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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Custom machine tackles difficult crane repair</title>
      <description>Furmanite was called in to repair a crane in-situ, as the presence of liquid nitrogen made stripping down the crane hazardous.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Onsite machining fixes platform mistake</title>
      <description>Furmanite has the capability to undertake on-site machining projects from plant maintenance requirements to large scale new-build turnkey packages. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Careful valve changeover keeps propane tank in use</title>
      <description>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. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Repairs offer new lease of life for gas pipeline</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chocking system protects against wave damage</title>
      <description>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. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Composite technology prevents expensive shutdown</title>
      <description>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. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Valve repaired on-line</title>
      <description>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..</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sealing contract signed with petrochemical company</title>
      <description>Furmanite's pressurised leak sealing service enables leaks to be sealed on-line, avoiding unscheduled shutdown.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Corrosion repair avoids downtime</title>
      <description>Furmanite composite repair technology allowed repairs on a petrochemical plant in Kuantan, Malaysia earlier this year. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Composites repair system avoids downtime</title>
      <description>Four areas of an amine stripper column measuring up to 2m2 in size were repaired using Furmanite's composites repair and strengthening technology .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Surface treatment repairs vessel without downtime</title>
      <description>Furmanite was able to restore full structural strength and pressure integrity to a vessel on the Leman Alpha platform with a composite repair. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Repair clamps withstand 780bar pressures</title>
      <description>FurmaSeal high-pressure repair clamps are designed for rapid and economical on-line pressure leak sealing, whether subsea, topside or onshore.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>12-month maintenance contract awarded</title>
      <description>Burrup Fertilisers, on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia's Pilbara region has awarded a 12-month maintenance contract to Furmanite Australia</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Shims are smart answer to absorb wave motion</title>
      <description>The first ever subsea installation of SmartShim was successfully completed last autumn on Shell's Nelson platform.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Top level changes at Furmanite</title>
      <description>A series of strategic key management changes have taken place at Furmanite, the global technical services company geared to maximising asset uptime</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Engineering team goes on-site at Stanlow</title>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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