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Business news
WORLD PUMPS
October 2009
Watson-Marlow buys Maso Process Pumpen
Varley Pumps installs new test bay
Watson-Marlow GmbH has acquired Maso Process Pumpen GmbH from the Sundyne Corp.
Rotary gear pump manufacturer Varley Pumps has completed phase one of the installation of a new test bay at its factory in Luton, UK.
Maso Process Pumpen’s pumps, which are marketed mainly to the sanitary pump market in Europe and North America under the Maso and Sine trade names, will be branded as MasoSine. The design and manufacture of MasoSine pumps will continue in Ilsfeld, Germany. MasoSine’s sales operations serving Germany, the
USA and the UK will be merged into existing Watson-Marlow Pumps Group sales companies. The €25 million purchase price, which is subject to a final valuation of the net tangible assets on completion of the deal, will be financed from a newly agreed €25 million loan facility. www.watson-marlow.com www.masosine.com
Baker Hughes expands in pressure pumping Baker Hughes Inc is to acquire the pressure pumping company BJ Services Co in a US$5.5 billion deal. “BJ Services broadens our portfolio by adding products, technologies and talented people that are key to helping our customers unlock value in their reservoirs, particularly in unconventional gas and deepwater fields. It will better position us to drive international growth and to compete for the growing large integrated projects by incorporating pressure pumping into our product offering,” said Chad Deaton, Baker Hughes chairman, president and chief executive officer. Baker Hughes has a long record of partnering with BJ Services on
major projects. “The proposed merger will make Baker Hughes a stronger, more efficient service provider for our customers worldwide, by integrating pressure pumping with Baker Hughes’ wide range of products and services,” said Deaton. While pressure pumping accounted for less than 1% of Baker Hughes’ revenues in 2008, post-acquisition it is expected to generate approximately 20% of the new combined company’s revenues. Baker Hughes expects to realize annual cost savings of approximately US$75 million in 2010 and US$150 million in 2011. www.bakerhughes.com www.bjservices.com
ClydeUnion wins Indian power contract ClydeUnion Pumps’ Conventional Power business unit is to design, manufacture, test and install six large boiler feed pump packages for the 2x800 MW coal-fired Krishnapatnam Power Project in India.
“We are delighted to be involved in such an important project; this is our largest conventional power order for ten years and demonstrates the effectiveness of the Business Unit structure”, said Mark
Phase one of the test bay project allows the testing of special pump units on dedicated test beds. There is also an area for non standard and API pumps with flow rates of up to 1000gpm (4500 l/min). The 125 kW bed has been used to test pumps at pressures up to 120 bar to date. An offline cooler circuit can be used to maintain a constant temperature. Phase two of the project will involve moving the existing test
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ClydeUnion’s Conventional Power business unit. www.clydeunion.com
Varley Pumps, a division of the Hayward Tyler Group, manufactures double helical gear pumps for oil transfer, processing and forced lubrication applications. The pump range includes bespoke pump systems, twin set pump units and a range of standard pumps. www.varleypumps.com www.haywardtyler.com
Flowserve names new president and CEO Flowserve Corp chief financial officer Mark Blinn is to succeed Lewis Kling as president and chief executive officer of the company from 1 October 2009. Kling has been elected vice chairman of the Flowserve board effective 1 October 2009, and will retire from the company in February 2010. Blinn, who joined Flowserve in 2004 as chief financial officer, has also been in charge of Latin America operations since October 2007. “I have worked very closely with, and relied upon Mark as our
senior vice president, chief financial officer and Latin American operations for over four years,” said Kling. “He is an outstanding global executive and is ready to lead the company. The timing of this transition will enable Mark, with my support, to effectively drive the company’s 2010 strategic and financial planning processes, which are now getting underway. It will also allow five months for transition and my oversight before my planned retirement from Flowserve this coming February.” www.flowserve.com
Thai success for SPP Pumps SPP Pumps’ Oil & Gas Division has secured a contract from J Ray McDermott Asia Pacific to supply pumps for the Chevron Platong Gas II Project in the Gulf of Thailand.
Hannigan, managing director of ClydeUnion will deliver three 15MW pump sets per boiler – two turbine driven and one motor driven.
equipment for Varley’s standard pumps into the new area and adding data capture to all test parameters to allow them to be logged and monitored for unattended testing.
SPP’s scope of supply is for two GL12Q 2-stage, and one GH14H 5-stage, diesel driven vertical lineshaft fire pumps. The packages
are scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2009. J Ray McDermott is the EPC contractor for the Chevron Platong Gas II Project which involves the design, construction and installation of a new central processing platform in the Gulf of Thailand. www.spppumps.com