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IMI Critical Engineering has delivered a bespoke solution, which has been proven to be able to withstand the unique demands of deep-sea oil and gas extraction over extended periods. There is an estimated extraction of 125 000 bpd of oil and 70 million ft3/d gas at the Tahiti facility in the Gulf of Mexico, where valuable energy resources are in abundance at extreme depths.

Late last month, the workers at Farley nuclear power plant located near Dothan in southeast Alabama, took Unit 1 offline for a scheduled refuelling and maintenance outage. Workers with Southern Nuclear were performing upgrades to the plant systems and components in addition to refuelling the reactor and performing regular maintenance and testing.

Pentair Valves & Controls recently showcased its expanded portfolio of specialised products for the LNG industry at the World Gas Conference (WGC) 2015 in Paris, France earlier this month. Enhancing its current range of products for use across the entire LNG chain, Pentair introduced the Vanessa Series 30,000 Buttweld Top Entry Body Triple Offset Valve (TOV), an FCT cryogenic ball valve and a new Anderson Greenwood 9300H pilot operated pressure relief valve at WGC.

At the upcoming ACHEMA show, which will be held from June 15 to 19 in Frankfurt, Germany, ITT Corporation will be showcasing its latest valve solutions technologies. This will include the PureFlo® EnviZion™ hygienic diaphragm valve, which was selected as a 2014 Breakthrough Product of the Year by Processing Magazine.

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Minnesota regulators have endorsed a controversial northern Minnesota pipeline to carry North Dakota’s crude oil, but left open the prospect of shifting its course away from northern lakes. The 5-0 vote by the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) grants pipeline developer Enbridge Energy a certificate of need to construct the $2.

The latest addition to Emerson’s GO™ Switch product family is Model 7J, a compact proximity sensor with an integral junction box. There is no need to purchase an additional junction box. This added flexibility will help end-users replace troublesome mechanical limit switches at a reduced cost.

IDEX Corporation, based in Lake Forest, Illinois, is a publicly traded company engaged in the development, design, and manufacture of fluidics systems and specialty engineered products. The company has just announced its acquisition of Alfa Valvole srl, an Italian manufacturer of specialty valve procuts used in the chemical, petrochemical and energy markets.

The second morning of Valve World Americas Conference & Exhibition on July 16th will host a series of three hot-topic workshops that will be held concurrently from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. The hardest part of attending the conference will be choosing which workshop to go to on the second day! Each informative workshop will focus on a different topic relevant to the valve industry and will have a moderator as well as a panel made up of the who’s who of manufacturers, end-users and EPCs.

Solenoid Solutions, Inc.’s Wattmizer Series solenoid valves are designed for compact areas and are highly efficient, miniature solenoid valves with operating pressures up to 1,200 psi. Wattmizer series solenoid valves are energy efficient and have low wattage coils ranging from 0.