Industry News

James P. Harty will be the new Global Market Manager for the energy management market at Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. The position, based in Houston,Texas, will include oil and gas, power transmission & distribution, and alternative energy.

Hemisphere Energy Corporation announced its expanded capital expenditure plans for the remainder of 2014 as a result of the recently closed USD 10M financing.Hemisphere plans to drill up to 10 additional wells in the remainder of 2014, bringing the total number of wells for the year up to 13.

Daybreak Oil and Gas (Daybreak), a Washington corporation, announced the successful drilling of its ninth consecutive successful oil well at the Twin Bottoms Field in Lawrence County, Kentucky. The Gerald Grove H-10 well was drilled to a measured depth (“MD”) of 4,512ft.

Voith, the company that sets standards in the oil & gas and energy markets, participated in Kaukauna Utilities Badger Hydro plant’s official dedication that took place last week in Kaukauna, Wisconsin.

Xpress Natural Gas (XNG) has expanded its operations into New York. XNG will supply Schweitzer-Mauduit International’s (SWM) Ancram, New York, facility with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).

The FM Fire-Safe Shutoff fusible link valve assemblies from Assured Automation are API 607 and Factory Mutual approved for flammable liquids, and are commonly used to activate sprinkler systems to control fire, and to shut down hazardous lines when fire occurs.These valve and fusible link assemblies include manually operated ball or butterfly valves.

McDermott International has appointed Mr. Gary P. Luquette as the new non-executive chairman of the board of directors.

Southcross Energy Partners acquired natural gas pipelines near Corpus Christi, Texas, along with contracts related to those pipelines.

Parker Hannifin, the motion and control technologies specialist, has extended its range of pilot proportional directional control valves with integrated digital electronics with the new D*1FC series.

It is the 11th year that the ExxonMobil Foundation is offering “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” activities at various sites across the US.