Valve Magazine - Spring 2011

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Multiple Educational/Networking Opportunities Coming up for Valve Users

Spring is a busy time for those who work with industrial valves, actuators and controls because a number of exhibitions and conferences in the U.S. and Canada cover topics important to a wide variety of end-user industries. Some of the events include:

Offshore Technology Conference
May 2- 5, Houston
The world’s largest event covering off-
shore exploration and production
received a record number of 72,900
attendees last year. The conference,
OTC: BARCHFELD PHOTOGRAPHY
which was founded in 1969, is held in
the Reliant Center, Houston.

from more than 110 countries who attend hundreds of educational sessions and visit the giant exhibit floor.

This year’s event has sessions on specific technical issues in oil & gas, but also many sessions focusing on new developments in the industry such as response to deepwater ocean spills, new government regulations, new projects bringing hydrocarbons to the market and new technologies. The exhibit hall, which features more than 2,000 exhibits, is open all four days of the event.

For information, go to www.otcnet.org.

tions, and discussion groups is being held in the Colorado Convention Center, Denver.

Sessions are designed around ways to improve reliability in the refining and petrochemical industry. Topics cover issues such as reliability, work process improvements, procurement, turnarounds, safety and training, environmental controls, maintenance and much more. Hundreds of exhibitors are on hand to discuss the products and services that can help plant personnel achieve productivity and safety goals.

For information, go to www.npra.org.

2011 Reliability & Maintenance Conference and Exhibition May 24-27, Denver This event, which is sponsored by the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, is for anyone responsible for plant performance or looking for ways to improve plant operations. The program of keynote addresses, technical and management presenta-

Gas & Oil Expo and Conference
June 7-9, Calgary, Alberta
Those in the petroleum industry who
are in town for the Valve Basics Semi-
nar may want to stay for a second
event, which also takes place in Cal-
gary: the Gas & Oil Expo and Confer-
ence: North America. This is a forum
for professionals from Canada, the
U.S. and Mexico to learn about the
The first expanded VMA Valves &
Actuators 101 program will be held in
Calgary, Alberta. The program, which
now covers two days, is designed for
people new to the industry and those
who could use a brush-up on valves,
actuators and controls.

tunity to learn how to specify valves in a variety of real-world settings.

The event also includes a tabletop exhibition featuring U.S. and Canadian valve, actuator and control manufacturers, as well as companies offering supplies and services to the industry.