TD Williamson, the global pipeline solutions provider, has introduced its latest innovation for the gas industry - the POLYSTOPP Quick Connect system. The system allows operators to isolate a polyethylene line twice as fast as other methods while preventing the damage associated with squeezing. Senior product manager at HT&P Ryan Ragsdale said it took less than 10 minutes... [Read More]

More than 270 Rotork process control actuators have been ordered for a project in Australia. The customers, which have not been revealed, purchased the quarter-turn CVQ electric actuators which will operate ball and v-ball valves on separator skids to control the water extraction process at an onshore natural gas production site in the Surat Basin. The ball valves will... [Read More]

Schroeder Valves is offering a new type of valve for pressures from 140 to 250 bar - the Schroeder Intermediate Pressure Valve (SIP). This series is ideal in systems with frequent operation in the minimum flow range. It will especially be in use with boiler feed water circuits in gas and steam combined cycle power plants (CCPP) for the protection of centrifugal pumps.... [Read More]

Warren Controls, a leading manufacturer of control valves and speciality fluid handling products, has launched its two and three-way electrically actuated HVAC/BAC control valves. The valve is designed to assist in the transport of low-pressure steam or hot or cold water within a building for temperature regulation and for domestic use. The three-way valves are available... [Read More]

KROHNE, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of solutions in industrial process instrumentation, has announced it continues to ship full product lines from its Beverly facility despite current global restrictions that have impacted numerous industrial operations as a result of Covid-19. Bob Senk, Vice President of Operations for KROHNE, said: “Magmeters, level... [Read More]

Twenty years on since purchasing their first equipment from Landia, the same Mexican customer has placed a new order for 20 submersible mixers and chopper pumps. The mixers will be working in the process tanks of two WWTP’s in Atequiza – whilst the chopper pumps will be recirculating digester sludge every four hours. Located close to Mexico’s largest freshwater... [Read More]

Emerson and Quantum Reservoir Impact have announced a team-up to develop and market the next-generation applications for AI-based analytics and decision-making tools for oil and gas exploration and production. The collaboration combines the power of Emerson’s global reach and the world’s largest independent exploration and production software portfolio with Quantum’s... [Read More]

The plunge in oil prices have hit the upstream sector hard. Cuts are being made across the industry that will have a dramatic impact on the industry’s project pipeline. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes almost all pre-final investment decisions (FID) on projects will be deferred. And of the 50 or so projects identified with potential to go... [Read More]

New York City fireboats have been equipped with Rotork’s electric actuators. The boats, Firefighter 2 and Firefighter 343, from the Marine Division of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) are using its IQ range of part-turn devices which will help keep the city safe. The actuators have the important duty of controlling the flow of water to the fire nozzles... [Read More]

Rotork’s hydraulic actuators have been selected for use in the redevelopment of the Bokor oil field, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The company, MIR Valve, ordered 12 RH rack and pinion actuators to control subsea ball valves on a jacket flooding system, as part of the Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd Bokor Phase 3 redevelopment project, which aims to boost production rates. Jacket... [Read More]

UK-based valve manufacturing company Oliver Valves has secured an order worth over £10 million (€11.9 million) for an international engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company based in the Middle East. The order is for over 1,200 double block and bleed valves, which will be stationed offshore in the Arabian Gulf. The historic order for Oliver Valves is... [Read More]

Pressure control equipment provider Oxford Flow has announced that its IM valve has been approved by UK utility SGN for use in its gas networks across the country. Following a Network Innovation Allowance project with SGN, the gas regulator valve with a diaphragm-free design will be made available for the first time in UK gas distribution. The IM valve, which was... [Read More]

Metso’s valve business, future Neles, has announced that its valves were used in around 250 major shutdowns around the world in 2019, to secure plant availability, reliability, safety and environmental compliance. Services included specialised maintenance planning, on-time start-up and effective execution, ensuring the safety and availability of the plant until the... [Read More]

US-based Ferguson has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Columbia Pipe & Supply, an independent distributor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company, which specialises in PVF, commercial mechanical, commercial plumbing, industrial, valve automation, engineered products and hydronics, was founded in 1935 and employs around 375 staff. Columbia Pipe operates... [Read More]

Rotork has announced that its electric and fluid power actuators have been installed on a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, located offshore Brazil. Metroval selected Rotork intelligent IQ3 multi-turn electric actuators, as well as CP and GP quarter-turn pneumatic actuators, to control plug and butterfly valves on an FPSO, which will operate... [Read More]

The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has proposed a rulemaking that would revise federal pipeline safety regulations by requiring the installation of remotely controlled or automatic shutoff valves on certain pipelines. The published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is for certain newly constructed or entirely... [Read More]