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JGC/KBR wins Algeria contract

JGC/KBR, a 50/50 joint venture between JGC Corporation of Yokohama, Japan, and Kellogg Brown & Root, a business unit of Halliburton Company, have signed a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of the In Salah Gas facilities, infrastructure and gathering systems in southern Algeria for BP/Sonatrach.

Corrosion Solutions Conference

Wah Chang, a leading manufacturer of corrosion-resistant metal products, has announced the third in a series of biennial conferences, the Corrosion Solutions Conference.

Siderca partners with Dow Chemical

Siderca has taken a supporting role in a Dow Chemical Argentina modernisation project as a provider of “integrated packages,â€? a business concept that, in addition to seamless and welded tubes, involved the integrated supply of bridles, fittings and accessories in a programmed manner.

Dominion plans investment in Tennessee

Dominion has announced preliminary plans to construct and operate a natural gas-fired electric generating facility adjacent to the Hickman County industrial park, about 2 miles west of Centerville, Tennessee.

Cow power

Synagro is to design and build an anaerobic digester pilot facility that will process the daily manure generated by approximately 3750 dairy cows.

Power-gen equipment for Gulf of Mexico

Dresser-Rand has received orders to supply power generation equipment to the BP Deep Water Development Programme in the Gulf of Mexico.

Regent and Millennium sign power accord

Regent Energy Corporation has executed a contract with Millennium Energy Ventures (MEVCO), a private Houston-based venture capital and project development company, to develop an electric plant with 500mw generating capacity (estimated cost USD 250 million) on Regent's Horseshoe Gallup lease in San Juan County, New Mexico.

In Salah gas venture

Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach and BP are to finalise a deal for the development of the USD 2.5 billion In Salah gas project, officials at the two companies have said.

Six-axis articulated-arm robots

Following the successful installation of Motoman systems for robotic arc welding and more recently plasma welding and cutting, W and G Sissons, the European stainless steel catering and sanitary ware equipment manufacturers, has embarked on a programme to automate polishing at its factory in Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, UK.

Control valves solve corrosion problems

Amot 25000 Series solenoid-operated pneumatic control valves, of all stainless steel construction, have provided a rapid solution to vibration and corrosion problems for a manufacturer of diesel engine generator sets being used to power hydraulic power packs for controlling offshore wellhead control panels, sub-sea actuators and two hydraulic lifting winches.