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GE Oil & Gas increase growth/hiring in Houston

GE Oil & Gas senior executive Supply Chair, Paul Smith announced that company would be hiring over 200 production manufacturing positions and more than 30 salaried supply-chain positions, in order to grow and increase capacity in Houston, Texas.

Tourmaline to buy Huron Energy

Canadian oil company, Tourmaline Oil Corp. has announced that it will buy privately held oil and gas producer Huron Energy Corp to expand its Montney shale presence in British Columbia.

Halcon to buy oil/gas assets in Williston Basin

Halcon Resources Corp. will be purchasing producing and undeveloped oil & gas asserts in the Williston Basin from Petro-Hunt LLC and an affiliate.

Siemens snags order for Combined Cycle Power Plant

 Siemens has announced that they have been awarded an order for the supply of the power island for the UTE Mauá 3 combined-cycle power plant to be located in Manaus, Brazil.

Expro wins TCP contracts in GoM region

Expro, a leading international oilfield services company, has received two significant contract wins with Murphy Exploration and Production and BP Americas Inc in the US offshore region.

New ball valve for chem processing industry

Flowserve Corporation has announced that they have released a Flowserve NAF® Duball DL ball valve with spring-loaded packing technology.

New DEPA diaphragm for chemical applications

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions® has introduced a new DEPA Nopped S4® Diaphragm for chemical processing applications.

Duke Energy begins testing at IGCC power plant

With construction of the 630 MW, integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) Edwardsport power plant in Indiana virtually complete, testing is under way to prepare for commercial operations next year, Duke Energy said.The plant has successfully produced electricity using natural gas, and the next phase is testing the coal-gasification equipment.

DOE to award USD 1M for clean coal technology

Unity Power Alliance, a joint venture between ThermoEnergy Corp. and ITEA S.p.A., will receive an award of USD 1M from the U.S.

Refurbished Bruce approaching full strength

The second unit at the refurbished Bruce A nuclear power plant has sent electricity to the Canadian grid for the first time in 17 years, five months after its restart was postponed because of generator problems.The grid synchronisation of Bruce A2 signals the final stages of commissioning the 750MWe Candu after seven years of refurbishment.