Projects

Amherst, New York-based Griffco Valve, Inc. recently announced the introduction of its new line of gauge guards and instrument isolators to enhance the performance of chemical feed systems.

Odebrecht SA, Latin America's largest engineering company, is in advanced talks to sell a 55 percent stake in a Peruvian gas pipeline project.

US-based automation solutions provider, Emerson Process Management, has earned Frost & Sullivan’s 2016 Growth Excellence Leadership Award for its portfolio of best practice technologies and services, which together are transforming how capital projects are executed.

Pentair, a global provider of water flow and filtration solutions, including valve and pump manufacturing, has joined with Coca-Cola Co.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture recently hosted the inaugural Dairy Industry and Technology Conference in Dodge City, Kansas.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. will spend approximately USD $334.6 million to cut pollution at refineries in five states, as well as paying USD $326,500 civil penalty, according to recent statements by the U.

Metso, a global manufacturer of industrial valves and systems, with operations in North and South America, recently announced the following changes in the Metso Executive Team, which will become effective on August 1, 2016:Jani Puroranta, who will start as Chief Digital Officer on August 1, 2016, and Urs Pennanen, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Customer Operations, will both become members of the Metso Executive Team.

Andrew W. Chesterton has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Groveland, Massachusetts-based A.W. Chesterton, a provider of fluid sealing solutions and industrial equipment/infrastructure protection.

After a multi-year review, Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC recently announced that it has taken the final investment decision to build an ethylene cracker and polyethylene (PE) derivatives unit along the Ohio River approximately 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Citgo Petroleum plans to start a rehabilitation project at the 235,000-barrel-per-day Aruba refinery in August, after an agreement to operate the facility was reached last month with the government, according to the island's Labor Minister, Paul Croes.