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FMC Technologies awarded wellhead contract

FMC Technologies, Inc. recently signed a three-year contract with Pemex Exploration and Production for the manufacture and supply of surface wellheads to support its drilling and well maintenance programs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tool-less access to valve rotor

ACS Valves has introduced a line of cast iron rotary airlock valves designed to provide general industry primary process optimization benefits normally associated with high-end, specialty-application valve designs.

Mechanical valve interlocks guarantee safety

Many industrial processes require valves to be secured in a locked-open or locked-closed position. Netherlocks’ mechanical valve interlocks eliminate human error to ensure that critical valves are locked in the proper position.

Air-operated shut off and needle valves

CPV Manufacturing Inc.’s FloMaster air-operated shut off and needle valves have achieved wide use in gas filling plants, the military and general industry.

Technip awarded umbilical contracts

Technip has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Inc. has been awarded two contracts, by Shell Offshore Inc., for the Cardamom and West Boreas field developments, located in the Gulf of Mexico.

Renewable power generation project

SaskPower has announced that the company, the First Nations Power Authority (FNPA), and the government of Saskatchewan are working with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council, or MLTC, to develop a renewable power generation project in northern Saskatchewan.

Bitumen refinery FEED contract

Fluor Corp. has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater Partnership to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new refinery project in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2011.

Velan international sales team

Velan has announced that Gino Loggia, International Sales Manager and a Velan team member for over 11 years, has been promoted to Sales Director for South East Asia (SEA), Latin America (LAM), and Middle East and Africa (MEA), plus India and Italy.

Product losses reduced with modulating pilot valve

The Series 3800 PCM non-flowing modulating pilot control from Farris Engineering offers a variety of features and benefits.

MRC appoints James F. Underhill

McJunkin Red Man Holding Corp. (MRC) has appointed James F. Underhill as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – North America and James E. Braun as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.