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Subsea 7 S.A. awarded contract offshore Gulf of Mexico

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a contract by Stone Energy valued in excess of US$70 million for the development of the Cardona field in the U.S.

Emerson to automate Premier Oil platform

Premier Oil has awarded a USD 17M contract to Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, for automating a new offshore production platform in the Solan oil field on the U.K.

VAl-Matic Hydraulic Control Panels

Val-Matic hydraulic control panels use high quality component and are designed to reliably operate the pump control ball valve with water or oil supply.

Trelleborg wins its largest offshore order

Trelleborg, through its business area Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, has been awarded a contract to supply drill riser buoyancy modules (DRBMs) to one of the major drilling companies in the world.

Hardide Coatings develops HCP alternative

Hardide Coatings has developed a revolutionary alternative to toxic hard-chrome plating (HCP), which is expected to be restricted or banned soon.  Hardide-A meets strict new EU and US environmental standards and provides comparable wear, corrosion, hardness, surface finish and substrate bonding properties to HCP.

Technip to lay the world’s deepest gas pipeline

Technip was awarded an important engineering, procurement and installation contract by Shell Offshore for the development of subsea infrastructure for the Stones field.

Erratum to news on the Bonney Forge Corporation

On page 57 of the July/August edition of Valve World magazine an association was made between the Bonney Forge Corporation and Indian industrial products.

Wood Group GTS expands gas turbine services

Wood Group GTS has expanded its gas turbine service line and now offers maintenance, repair and overhaul for Solar Mars and Siemens SGT 200 (Tornado) dry low emissions and SGT 100 (Typhoon) gas turbines.

Exchangeable modular dispensing valve

Nordson EFD, a Nordson company, introduced the PICO xMOD valve, a new, fully exchangeable and modular concept in non-contact and contact needle dispensing of assembly fluids.

Crane announces title sponsorship

CRANE ChemPharma & Energy and CRANE Nuclear, leading providers of products and solutions for fluid handling applications worldwide, announced Crane’s title sponsorship of the 2013 Valve World Asia Conference and Nuclear Exchange.