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South Pars 4 & 5 operational next year

Managing Director of Pars Oil and Gas Company Asadollah Salehiforuz has said that operations for development of the phases 4 and 5 of South Pars gas field will start as of next year.

Tokyo’s first hydrogen refuelling station

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK (Showa Shell) is to build the first hydrogen refuelling station in Tokyo, in partnership with Iwatani International Corporation and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Baosteel to build heavy plate mill

Baoshan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. (Baosteel, Shanghai, China), has placed an order for the construction of a 5-meter heavy-plate mill with an international consortium under the leadership of SMS Demag AG.

ABB wins Sakhalin order

ABB has signed a contract worth USD 987 million with Exxon Neftegas Ltd, to develop onshore oil and gas processing and well-site support facilities on Russia’s Sakhalin Island, in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Howe quick delivery

Howe-Baker Engineers, Ltd, a subsidiary of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company recently fabricated a modular 4000 BPD UOP Minalk (minimum alkalinity) Merox™ unit for Shell Chemical Yabucoa Inc. in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.

New report reveals corrosion costs

A recently released study sponsored by NACE International estimates the annual direct cost of corrosion in the USA to be USD 276 billion.

Saudi gas deals to be restructured?

Talks between Saudi Arabia and its main foreign partners in three mega-gas ventures have "broken down in deadlock, leaving the future of the project in its current shape in doubt," the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES has reported.

Prudential catalogue

Prudential Stainless Pipe (Avenel, New Jersey, USA) has published a new 64-page catalogue listing is recently expanded inventory.

Figure 800 safety relief valve

Spence Engineering Company Inc., Walden, New York has announced the Figure 800 Safety Relief Valve with all stainless steel internals for improved corrosion resistance.

Super duplex used in fluid system solution

Sandvik Steel AB (Sweden) and Swagelok (USA) have together produced an integrated fluid system solution using Sandvik’s super duplex stainless steel grade SAF 2507™, that performs successfully in highly corrosive, chloride-containing environments, such as oil and gas exploration and production.