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    New cost-effective electric actuators introduced

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    Hayward Flow Control has introduced new EPM-4 and EPM-6 models to their EPM Series of quarter-turn reversing electric actuators. The EPM-4 and EPM-6 are designed to eliminate wiring errors, increase reliability, and provide simplicity during installation.

    New 316 SS 2-Way full port ball valves

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    Assured Automation recently announced its 36 Series full port ball valve. It is a 3 piece ball valve constructed of 316 stainless steel and is available with threaded, socket weld and quick clamp ends.

    New wastewater treatment plant in Brazil

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    Brazilian construction company Amafi Comercial e Construtora has been awarded a contract to build a wastewater treatment plant in the city of Franco da Rocha for São Paulo state water utility Sabesp.

    Hydratight sets up new facility in California

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    Hydratight has opened a new facility in Concord, California as a regional hub for the rental and sale of equipment to service power stations, refineries and other industrial facilities across the western U.

    Waste heat converted to power in sunny CA

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    GDT Tek sub RTR Global Investments is installing a 150kw waste-heat-to-electricity unit in a Napa County landfill.

    PDVSA and PetroChina launch refinery project

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    Chinese oil major PetroChina and Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA have signed an agreement to co-develop a refinery in China's Guandong province. The Nanhai refinery is to have a capacity of 500,000 b/d when it begins operations in early 2015.

    New block and bleed assembly for well sites

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    By assembling an A-T Controls WB Series well site block & bleed valve assembly, the need for isolation on well head pressure relief feed, filter skid pressure relief and dryer skid relief feed lines is eliminated.

    Cushing to Houston pipeline off for now

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    Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has announced it will not be moving forward with a proposed joint venture with Energy Transfer Partners L.P. to develop and construct a 584-mile crude oil pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to Houston.

    Approval for coal-fired power plant expansion

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    The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) recently approved MAXIM Power Corp’s application to construct and operate the 500MW HR Milner Expansion Project (M2).

    Device squeaks when valve leaks

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    Taylor Valve Technology has released a new EPD Environmental Protection Device. A whistle is installed in the device to make them produce a shrill noise, or “squeak” to indicate a leak in a relief valve.
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