New valve positioner for hazardous applications
Westlock Controls announced a new addition to its ICoT smart valve positioner 6000 series. Designed with strong aluminium and stainless steel enclosures and certified as explosion-proof to global standards, the positioners suit both spring-return and double-acting actuators for rotary and linear valves.
Noble Energy acquires deepwater GoM acreage
Noble Energy has reached an agreement with BP Exploration & Production to acquire 50% of BP's interest in 17 deepwater exploration leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Each of the leases resides in the Atwater Valley protraction area, with Noble Energy acquiring a 50% working interest in 13 leases and an average 26% working interest in 4 leases.
Calumet investing in GTL Project
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, the producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, has announced that it will be investing as a joint venture partner in the construction of a commercial gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant that is being built to produce 1,100 barrels per day of refined products, such as waxes, drilling fluids, distillate and naphtha from natural gas.
SFC valve interlock for easy adjustments
Trapped-key interlocks offer enhanced safety and efficiency for the most difficult process management challenges. Mounted directly to valves, interlocks ensure a process only happens in the correct operational sequence.
Stolt-Nielsen Gas forms new LNG Logistics JV
Stolt-Nielsen announced that Stolt-Nielsen Gas, SunLNG Holding and LNGaz have agreed to form a new start-up focused on the development of small-scale LNG liquefaction and logistics services in Bécancour, Québec, Canada.