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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Aug. 5, 2013) – AMETEK Process Instruments has been awarded a contract to supply UV process gas analyzers for the Sulfur Recovery Units (SRU) and Tail Gas Treating Units (TGTU) at the Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company’s (Al Hosn Gas) Shah Gas Field project in the United Arab Emirates. The contract is valued at approximately $4.6 million.

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Aug. 8, 2013) – Xylem won a contract to provide a Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) pretreatment system to help ensure an uninterrupted potable water supply to Abu Dhabi Emirate and the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The source water in the Gulf of Oman is subject to harmful algal blooms (HABs) sometimes termed ‘red-tides’; large concentrations of potentially toxic aquatic microorganisms.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Aug. 9, 2013) – Loud Fuel Co. offers services to a large customer base in and around Cape Cod, Mass., such as fuel delivery, service and supply. Among the many other services provided by Loud Fuel is the delivery of large amounts of fuel to ocean-going vessels. For its on-truck, liquid-handling equipment needs, Loud Fuel chose Blackmer® TXD Series Sliding Vane Pumps.
   

GÖTEBORG, Sweden (Aug. 14, 2013) – Scanjet has received orders from Hudong Shipyard in China to equip 5+3 38,000 dwt chemical tankers being built for Stolt-Nielsen with the SCANJET “Surveyor” Tank Management System.

The system will cover monitoring and alarm functions including radar level gauging for all tanks onboard, high-level alarms and pressure plus temperature measurement, all of which are integrated in the “Surveyor” system.

WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (Aug. 14, 2013) – Sulzer Pumps will supply 69 pumps to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering for installation on a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia, scheduled for delivery in several phases between mid-2013 and mid-2014. Sulzer Pumps South Korea will undertake the full project management and complete unit testing.