Pipeline & Gas Journal articles from May 2007

Pipeline & Gas Journal archives from May 2007

Editor's notebook.(Column)
May 1, 2007... On April 17 I had the great fortune to attend the Presidents' Roundtable at the 2007 API Pipeline Conference in Albuquerque. This was so good I would have even paid to attend. Their topic was "Leadership In The Millennium" and the speakers...

Regency Energy Partners acquires Pueblo Midstream Gas.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Regency Energy Partners LP acquired Pueblo Midstream Gas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bear Cub Investments, LLC, for approximately $55 million. Pueblo's primary assets include the Fashing Plant and related gathering system located...

KM retail gas operations acquired by GE Energy Financial Services, Alinda Investments.(Newsreel)(Kinder Morgan Inc. )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Kinder Morgan, Inc. completed the sale of its U.S. natural gas retail distribution and related operations serving over 260,000 customers in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, as well as Hermosillo, Mexico, to GE Energy Financial Services and Alinda...

Petrobras, Sonatrach discuss LNG opportunities.(Newsreel)(liquid natural gas)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Petrobras hosted a mission from the Algerian Sonatrach national oil company, the biggest oil company in the African continent, on March 30. The group, headed by Sonatrach's international activity director, Mohamed Benhammou, was received by...

Natural gas reserves at highest level since 1978, AGA says.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The amount of natural gas estimated to be in U.S. reserves inventory in 2006 rose for the eighth straight year, says an American Gas Association (AGA) analysis of reserves, based on figures reported by a representative sample of 30 reserves...

Columbia Gas Transmission may sell gathering system.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. opened a data room May 7 for natural gas producers, marketers and others interested in buying the Inez & Walbridge pipeline system, located in western West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. The gathering system...

GAO study details terrorism risks with LNG.(Newsreel)(Government Accountability Office)(liquefied natural gas)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... A study released April 10 by the Government Accountability Office said fire from a terrorism attack against a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas could ignite so fiercely it would burn people one mile away. The study concluded that further...

California denies BHP Billiton lease for LNG terminal.(Newsreel)
May 1, 2007... The Associated Press reported April 10 that the California State Lands Commission voted 2-1 against plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal off the Southern California coast. The 2-1 decision turned down a lease for...

U.S. terminals bustling with LNG activity.(Newsreel)(liquefied natural gas)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... LNG imports continue to keep U.S. import terminals running at record levels, which should help offset declining Canadian imports due to falling gas production and depleted storage inventories. Increased volumes are also being driven by a...

Dresser-Rand purchases Gimpel valve business from Tyco.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Dresser-Rand Group Inc. has acquired the Gimpel business from Tyco Flow Control, a reporting unit of Tyco International. Gimpel products include a line of trip, trip throttle, and non-return valves to protect steam turbines and related...

Sakhalin Energy gets new shareholder.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... On April 18, 2007, the shareholders of Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. signed a sale and purchase agreement with OAO Gazprom, to trigger the transfer of shares in Sakhalin Energy. Under the new shareholding structure of Sakhalin Energy,...

Natural gas to cost less in 2007.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Natural gas will cost less to use in 2007 than other major home energy sources, according to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The DOE forecast of projected costs of natural gas, electric,...

Converting coal and natural gas to liquids fuels.(Newsreel)(Sasol Technology signs deal with Avantium Technologies)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... This is the aim of a Sasol Technology and Avantium strategic research collaboration. According to the two companies, under the collaboration scientists of Sasol and Avantium Technologies will work together to develop new catalyst technologies...

Standards of conduct lead to verbal fisticuffs.(Government)
May 1, 2007... Transmission pipelines and theft customers are engaging in a full-scale tug of war over new standards of conduct for pipelines the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed in January. These standards dictate what kinds of contacts...

Pipeline customers want more financial information.(Government)
May 1, 2007... The NGSA is also battling the transmission lines on another regulatory front at FERC; urging the Commission to force interstate pipelines to include more detailed information on their annual Form 2s, which customers use to determine whether a...

Alaska starts office to oversee pipeline maintenance.(Alaska state Legislature)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Reacting to last year's well-publicized problems at BP's Prudhoe Bay oil pipelines, the Alaska state Legislature has created a department specifically to handle oversight of the state's vast oil field infrastructure. Gov. Sarah Palin last...

Partners to seek regulator approval for Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline.(Projects)(Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline has executed precedent agreements with seven shippers for 1.49 Bcf/d of gas capacity on its proposed pipeline linking the planned Jordon Cove LNG terminal in Oregon to various interstate pipeline interconnections....

ONEOK to build $260 million NGL pipeline.(Projects)
May 1, 2007... ONEOK Partners, L.P. plans to build a $260-million NGL pipeline from southern Oklahoma through the Barnett Shale natural gas play in northern Texas and continuing on to the Texas Gulf coast. The proposed 440-mile Arbuckle Pipeline will...

New pipe mill slated to open in Mississippi.(Projects)(PSL North America)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... PSL North America (PSL-NA) is building a new manufacturing facility at Port Bienville Industrial Park near Bay St. Louis, MS. Designed to serve the large diameter line pipe market, the mill will manufacture, coat and line API grade line pipe up...

FERC approves LNG pipeline.(Projects)(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)(liquefied natural gas)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct and operate a subsea pipeline that will transport substantial volumes of regasified liquefied natural gas from Excelerate...

ExxonMobil achieves Sakhalin-1 production goal.(Projects)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Exxon Mobil Corporation's phase one of the Sakhalin-1 project offshore Eastern Russia, led by its subsidiary Exxon Neftegas Limited, and including affiliates of Rosneft, RN-Astra and Sakhalinmorneftegas-Shelf, Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development...

INTEC/IMV to design subsea and pipeline for EnCana's Deep Panuke project.(Projects)(IMV Projects Atlantic)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... INTEC Engineering, along with alliance partner IMV Projects Atlantic, has been awarded the subsea and pipeline design for EnCana's Deep Panuke development off Nova Scotia. This FEED level work will result in bid packages for the subsea and...

Socotherm awarded major weight coating contract.(Projects)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Socotherm has won a 2.5 million euro contract in Egypt for the weight coating of some 37 miles of pipe for EMG's Al Arish to Asquelon pipeline project. The weight coating activities will be performed in 2007 in Port Said using Socotherm's...

Acergy wins trunkline installation off Brazil.(Projects)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Acergy has been awarded a contract from Petrobras to install the Mexilhao gas export trunkline in Brazil. The contract, valued at $400 million, is for the installation of 75 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline from a fixed platform in the...

Neptune wins approvals for first East Coast offshore LNG facility.(Projects)(liquefied natural gas)(Neptune LNG LLC gets Deepwater Port License)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... SUEZ Energy North America's subsidiary, Neptune LNG, announced that the Neptune offshore LNG facility has received its Deepwater Port License. Neptune is the first offshore LNG project on the East Coast of the U.S. to reach this milestone. The...

India-based Man Industries bags major U.S. pipe order.(Projects)(Man Industries (India) Ltd. signs contract with Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC USA)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Man Industries (India) Ltd, a leading manufacturer of large diameter submerged arc welded line pipes and coating systems, has recently bagged a prestigious order amounting to approximately US$225 million from, Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC...

Rockies Express to begin construction on REX-West.(Projects)(Rockies Express Pipeline LLC)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved construction of the Rockies Express-West project, 713 miles of 42-inch diameter pipeline that will extend from the Cheyenne Hub in Weld County, CO, to an interconnection with...

Seminole Energy plans pipeline to serve Nebraska ethanol facilities.(Projects)(Seminole Energy Services LLC)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Seminole Energy Services LLC plans to build a natural gas pipeline to serve ethanol facilities in central Nebraska. According to company officials, the exact route and cost of the pipeline has not been determined, but they anticipate the...

TGP moves ahead with Carthage expansion plans.(Projects)
May 1, 2007... Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP), a subsidiary of E1 Paso Corp., plans to construct the Carthage Expansion Project, which will add 100,000 Dth/d of capacity from the Carthage production area in East Texas to a new interconnect with Entergy Corp.'s...

5 nations sign on to Pan-European Pipeline.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Five European countries have signed a construction agreement to start work on the Pan-European Pipeline after several delays caused by environmental concerns. Officials from Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia signed the agreement...

Study finds Iran--Pakistan--India cheapest option.(International)(Report)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... A study by the World Bank has shown that the proposed pipeline from Iran would transport gas to India at a cost considerably cheaper than the closest alternative. Praful Patel, the World Bank's Vice President for South Asia said a technical...

Nepal decides to develop pipeline.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Nepal has decided to build the Nepal--India pipeline on its own, rather than in a joint venture with Indian Oil Corporation. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and IOC stipulating that NOC...

Russia to build oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Stroytransgaz signed a US$100 million contract for the construction of an oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia. The company operates Gazprom's construction business and will build the 200-mile Sheyba-Abkayk pipeline which is to cross the Rub al-Khali,...

Africa-to-Europe pipeline envisioned.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... A 2-3 Bcf/d gas pipeline to cross the Sahara desert and link Nigeria with Algeria and Spain could be online in 2015. A feasibility study on the project--variously named the 'Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline' (TSGP) and 'Nigal'--was recently presented...

RasGas, KOGAS sign LNG deal.(International)(Korea Gas Corporation)(liquefied natural gas )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... RasGas has signed a long-term LNG sales and purchase agreement with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS). RasGas will supply 2.1 MMt/a of LNG for 20 years from its plant in Qatar to terminals in Korea. The current agreement builds on a previous LNG...

Eni looks to expand pipeline capacity.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Eni has agreed to a 6.6 Bcm a year capacity increase for its TTPC and TAG pipelines to 2008-09. The Trans Tunisian Pipeline Company (TTPC) pipeline will now carry 3.2 Bcm of gas per year from Algeria to Italy via Tunisia--from Oct. 1, 2008 and...

Argentina accepts costs for new pipeline.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Argentina has signed a contract that will see it pay the full costs of a US$1.5 billion gas pipeline from Bolivia. The 1,500-km Northeast Argentina Pipeline will multiply by four the amount of gas passing across Bolivia's southern border to...

Construction starts on pipeline in Vietnam.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... PetroVietnam began construction of the $US97 million pipeline in southern Vietnam. The pipeline is being developed alongside the $US420 million Nhon Trach 1 power plant, which is scheduled for start-up in March. Nacap Asia-Pacific won the...

U.S. signs cooperation deal with Azerbaijan.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The U.S. signed a strategic alliance on gas pipelines with Azerbaijan aimed at promoting security and cooperation in the Caspian region's energy sector. The deal calls for "high-level dialogue to deepen and broaden already strong...

India extends city gas distribution system.(International)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... India plans to invest up to $US2 billion to extend its city gas distribution networks to 28 more cities by 2009. The network would be further expanded at a later stage to cover 200 cities in 15 states, providing gas to 160 million people. The...

Track trenchers help company keep pace with pipeline work.
May 1, 2007... Mark Wright is a busy man. As a general superintendent for the pipeline contractor Driver Pipeline Company, Inc., Dallas, TX, he is overseeing the installation of more than 70,000 feet of natural gas lines. "Sometimes it's like running...

The nation's changing pipeline landscape.(Pipeline Outlook '07: 2007 post conference update)(Cover story)
May 1, 2007... Massive big-inch pipeline construction is on the way. This was the consensus of 22 top industry executives who participated in Pipeline & Gas Journal's third annual Pipeline Opportunities Conference held March 26 at the Hilton Americas-Houston...

Federal coordinator determined to see progress on Alaskan gas pipeline.(Pipeline Outlook '07: 2007 post conference update)(Interview)
May 1, 2007... If Drue Pearce succeeds in her latest role, then the folks in Alaska need to build a statue for her, something preferably made of 42-inch steel that can withstand the rigors of an Arctic clime. Pearce, 56, served numerous terms in the...

Uncertainties of measurement instruments.
May 1, 2007... The measurement of volume of gas delivered to customers is the key measurement in the gas industry. Field measuring instruments measure volume at line pressure and temperature which is called uncorrected volume. Also measured pressure and...

Crisis management: the need for a comprehensive approach.
May 1, 2007... Pipeline operators face a myriad of potential crises. While most think of outside force damage which results in a leak as a "typical" crisis warranting planning and response capabilities, there are other issues that operators may face. Natural...

Here's how one of North America's newest natural gas midstream companies evolved.(Martha Wyrsch)(Interview)
May 1, 2007... In December 2006, the Duke Energy board of directors approved the tax-free spin-off of Spectra Energy, the stand-alone and publicly traded company consisting of Duke Energy's natural gas businesses. Spectra Energy is one of North America's...

New initiative seeks to enhance safety and increase capacity of plastic gas piping systems.(Increasing The Design Factor For Plastic Pipe)
May 1, 2007... In recent years, the natural gas industry--interested in using its plastic piping infrastructure to maximum capabilities--has supported various regulatory initiatives to allow for the use of higher pressures to increase flow capacity and...

Southeast Directional Drilling: HDD assist keeps big pullbacks moving.
May 1, 2007... Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal With some of the largest and most difficult directional drilling projects already in its portfolio, Southeast Directional Drilling (SEDD), Tempe, AZ continues completing spectacular gas and oil pipeline...

Armadrillco, LLC.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Armadrillco has introduced its Sidewinder[TM] directional control head. The company says its Sidewinder T35v09 is the solution when drilling through rock with smaller drilling units. The T35v09 is said to transfer all of the drill rig's torque...

Covalence Corrosion Protection Group.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Covalence Adhesives Corrosion Protection Group has announced Powercrete F-1, described as a new, rapid-cure, 100% solids (no VOCs), liquid epoxy developed for girth welds and new and rehabilitation applications for the corrosion protection of...

Parker Instrumentation.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)(http://www.parker.com/phastite/ launched)(Website overview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Parker Instrumentation has launched a website dedicated to its permanent tube connection technology for higher pressure applications, Phastite. Phastite's "push-fit" operation is said to offer major savings over traditional permanent and higher...

Mercury Computer Systems.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Mercury Computer Systems offers an unmanned aircraft system to monitor pipelines. The VistaNav[TM]-SSR is said to comprise a ground station, integrated VistaNav synthetic vision system, a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and various...

Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Huntingdon Fusion Techniques says large pipes and vessels can be purged of air quickly and easily--with reported savings of up to 90% in purge gas requirements--using a British-made weld purging system. The Argweld[R] Quick Purge reportedly...

Setra Systems, Inc.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Setra, a manufacturer and designer of pressure measurement instrumentation, has introduced the Model 231 Multi-Sense[R] wet-to-wet, differential pressure transducer. The Model 231 is said to be ideal for users who need to monitor control pump...

Rotork.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Rotork has introduced the Pakscan P3, the third generation of its two-wire digital monitoring and control system for valve actuators and associated plant equipment. It is designed to provide advanced asset management capabilities. Features...

Volvo Construction Equipment.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Volvo CE's latest design concept the Gryphin--is described as an extreme concept wheel loader. Volvo says its designers have imagined how wheel loaders will develop in the medium term future. Volvo says this is nothing new. Volvo's designers in...

Flotation Technologies, Inc.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Flotation Technologies says it has developed a new buoyancy module for use by Cameron on the Chevron Tahiti Field. Needing to relieve weight from the high-pressure jumpers while not increasing the potential for VIV (vortex-induced vibrations)...

Emerson Process Management.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Emerson Process Management has changed the brand name of the company's densitometers product line from Solartron[R] to Micro Motion[R]. Emerson acquired the densitometers product line in 2005 and added it to the Micro Motion offering, giving...

Anderol, Inc.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Anderol, Inc., manufacturer of specialty synthetic lubricants, recently released a new grease selection guide aimed at helping maintenance and operations engineers with specific grease application needs. Anderol says the brochure provides a...

Lexycom Technologies.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Lexycom Technologies says RS232 Legacy Devices are now I addressable with the Lexycom Technologies software defined radio. The latest version of firmware for the Tiamis-800 software defined radio transceiver (SDR), allows legacy R232 serial...

El Paso Corporation.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... El Paso Corporation has published a Developer Handbook designed to increase awareness by landowners and developers of the company's buried pipelines. The handbook, available in portable document format (PDF), says that one of the goals of the...

Mustang Engineering.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... Mustang Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of John Wood Group PLC, and John Wood Group say they have been awarded U.S. patent 715 5917 for a proprietary process to convert LNG into natural gas. Described as environmentally friendly and...

R&M Energy Systems.(What's New ... Piercing Tools, Pipe Bursting-Ramming, Directional Drilling Rigs, Locating Systems and Vacuum Excavation)
May 1, 2007... R&M Energy Systems offers a new even rubber thickness stator, the Moyno[R] ERT[TM] Power Section that is described as being able to significantly improve the overall performance of power sections used in down-hole and horizontal drilling. R&M...

Awareness of market challenges.
May 1, 2007... "Gas Marketing has been a challenge for producers all the years I've been exposed to it, affecting both large and small players." These words stated by Frank King, Chairman of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, appear in the article Gas...

Allseas Group uses Dyneema[R] fiber to adjust pipelay stinger.(Offshore)(DSM Dyneema)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Allseas Group S.A., a Swiss offshore pipe-laying company, has collaborated with DSM Dyneema to improve the safety and speed of underwater pipe-laying using next-generation rope technology. The two companies have worked to replace traditional...

UKOOA speaks out on high North Sea costs and taxes.(Offshore)
May 1, 2007... Responding to a recent budget statement, the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), the representative body for North Sea production companies, accused the Treasury of turning a blind eye to the urgent needs of the UK's offshore oil and gas...

Interior works to recoup lost oil and gas royalties.(Offshore)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne recently endorsed efforts by two key senators to extend Gulf of Mexico oil-and-gas leases by three years in an attempt to either recoup lost royalties or institute price thresholds on leases from the late...

Dresser-Rand to provide equipment for North Sea field.(Offshore)(Dresser-Rand A/S signs contract with Statoil ASA)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Dresser-Rand Group Inc. will supply advanced turbomachinery for Statoil's semi-submersible production platforms to be located in the Gjoa field, approximately 50 km off southwest Norway. The contract to provide compression equipment and drivers...

BJ Tubular Services wins contract in Campos Basin.(Offshore)(BJ Tubular Services signs contract with Devon Energy do Brasil Ltd.)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a contract by Devon Energy do Brasil Ltd a to provide a range of hydraulic hammer services offshore Brazil. The contract provides for hydraulic hammer conductor-driving services for all 13 well conductors on...

Pipeline & Gas Journal's 2007 Buyer's Guide: company listings.(Directory)
May 1, 2007... A 3P Services GmbH & Co. KG Lenzfod 9 49811 Lingen Germany Phone: +49 591 710070 Fax: +49 591 7100711 www.3p-services.com Email: 3p@3p-services.com A & L Underground, Inc. 14700 West 107th Str. Lenexa,...

Pipeline & Gas Journal's 2007 buyer's guide: product categories.
May 1, 2007... ABRASIVE BLAST CLEANING Commercial Coating Services, Inc. CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc. Michels Corporation Wheelabrator Group ABRASIVE WATER JETTING CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc. Weatherford...

African LNG picture bears watching.(liquefied natural gas)
May 1, 2007... Africa's LNG industry is the oldest in he world, with the continent having osted the world's first liquefaction plant to come online at the Algerian port of Arzew in 1964 - built to supply gas to the UK and then France before the first major...

Service company meets challenges to connect natural gas producers and providers.(Tech Notes: Product Development)(Superior Pipeline Services )
May 1, 2007... Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal From deep underground reservoirs to well sites, processing plants, local distribution companies (LDCs), and finally, our homes, service contractors play a vital role in building and maintaining the...

Advantages of purpose built pipelavers.(Tech Notes: Product Development)
May 1, 2007... There are many advantages of buying and using purpose-built pipe-layers over converted crawler tractors for pipelaying applications. These advantages make a huge difference in capacity and performance of the machines and profitability for your...

Ridge Tool Company.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... Emerson's Ridge Tool Company says its new RIDGID[R] SeekTech[R] ST-305 transmitter is a lightweight, compact and added portability while locating utility lines. The SeekTech ST-305 is designed for use with the SeekTech SR-20 utility locator...

Advance Products & Systems, Inc.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... Advance Products & Systems offers a brochure devoted to Kleerband[R] flange protectors and Radolid[R] protection caps. The brochure says the Kleerband Flange Protectors aim to protect flange face, studs and gaskets on raised face, full face and...

Pipeline Integrity Resources, Inc.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... PIR offers a color brochure devoted to its services. The company was formed in 2001 and says its goal is to provide the industry with a higher level of contract services. PIR says its employees are primarily past pipeline company employees with...

Industrial Engineering and Equipment Company.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... INDEECO says its ULTRA-SAFE[TM] EXP explosion-proof unit heater for compressor stations, refineries, rigs and petrochemical plants is designed with both safety and versatility in mind. The company says the unit has the industry's lowest...

Dan-Loc bolt & gasket.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... Dan-Loc, manufacturer of stud bolts and ring joint gaskets, is introducing a new category of stud bolts for corrosion-resistant applications. The Dan-Loc TuffCor[TM] bolt is said to have been engineered to provide lower maintenance and extended...

Emerson Process Management.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... Emerson Process Management has announced Ethernet I/O expansion for the Bristol[R] ControlWave[R] Micro Hybrid RTU. Emerson says the expanded Micro RTU now supports larger applications with the new dual Ethernet ports that provide network...

The Lincoln Electric Company.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... The Vantage[R] 400 from The Lincoln Electric Company is described by the company as one of the most compact 400 amp welder/generators in the construction, pipe or rental fleet market today. Housed in a compact, corrosion-resistant stainless...

Van Air Systems.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... Van Air Systems says its High Inlet-Temperature Refrigerated Air Dryers are a dependable solution to air line moisture and contaminants. The HTR Series product line is said to handle inlet air up to 180 degrees F, match all common air...

Bernard Welding Equipment.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... Bernard has Introduced a solutions guide, The Bernard Difference, and an educational product and training CD that aim to support the welding needs of endusers and distributors. The guide features products such as the QTM-Gun, Centerfire[TM]...

GE Oil & Gas.(New Products)
May 1, 2007... GE Oil & Gas offers a brochure devoted to the PGT25+G4, described as the latest in aeroderivative technology for oil and gas applications. According to the brochure, the unit is a 34 MW gas turbine consisting of an enhanced LM2500+G4 Gas...