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Tourmaline consolidates deep basin assets

Tourmaline Oil Corp. has entered into a transaction to acquire Perpetual Energy’s interests in the West Edson area of the Alberta Deep Basin. The interests include Perpetual’s land interests, production, reserves and facilities that are currently joint with Tourmaline.

New rules for hydraulic fracturing unveiled

The federal government’s Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, has released the final standards for hydraulic fracturing on both public and American Indian lands. The new and thorough rules update requirements for well-bore integrity, wastewater disposal and public disclosure of chemicals.

Rotork introduces new Soldo switchbox

Now available from Rotork Instruments is the Soldo Easy Switch hazardous area limit switchbox for manual valves. It has been designed with minimal moving parts and magnetic switching technology for long-term reliability in the most demanding applications and hostile environments.

Summit Valve incorporated into Val-Matic’s team

Val-Matic Valve and Mfg. Corporation has now integrated Summit Valve and Controls, Inc. into part of its Industrial Representatives team. Summit has been a long time representative of Val-Matic products and recently added Industrial Products to its product offerings.

CIRCOR Pibiviesse wins award

The American based-CIRCOR Engergy has announced that one of its brands, the Italy-based CIRCOR Pibiviesse has received the APICS Country Supply Chain Excellence Award, recognizing leading companies that have achieved outstanding results in the fields of Operations and Supply Chain Management.

Exelon developing Texas LNG terminal

Annova LNG, which is based in Houston has filed a request with the FERC to initiate a review of the potential development of a mid-scale natural gas liquefaction and transfer facility at the Port of Brownsville, TX.

January manufacturing tech. orders down

The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) has reported that the January 2015 US manufacturing technology orders totaled $341.17 million. This number is down 32.9 percent from December’s $508.

Crude exports key to US success

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has reported that during a recent house energy hearing, lawmakers were considering more ways to move toward lifting US trade restrictions on crude oil this year. “The US energy revolution has transformed the global landscape, creating countless economic opportunities for American workers and consumers,” said API Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Louis Finkel.

Ottawa proposing more valve protection for tanks

Canada’s capital of Ottawa is proposing long-awaited new standards for rail cars carrying crude oil in a bid to limit a rash of fiery derailments across the country. Transport Canada unveiled a proposal Wednesday that would require tank cars used to haul crude oil and other flammable goods to meet new standards that include thicker steel, thermal protection, full shields at each end and more protection over the valves by 2025 at the latest.

Victaulic wins 2015 workplace award

The Pennsylvania-based Victaulic, the mechanical pipe joining solutions and grooved pipe joining systems, has received the top workplace award for 2015 bestowed by the Morning Call newspaper.