline and to improve flexibility in production. Construction started in 2013, and the unit is due to come onstream in spring 2015.
The delivery…
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Flowmeters
OW Bunker is continuing to roll out its flow measurement technology across its global bunker fleet.
The company has announced it recently installed a Coriolis flowmeter on a refuelling barge in Rotterdam.OW Bunker is the first independent physical fuel distributor to use the technology when supplying customers in the region.
Reports say the Coriolis flowmeter has been installed on the bunker…
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Pumps
Sustainable productivity solutions provider Atlas Copco has introduced a new range of energy saving vacuum pumps.
With the new GHS 350-900 VSD+ range, Atlas promises average energy savings of 50% compared with conventional oil-sealed and dry vane vacuum pumps, as well low noise levels and good oil retention.
The GHS 350-900 VSD+ range, generating nominal displacement of up to 900m3/h,…
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Valves
Bestobell Valves has secured an order with China’s Hudong Zhonghua shipyard to supply valves for six liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
The contract is the latest in a series from the shipyard for the UK-based President Engineering Group subsidiary’s cryogenic valves.
When completed in 2015, the LNG carriers will be used by Sinopec, the China Shipping Group and Japanese shipping…
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Valves
Technology and automation manufacturer Metso has been given a substantial order to be delivered to Saudi Aramco's petroleum refining and petrochemical production complex currently under construction.
The order includes a considerable range of Metso's Neles rotary and globe valves and Jamesbury valves, including control, on/off and safety valves. It also includes the company's intelligent safety…
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Other
Plexus Holdings, an oil and gas engineering services business, has agreed a new three-year contract with drilling and engineering company AGR Well Management.
Under the contract, Plexus will supply both its standard pressure and High Temperature/High Pressure ('HPHT') POS-GRIP wellhead technology and mudline services to AGR.
Plexus has already received its first order under the new contract,…
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Pumps
Australian Pump Industries has announced that Tsurumi’s 1000V submersible dewatering pumps will soon begin trials at mine sites across Australia.
Tsurumi’s Kyoto factory has finished the design, prototyping, and laboratory testing for the pump model, which is now ready for live mine environments.
Australian Pump, Tsurumi’s distributor in Australia, is working with…
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Flowmeters
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will stop approving barges without mass-flowmeters for bunker transfer by the end of the year, it has been reported.
Approved and sealed mass flowmeters for all bunker barges will eventually be required, but the deadline for that mandate may take up to two years.
It is thought that a fears of an increase in bunker fraud may be one of the reasons…
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Other
Japan-based global electronics firm Funai Electric, will open a subsidiary, Funai Lexington Technology Corporation, on Lexington's Lexmark International campus, Kentucky, US, in April.
The new subsidiary will support research and development in inkjet and microfluidic technologies, which involve the use of engineering, science and technology to design systems for handling small volumes of fluid.
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Pipelines
The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has acquired Tubexpress, a Brazilian distribution company which supplies pipes and tubes to the petrochemical and oil and gas industry.
Tubexpress, founded in 1990, is a stock holding distributor offering products according to ISO 9000 standards. The company has two branches in Osasco and São Carlos, both in the state of São Paulo, and employs…
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Other
Ampco-Pittsburgh, a liquid processing equipment and centrifugal pump provider, has announced the acquisition of the business and assets of Alloys Unlimited and Processing, a specialty tool, alloy, and carbon steel round bar supplier.
Alloys also provides specialty services including precision saw cutting, CNC machining, rough turning and boring, heat treating, and trepanning.
Alloys is the newly…
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Flowmeters
UK flowmeter manufacturer Litre Meter has dispatched a delivery of its positive displacement flowmeters to Kempe Australia, an engineering firm, for chemical injection applications at New Zealand's North Island.
Twelve LF05 VFF rotary piston flowmeters will measure the flow of chemicals including corrosion inhibitor, demulsifier, and scale inhibitor.
Five skids, each with dedicated flowmeters,…
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Valves
Fluid dispensing systems manufacturer Nordson EFD is offering a spray enabling precise application of oils, grease, and other medium-viscosity liquids for a variety of industry processes.
The 781S spray valve system uses low-volume, low-pressure technology to accurately apply a fine, uniform coating of material without waste, mess or overspray, says the company.
The valve is designed for maximum…
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Pipelines
CB&I, a Texas-based energy infrastructure firm, has announced it will be supplying pipe fabrication for the Dow Chemical Co. US Gulf Coast investment programme.
The contract includes pipes for four new polyethylene plants in Louisiana and Texas and a new propylene and ethylene production unit in Texas. Both products are used in making chemicals.
The value of the contracts has not been…
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Other
Saudi-based Ashcroft Al Rushaid Instrument Company (Aarico) recently unveiled its range of process instrumentation solutions at the Gulf Industry Fair in Bahrain.
Aarico, a joint venture between Al Rushaid Petroleum Investment and US-based Ashcroft Nagano Keiki, says it is the only manufacturer of pressure and temperature instruments in the Middle East.
The JV's products include pressure and…
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Valves
Motion and control technologies provider Parker Hannifin has released the R9 diaphragm rocker isolation liquid valve family.
Parker says the new range of 9mm valves improves performance of clinical diagnostic, analytical chemistry, and agent detection systems requiring precision fluid control.
Due to their small size, the R9 valves can be mounted over microplates eliminating transfer lines,…
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Flowmeters
Titan Enterprises, a flow measurement solutions firm with over 40 years' experience, is offering a range of flowmeters for applications requiring an accurate, compact and lightweight device.
The company says its Oval Gear (OG) flowmeters have recently been used in monitoring hydraulic fluids at the end of a robot arm, measuring sulphite spraying in a vineyard and for medical dosing.
Based upon…
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