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New 6000 PSI DBBV service valve

An innovative 6000 PSI Double Block & Bleed (DBBV) service valve is the latest offering from Rohrback Cosasco corrosion monitoring solutions. The double block and bleed service valve is safer than a standard service valve and is often mandated by the oil and gas industry or operator policy for improved safety.

Pentair launches API 2000 complaint valves

Pentair Valves & Controls, with branches in North and South America, has launched its new Anderson Greenwood 4000 Series of pressure and vacuum relief valves, compliant with the latest API 2000 standard.

Griffco Valve receives CE PED

The manufacturer of high quality chemical feed equipment for pumps and systems, Griffco Valve, has earned certification for CE under the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 97/23/EC Category IV, Modules B and D, for its design and manufacture of back pressure valves and pressure relief/safety valves.

Carel’s E3V-C valve

The new E3V-C valve from Carel completes the company’s broad range of offerings for transcritical carbon-dioxide applications, introducing a whole new concept in refrigerant flow design. The E3V-C is made from a complete stainless steel construction, and a very unique demountable architecture for the transcritical CO2 valve market.

GE 3D printing control valve parts

The American Company, GE Oil & Gas, is now using the latest in metal laser sintering hybrid milling machines (metal 3D printers) at its Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, to manufacture GE’s Masoneilan control valve parts with special configurations for use across various applications across the Energy industry.

Bonomi’s new ANSI 150 flanged valves

Bonomi's new Series VF300, VF600 and VF900 raised-face flanged valves feature 30°, 60° or 90° V-shaped ports for optimal flow control. They feature an ASTM A351-CF8M stainless steel body and ball, and a 316 stainless steel blowout proof stem and meet ANSI 16.

Cameron announces two new directors

Cameron has elected Mr. Brent J. Smolik and Mr. R. Scott Rowe to the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Smolik, 53, has served since 2012 as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of EP Energy Corporation, a Houston-based oil exploration firm.

Primetals receives FAC for heat treatment plant

Primetals Technologies received the final acceptance certificate (FAC) from Borusan Mannesmann Pipe US for a heat treatment plant installed in the company´s new electric resistance welded (ERW) pipe mill in Baytown, Texas, USA.

Delfin & Hoegh team up for FLNG project

Delfin LNG LLC has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Höegh LNG Ltd in relation to its US-based Delfin Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port Project. The Project is a planned floating liquefaction, deepwater port designed to export liquefied natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico, and is positioned to be the first floating deepwater liquefaction project in the United States.

New Flowrox Expulse pulsation dampener

The heavy-duty industrial valve manufacturing and services company, Flowrox, has launched the Flowrox Expulse™ product, designed to assist during pump and dampener maintenance by reducing noise and vibration associated with traditional methods, which can lead to pipe damage that can cause breakage and a loss of revenue.