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Swagelok expands line with IPT series

Swagelok has expanded their medium-and high-pressure product line with the addition of IPT series products. This series includes precision valves, fittings and fluid-control devices suitable for surface and subsea installation, instrumentation, injection, and sampling systems.

Bifold introduces valve & manifold configurators

The Bifold Group, a world class supplier of the widest range of switching instrument and piping valves and pumps and official partner of the Marussia F1™ Team, has introduced its new valve and manifold configurators. The online drag-and-drop Modular Manifold Configurator can be used to design highly bespoke manifold systems effortlessly.

Metso RapidDraw3D™ Valve Model Generator

New RapidDraw3D™ Valve Model GeneratorMetso puts free, one-of-a-kind valve model generator on the cloud.Metso’s new RapidDraw3D Valve Model Generator is a free automated valve assembly model generator that allows users to quickly create realistic, to-scale, 3D valve assemblies and export them to most CAD programs for use in plant piping diagrams.

Devon Energy forms midstream master limited partne

Devon Energy Corporation’s board of directors has approved a plan to form a publicly traded midstream master limited partnership (MLP).

Wood Group providing services for pipeline project

Wood Group Mustang has been selected by Williams to provide survey, engineering, design and program management for its Purity Pipeline projects.

Petrobras starts pre-salt production

Petrobras has put FPSO Cidade de Paraty onstream June 6 to begin commercial production in the Santos Basin Lula Nordeste pre-salt.

GDF SUEZ to supply LNG as a Vehicle Fuel

GDF SUEZ Gas NA has begun supplying Transgas, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucking company in the Northeast, with LNG for use as a vehicle fuel.

BP to add two rigs in Alaskan expansion

BP has announced plans to invest USD 1B over the next five years at its Alaskan operations for adding two new drilling rigs to its exploration of the North Slope.

Linde to invest USD 200M in Texas

Linde North America will invest more than USD 200M to build a large, state-of-the art air separation unit (ASU), a new gasification train and supporting equipment and facilities at La Porte, Texas.

Emerson introduces solution for Rockwell PLCs

Control Techniques, an Emerson Industrial Automation company, released its Digitax ST-X indexing servo motor drive with EtherNet/IP™, a new variant of the company’s popular Digitax ST series of pulse duty servo drives.