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Listing of all 32 news releases from Furmanite International:

Careful valve changeover keeps propane tank in use

User application article Following a hot bolting procedure on the 24in nozzle flange and 6in ball valve lower and top flanges to ensure a quick change, a valve plug was inserted and the valve change out performed.

News from Furmanite International (10 March 2008)

Repairs offer new lease of life for gas pipeline

User application article Fourteen different repair designs were required on a pipeline at Shell's Leman Alpha platform ranging in length from 1m to over 4m and involving various complex geometries.

News from Furmanite International (31 January 2008)

Chocking system protects against wave damage

User application article PVC-proofed nylon SmartShim slips are filled with a polyurethane resin, with sufficient elasticity to absorb the wave effects while holding the riser or caisson firmly in place within the guides.

News from Furmanite International ( 3 January 2008)

Composite technology prevents expensive shutdown

User application article The repairs can be designed to accommodate continuing erosion over their design life, even to the extent of total loss of the original substrate, while still retaining full integrity.

News from Furmanite International (14 November 2007)

Valve repaired on-line

User application article Furmanite applied its Trevitest technology to adjust the spring tension and reseat the PSV valve, after which the valve reverted to normal opening and closing functions..

News from Furmanite International (22 October 2007)

Sealing contract signed with petrochemical company

Furmanite's pressurised leak sealing service enables leaks to be sealed on-line, avoiding unscheduled shutdown.

News from Furmanite International ( 5 September 2007)

Corrosion repair avoids downtime

User application article Furmanite composite repair technology allowed repairs on a petrochemical plant in Kuantan, Malaysia earlier this year.

News from Furmanite International ( 6 August 2007)

Composites repair system avoids downtime

User application article Four areas of an amine stripper column measuring up to 2m2 in size were repaired using Furmanite's composites repair and strengthening technology .

News from Furmanite International (10 July 2007)

Surface treatment repairs vessel without downtime

User application article Furmanite was able to restore full structural strength and pressure integrity to a vessel on the Leman Alpha platform with a composite repair.

News from Furmanite International (10 May 2007)

Repair clamps withstand 780bar pressures

FurmaSeal high-pressure repair clamps are designed for rapid and economical on-line pressure leak sealing, whether subsea, topside or onshore.

News from Furmanite International (20 April 2007)

12-month maintenance contract awarded

Burrup Fertilisers, on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia's Pilbara region has awarded a 12-month maintenance contract to Furmanite Australia

News from Furmanite International ( 9 February 2007)

Shims are smart answer to absorb wave motion

User application article The first ever subsea installation of SmartShim was successfully completed last autumn on Shell's Nelson platform.

News from Furmanite International (25 January 2007)

Top level changes at Furmanite

A series of strategic key management changes have taken place at Furmanite, the global technical services company geared to maximising asset uptime

News from Furmanite International (27 July 2006)

Engineering team goes on-site at Stanlow

Furmanite has been contracted to provide a permanent on-site core team to the Shell Stanlow refinery, under a contarct lasting up to five years.

News from Furmanite International (19 July 2006)

Pipeline repair clamps off to the Caspian Sea

Furmanite International has been awarded a contract to supply subsea pipeline repair clamps for ACG and Shah Deniz subsea lines in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.

News from Furmanite International ( 6 June 2006)

Technical services firm wins three-year contract

Pressurised leak sealing services and composites repair technologies to be supplied for pipework, pipelines, vessels, flanges and valves as part of three-year contract to wet gas project in Algeria.

News from Furmanite International (19 April 2006)

Critical joint integrity service managed

User application article Recently completed Brent Delta shutdown for Sigma 3 involved work on some 906 flanges, ranging in size from 1.27 to 92cm and from 68 to 1130kg ratings, with stud sizes of 1.27 to 7.62cm.

News from Furmanite International (27 February 2006)

Furmanite acquires general services group

Furmanite has acquired Flowserve's general services group (GSG), which provides industrial flow management services, for $16m.

News from Furmanite International (12 January 2006)

Supply fault fixed in a day

User application article Furmanite fixed a fault at a main supply grid station within 24 hours, ensuring uninterrupted electricity supply; a similar fault had previously taken several weeks to rectify.

News from Furmanite International ( 6 December 2005)

Valves overhauled at nuclear power stations

User application article Repair work on some 600 valves at British Nuclear Group reactor sites has been undertaken by speciality services company Furmanite.