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India: refinery capacity doubled

Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), India, will double its Visakhapatnam (India) refinery capacity to 300,000 barrels per day in three years and has offered Saudi Aramco a stake in the expanded unit, the company’s chairman said.

Double-sealed control valves

The Samson (USA) Type 3347 control valve is designed for aseptic applications in the food processing industry.

Germany: copolymers boost

BASF is increasing its production capacity for copolymers of vinyl chloride to 12,000 tons/year at its Ludwigshafen, Germany, site.

Virgin islands: hydro-treating unit

Technip (Paris) has been awarded, by Hovensa, a lump sum turnkey contract for a new hydro-treating unit to be located at its refinery in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.

Factories for submersible motors

Saer(Italy) announces the construction of a new factory for submersible motors.

Bespoke transmitter for South Pars gas field

The Solartron Mobrey Special Projects team has announced the successful completion a project for the gas project at South Pars in Iran.

Singapore: turnkey contracts

Areva’s Transmission & Distribution (T&D) division has won two gas-insulated turnkey contracts in Singapore worth EUR 15.2 million, with STMicroelectronics and SP PowerAssets Ltd.

UK: biomass boiler contract

Foster Wheeler Ltd, Hamilton, Bermuda, has announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd has been awarded a USD 53 million contract by SembCorp Utilities UK Ltd.

India: MRPL capacity expansion

ONGC, India, is planning to expand the capacity of Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), India, to 15 million tonnes.

Stainless SteelCAL for engineers

The Steel Construction Institute has launched its computer-aided learning package “Stainless SteelCAL for Engineers,â€? a sister module to Stainless SteelCAL for Architects, launched on the Internet in early 2004.