Visund gas job
A contract worth NOK 40 million for the Visund gas project in the North Sea has been awarded by operator Statoil to Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland BV.
Petrobras to invest in Ecuador
Brazilian oil concern Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) plans to invest USD 30 million in Ecuador by the end of the year.
Eco-friendly metalworking oil
Shell Metalworking Europe has developed an environmentally friendly metalworking oil suitable for the machining of yellow metals, steel, aluminium and stainless steel.
Heavy duty welding power sources
Murex Welding Products has introduced air and water cooled welding packages featuring the Transmig 423S and 523S electronic microprocessor controlled heavy duty power sources.
Mothballed furnace creates new jobs
A consortium of investors is spending ZAR 40 million to reopen a mothballed furnace in Krugersdorp, South Africa for a stainless steel scrap recycling business.
Fasteners in thin metal sheets
A product bulletin updated by PEM Fastening Systems, profiles Pemsert self-clinching flush fasteners, designed to be completely flush in metal sheets as thin as 1.5mm.
Upgrades for power plants
Basler Electric and E Squared Power Systems have formed an alliance to provide complete turnkey power plant excitation retrofits.
Sensing solutions suit wastewater
A range of liquid level sensors, flow sensors and flow meters has been developed for wastewater, water treatment and cleaning systems by Gentech International.
Coiled tubing headed intervention system
Halliburton has built and is deploying into the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico the largest coiled tubing intervention system ever built.
Electrolysis plant to Norway
Norsk Hydro (Oslo, Norway) has commissioned Uhde GmbH in Dortmund with the construction of a chlor-alkali electrolysis plant with a capacity of 130,000 tpy of chlorine and 146,000 tonnes/year of caustic soda solution.
