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Westlake Geismar plant restarts

   Westlake Chemical Corporation has announced the safe and successful repair and restart of its vinyl chloride monomer unit at its facility in Geismar, Louisiana that was damaged by fire in March.

Technip awarded Mad Dog Phase 2 contract

   BP Exploration and Production Inc.

Small islands take action to reduce fossil fuel de

  Twenty islands came together for the Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Small Island Developing States Conference, adopting the “Barbados Declaration”.

ValvTechnologies & MetalTek supply Krško plant

   Zero-leakage, severe service isolation valve solutions manufacturer, ValvTechnologies Inc. Has partnered with MetalTek Energy Products to supply Slovenia based Nuklearna elektrarna Krško, d.o.o with valves and strainers for their Emergency Diesel Generators upgrade project.

Voith Hydro signs hydroelectric contract

   Voith Hydro announced that is has received a contract for the Red Rock Hydroelectric Project on the Des Moines River near Pella, Iowa, to provide turbines and generators.

Schlumberger acquires GEDCO

   Schlumberger acquired Calgary-based integrated geophysical survey design software and services provider, GEDCO, as part of the company's WesternGeco business unit.

OGX declares Waikiki commercial field

OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA, Brazilian independent driller declared its Waikiki oil field commercial, its first commercial declaration of an offshore oil discovery.   To be renamed Tubarao Martelo or hammerhead shark, in following with the Brazilian custom of renaming producing oil fields after marine animals, the oil field development plan is being finalized to be submitted to Brazil's National Petroleum Agency.

New Western Energy signs deal with Carroll Energy

   Independent energy company involved in the exploration, development and production of oil, gas and other minerals, New Western Energy Corp.

Curtiss-Wright acquires Amidyne product lines

Curtiss-Wright acquired the Versatile Measuring Instruments and Lisle-Metrix product lines from the Amidyne Group for an estimated US7million. The product lines consist of original equipment and re-engineered replacement products for obsolete equipment for the commercial nuclear power market.

Foster Wheeler contracted for Louisiana LNG facili

   A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler's Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an owner's engineer contract by Sempra Energy affiliate Cameron LNG LLC, for a new LNG liquefaction project in Hackberry, Louisiana.