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Rotork Fairchild, a member of the Rotork Instruments Division, announces the introduction of the all-new Model 11 low pressure regulator.

Nuclear technology firm Invap will construct two research reactors, one in Brazil and one in Argentina, under a contract signed with the two countries.

Exxon Mobil and the workers’ union at the company's Baytown, Texas, refinery reached a tentative agreement over contract language on safety — a dispute that the union said could lead to a strike if not resolved. A spokesperson for the United Steelworkers local at Baytown said Exxon agreed to implement a fatigue management system regulating the number of days in a row an employee could work, and to accept a process safety representative position in the new three-year contract.

Speaking at the "Global Deepwater Technology Development" panel in Houston, USA, Petrobras' executive manager for production engineering in Exploration & Production, Solange da Silva Guedes highlighted the importance of integrating companies that operate in deepwater oil and gas fields with universities and suppliers for the development of offshore production technology. The panel, with more than 250 attendees, opened the first day of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), the world's biggest event devoted to offshore oil exploration and production.

Rotork Valvekits, the specialist valve mounting kit company in the Rotork group of flow control businesses, is now the official stockist and distributor for the industry-leading Pneumatrol Namur range of solenoid valves. The Pneumatrol range, formerly known as RGS Davis, has a long history and excellent reputation for providing pneumatic solenoid valve solutions within hazardous and non-hazardous environments.

Val-Matic have been recently been extolling the virtues of their American-BFV Butterly Valve. They state that thousands of field installations throughout the world have demonstrated the strong, reliable, and proven dependability of the product in recent months. Features such as standard epoxy interior, continuous uninterrupted seating, and the Tri-Loc™ seat retention system allows for field adjustment/replacement without the need for special tools or epoxies.

Flowserve announced the launch of the newly developed Flowserve Limitorque UEX electronic control package for L120 series actuators.

At the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Total was honoured with the Distinguished Achievement Award for Companies for its Pazflor deep offshore development.

Exxon Mobil Corporation has begun development of the Julia oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. Capital cost for the project is estimated to be more than $4 billion.

Flexlife, a specialist provider of flexible pipe integrity and engineering services, is expanding into a new facility in Houston and targeting U.S.