News

Our editors gather news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the valve and actuation industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the design, manufacturing, supply, maintenance and use of industrial valves and actuators. We focus both on engineered products as off the shelf products.
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Clean Energy to build & supply Texas LNG fueling s

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Texas truck transport provider, Green Energy Oilfield Services, signed a 10-year agreement to build, supply and maintain a new liquefied natural gas fueling station at the Fairfield, Texas-based, Green Energy headquarters.

CRANE hires Javier Suarez

CRANE Energy Flow Solutions® has announced its recent hire of Javier Suarez, who will serve as Global Business Line Manager – Cast Steel Valves based in The Woodlands, Texas.

NGL acquires assets from North American Propane

  NGL Energy Partners LP has acquired the assets comprising the propane and distillate operations of North America Propane (NAP) for about USD66.8 million.

Hydro One substation order won by ABB

Power and automation technology group, ABB has won a major order from Ontario,     Canada power transmission and distribution utility, Hydro One Networks Inc.

Valve Basics seminar to be held March 6-7

Valve Basics Seminar and Exhibits will be held on 6-7 March 2012 at Hilton NASA Clear Lake in Houston, Texas. The seminar will feature its Valves and Actuators 101 course of lessons about valves and the systems that they help control from the simple valve types to complex automated products including actuators and controls.

Enterprise purchases land for ECHO expansion

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has purchased a 36 acre piece of land adjacent to its Enterprise Crude Houston (ECHO) crude oil terminal, that is currently under construction in southeast Harris County.

Transport Canada approves Northern Gateway tankers

    Transport Canada has stated that it has “no regulatory concerns” with the proposed marine operations for Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline.

Petrobas to research into LNG, fertilizer plants

  Petrobas, Brazil’s state-run oil company has signed a letter of intent to conduct studies over the next six months to determine the possibility of building fertilizer and liquefied natural gas regasification plants in Rio Grande do Sul state.

Expro opens office in Newfoundland

Expro has opened a new operations base in the Octagon Industrial Park in Paradise, Newfoundland. The base is four-bay workshop with 8,400sq ft of warehouse area, an office annex with 6,000ft and a two acre lot and will accommodate a team of 30 people.

Diaz begins development program in Macklin, SK

    Having received drilling license, Diaz Resources Ltd. has begun a development drilling program in the Macklin, Saskatchewan area to drill up to three horizontal Dina heavy oil wells.