Technical

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.

   Rotork Flow Control has appointed Andrew Withers as Technical Director for Rotork Controls, the electric valve actuation division of the global engineering group.

   Over 1000 delegates attended Emerson's first Global Users Exchange in Europe for presentations, industry forums, keynote speeches and product technical sessions.

ADA-ES, Inc. has initiated the fabrication and construction phase of a 1MW Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture Pilot Plant. The pilot will be installed outside Birmingham, Alabama at Southern Company subsidiary Alabama Power's Miller Electric Generating Plant.

AS-Schneider introduces its tried and tested bellows sealed valves for very hazardous media that even a minimal leak rate can be too great.

Rotork has announced the appointment of Andrew Withers as Technical Director of Rotork Controls, the global Rotork flow control engineering group's electric valve actuation division. Withers will be responsible for new product developments and research functions for Rotork's electric actuator product lines, in his new position.

With very dangerous media, even the minimal ISO FE-Series leak rate can be too high. In cases like these, you can, however, use tried and tested AS-Schneider bellows valves.To move the valve stem upwards and downwards on a leak-free basis, a multi-layer, metal bellow is used that is firmly attached on the one side to the stem and on the other side is firmly welded to the housing.

   A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler's Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an owner's engineer contract by Sempra Energy affiliate Cameron LNG LLC, for a new LNG liquefaction project in Hackberry, Louisiana.

      Temporary power solution provider, APR Energy PLC has been awarded a 100 megawatt contract from Tractebel Energia de Monterrey, S.

   Skanska has been contracted by Petrobras for engineering, procurement and construction to increase the capacity of the natural gas treatment and compression of the Cabiúnas Terminal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a joint venture with two local companies.