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Shaw issues statement on events in Japan

"On behalf of all Shaw employees around the world, I give our deepest sympathy to the people of Japan. This is an extraordinary tragedy, and we can only imagine how painful and challenging this time is for everyone in the country," said J.M. Bernhard Jr., Shaw's chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Energy management toolkit available soon

The US Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) is in the process of developing the Energy Management Toolkit.

Foster Wheeler and consortium partners sign GES+ contract with Saudi Aramco

Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group together with the subsidiary’s consortium partners comprising A. Al-Saihati, A. Fattani & O. Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Co., (SOFCON) and Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company- Khatib & Alami (SCEC K&A) have signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for the provision of services associated with Saudi Aramco’s General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) initiative for a duration of five years with options available for extensions.

Mubarak exits stage right

What will this mean for IOCs doing business in the region?

An efficient source of terahertz radiation is developed

The joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (JILA) has developed a laser-based source of terahertz radiation that is unusually efficient and less prone to damage than similar systems. The technology might be useful in applications such as detecting trace gases or imaging weapons in security screening.

Siirtec Nigi lands large Shah gas development contracts

Siirtec Nigi S.p.A. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two contracts by Saipem S.p.A. to design and supply eight packages, each including burner, reaction furnace, steam drum, waste heat boiler, and 20 sulfur condensers.

Solve liquid-hammer problems

Dalan Farayand Engineering Co.: Salehi, F.

Here are several options

New explicit friction factor equation for turbulent flow in smooth pipes

Bouali Sina Petrochemical Company: Sasan-Amiri, A.

A simple, explicit and high-accuracy equation is presented

A support vector classification method for regime identification of slurry transport in pipelines

National Institute of Technology: Ghanta, K. C.  |  Lahiri, S. K.

Statistical analysis showed the proposed solution has an average misclassification error of only 1.5%

Estimate water hammer loads in steam piping

Reliance Refinery: Darji, P.  |  Saha, S.

The problem is more complicated because of the two-phase flow