News

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Ultrasonic level measurement in harsh environments

Emerson Process Management has expanded the measurement capabilities of the Rosemount 3100 Series of ultrasonic non-contacting level transmitters to harsh environments with the option of plastic (glass-filled nylon) housing.

H-class gas turbines to US power plant

Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of two power plant units with H-class gas turbines for the Liberty combined cycle power plant in Pennsylvania.

Siemens to supply 116 wind turbines to 267-MW in the US

Siemens Energy has been awarded a major order from Portland General Electric Company, a fully integrated public utility in Oregon, for 116 units of its SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines.

Technip and Sasol form a front-end engineering alliance

Technip and Sasol, the owners of leading gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, have established an alliance for front-end engineering services for future Sasol GTL projects.

Fact-finding mission to Emerson actuator facility

Take a look at a typical actuator catalogue and it is hard not to be impressed. Wireless communications, modular actuators, safety systems… manufacturers have put in a lot of time and effort to develop and introduce new technologies. Glancing through yet another glossy brochure, however, the Online Team at Valve World did start to wonder about the practicability of these sophisticated new features.

Valve expert to address offshore challenges

Phil Keating, a leading international valve expert and specialist in the oil and gas sector will be one of the speakers at the prestigious 2013 Valve World Asia conference being held in Suzhou, China, in September.

KBR wins Global Contingency Construction contract

The U.S. Navy recently awarded KBR a contract under the Navy’s Global Contingency Construction Multiple Award Contract.

Longer life & more reliable sealing

Wherever aggressive biodiesel and alcohol additives are utilised in motor fuels, it poses particular problems associated with unstable chemistry during production, blending, transportation and dispensing of such fuels.

Check valve for back-flow prevention

Over twenty years of field operation, research, development and engineering enhancements have combined to make the Tideflex TF-1 Check Valve an extremely reliable check valve.

Capstone acquires option on exploration property

Capstone Mining has entered into an option agreement with Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) to earn up to 70% of a property, Project Providencia.