U.S. API valve standards, for example, are created by groups of end-users, manufacturers, engineer/contractors and occasionally government agency representatives.

Harsco Corporation announced Tuesday that Patrick K. Decker will be joining the company on Sept. 10 as president and CEO.

The value chain of the petrochemical industry is driven more by the end users-which are consumers-than by the feedstocks that go into making the products.

George Koo, special advisor with Deloitte, believes that with all the doom and gloom of the current global economic situation,

This nation is crisscrossed by hundreds of thousands of miles of crucial pipelines that transport vital feedstock from sources to the places where it

Depending on a valve

More than 2,000 years ago, the Romans made bronze plug valves for use in their fresh water distribution systems. As advanced as the Romans were they couldn

At first glance, it might appear that ?virtually any type of shutoff valve would work, but a closer look at the operating conditions provides a broader picture.