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El Paso Electric Co will utilize GE aeroderivative gas turbine technology to expand its Rio Grande power plant in Sunland Park, New Mexico. GE will provide an 88 MW LMS100PA aeroderivative gas turbine which will run on natural gas

Foster Wheeler AG’s board of directors has approved a senior leadership succession plan under which J. Kent Masters, 50, will become the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2011. It is expected that he will

Tyco International Ltd has reached an agreement to acquire privately-held Chemguard Inc., a provider of firefighting foam concentrates and equipment, foam systems, services and specialty chemicals. Chemguard will be integrated into Tyco's Fire

Primary Fluid Systems Inc has introduced a new line of plastic diaphragm style back pressure valves and pressure relief valves called Eco Valve, ideal for metering pump and chemical dosing applications.

Valve World is delighted to announce that Mr Saad Al-Shiha is to be the next Chairman at the Valve World 2012 Conference in Dusseldorf, Germany.

McJunkin Red Man Corp recently announced the signing of an asset purchase agreement for the acquisition of the operations and assets of the legacy distribution business of Valve Systems and Controls (VSC).

Exxon Mobil Corp’s U.S. marine affiliate, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc, has signed a letter of intent with Aker Philadelphia Shipyard for the construction of two U.S. flag, crude oil tankers in partnership with Samsung Heavy Industries.

Rentech Inc.’s proposed St. Joe Renewable Energy Center, one of the world’s first biomass integrated gasification combined cycle (BIGCC) projects, has received a final air permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Curtiss-Wright Corp has signed a contract with Progress Energy to provide a safety-related Inadequate Core Cooling Mitigation System (ICCMS) to support the extended power uprate at the utility's Crystal River Unit 3 nuclear power plant in Florida. The new protection system uses only analog technology to perform safety functions, while providing modern computer-based online performance monitoring through an isolated, non-safety monitor. This combination of analog and digital technologies is designed to simplify the licensing process and reduce cyber-security concerns because no software is used to perform the safety-related functions of the system. Curtiss-Wright's Flow Control segment will build the new system at its Idaho Falls, ID facility.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed the first law in the U.S. which requires companies drilling and developing shale plays across the state to publicly disclose hydraulic fracturing components.