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CB&I awarded Kearl Oil Sands expansion contract

  CB&I has been awarded a contract by Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd., for work on the Kearl Expansion Project in Alberta.

Alliance Engineering awarded Gulfstar project

  Williams Partners has awarded Wood Group’s Alliance Engineering with the detailed engineering and design of the topside facilities and deck for their Gulfstar FPS spar production platform.

Denbury to sell non-core assets for USD155 million

Denbury Resources Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to sell non-core assets located in central and southern Mississippi and southern Louisiana to privately held Petro Harvester Oil and Gas. The USD155 million sale is expected to close in late February, subject to customary closing conditions.

Leni Oil & Gas to begin drilling in Gulf of Mexico

  Leni Gas & Oil has announced that with the imminent arrival of the Ocean Columbia jack-up rig, drilling on the Eugene Island field in the Gulf of Mexico.

Clippard stepper-controlled proportional valve

Clippard Instrument Laboratory has released its new linear actuator, the high-flow stepper-controlled 2-way proportional valve. The bonded elastomeric seat achieves excellent sealing ensuring smooth opening and fine control at low flow for millions of cycles.

Diamond Offshore to build deepwater rig

  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. subsidiary entered into a contract with Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas to construct a moored semisubmersible rig.

Shell Canada to explore offshore Nova Scotia

According to the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Shell Canada won its call for bids to secure the exploration rights on four parcels of deepwater land off the southwest shore of the province.

First woman to run top five oil company

Maria das Gracas Foster has become the first woman to run one of the world’s top five oil companies after she was officially named the CEO of Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobas.

DDV Dust Duty valve for dust collection market

    Meyer & Sons have released a new DDV Dust Duty Valve for the dust collection market with strong cast housing for greater capacity.

MRC files for public offering of common stock

Formerly known as McJunkin Red Man Holding Corporation, MRC Global Inc. a Houston, Texas headquartered global distributor of pipes, valves and fittings, has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.