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New Flow Research Study Finds Strong Growth For Pressure Transmitter Market

12/31/2008 5:33:00 AM

A new research study finds strong growth for the worldwide pressure transmitter market. The new study from Flow Research, called The World Market for Pressure Transmitters, 2nd Edition, found that the worldwide pressure transmitter market totaled $1.93B in 2006, with a projected yearly growth of 6.1 percent through 2011

Chestnut Ridge Storage LLC Files FERC Application To Develop 25 Bcf Natural Gas Storage Facility

12/17/2008 6:24:00 AM

Chestnut Ridge Storage LLC recently filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for authorization to construct its high-performance Junction Natural Gas Storage Facility (Junction) located near Uniontown, in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia

VetcoGray Control Systems Selected For Offshore Egypt Gas Field Project

12/13/2008 1:02:00 AM

The Burullus Gas Company of Cairo, Egypt has again selected control system technology from VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, to aid in the development of a new gas field in the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) area offshore the Nile Delta

Pipe Thread Grinding Helps Prevent Downhole Problems

10/9/2008 1:08:00 AM

A line of Type 1 cotton-fiber wheels for removing thread-root corrosion and grinding out cracks to help assure pipe connection integrity and is available from Rex-Cut Products, Inc. of Fall River, Massachusetts

Kyocera Introduces New Cutting Tool: OTM API Ring Groover

9/4/2008 6:37:59 AM

Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation, Cutting Tool Division, is pleased to announce the OTM API Ring Groover, a new cutting tool that provides the most economical way to cut ring grooves meeting the standards recommended by the American Petroleum Institute (API)

Control Microsystems Announces The SCADARange Line Of Wireless Instrumentation

9/3/2008 8:14:00 AM

Control Microsystems, global developer of advanced SCADA products, announced the release of the SCADARange product line of wireless process instruments

Roxar Announce Breakthrough In Subsea Flow Measurement

9/1/2008 12:58:00 AM

Roxar ASA recently announced the launch of two new products designed to measure the mass flow rates of fluids or gas in subsea production and injection wells - the Roxar subsea Singlephase meter and the Roxar subsea Singlephase sensor.

Samson M-8: A Major Contributor To Successful Installation Of Delmar's New Anchor System

8/30/2008 12:06:00 AM

Samson engineers, working with Delmar Systems, Inc., have developed a new rope construction for use as a mooring line and anchor retrieval line on Delmar's new OMNI-Max gravity-installed VLA anchor system

Gastech 2009 - The 24th International Conference And Exhibition For The LNG, LPG And Natural Gas Industries

8/28/2008 11:48:00 PM

The Call for Papers for Gastech 2009, the 24th International Conference and Exhibition for the LNG, LPG and Natural Gas Industries, has been published. Hosted by ADNOC & Group of Companies Gastech 2009 will be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, 25-28 May 2009

Searcher Seismic, Fugro And Gardline Complete The Exmouth West Non-Exclusive 2D Seismic Survey

8/28/2008 1:28:00 AM

Searcher Seismic Pty Ltd with partners Fugro and Gardline would like to announce the completion of the Exmouth West Non-Exclusive 2D Seismic Survey

Reelwell Introduce New Drilling Method Helps Getting More Oil Out

8/28/2008 1:15:00 AM

Norwegian company Reelwell introduces a new patented drilling method that overcomes the limitations of conventional drilling

ConocoPhillips To Present At Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference

8/28/2008 12:28:00 AM

ConocoPhillips recently announced that Jim Gallogly, executive vice president, Refining, Marketing and Transportation, will speak to investors and securities analysts at the Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 9:45 a.m. Eastern

Bentley Acquires 2D And 3D Engineering, Construction, And Fabrication Software Company

8/27/2008 3:10:00 PM

Bentley Systems has announced that it has acquired Struc-Soft Inc., a leading Montreal-based reseller and developer of 2D and 3D engineering, construction, and fabrication products for analysis, design, and drawing production.

Advantica Announces Hazard Awareness Training Course

8/26/2008 1:48:00 AM

Global engineering consultancy to the oil and gas industry, Advantica, is to host a practical hazard awareness training course for operators, managers and risk management specialists using its UK test site at Spadeadam, Cumbria

The Oxford Princeton Programme, In Partnership With Nord Pool ASA, Offers New Course On The Nordic Power Market (October 2008)

8/25/2008 11:10:00 AM

The Oxford Princeton Programme, the world's leading provider of education and training solutions to the energy, commodity and derivatives industries, is pleased to partner with Nord Pool (Norway) to offer a brand new course: The Nordic Power Market.

The Next-Generation Micro Pump Improves Stripper Oil-Well Performance

8/22/2008 7:36:37 AM

MK Pump is giving stripper well operators a stationary way to reduce costs: the Rhino Mini-Jack, a miniaturized piston pump system designed to recover oil at rates as high as 15 barrels a day at depths to 1,500 feet, according to Mark Bertane, president of MK Pump

Ithaca Energy Secures FPSO For Athena Field Development

8/22/2008 12:57:00 AM

Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited is pleased to announce it has completed the acquisition of a 66.67% working interest in the Stella and Harrier Shallow discoveries; as well as secured the services of the 'Uisge Gorm, a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO), for the development of the Athena Field

Unique Study Shows Oil, Gas Seismic Work Not Affecting Gulf Sperm Whales

8/21/2008 3:34:00 AM

Noise can be irritating and possibly harmful for everything from mice to humans - and maybe even 60-foot whales in the Gulf of Mexico

U.S. EPA Fines Exxon Mobil $2.64M For PCB Release

8/21/2008 2:02:00 AM

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled with the Exxon Mobil Corporation for $2.64M for allegedly disposing of and improperly handling polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs") on an offshore oil and gas platform in the Santa Barbara Channel, off the Southern California coast, in violation of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act

Microorganisms That Convert Hydrocarbons To Natural Gas Isolated

8/20/2008 12:04:00 AM

The researchers found that the groundbreaking process-known as anaerobic hydrocarbon metabolism-can be used to stimulate methane gas production from older, more mature oil reservoirs like those in Oklahoma.