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Pentair offers customer education program

Pentair Valves & Controls has introduced the Pentair University customer education programme for past, present and prospective clients and industry leaders in various locations throughout the world.

PECO announces service investments in Pennsylvania

PECO, a Philadelphia-based utility providing energy solutions to 1.6 million electric and more than 511,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania, recently announced the completion of nearly 600 projects to enhance natural gas and electric service for customers during the first quarter of 2016.

AWWA announces new edition of air valves manual

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has released the second edition of their air valves manual, “M51 Air Valves: Air-Release, Air/Vacuum & Combination.

Hunt Valve makes valve material selection easy

Salem, Ohio- based Hunt Valve, a fluid power engineering company specializing in severe-duty valves and components, has published a free infographic designed to help plant and maintenance engineers select industrial valve materials that maximize the performance of their high-pressure hydraulic systems.

Frames completed HIPPS for deepwater gas field

Frames, supplier of oil & gas solutions and certified High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS) integrator, together with their partner Mokveld, completed two HIPPS for the Pemex Lakach field Gas Collection Station.

Fluctuating choke valve market will bounce back

The choke valve market ranges between USD $250 million and USD $400 million per year depending on the definition and where we are in the oil and gas cycle.

Fike extends warranty on pressure safety products

Fike has extended the Standard warranty period for the Large Atlas, Atlas, Axius and Axius SC product lines. With global headquarters in Blue Springs, Missouri, this manufacturer of rupture (bursting) disc devices will be offering a full product warranty on these products, which the company says provide outstanding service life performances due to their innovative concept and proven service life.

Bee Valve offers field repairable ball valve line

Elyria, Ohio-based Bee Valve Inc. offers a range of polypropylene ball valves that are field repairable. These include 1", 2" and 3" standard port valves, and 1/2" through 2-1/2" full port valves.

C. Foster joins Powell Valves as Southwest Manager

The Wm. Powell Company has announced the addition of Cory Foster to the sales team as Regional Manager - Southwest. Foster is a native of Houston, Texas, and a graduate of the University of Houston with a degree in Business Management.

Peru diversifies crude import sources

Peru has started expanding the sources of its crude imports, slowly introducing US and Brazilian grades to a supply mostly based on oil from Ecuador, Africa and Trinidad and Tobago.