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Saudi Arabia: Linde receives large order

Linde AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, has been awarded the contract for the construction of a facility to produce Linear Alpha Olefins from a subsidiary of SABIC.

Zeebrugge LNG terminal to expand

Belgium's Fluxys has awarded the contract to double the capacity of its Zeebrugge LNG terminal to sister company Tractebel Engineering and SN Technigaz-Fontec-MBG.

Weld seam detector for tubes

The new Weld Seam Detector SND40 made by Roland Electronic features a combination of magnetic flux leakage and eddy current technology.

Preventing unseen weld failures

The latest Titanium Purge Monitor from HFT (Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd) incorporates a universal cut-off feature for interlocking with automatic or manual TIG/GTAW welding equipment.

USA: Great River to build own power plant

Great River Energy (Minnesota) has rejected 31 proposals from 17 organisations for constructing a new 150MW generating plant and decided to do the USD 70–80 million project itself.

Orbital welding power supply

Orbimatic GmbH, the manufacturer of orbital tube welding equipment, has produced an ORBIMAT 160CR, a Cleanroom model of its ORBIMAT 160C Orbital Welding Power Supply.

Indonesia: LNG project

BP Plc and its partners plan to sign up liquefied natural gas customers by August in the USA and South Korea, allowing them to go ahead with a USD 5 billion project in Indonesia.

Indonesia: power boiler for pulp and paper mill

Aker Kvaerner's subsidiary Kvaerner Power has signed a power boiler contract worth more than EUR 40 million with an Indonesian customer

Sudan: Dodsal wins contract

The Dubai-headquartered Indian firm Dodsal Group has secured three contracts in Sudan, covering all engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) activities in the oil sector.

China: nuclear power project in Sanmen

China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC), the operator of the country's three commercial nuclear power plants, is poised to start construction of the first phase of a 20 billion yuan nuclear power plant in Sanmen in the eastern province of Zhejiang.