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Now on-line: VW2010 Videos Galore!

David Dunbar, John Bowers, Marie Murphy, Rob Jaspers, Mr Ono, Mr Al-Shehri, Paolo Bargamini, Peter Scheermesser...... see and hear what they had to say during the Valve World 2010 show!

New power plant in Jamaica

A $127 million power plant is being built by Conduit Capital in West Kingston, Jamaica. 

Two diesel refineries for Brazil

Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a basic engineering design and front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for two grassroots refineries in Brazil for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., (Petrobras).

Certification for SPX Flow Technology

SPX Flow Technology has passed a rigorous certification process enabling qualified personnel to repair valve equipment from other companies, in addition to their own, in nuclear facilities.

Aker Solutions cultivates its core businesses

Aker Solutions has cultivated its core businesses by creating three separate companies. The new Aker Solutions will be a full provider of services, technologies, engineering, and solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry.

Flowserve signs sole source agreement with Shell

Flowserve Corp. recently announced the signing of a sole source agreement with Shell.

Velocity Midstream at Eagle Ford Shale

Velocity Midstream Partners, LLC (VMP) has begun construction on the initial 53mi of its oil and condensate gathering system for Rosetta Resources Inc. and other producers in the Eagle Ford Shale.

Dresser announces enhanced valve stocking program

Dresser Consolidated® and Dresser Masoneilan® recently announced the availability in the Americas of the Dresser ValvFAST program, an innovative modular stocking system.

Paper mill getting second life

The St. Marys Paper Corp. mill near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, has been shut down for years.  But it is slated for restart in conjunction with a combined heat-and-power plant that will be built adjacent to it. 

Mears to Succeed Wellendorf at Magellan Midstream

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (MMP) has announced that Don Wellendorf will retire on Jan. 31, 2011.