industry update
New Valmet opens new office in Finland
Warren
Controls updates ValveWorks ® Program
Nearly 700 Valmet employees in Finland, mainly from Järvenpää and partly from Vantaa’ s Hakkila office, moved into new premises in Tikkurila, Vantaain in early spring. Valmet’ s head office is in Keilaniemi, Espoo. Diverse services, such as a lunch restaurant, gym, large bicycle parking area with adjacent social facilities, and a parking garage with electric car charging points, support the employees’ daily lives. The area offers excellent public transport connections and |
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a shopping centre. In the design of the building, the focus has been on the flexibility of the spaces, the brightness of the work areas, and high indoor air quality. The new property has an energy efficiency class A and a platinumlevel LEED environmental certification. Solar panels are installed on the roof and the yard is planted with vegetation to supports biodiversity. The property’ s energy efficiency is improved with a geothermal heating system.
Warren Controls, a manufacturer of control valves and specialty fluid handling products, has announced updates to its
ValveWorks ® program aimed at improving the sizing and selection process for globe and rotary control valves in accordance with the ISA 75.01 international standard. The latest revision introduces a new interface that aligns with the ARI brand identity and includes several functional improvements. Users can now assign a quote number on the Project Edit page, utilising an alpha-numeric text field that supports special characters. Enhancements to the input filters have been implemented for improved robustness and security, addressing previous limitations. A new checkbox on the fluid data page allows users to bypass trim limit filters when necessary. Additionally, a button has been added to the valve data page for removing blankets, which was not previously possible.
Shell invests in Gato do Mato project in Brazil’ s pre-salt
Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda.( Shell Brasil), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has made the Final Investment Decision( FID) for Gato do Mato, a deepwater project in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. The Gato do Mato Consortium includes Shell( operator with a 50 % stake), Ecopetrol( 30 %), TotalEnergies( 20 %) and Pré-Sal Petróleo SA( PPSA), which acts as manager of the production sharing contract( PSC). The development plan calls for the installation of a floating production, storage and offloading unit( FPSO), designed to produce up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day. The estimated volume of recoverable resources from the Gato do Mato project is approximately 370 million barrels.
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