Innovations and solutions

Franklin Valve LP of Houston, TX and Microfinish Valves Limited of Karnataka, India have entered into a Technology License Agreement whereby Microfinish Valves will manfacture and sell the Franklin Duraseal Double Block & Bleed Plug valve in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lank and Myanmar, under the Microfinish brand.

Aker Solutions' subsidiary Managed Pressure Operations (MPO) will deliver managed pressure drilling (MPD) systems and riser gas-handling services to Repsol Sinopec Brazil.

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global motion and control technologies company, has introduced the Viking Lite Valve Series, a new low-cost inline solenoid valve.

The SPX brand Copes-Vulcan developed its Direct Steam Conditioning Valve with Steam Atomising (DSCV-SA) specifically for heavy-duty applications such as steam turbine bypass. Vital to the safe and efficient operation of a power plant, the DSCV-SA has been designed for ultimate reliability.

Control Techniques, an Emerson Industrial Automation company, released its Digitax ST-X indexing servo motor drive with EtherNet/IP™, a new variant of the company’s popular Digitax ST series of pulse duty servo drives.

Ecopetrol S.A. has discovered the presence of hydrocarbons at Cusuco 1, an exploratory well located within the municipality of San Carlos de Guaroa, Meta Province, Colombia. Cusuco 1 is part of the CPO-10 Exploration and Production Agreement of December 2008 between Ecopetrol and the National Hydrocarbons Agency.

Employees at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland, USA have been honored with the B. Ralph Sylvia “Best of the Best” Award for an innovative pressurizer component replacement, the NEI has reported.

COOPER® Valves has moved from a 10,000 sq. ft. manufacturing warehouse and a separate office building to a 60,000 sq.

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.

TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced that it is offering its SmartTrack™ remote tracking and pressure-monitoring system for use in the global marketplace.