HELSINKI (Aug. 11, 2014) – Metso has successfully delivered more than 70 globe valves for Phase II of the Longyu Coal project in Henan for the production of 400,000 tons of acetic acid/year and 200,000 tons of ethylene glycol/year. The valves have been installed, and their operation in extreme conditions has been successful.
NEWNAN, Ga. (Aug. 8, 2014) – Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will supply the control system for Unit 5 of the Kamojang geothermal power station in Indonesia. The order for this project was received through Tokyo Denki Sangyo Co., Ltd., a Yokogawa sales agent, and placed by Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., responsible for manufacturing and delivering the unit’s steam turbine and generator.
PARSIPPANY, NJ (Aug. 7, 2014) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2014 Fall Meeting will take place Oct. 8-10 at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri. Registration is now open to HI members, associate members, standards partners, and utilities & energy efficiency NGOs who are sponsors of Pump Systems Matter. Eligible prospective members are welcome to attend with advance approval.
BADEN, Switzerland (Aug. 6, 2014) – ABB announced that it has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with Prestige Cruise Holdings (PCH) to provide services, parts and support for all turbochargers installed on its fleet of eight cruise ships. The contract provides global access to maintenance services for the turbochargers to ensure their continued safe and reliable operation.
(Aug. 6, 2014)—Shell’s deep-water subsidiary in Nigeria, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) started oil production from the first well at the Bonga North West deep-water development off the Nigerian coast on Aug. 5, another milestone for the country’s energy industry.
SURREY, British Columbia (Aug. 6, 2014) – Singer Valve announced the appointment of Patricio Egan as sales manager for Latin America. Jody Malo, international sales manager for Singer Valve, said, “We are very pleased to have Patricio join our team. With his local knowledge and special expertise in hydraulics engineering, he will be able to add valuable insight for the toughest of applications.”
His territory also includes Spain and Portugal.
ALGIERS, Algeria (Aug. 5, 2014)—GE’s Distributed Power business announced orders for eight trailer-mounted GE TM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbine-generators and the first Jenbacher gas engine project in Algeria.
ABERDEEN, Miss. (Aug. 5, 2014) – GE’s Digital Energy business and the City of Aberdeen has announced plans to implement GE’s Solutions as a Service (SaaS) technology. SaaS is a cloud-based, fee-for-service grid management system that enables small- and mid-market utilities, like the City of Aberdeen, to build modern and interconnected grids.