Tag: Brazil
Cameron acquires Brazil’s Vescon
Cameron has acquired Vescon Equipamentos Industriais Ltda., a company which manufactures onshore wellhead and Christmas trees systems and API 6A and 6D valves.
Valtek supplies Petrobras
Valtek Sulamericana designed special versions of its GLH Globe line of control valves for Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras.
Brazilian market expanding rapidly
Until recently, the handling of procurement for project and plant implementation was limited due to the lack of full line distribution companies in Brazil.
Approval coming for new Brazilian reactors
Edison Lobao, Brazil's new minister of mines and energy, has indicated that the government plans to give approval by the end of 2011 for the construction of four new nuclear power plants in the country.
Petrochemical complex utilizing Emerson
Petrobras has selected Emerson Process Management to provide process automation technologies and services for the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro (Comperj) in Brazil.
Brazil biodiesel plant expansion
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) is constructing a second biodiesel plant in Brazil. The facility will be built in Joaç aba, Santa Catarina, and will be adjacent to the existing ADM soybean crushing and refining facilities which currently process nearly 475,000mt of soybeans