India–Myanmar gas pipeline

An international consortium proposes to set up a gas pipeline over Bangladesh connecting Myanmar with the Indian states of Tripura and West Bengal.

Nucor invests

Nucor Corporation (Charlotte, NC) is making several investments to insure future growth and profitability.

Stainless awards programme

Stainless Steel associations from 16 countries around the world are expected to participate in this year’s Stainless Steel Awards programme.

J&L Specialty contracts Casey

Pittsburgh-based J&L Specialty Steel (USA) has contracted with Casey Equipment Corp. to sell surplus mill equipment previously used at its three production facilities.

VAST announces promotion

Voest-Alpine Services & Technologies Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylavania, USA) has recently announced the promotion of Sascha Plewka to the position of General Manager, Product and Business Development.

DSND Subsea and Halliburton Subsea merge

The Norwegian offshore company DSND Subsea and Halliburton Subsea have signed a letter of intent stating that they intend to merge their underwater activities from 1 January 2002.

Nuclear plant for Teesside, UK?

British Energy has not ruled out building another nuclear power plant on Teesside, once an existing operation reaches the end of its life.

Statoil enters framework agreement

Statoil is to enter into frame agreements with FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS, ABB Offshore Systems and Kværner Oilfield Products for the delivery of subsea systems.

Automatic cutting and chamfering machine

CTS Cutting Technology Systems will be demonstrating its latest product, including the STA TR 55.290 machine for automatic cutting and chamfering, at the Tube 2002 expo in Düsseldorf.

Groningen revamp

Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) has launched a USD 1 billion programme to redevelop the giant Groningen gasfield that lies both on- and offshore the north coast of the Netherlands.