PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. (July 24, 2014) – MISTRAS Group, Inc. announced the award of a multi-year contract to provide fleet radiography services to Southern Nuclear, the nuclear energy operating subsidiary of Southern Company.
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JOHANNESBURG (July 23, 2014)—The challenges facing oil and gas companies operating in Africa continue to be diverse and numerous—fueled by fraud, corruption, theft, poor infrastructure and a lack of skilled resources, among others. Regulatory uncertainty and delays in passing laws are severely inhibiting sector development in many countries around the continent.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (July 23, 2014) – FCX Performance, Inc., announced that it completed the purchase of Pump Energy, Inc.
PEI distributes pumps, seals and related aftermarket services and operates from two Texas locations in Stafford and Odessa.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (July 23, 2014) – ITT Corporation announced that its Interconnect Solutions (ICS) business was honored by Arrow Electronics with its 2013 Largest Growth Supplier award in the Connectors category for North America.
Previously, Arrow honored ICS with its Partner of the Year and Largest Sales Growth, Connector Products, awards in 2012. ICS was also named Fastest Growing Supplier in the Asia region by Arrow in 2010.
PHOENIX (July 23, 2014) – DXP/Quadna hired Tony J. Peterson as business development representative for its newly formed safety services division in Phoenix, Arizona.
Prior to joining DXP, Peterson was in the sales and marketing profession for several strong companies in the Valley of the Sun. His primary focus for the past several years has been in the safety industry, where he has helped employers stay compliant and their workforces safe.
LONDON (July 22, 2014) – The U.S. is forecast to spend approximately $4 billion on refining capacity expansion projects between 2014 and 2020, enabling the country to process its increasing volumes of unconventional resource production, says research and consulting firm GlobalData.
Dubai, UAE (July 22, 2014)—Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) announced that all service stations in the ENOC/EPPCO network are now providing the ultra-low sulfur “green diesel.”
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (July 22, 2014)—The Saudi fertilizer industry leads regional production and is set to usher in a period of strong growth and diversification, according to Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, secretary-general of the Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association (GPCA).
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (July 21, 2014) – In another step forward for the Alaska LNG project, an application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) was submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy.
The export application requests authorization to export up to 20 million metric tons per year of LNG for 30 years to countries that have existing free trade agreements with the U.S., as well as to non-free trade agreement countries.
HOUSTON (July 21, 2014) – ValvTechnologies Inc. named Tom Singh as vice president, supply chain operations, announced company President Kevin Hunt.
Based in Houston, Singh will have executive responsibility for ValvTechnologies’ global sourcing, purchasing, planning, materials management, project management and logistics groups. His appointment serves to integrate the value stream between the sales order and the factory so that ValvTechnologies can better serve its customers.