Pipeline & Gas Journal articles from April 2009

Pipeline & Gas Journal archives from April 2009

Editor's notebook.(Editorial)
April 1, 2009... This month I'm marking my 25th anniversary in the Energy Capital of the world. Of course, the first thought I had was that if I can last another 25 years I might actually live (and work) to see that Alaskan natural gas pipeline built. ...

Two Alaskan lawmakers want review of pipeline license.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Two Alaska lawmakers have introduced a resolution that would call on Gov. Sarah Palin to re-evaluate the natural gas pipeline license awarded to TransCanada Corp. The resolution by Republican Reps. Jay Ramras of Fairbanks and Craig Johnson of...

Independent gas producers form alliance.(Newsreel)(American Natural Gas Alliance)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... More than 20 of the nation's largest independent natural gas exploration and production companies have formed the American Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA). The group, which continues to add members, has a singular mission--to increase awareness and...

Regency, GE Energy Financial Services, Alinda bolster Haynesville pipeline project.(Newsreel)(Alinda Capital Partners LLC)(Regency Energy Partners LP)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Regency Energy Partners, Alinda Capital Partners and an affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services have formed a joint venture to finance and construct Regency's Haynesville Expansion Project, a north Louisiana pipeline that will transport gas...

Williams to run fewer rigs in Colorado's Piceance Basin.(Newsreel)(The Williams Companies Inc.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Williams Cos. Inc., the most active driller in the Piceance Basin, plans to operate nine or 10 rigs there in 2009, down from 20 it originally expected. Williams blames the cutback on the credit crunch, low natural gas prices and proposed state...

Oregon PUC approves NW Natural system integrity program.(Newsreel)(Public Utility Commission of Oregon)(Northwest Natural Gas Co.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Northwest Natural Gas Company reported that the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (OPUC) approved a stipulated agreement to create a new, consolidated natural gas pipeline System Integrity Program (SIP). The new SIP integrates older programs...

Southern Union, enterprise sign long-term NGL fractionation agreement.(Newsreel)(SUG Energy, LLC.)(natural gas liquids)
April 1, 2009... SUG Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Southern Union Company, and Enterprise Products Operating LLC, an affiliate of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., have signed a 10-year, natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation agreement to provide Southern...

Study finds upstream oil and gas transaction value fell 32%.(Newsreel)
April 1, 2009... Global mergers and acquisition (M&A) upstream transaction value plunged to $104 billion in 2008 from an annual average of nearly $160 billion in 2005-2007, according to the 2009 Global Upstream M&A Review prepared by IHS Herold Inc. and...

Longhorn notes increase in shipments to southwestern markets.(Newsreel)
April 1, 2009... Longhorn Pipeline Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Flying J Inc., reported last month a marked increase in recent shipment activity since Flying J secured a revolving DIP facility with Merrill Lynch on Feb. 27. As part of this arrangement,...

APCA speaks out on proposed employee free choice act legislation.(Newsreel)(American Pipeline Contractors Association)
April 1, 2009... The members of the American Pipeline Contractors Association (APCA), an association of Merit Shop Contractors, strongly believe in (1) the freedom of workers to choose whether to work for union or nonunion contractors without intimidation, and...

President announces FERC managerial changes.(Government)(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission )(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to the White House press office, when President Obama designated Jon Wellinghoff, who was serving as Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), as Chairman, he also announced his...

TGPC could be first to carry Marcellus Shale gas.(Government)(Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company)
April 1, 2009... Despite all the talk about Marcellus Shale gas's potential for improving East Coast natural gas supply, there have been no big deals between producers and interstate pipelines to move the gas. That may be changing. Tennessee Gas Pipeline...

President Obama's proposed 2010 budget.(Government)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... President Obama's proposed fiscal 2010 budget (starting Oct. 1, 2009) includes a $31.5 billion tax increase for oil and natural gas companies over 10 years. That would include a new excise tax on offshore oil and gas production, elimination of...

Interior and FERC agree on offshore renewable energy development.(Government)(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... In a joint statement, Secretary of the Interior (DOI), Ken Salazar and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Jon Wellinghoff announced that the two agencies have confirmed their intent to work together to facilitate the...

Willbros' upstream/downstream segments win contracts valued at $181 million.(Projects)
April 1, 2009... Willbros Group, Inc.'s upstream and downstream segments have been awarded new projects valued at approximately $181 million. Willbros U.S. Construction won a contract to construct the Texas Independence Pipeline for Energy Transfer Fuel, L.P.,...

143-mile guardian pipeline expansion/ extension completed.(Projects)(ONEOK Partners, L.P.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ONEOK Partners, L.P. has completed the Guardian Pipeline expansion and extension project. The pipeline, meter stations and associated compressor stations are fully in service, extending the existing 143-mile Guardian...

GE Oil & Gas completes challenging inspection of decades-old natural gas pipeline.(Projects)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions group has helped National Grid USA complete a challenging inspection of a decades-old natural gas pipeline below New York City, showcasing the heightened efforts of operators to evaluate the condition of...

Colonial pipeline delays major expansion in southeast.(Projects)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Economic conditions that have negatively affected consumer demand caused Colonial Pipeline to delay its proposed 460-mile Project EXCEL pipeline expansion that was to be built alongside the company's existing mainlines from Louisiana to...

ARB wins contract extensions from California utility.(Projects)
April 1, 2009... ARB Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Primoris, has been awarded two Short Notice Alliance Contract Extensions from a large southern California utility that is performing an internal survey of its natural gas pipeline network. Under these...

Contractors complete eastern market pipeline expansion.(Projects)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Work on Columbia Gas Transmission LLC's Eastern Market Expansion project in Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia is complete. MEC Construction, Bridgeport, WV; Bi-Con Services, Derwent, OH; LA Pipeline Construction, Belpre, OH; and Chapman...

Energy transfer holds open season for Tiger Pipeline.(Projects)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. has launched a binding open season to solicit market participation in its recently announced Tiger Pipeline project, P&GJ, March 09. As planned, the 180-mile, 42-inch interstate natural gas pipeline will connect...

Flow-Cal to provide measurement operations for Northern Natural Gas pipeline.(Projects)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Northern Natural Gas has tapped Flow-Cal's Enterprise Application Suite to simplify measurement operations on its natural gas pipeline that extends from the Permian Basin in Texas to the upper Midwest. Flow-Cal's Enterprise software...

More problems for long-planned Calypso pipeline off Florida.(Projects)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced at a town hall meeting in Fort Lauderdale that he opposes the proposed Calypso pipeline off the Fort Lauderdale coast. This, according to industry watchers, likely signals the...

Pipelines planned to connect Shale Gas reserves to Alberta System.(Projects)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... TransCanada plans to build two pipelines as integrated extensions of the Alberta System after receiving National Energy Board approval of its application to have the System federally regulated on Feb. 26. TransCanada's construction...

Bredero Shaw provides pipe coating protection for deepwater project.(Projects)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Bredero Shaw, a subsidiary of ShawCor Limited, was awarded the contract to produce 40 km of coated insulated pipeline for Sabah Shell Petroleum's Gumusut-Kakap Deepwater Project. The 18-inch pipe for the project is being protected with fusion...

El Paso, RWE Den AG enter into joint exploration in Egypt.(International)(El Paso Egypt Exploration & Production Company)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... El Paso Corp. reported that its Egyptian subsidiary, El Paso Egypt Exploration & Production Company, and RWE Den AG (RWE Dea) executed an agreement to exchange interests in adjoining onshore concessions in Egypt. The assignments have been...

French oil company may take stake in TSGP.(International)
April 1, 2009... Total is interested in a stake in the Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline (TSGP) should the project go ahead, joining interest from Gazprom and the national oil companies of Nigeria and Algeria. Total is the first major to express interest in...

More Russian gas destined for Turkey.(International)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Gazprom has raised its gas supply to Turkey by 25 MMcm/d to 67.4 MMcm/d via Ukraine and the Blue Stream pipeline. The increase comes at the request of Turkish state pipeline operator Botas. Turkey is the second-biggest importer of Russian gas,...

China says third West East is in the pipeline.(International)(China National Petroleum Corp.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) will invest more than $US14.6 billion in a third West-East natural gas pipeline, China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau chief consultant, Shifeng Su said. "Preliminary work has already started on the...

LNG movement not slowing down.(International)(liquefied natural gas)
April 1, 2009... Movement on the LNG front is certainly not abating with agreements concerning LNG projects taking the spotlight in Iran, China, Japan and Indonesia. Iran LNG Company (ILC) has executed a contract worth $US3.35 billion with a Chinese...

Aramco to spend 860 billion on projects.(International)(Saudi Arabian Oil Co.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... State oil company Saudi Aramco plans to spend $60 billion on oil and gas projects through 2014. Turmoil in world credit markets and tumbling crude prices have prompted energy companies globally to review their more expensive projects or cut...

European investment bank eyes Middle East development.(International)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The European Investment Bank's dedicated arm for the Mediterranean region, the Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP), has just announced a major pipeline-related financing transaction. FEMIP's remit is to...

New administration plans sweeping climate controls.(Burner Tip)
April 1, 2009... Economic calamities have taken center stage in the administration's agenda. Maybe this is somewhat misleading but, in no way does it hide the other important programs actively pursued by President Obama's administration. [ILLUSTRATION...

New AGA chairman not lacking for issues.(dialogue with Thomas E. Skains)(American Gas Association)(Interview)
April 1, 2009... It stands to reason that Thomas E. Skains literally needs to be two people this year. First, he is chairman, president and CEO of Piedmont Natural Gas, a large successfully managed utility based in Charlotte, NC that serves more than a million...

Program design, engineering key to infrastructure replacement and cost containment.
April 1, 2009... Infrastructure. It's a word we'll hear a great deal about in the next few years due to U.S. government stimulus funding. The natural gas distribution industry, unfortunately, shouldn't count on federal funds for our infrastructure concerns....

An operator's perspective on pipeline replacement.(Vectren Corp.)
April 1, 2009... After an evaluation of our pipeline distribution system, Vectren Corp. set out creating an infrastructure-replacement program t would improve the reliability and safety of service to our more than 1 million customers in Indiana and Ohio....

Risk-management process for urban utilities.(Philadelphia Gas Works)
April 1, 2009... The distribution of natural gas in an urban utility has inherent risks. Distribution networks are located underground, out of sight and typically under pavement in close proximity to buildings, residences and subsurface structures. Urban...

Human factors and pipeline safety: PHMSA proposed rule.(Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)
April 1, 2009... "Why don't you pipeline companies address controller fatigue!" The board member of the National Transportation Safety Board asked that question in the year 2000 while discussing a pipeline accident with one of the authors. "Reduce Accidents and...

The time is right for third-party gas product certification.
April 1, 2009... A Chinese proverb states, "May you live in interesting times." Today, our world is certainly interesting. With an unparalleled world economic slowdown, a crisis of confidence in banking, the stock market collapse, high unemployment, dependence...

Weather conditions an integral part of Southeast Texas LDC's planning.(Least Developed Countries)
April 1, 2009... No matter where a natural gas company is located, weather undoubtedly affects its energy demand and pricing year-round. Further still, varying weather conditions can have a measurable impact on a gas company's daily operations, ranging from...

Prices put supply growth at risk.
April 1, 2009... The collapse in oil prices could end up cutting the growth in future oil supply in half from what would have been anticipated during the high price period, according to a study from Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), and IHS Inc. The...

El Paso wins BLM award for reclamation efforts in Nevada.
April 1, 2009... El Paso Corp., operator of the nation's largest interstate natural gas pipeline system, has been awarded the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 2008 Hardrock Mineral Environmental Award for environmental excellence in reclamation work on the...

Pivotal energy builds up its gas storage portfolio.
April 1, 2009... Late last fall, Pivotal Energy Development began construction of Golden Triangle Storage, a 12-Bcf natural gas storage center that is located in and on top of the historic Spindletop salt dome near Beaumont in Southeast Texas. With the...

Battelle.(What's New In ... Gas Distribution Products And Right-Of-Way Acquisition And Maintenance Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Battelle has developed systems suitable for pipeline mapping and leak surveillance that incorporate state-of-the-art airborne geophysical survey technologies originally designed for the military. Called the VG...

CTDUT-Pipeline Technology Center.(What's New In ... Gas Distribution Products And Right-Of-Way Acquisition And Maintenance Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CTDUT-Pipeline Technology Center offers a brochure describing its full-scale testing facilities for research, tests and training on pipeline tools. The center is in Brazil. It was founded by Petrobras, Transpetro and...

TerraGo Technologies.(What's New In ... Gas Distribution Products And Right-Of-Way Acquisition And Maintenance Products)
April 1, 2009... Right-of-way mapping personnel have a new tool. TerraGo[R] Technologies has released TerraGo Mobile, said to be the first geospatial mobile application designed specifically for non-GIS users. Compatible with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 operating...

CartoPac/New Century Software.(What's New In ... Gas Distribution Products And Right-Of-Way Acquisition And Maintenance Products)(CartoPac Field Solutions)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... CartoPac Field Solutions and New Century Software, Inc. offer a joint solution to the pipeline industry that creates an efficient roundtrip workflow between the right-of-way and the office by integrating a number of their applications and...

M&M Pipeline Services.(What's New In ... Gas Distribution Products And Right-Of-Way Acquisition And Maintenance Products)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... M&M Pipeline Services follows pipeline construction crews performing environmental site remediation throughout the southeastern U.S. M&M completes the construction projects by restoring the land under and around new pipeline construction and is...

ESRI.(What's New In ... Gas Distribution Products And Right-Of-Way Acquisition And Maintenance Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ESRI says small utilities will soon have greater access to geographic information system (GIS) technology along their ROW as ESRI rolls out the Small Utilities Enterprise License Agreement (SU-ELA) program. For a...

Leica Geosystems.(What's New In ... Gas Distribution Products And Right-Of-Way Acquisition And Maintenance Products)
April 1, 2009... Leica Geosystems claims that a new generation of features and functionality incorporated into the latest Leica SpiderWeb version 2.2 GNSS Internet reference station data distribution software delivers significant improvements in data usability...

Exaktime Inc.(What's New)
April 1, 2009... Exaktime Inc. has unveiled FastTrakker, described as a powerful new solution to the problem of tracking dozens or hundreds of work activities (cost codes) to every employee and work site. Using FastTrakker, businesses get accurate information...

Farwest Corrosion Control Company.(What's New)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Farwest Corrosion Control Co. has announced the creation and availability of a new Rectifier Log Book. The log book is designed to be stored with cathodic protection rectifiers for manual data logging and the company...

Rupture Pin.(What's New)
April 1, 2009... Rupture Pin has announced the introduction of its new high-pressure slurry relief valve. The Model I-A is described as a major advancement in high-pressure slurry relief. It is extremely versatile with set pressures to 6,000 psi which can be...

Matcor.(What's New)
April 1, 2009... Matcor has unveiled what it describes as the pipeline industry's first engineered AC mitigation gradient control wire grounding system. Specifically for use in alternating current mitigation service, the Mitigator[TM] is an engineered solution...

GE Oil & Gas.(What's New)
April 1, 2009... GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions says it is introducing Integrity Management System (IMS), described as a first-of-its-kind pipeline integrity management software system to help pipeline operators more effectively manage the integrity of...

QinetiQ.(What's New)
April 1, 2009... QinetiQ offers a color flyer devoted to the OptaSense[TM] fiber-optic acoustic sensing solution that listens for excavator threats to buried high-pressure natural gas pipelines. The flyer contains case notes on trials of the system to detect...

PipeLine Machinery Intenational.(What's New)
April 1, 2009... PipeLine Machinery International has added new a pipelayer to its equipment offerings. PLM said introduction of the Caterpillar PL61 Pipelayer positions a new, technically refined model at the small end of the Caterpillar pipelayer...

Sakhalin's LNG Plant and its implications.(liquefied natural gas)
April 1, 2009... In February 2009, Russia and Japan opened the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Sakhalin II, thereby inaugurating Russia's first LNG producing plant. This important Russian achievement has significant consequences for Moscow's energy policy...

2009 offshore technology conference highlights.(International Offshore Report)(Conference notes)
April 1, 2009... OTC 2009--the premiere annual offshore exhibition and conference that draws more than 73,000 energy professionals from more than 110 counties--will be held in Houston, May 4-7, at Reliant Center at Reliant Park. Once again, OTC will offer...

How reeling impacts HFI-welded pipe properties.(International Offshore Report)(high-frequency induction)
April 1, 2009... The reel-lay process is one of the most effective offshore oil and gas pipeline installation methods for pipes ranging from 3-16 inches in diameter. To date, most of the pipe has been seamless line pipe; however, welded pipes can also be...

Production begins from Su Vu Vang field off Vietnam.(International Offshore Report)
April 1, 2009... J. Ray McDermott, S.A. set a benchmark in the industry for fabrication, completion and delivery of a 15,500-metric ton float-over deck in 22.5 months. Delivery to the Cuu Long Joint Operating Company (CLJOC) of Vietnam allowed production to...

Bredero Shaw to supply coating plants to Trinidad.(International Offshore Report)(National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Bredero Shaw, a division of ShawCor Ltd. has received contract amendments increasing the value of contracts that were previously announced with a value exceeding $60 million on October 15, 2008. The revised contracts with Welspun Gujarat Stahl...

Pioneering solution successfully scans flexible risers in situ.(International Offshore Report)(Hess Limited)(AGR Field Operations)
April 1, 2009... Operator HESS Limited, working with flexible pipe specialist flexlife and partners AGR Field Operations, has successfully scanned flexible risers in situ for the first time. Hess Limited commissioned the inspection of flexible risers on the...

Industry executive expects strong offshore market rebound.(International Offshore Report)
April 1, 2009... Many industries are feeling the effects of fluctuating global markets and widely variable oil prices. But with global energy consumption predicted to increase with an economic recovery in the coming years, it's no surprise the world remains...

Keppel FELS works to complete DSSTM 51 semi for Transocean.(International Offshore Report)
April 1, 2009... Development Driller III, an ultra-deepwater drilling semi-submersible rig featuring Transocean's dual-activity drilling technology, is nearing completion at Keppel FELS's shipyard in Singapore. Following completion of sea trials, the vessel...

Saipem's ROV support vessel completes first job.(International Offshore Report)
April 1, 2009... The HOS Mystique, Saipem America's new 250-foot Class II DP ROV support vessel, has completed its first job which involved a pod change on a well located in the Gulf of Mexico's Green Canyon leasing area in approximately 2,600 feet of water....

BP's thunder horse ramping up.(International Offshore Report)
April 1, 2009... Production started from the third and fourth wells at BP's Thunder Horse field in the Gulf of Mexico in December 2008, increasing production to 200,000 bopd and signaling the completion of commissioning and commencement of full operation. BP...

Seabed drilling rig.(International Offshore Report)(Seabed Rig AS )(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Stavanger, Norway-based Seabed Rig AS is developing an innovative sea bed drilling rig to carry out cost-effective exploration drilling in arctic and deep waters. The Seabed Rig consists of a patented encapsulated and pressure compensated...

MODEC FPSO achieves first oil off Brazil.(International Offshore Report)(Floating Production, Storage and Offloading)(Cidade de Niteroi MV18)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Cidade de Niteroi MV18, a MODEC owned and operated FPSO, leased to Petrobras, recently achieved first-oil. The spread-moored FPSO is located on the Marlin East Field in Campos Basin in approximately 1,400 meters of water. The Cidade de...

Setting of Shell's 9,500 ton topside structure in a single lift.(International Offshore Report)(Shell Petroleum Company Ltd.)
April 1, 2009... When the 8,666 metric ton Perdido topside structure was installed atop Shell's 555-foot floating Spar it set a new Gulf of Mexico record for the heaviest single piece lift. Under the direction of Heerema Marine Contractors, the mating of...

New hand-held tool promises easy location of buried pipes.(Tech Notes: Product Development)(Innspector 07)
April 1, 2009... SubSurface Instruments Inc. has introduced the Innspector 07, a lightweight, handheld instrument for locating buried utilities and other objects. The unit is able to locate all types of mains, laterals and other objects, including those made of...

Alabama Laser.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alabama Laser provides both laser-cladding services and systems. The cladding process uses a laser to deposit a layer of material onto a substrate. Cladding enhances the properties of a surface and--with the right...

Baker Hughes PMG.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Baker Hughes Pipeline Management Group (PMG) has published a brochure devoted to its CPCM[TM] cathodic protection inspection services. The brochure says the CPCM In-Line Inspection Services is the first method to...

PetroBeam, Inc.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... PetroBeam, Inc. announces that it is the leading developer of electron beam processing techniques to upgrade heavy oil and bitumen for easier pipeline transportation and refining. Founded in 2005, the company is a privately held technology...

Lincoln Electric.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lincoln Electric has added three new electrodes--Excalibur[R] 7018-A1 MR, Excalibur[R] 8018-B2 MR and Excalibur[R] 9018-B3 MR--to its line of low-hydrogen stick electrodes. These low-alloy consumables are ideal for...

Phoenix Contact.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... The new GSM/GPRS serial modem from Phoenix Contact provides global access to machines and systems via GSM connections. An integrated TCP/IP stack allows the implementation of simple control systems into the GPRS network. The...

Dresser Masoneilan.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dresser Masoneilan along with joint venture partner DS Control Technologies in Novgorod, Russia, say they have demonstrated a new benchmark in large-valve positioner accuracy. Proving the Dresser Masoneilan Smart...

Flow-Cal, Inc.(New ProductS)
April 1, 2009... Flow-Cal, Inc. announced that Northern Natural Gas Co. has selected Flow-Cal's Enterprise Application Suite to simplify measurement operations. Northern Natural Gas operates an interstate natural gas pipeline extending from the Permian Basin in...

Kerotest Manufacturing Corporation.(New Products)(Certification Institute of North America)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kerotest Manufacturing Corp. says its POLYBALLTM polyethylene ball valves earned certification from the Certification Institute of North America (CINA), an independent, third-party product testing agency which...

McElroy Manufacturing.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] McElroy Manufacturing has announced the Low Profile Roller, a modular pipe roller for 4- to 20-inch diameter pipe. Designed to keep high-density PE pipe off the ground and clean, the rollers can be paired with...

Rotork Process Controls.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rotork offers new electric, non-intrusive control-valve actuators. They are available in linear and quarter-turn actions and are described by the company as suitable for a wide range of control-valve applications...

John Deere.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Deere says it has added a new PowerTech E[TM] 6068 Tier 3 engine to its 710J Backhoe, improving both emissions compliance and power. The company says the 710J still provides the greatest dig depth in the...

Ditch Witch.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Ditch Witch organization has developed a beacon housing that is designed to be more durable, versatile, and productive than the tapered-head beacon housings previously offered by the company. The new Thread Head...

Kennametal Inc.(New Products)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kennametal Inc. has introduced new retainers for its line of YSC step-shank tools used on large-track trenchers. The retainers, designated TR3, have a patented design that enables them to be installed and removed...