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Exlar expands K Series actuators

Exlar, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls has announced the expansion of its K Series™ line of linear actuators with new 75 mm frame size.

Linear Actuators for Critical Large Pressure Contr

 Designed for use on rising stem globe control valves, PL Series actuators provide up to 4400 lbs.

ASCO Numatics introduce new range

ASCO Numatics have just announced the release of their new range of energy efficient motorised valves with stainless steel bodies.

Intertek addresses LNG demands

Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has stated that liquefied natural gas usage, encouraged by offshore and shale gas projects, continues to expand in global markets, as the company attended and exhibited at the LNG-17 conference in Houston, Texas.

Exlar expands flexible K series actuators

Exlar, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls, announces the expansion of its K Series™ line of linear actuators with new 75 mm frame size.

Chevron makes oil discovery

The Chevron Corporation has announced an oil discovery at the Coronado prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Walker Ridge Block 98 Well No.

Parker Hannifin launches new catalogue

The Fluid Control Division in Europe has introduced its new General Catalogue for Industrial Solenoid Valves for Fluid Control. The complete range of industrial solenoid valves includes 2 and 3 way valves for dry or lubricated air, neutral gases, water, steam, with anti water hammer function, valves for hydraulic oil, high corrosion resistant Stainless Steel valves, oil burner valves, fast switching valves, 3 and 5 way pneumatic distributors for actuation control with pipe mounting, sub-base or Namur interface and electro-pneumatic pressure regulators.

Joint venture forms Integrated Plant Services

WorleyParsons has entered into a joint venture with Day & Zimmermann to provide turnkey solutions to the U.S.

TMK acquires pipe services assets in Houston

OFS International LLC, which is controlled by TMK, one of the world’s leading producers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in the pipe services and precision manufacturing assets of ITS Tubular Services (Holdings) Limited and a group of affiliated shareholders. The facility is located on an 84-acre site north-east of Houston and has the capacity to produce more than 700 thousand joints of threaded pipe and around 250 thousand couplings.

Helix announces BP contract for Q5000

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced that it has entered into a five-year contract with BP to provide well intervention services to BP in the US Gulf of Mexico with Helix’s deepwater well intervention semisubmersible vessel, the Q5000, currently being constructed in Singapore.