Corrosion Materials adds plasma & waterjet
Corrosion Materials, a leader in corrosion resistant alloy distribution, has added a Messer High-Definition Plasma and a second Flow Waterjet at its Baker, Louisiana facility. Both machines are designed to produce high quality parts to service the market in a cost effective manner.
Liberty Mines to restart Timmins operations
Liberty Mines of Toronto intends to restart production at its Timmins operations in Q1 2012. Mining and milling was suspended in February 2011 as a result of maintenance and tailings pond issues. The company has spent the last six months analyzing the tailings pond problems and will embark on a project to raise the tailings dam to provide an additional three years of capacity.
Technip awarded umbilical contracts
Technip has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Inc. has been awarded two contracts, by Shell Offshore Inc., for the Cardamom and West Boreas field developments, located in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bitumen refinery FEED contract
Fluor Corp. has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater Partnership to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new refinery project in Alberta, Canada. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2011.
Honeywell to take part in biomass projects
Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Finland-based Green Fuel Nordic Oy under which the two companies would collaborate on projects to convert biomass to renewable fuel for use in district heating systems in Finland.
Kinder Morgan to acquire El Paso
Kinder Morgan, Inc. and El Paso Corporation announced a definitive agreement whereby KMI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of EP.
Canada approves B.C. LNG shipments to Asia
Canadian regulators have approved a project to export liquefied natural gas from British Columbia's west coast to markets in Asia.