Industry News

Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, LLC, has won a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contract for the management and operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

On 13 September chief nuclear officers representing all operating U.S. commercial nuclear energy facilities concluded a week of safety-focused dialogue and tours of Japanese nuclear plants, including the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini plant sites, the NEI has reported. The unprecedented exchange among nearly 30 U.S.

Phil Keating, a leading international valve expert and specialist in the oil and gas sector will be one of the speakers at the prestigious 2013 Valve World Asia conference being held in Suzhou, China, in September.

Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals has awarded a USD 270M contract to CB&I for the construction of a turnkey propane terminal and de-ethanizer facility in Marcus Hook, Penn.

Alfa Laval introduces a new generation of diaphragm valve to its broad valve portfolio for hygienic applications.

ACS Valves introduces a new line of cast iron rotary airlock valves designed to extend the primary process optimisation benefits typically associated with high-end, specialty-application valve designs to general industry.

MRC Global has opened a new regional distribution centre in Tulsa, OK. The facility includes a 2-acre pipeyard, 80,000 square-foot warehouse space and a valve automation centre.

Tenaris, a leading supplier of tubes and related services for the world's energy industry and other industrial applications, has signed a contract to supply Petrobras with 9 5/8 casing with TenarisHydril Blue premium connections for offshore exploration wells over the upcoming years. The TenarisHydril Blue connections have been developed to face the most challenging E&P environments and tested in accordance with ISO 13679 CAL IV.

GE Oil & Gas introduced the LNG In A Box system, a small-scale, plug-and-play, re-deployable liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelling solution that can help accelerate the use of natural gas as a cost-effective, cleaner transportation fuel.

NRG Energy has plans to offer up to three proposals for a new natural gas-fired plant to replace the nuclear reactors at Entergy’s Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York, according to a report from Reuters.