SENER opens office in Brazil
Engineering and technology group SENER has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil. The company establishes an operating and permanent division in the country made up of about 300 Brazilian professionals specialized in engineering and construction that will carry out projects in the fields of power and process, civil engineering and architecture, aerospace and marine engineering.
Qualification of Rotork qualified new rotary pneum
Rotork-Hiller, a manufacturer of pneumatic and hydraulic valve actuators for the nuclear industry, has successfully completed the full qualification of a new scotch yoke rotary pneumatic actuator to the latest industry standards.
EasiDrive valve actuators for multiple valves
Smith Flow Control has developed the EasiDrive portable valve actuator to operates valves in power plants. The actuator allows one operator to efficiently operate multiple valves with a single tool while reducing fatigue and injury risk.
BP completes flow test offshore Brazil
BP has completed a successful flow test of the Itaipu-1A discovery well offshore Brazil.
The drill stem test was the latest activity in the ongoing appraisal program at the BP-operated Itaipu discovery.
Foster Wheeler to perform SNG studies
Foster Wheeler AG has announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Pecket Energy to perform feasibility, conceptual and basic engineering studies, and develop an overall investment cost estimate for a substitute natural gas (SNG) production facility which is planned to be built near Punta Arenas, Chile.