New maintenance contracts

Statoil has awarded contracts to three companies for maintenance and modifications on installations on the Norwegian continental shelf and at the Kollsnes gas treatment complex near Bergen.

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.

“Crazy Horse” changes name

BP Plc has dropped "Crazy Horse" as the name for a giant offshore oil discovery in the US Gulf of Mexico out of respect to descendants of the Native American warrior of the same name.

Sanitary hose storage stations

A line of sanitary hose storage stations is being introduced by Integra Companies,Inc. of Devens, Massachusetts, USA.

ITA achievement awards

The International Titanium Association has announced the 2002 Titanium Achievement Award, to be presented at the 18th Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA, 6–8 October 2002. To print out the nomination form. Visit the ITA site at www.titanium.org.

Big Screen(TM)

Stainless Valve Company (Monroe, North Carolina, USA), together with Alexander Thibodeau, Mead and Steve Hogg, has developed an automatic screen changer to remove solids from a flow media down to a certain particle size.

Wire production at Sandvik under review

A review is under way of Sandvik Steel's Wire Division. The review shows that the current five production units should be reduced to four...

Alstom to build LNG tanker for Gaz de France

Alstom, via its subsidiary Chantiers de l'Atlantique, has just received an order from Gaz de France for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker of 74,000 m3 capacity, plus an option for a second identical vessel.

Rautaruukki reorganises

Rautaruukki Steel is renewing its operational organisation, combining the production, works services, sales and marketing operations at the Raahe, Hämeenlinna and Kankaanpää works into larger units.