Technical

 Thomas J. Hannafin, a 27 year veteran of KITZ Corporation of America (KCA) had passed away. Tom was a graduate of Villanova University in Philadelphia.

Brazil leads the global production of biopolymers, an industry that generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuel-based plastic manufacture.

The annual summer meeting of the Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups (FLMUG/VTUG) takes place August 21-23, 2012 at The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA.

The annual summer meeting of the Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups (FLMUG/VTUG) takes place August 21-23, 2012 at The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA.

Once a year, the European Association for the taps and valves industry (CEIR) comes together to give updates on the current status of the industry and its member associations. This year the event took place in a little castle just outside Paris, France. Valve World was invited to participate and report straight from the congress room.

Ensco plc took delivery of the seventh and final rig in the ENSCO 8500 Series® at the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore, where all the rigs in the series have been built.

Managed Pressure Operations International Ltd. (MPO), a provider of technologically advanced managed pressure drilling systems is expanding its delivery of the innovative Non-Stop Driller (NSD) Continuous Circulation (CC) system, announced Charles Orbell, President and CEO. By maintaining constant bottom hole pressure and enabling continuous hole cleaning during connections, the NSD continuous circulation system prevents well bore ballooning, stuck pipe incidents and connection gas buildup significantly reducing non-productive time.

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company's Cheswick, PA-based EMD business unit has been awarded a USD$25,000 grant from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced it has been selected to provide professional technical services for Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resin producer in the Americas, at portions of the Marcus Hook Refinery they recently acquired, near Philadelphia, Pa.

Statoil revealed last month it had entered a farm-in agreement with Canada’s PetroFrontier covering exploration permits 103, 104, 127 and 128 in the Southern Georgina basin in the Northern Territory.