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DX Slurry knife gate valve

Carnegie, Pennsylvania-based Red Valve has released its new Series DX Slurry knife gate valve. It is designed especially for heavy slurry applications in the power and mining industries. When the Series DX valve opens,

Iraq and Canada firm power plants deal

Canada-based Capgent has signed USD 1.66 billion contract with Iraq's electricity ministry to build 10 power plants of 100MW. The plants are to be constructed within 12 months in the Sunni provinces of Anbar,

PDVSA refinery

A Foster Wheeler subsidiary has been awarded a process design and front-end engineering design (FEED) services contract by PDVSA for Batalla Santa Ines Refinery.

Beaumont LPG export facility

Coastal Caverns Inc. (CCI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Vitol Group, will develop a new propane export facility in conjunction with its LPG storage facility that is currently under development on the historic

Natural gas project

Converteam has been commissioned by Chipeta Processing LLC to supply a complete Variable Speed Drive System (VSDS) to control two natural gas compressor trains at the Chipeta Processing Plant in Utah. The VSDS

Valve World Americas 2011 – A real success

The Valve World Conference and Expo Americas 2011 which took place two weeks ago was a real success for both conference attendees and exhibitors.

Baumann™ 85000 sanitary pinch valve

Emerson Process Management has released its Baumann™ 85000 sanitary pinch valve for low flow rate, low pressure control of sterile liquids within both the biotechnical and pharmaceutical industries.

Eagle Ford Shale production JV

Eagle Ford Gathering LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. and Copano Energy L.L.C. has announced a long-term agreement with Williams Partners L.P. to process Eagle Ford

iB Series actuator

Koganei and Humphrey has released its iB Series, which includes the iB Move and the iB Flow. The iB Move is a Linear Stepper Motor Actuator which boasts high speed operation. The iB Flow is a digital flow controller

Hamilton joins NIBCO

NIBCO Inc. has announced that it has appointed Mark Hamilton as vice president, sales and marketing reporting to Steve Malm, president and chief operating officer. Mr Hamilton has more than 23 years experience