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Stainless steel pumps

Sterling Fluid Systems has extended its range of multistage pumps with the introduction of the new SIHImultiSteel, the new range of vertical multistage pumps designed to meet the technical demands of industrial applications.

Oman fertiliser

Uhde GmbH has signed a letter of appointment with Sohar International Urea & Chemical Industries in Muscat, Oman, to build a turn-key large-scale fertiliser complex on the east coast of the Arabian peninsula.

ChevronTexaco files to build US LNG facility

ChevronTexaco has submitted an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to build a US Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas terminal.

Acid gas plant in Egypt

Alexandria Mineral Oil Company (AMOC) has awarded Technip-Coflexip a lump-sum turn-key contract for the implementation of an acid gas treatment plant at Alexandria, Egypt.

International tender on PVC plant

Iran is in the final stage of an international tender on the establishment of a 300,000-ton-a-year plant to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh, head of the state National Petrochemical Co., has said.

Venezuela to develop LNG project

Venezuela has signed an agreement with an Anglo-Dutch company and another firm from Japan to start developing a USD 2.7 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project which aims to make the oil-rich nation a net gas exporter by 2007.

Sino-russian pipeline deal

China and Russia are expected to sign an oil-pipeline agreement involving investment of up to USD 2.5 billion for a 25-year deal.

LNG terminal for southern Italy

The BG Group (Reading, UK) has gained approval to construct and operate a USD 330 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Brindisi port, on the SE coast of Italy.

UK south coast power plant

The UK has US energy firm Aquila permission to a build an 860-MW gas-fired power station at Marchwood near Southampton on England's south coast.

Russian export terminal

Four of the country's oil majors have signed a deal to build a giant export terminal in Russia's only ice-free Arctic port.