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Stork lands Dutch gas contract

Stork GLT has received a follow-on contract from the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM) to further renovate the Groningen gasfield (the Netherlands), including the installation of compressors.

Algerian desalination

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. has landed an order to supply, jointly with trading house Itochu Corp., a large power and desalination plant to Algeria's Kahrama SpA.

Petro-Canada to develop North Sea field

Britain has approved Petro-Canada's plans to develop the Clapham oilfield in the central North Sea.

Bonney Island expansion

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV, in consortium with Bilfinger Berger AG of Germany, will provide civil and mechanical erection services to Nigeria LNG Ltd's liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex at Finima on Bonny Island, Nigeria.

Avoiding “dead space”

Parker Instrumentation has launched a miniature 12-mm/1/2-inch ball valve for fluid instrumentation applications, made of 316 stainless steel.

Finned tubes from Sandvik

Sandvik Steel has developed a production method for internally, longitudinally finned, cold-finished tubes for use as pyrolysis tubing in the demanding environment of ethylene furnaces.

Saudis likely to sign mega gas deal

Saudi Arabia will likely strike a multi-billion dollar deal with a group of global oil giants to tap its massive gas resources despite a series of setbacks in their negotiations over the past months, according to a western oil executive involved in the talks.

India to invest in Iran

A consortium of three public sector units (PSUs) in the oil sector has signed an exploration contract for an offshore oil and gas block in Persian Gulf.

Iran and Pakistan set up refinery

Pakistan and Iran are setting up a joint venture refinery near Karachi, at Hub in Balochistan.

UK source for pipes

The production facilities for the manufacture of specialist formed and welded pipes previously supplied by Bentham International have been taken over by the Angle Ring Co. Ltd (Tipton, UK).