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CMI Welding

Cockerill Mechanical Industries, based in Seraing, and Welding Services Inc., based in Atlanta-Norcross, USA, have joined forces to create “CMI Welding Services.â€?

Oman beefs up LNG shipping

Oman has entered into a contract with Mitsui OSK Lines aimed at developing the country's ocean transport industry, particularly its LNG shipping, while awarding a tender valued at USD 299.5 million to Japanese and South Korean shipyards for the design and construction of two LNG carriers.

Bouygues wins Spanish LNG contract

Technigaz, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bouygues Offshore, has announced that it will build a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tank in Palos de Frontera, Spain, under a contract awarded by ENAGAS.

South Pars talks in final stages

Oil Minister Bizhan Namdar-Zangeneh has said that the talks on a project for development of the 11th phase of South Pars gas field with foreign bidders are in the final stage.

Stainless production record

Ugine & ALZ Genk, Belgium, recently produced 404 heats of approximately 120 tonnes per heat in 14 days.

Sandvik focuses its marketing of medical alloys

Sandvik Materials Technology has restructured its marketing and distribution of medical materials.

Aramco tender imminent

The construction contract for Saudi Aramco's Iso-Pentane recovery plant at Yanbu Gas Plant in the north of Saudi Arabia is expected to be tendered in November 2003.

PIC, Dow plan ethylene and derivatives complex

Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of Kuwait, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, and the Dow Chemical Company have announced a plan to construct a new ethylene and derivatives complex in Shuaiba, Kuwait, referred to as Olefins II.

Rolls-Royce wins repeat power order from Indonesia

Rolls-Royce wins repeat power order from Indonesia Rolls-Royce has won a major repeat order for gas turbine power generation equipment from Indonesia.

Parker wins Snøhvit LNG contract

Parker Instrumentation has been awarded the contract to supply all the instrumentation components and sub-systems to the Snøhvit development, the world's northernmost liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.