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Subsea Industries launched a new product for filling and building up a corroded and pitted steel surface to its original form prior to recoating with Ecoshield.

A major contract has been signed between Siemens and Cape Wind for the construction of the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US.

Shell completed the acquisition of an additional 23% interest in the Parque das Conchas (BC-10) project offshore Brazil for USD 1B.Regulatory approvals have been obtained and Shell will now hold a 73% operating interest.

Enel Green Power has been awarded multi-year energy supply contracts with two solar projects for an overall capacity of 11MW within Brazil’s Pernambuco Solar Tender.

High Pressure Equipment Company (HiP), a manufacturer of specialty valves for high-pressure applications, has announced their subsea offshore oil & gas ball valves, which are suitable for 20,000-psi operation.

Hydro-Québec, the eastern Canadian utility company, and National Grid, the New England utility company, have awarded ABB, a power and automation technology group, orders to renovate three high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations.  The orders, reportedly worth a combined $75 million, will replace the 20-year-old control and protection systems in the multi-terminal HVDC link, which was the first of its kind between Québec and New England in the early 1990s.

The Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant has been selected to receive the prestigious 2013 Information Systems on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) World-Class As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Performance Award.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners entered into a definitive agreement to acquire American Petroleum Tankers (APT) and State Class Tankers (SCT) from affiliates of The Blackstone Group and Cerberus Capital Management for USD 962M in cash.

DTI introduces a new riser recoil valve for planned or emergency riser recoil events. The streamlined, patent-pending design behind this new technology significantly improves the riser recoil valve’s performance.

Knife gate valve has a simple and compact structure and is made of lightweight materials, which helps it to solve the common valve problems such as the weight, flow resistance, space issues, and installation problems.