OIL & GAS / REFINERY SPECIAL

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actuator users, suppliers and specifiers
Vol. 23, Issue 2, March 2018

26 Evonik and Siemens

partner up in CO2
to chemicals
37 High performance
seals in oil and gas
60 Procurement in
building plants
63 Upstream valve
sales on the up

Cover Story:
A.K. Velan: 1918-2017
An industry legend’s legacy lives on
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22 Cover story: A.K. Velan: 1918-2017 An industry legend’s

legacy lives on
Velan’s longevity in a challenging market can be ultimately attributed to the passion and
commitment of its founder, A.K. Velan, who passed away on September 29th, 2017, just
shy of his 100th birthday.
Velan is a world leader in the design and production of cast and forged steel gate, globe,
check, ball, triple offset butterfly, engineered severe service valves, and steam traps offering
superior performance across all major industrial applications.

29
26 Project report: Siemens and Evonik parther up in CO2
The industry is investing in concepts for capture, storage and usage of CO2. In Germany,
Siemens and Evonik plan to employ renewable energy to generate high-value specialty
chemicals from CO2.

29 Seven projects to watch out for

Last year, the oil and gas industry has been on the up resulting in several megaprojects all over
the globe.

32 Doing valves right: with ExxonMobil

37 Concerning valves that aren’t made to the requested specifications, valves that leak and valves
that stick during cycling. While some valve manufacturers have increased their attention to the
areas of quality and design, there are still many operational issues.

37 High performance seals: innovative solutions for oil & gas

A case study that shows how a leading producer of sealing materials and a high-end valve
manufacturer have developed extremely efficient valve isolation solutions for refineries.

38 Mergers & acquisitions

Constantine Biller’s series considers the most recent mergers and acquisitions taking place in
41 the global valves industry.

41 Top of Mind: Why smaller is sometimes better

Prodim from Belgium is not a one-stop-shop holding every single valve item. Its strategy is
much more focused, namely to help customers who have demanding applications that need
specific valves, and in particular actuated valves.

43 The bolted connection: seal failure analysis and

corrective action
Preventive and corrective actions are needed to minimize seal failures and subsequent down times.

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49 The benefits of in-house machining

While the cost barrier of in-house machining for environmental equipment manufacturers may be
high, it can result in huge benefits.

53 Drone inspection about to pick up

The use of drones for the inspection in the oil and gas industry is slowly but surely gaining
ground. Drone inspection also has its limitations. The human element is always needed to analyze
and possibly to act. 59

57 Frost &Sullivan: Cautious optimism

Ashwin Annareddy, principal consultant at Frost & Sullivan, states that the oil and gas market is
still cautious. However, the downright pessimism of the recent past seems to have been replaced
with moderate optimism.

59 From the Shopfloor: “Real expertise key in sales”

Thorben Klein (Mankenberg) values the expertise when it comes down to sales.

60 Building the plant: procurement in oil and gas

Andre Gafford (Deleon) has built a reputation for hard work, extensive know-how in oil & gas
and a propensity for diversity. “I have done as much as possible so that I always have options, 60
especially when faced with industry uncertainty.”

63 Attractive opportunities in upstream oil & gas

The upstream oil & gas industry suffered significant setbacks in 2015 and 2016, according
to Resolute Research. Last year marked an inflection point in the market, and although
far from complete, the much-anticipated recovery can be described as a ‘good start,’ particularly
for the North American market. Current projections for 2018 suggest a continuation of this
positive trend.

69 Editor’s choice: digital age: the skills challenge

The oil and gas sector is ready to invest more heavily in digitalisation, mainly to increase its
profitability. Hardware and software don’t seem to be a problem. It is mostly the human factor
which will pose a challenge. 71

71 Pre-evaluating before maintenance

When performing maintenance on a leaky ball valve, there is a lot of information that must be
evaluated before the actual maintenance is carried out.

8 Calendar / Advertisers’ Index 82 Buyers’ Guide

10 Industry Update 91 Phone Directory
75 Innovations & Solutions 93 Application Guide

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C A L E N DA R / A DV ERTISERS’ I N DEX

17 – 19 APRIL 2018
Mediterranean Offshore Conference
& Exhibition
This conference is held under the high
patronage of Egyptian Ministry of petroleum
and mineral resources. It forms an ideal place
for the companies to boost their presence
in the industrial sectors, such as Drilling &
Downhole Technology, Fluid Mechanisms & Oil
Recovery Products, R.O.V., etc.
Location: Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference
Center, Alexandria, Egypt
Email: exhibition@moc-egypt.com,
conference@moc-egypt.com
Website: http://www.moc-egypt.com/
30 APRIL – 3 MAY 2018
OTC 2018
This event helps the energy professionals to
exchange their ideas and opinions to advance
scientific and technical knowledge for offshore
resources and environmental matters. It has
expanded technically and globally with the
Arctic Technology Conference, OTC Brasil, OTC
Asia and d5.
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Email: meetings@otcnet.org
Website: http://2018.otcnet.org/
7– 8 MAY 2018
PRC Europe 2018
This event is an international downstream
oil and gas event dedicated to the European
refining and petrochemical sector. This year,
the event focuses on the process safety,
automation, OpEx, asset management and
new regulations.
Location: Berlin, Germany
Email: info@europe-prc.com
Website: http://prceurope.com/
CALENDAR
22 – 24 MAY 2018
CWC LNG Fuels Summit
This summit provides a platform that encourages
and drives collaboration between end users
and the LNG supply chain. With representation
across the industry’s entire value chain, including
marine, road transportation and industrial, this
summit provides opportunity to meet new LNG
players and existing clientele.
Location: Novotel Amsterdam City Hotel,
The Netherlands
Contact: Bianca Bukatschek
Email: lngfuels@thecwcgroucom
Website: http://www.lngfuelssummit.com/
5 – 8 JUNE 2018
Caspian International Oil & Gas
Exhibition and Conference
This event will provide an insight on the
opportunities and challenges for the industry
in the Caspian Region, with high level
speakers from the Ministry, SOCAR and B This
event is hosted with the official support of
Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan and SOCAR.
Location: Baku Expo Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
Contact: Tofig Karimov
Email: oilgas@iteca.az
Website: http://caspianoilgas.az/
11 – 15 JUNE 2018
ACHEMA
World forum and leading trade show for the
chemical engineering and process industry,
held every 3 years, in June. The event offers an
Innovations Platform and Technology Summit
and provides a trend setting meeting point,
a take off for investment decisions and an
international network of experts and executives.
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Contact: Bianca Bukatschek
Email: bukatschek@dechema.de
Website: www.achema.de
24 – 28 JUNE 2018
Power & Energy Conference &
Exhibition
P&E focuses on the power industry’s
latest research, technical advances,
development trends, and business
strategies, including power plant operations,
maintenance, performance, economics,
regulatory compliance, and construction
presented by a broad range of qualified
power professionals.
Location: Disney’s Contemporary Resort,
Florida, USA
Email: cranes@asme.org
Website: http://https://www.asme.org/events/
power-energy/about/contact-us
9 – 10 AUGUST 2018
International Conference and Expo
on Oil and Gas
Oil Gas Expo 2018 provides a platform for
researcher scholars, scientists and academic
people to share and globalize their research
work while the participants from industry/
business sectors can promote their products
thus facilitating dissemination of knowledge.
Location: Madrid, Spain
Email: petroleum@oilgasconferences.org
Website: http://https://oil-gas.conferenceseries.
com/
Web calendar
For more details about these and other
events, see the calendar on Valve
World’s website, www.valve-world.net.
Information about upcoming events can
be submitted to press.vw@kci-world.com

ADIPEC 11 Global Supply Line 77 Resolute Research 55

Armatury Group 95 Goodwin International 13 Rotork 2
A+R Armaturen 67 IAV Drehteile 12 Sammi Machinery 28
Advertisers’ index

A-T Controls 68 Indra 94 SCV Valve 31

AUMA Riester 64 KCON Valve 96 Solar Technocast 39
Baoyi Group 79 KITZ Corporation 46 The WM Powell Valves 58
Böhmer 17 Kong Jih Valve Industrial 76 Tycon Alloy Industries 40
Bray International 52 Lishui OuYi Valve 62 Union Tech 7
Carrara 39 Metallum Valves 15 Valsteam ADCA 35
CIRCOR Energy 48 Meide Group 56 Value Valves 27
Crane Chempharma 73 Messe Düsseldorf 18/67/78 Velan 21
Datong Reciprocity Group 9 MRC Global 4 Viza Valve 74
DuPont 36 OMAL 44 Wuxi Force & Torque 14
Fangzheng Valve 70 Ovico Group 47 Yongjia Boutique Valve 51
FBV Inc 80 Prodim 19 Zhejinag Ruixing Valve 55

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Seamless integration
of pneumatic
systems
The ASCO Numatics 580 CHARMs
node enables simple Electronic
Marshalling of pneumatic sys-
tems. Pneumatic systems are
an essential part of many pro-
cess plants, in industries such
as chemical, life science and
food & beverage, particularly
those where ancillary machines
are used. Although an essen-
tial part of the process, these
machines are often stand-
alone and are not connected
back to the process control
architecture. This could mean
that should there be a problem
with the machine´s pneumatic
systems, it may not be com-
municated back to the control
system, therefore leading to
a breakdown of the machine.
The plant may then continue to
produce products that cannot
go on for further processing or
packaging.
The current architecture for
process control systems are
normally able to accommodate
pneumatics systems through
the implementation of an ad-
ditional fieldbus network, such
as PROFIBUS-DP® or Modbus®
TCP. However, this approach
adds complexity through ad-
ditional configuration and data
mapping, and whilst supple-
mentary diagnostics is possi-
ble, a second programming en-
vironment, with its associated
costs, is not desirable and may
not easily support communica-
tion and power redundancy.
In 2016 Emerson introduced
electronic marshalling for
pneumatic systems. This so-
lution enables users to easily
integrate the ASCO Numatics
580 Series valve islands, with
Emerson´s DeltaV control sys-
tem for a complete Emerson
Automation I/O and pneumat-
ics system solution for process
plants.
To read the entire White Pa-
per, please visit www.asco.com
and enter “ASCO Numatics 580
CHARMs node” in the search
field.
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Metso signed 24 new distributors in 2017
Metso signed a total of 24 new
distributor agreements globally
for its valve and valve controls
businesses during 2017. The
agreements cover many coun-
tries in Europe, such as UK,
Spain, Croatia, Turkey, France
and Benelux, and include four
new distributors in India and
Brazil. Furthermore, Metso’s
local presence is strengthened
through collaboration with
new partners in China, Korea
and other Southeast Asian
countries.
The new agreements help to
further expand the coverage
of Metso’s valve offering in
Freudenberg’s Fluoroprene® XP now available in the UK
Fluoroprene® XP, a universal
all round sealing material spe-
cifically designed for process in-
dustry applications is now avail-
able in the UK via Dichtomatik
UK Ltd, the exclusive provider
for Freudenberg Sealing Technol-
ogies food and beverage related
products in the UK.
Extreme temperature condi-
tions, aggressive media, high
hygienic standards and safety
requirements – the demands
on the food and beverage,
chemical and pharmaceutical
industries are unique in many
dimensions. Freudenberg Seal-
ing Technologies, one of the
world’s leading specialists in
high-quality sealing solutions,
provides not only seals but
also exceptional materials to
help its customers meeting
these challenges. One of these
materials is Fluoroprene XP,
various customer industries.
Depending on the country, the
distributors serve process in-
dustries, such as refineries,
chemical, fertilizer, steel, bio-
energy, power, pulp and paper,
and waste water. Many of the
distributors also provide service
support for Metso valves and
valve controls.
The target is to develop the
sales channel and OEM (Origi-
nal Equipment Manufacturing)
business outside North Amer-
ica, where the sales model is
largely based on an extensive
distributor, agent and OEM
network.
a highly fluorinated premium
material with outstanding re-
sistance in both water-based
and fatty media.
With Fluoroprene XP, process
industry applications only need
one material instead of the
use of different sealing materi-
als, typically made from EPDM,
EnerMech aquires
Denholm Valvecare
EnerMech is expanding its valves
division with the acquisition of
the UK valves business of Den-
holm Valvecare (DV).
EnerMech expects its UK valves
business to generate around GBP
7m revenue in 2018 following the
deal, which will see all DV valves
equipment, inventory and an esti-
mated 25 staff transfer to the Ab-
erdeen-headquartered business.
The acquisition will also bolster
EnerMech’s UK valves manage-
ment team with the addition of
a number of senior DV staff who
are well-respected in the valves
services sector.
EnerMech supplies a wide range
of relief, isolation, control and
general valves to the onshore
and offshore energy industry
and wider industrial services sec-
tor. A fully integrated valves ser-
vice includes the procurement,
specification, inspection, testing
and quality control which mini-
mises shut down and installation
schedules without comprising on
safety or quality.
VMQ or FKM. Selection would
be based on factors such as the
working environment during
the CIP/SIP or steam sterilisa-
tion processes, and the type of
media coming into contact with
the seal, such as fats, flavours
and acid concentrations. Today,
however, there is a universal
material to suit all applications,
Fluoroprene XP, which has been
specifically designed to com-
bine the positive attributes of
the aforementioned materials.
Fluoroprene XP displays very
good media resistance (in both
water-based and fatty media)
in all critical areas of the food
and beverage industry, as well
as broad sections of the phar-
maceutical and chemical sec-
tors. The material’s stability in
a wide range of temperatures
(from -15 to +200°C) is also
impressive.
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NEC ES commissions 50 MW energy AMPO’s patternless services for sand

storage project casting parts

NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC
Corporation, has commissioned a
total of 50 MW of energy storage
projects in the UK with VLC En-
ergy. It is a joint venture between
Low Carbon, a renewable energy
investment company, and VPI
Immingham, owner of combined
heat and power plants in Europe
and part of the Vitol Group.
The 50MW portfolio, which is now
fully operational and includes
a 40 MW facility in Glassenbury
in Kent and a 10 MW installa-
tion in Cleator in Cumbria, rep-
resents the largest portfolio of
utility-scale battery energy stor-
age systems connected to the UK
grid. The Cleator and Glassenbury
sites secured two contracts with
National Grid in August 2016 for
battery energy storage systems
to provide Enhanced Frequency
Response (EFR) to the UK system
operator.
NEC ES provided turnkey engi-
neering, procurement and con-
struction (EPC) services which
included its GSS® end-to-end
grid storage solution, and was
contracted to operate the sites
to provide the EFR service direct-
ly to the National Grid.
AMPO FOUNDRY has developed
patternless services for the
production of large sand cast-
ing parts, with a maximum
moulding box size of 3000mm x
3000mm, in order to meet cus-
tomer requirements and contin-
uously adapt to market needs.
This technology has been devel-
oped by the engineering team
of AMPO along with an interna-
tional research centre, as well
as with the guidance and the
essential contribution of one of
its main customers, obtaining
an optimum patternless casting
method.
Due to this, AMPO is currently
manufacturing, by patternless
and sand moulding technolo-
gies, a 48” butterfly valve body
and disc for one of its main
global customers.
This technology reduces the
need to manufacture wooden
patterns. Consequently, it is a
very cost-effective way of pro-
ducing one-off or small produc-
tion run castings, with ben-
efits like; lead time reduction,
manufacturing cost reduction,
high integrity and dimensional
accuracy castings, appropriate
surface finishes, etc.

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Rotork CK actuators at waste water
treatment plant
A gate valve upgrade project at
a waste water treatment plant
in North America has enabled
the operator to install Rotork CK
modular electric valve actuators.
The new valves are equipped
with Rotork CKc double-sealed
watertight actuators to provide
reliable on/off control, position
monitoring, alarm signalling and
datalogging of operating history
to support asset management.
Among the features introduced
with the introduction of CKc actua-
tors at the plant is simple, rapid
and secure commissioning and
configuration using local controls
or a Rotork Bluetooth® setting tool.
The modular CK design provides
flexibility to suit individual applica-
tions, whilst plug and socket con-
nections between modules assist
efficient installation, commission-
ing and maintenance.
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Increased valve protection is
provided by independent torque
and position sensing, continuous
valve position indication, even
during power loss, and safe,
motor-independent handwheel
operation.
The Centronik integral starter and
control module provides local
control and houses a datalogger
enabling data extraction for anal-
ysis, diagnostics and asset man-
agement. For valves experienc-
ing high temperatures or strong
vibrations the Centronik module
can be remotely mounted in a
safe area up to 100 metres from
the actuator.
All Rotork CK double-sealed actu-
ators are certified IP68 watertight
and temporarily submersible (8
metres for 96 hours), providing
suitability for all valves in non-
hazardous environments.
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Samsung Engineering, PTTGC sign a contract
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd,
signed yet another contract at
an official signing ceremony with
PTT Global Chemical Public Co.
(PTTGC), a Thailand state-owned
Petrochemical and Refining com-
pany, for a USD 820M Olefins
Reconfiguration Project (ORP).
The project is located in Map Ta
Phut, Rayong 150km southeast
of Bangkok.
Samsung Engineering will ex-
ecute on a EPCC (Engineering,
Procurement, Construction, and
Commissioning) lump-sum turn-
key basis with CB&I Technology
Samson completes FAT of axial control valves
Samson Ringo has completed the
FAT and dispatched the first lot of
axial control valves to be supplied
through the Samson UK office for
a gas storage and distributing
facility in the United Kingdom.
Five (5) Axial Control Valves 12”
600# pneumatic operated with
WCB body and stellited trim were
Inc. as licensor. The plant will
produce 500,000 MTPA of Ethyl-
ene through the major Naphtha
Cracker Unit, and further will
produce 250,000 MTPA of Propyl-
ene. The ORP plant is expected
to be completed by the end of
2020.
Samsung Engineering has deliv-
ered the TOCGC Ethylene oxide/
ethylene glycol (EO/EG) Expansion
II Project, TOC EO/EG Purification
Project and TOC EO/EG Project suc-
cessfully and is further executing
the GC Oxirane Propylene Oxide
(PO) project for PTTGC subsidiary.
tested in presence of the final cus-
tomer with full satisfactory results.
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Upend & flood control system for Alfa Laval wins SEK 300 M order
Peregrino II
Heerema Fabrication Group has
awarded DGI Doedijns, special-
ist in engineered hydraulic solu-
tions, to design and deliver the
Flooding System Upend Control
System for the ‘Peregrino II Jack-
et’. The Flooding System Upend
Control Center consists of 56
actuated valves, a control cen-
tre, interconnecting hoses. DGI
Doedijns provides also the yard
installation of the equipment.
It is a challenging task to upend
large constructions like the Per-
egrino II Jacket. The jacket will be
about 135 m (443 ft) tall, have a Alfa Laval has won an order to complete brewery process line,
footprint of 66 x 53 m (217 x 179 ft), floating chambers. The Upend Con- supply a complete process line including process modules,
and will weigh 9,300 metric tons trol Centre, a self-contained unit, to a brewery plant in Mexico. valves, heat exchangers, mix-
(excluding the 12 piles). DGI Doed- supplies hydraulic power to operate The order, worth approximately ers and other types of fluid
ijns delivers reliable and safe up- a series of spring return actuated SEK 300M, is booked in the food handling equipment. The large-
ending and flooding control sys- valves. These valves will control the systems unit of the food & water scale process line will, among
tems for the installation of these flooding of the floating chambers of division. Delivery is scheduled other things, handle fermenta-
large offshore structures. the jacket. By controllably flooding for 2018. tion of yeast – as well as the
Jackets, like the Peregrino II are de- the legs with water, the jacket will The order comprises vari- maturation and filtration of
signed to float and the legs act as upend and can be installed safely. ous pieces of equipment for a beer.

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CMD obtains approval for oxygen service

METALLUM
VALVE & PIPING
COMPONENTS

All types and sizes

CMD produces gaskets and seals in graph-
ite, which are used across various indus-
tries in Europe.
Approvals, awards, with related certifi-
cates, have been obtained over the years
to meet the requirements of the most de-
manding specifications: API Standard 622,
ISO 15848, Shell MESC 77/300, TA Luft, Fire
Safe and others.
Now, CMD has obtains an important quali-
fication whose demand seems to be con-
stantly on the rise. The BAM - Bundesanstalt
für Materialforschung und -prüfung -
certified the relevance to the safety re-
Any type of material
quirements of two new CMD products: AR-
MASEAL®312 OX and OXYSAFE®.
The ARMASEAL®312 stem packing is well-
known for its lasting performance and, the
OXYSAFE®, both obtained after a meticu-
lous and supervised procedure for abso-
lute safety of these seals that will operate Any quantity
in oxygen service up to 300°C temperature
and 160 Bar pressure.
This procedure, completely dedicated, was
also attended and certified by the presti-
gious Bureau Veritas.

Fast-track delivery
WVC USA adopts Kaizen system

Project management

Value for money

Weir Valves & Controls USA Inc. (WVC USA)
always had a safety-centric culture. How-
ever, a year ago the management imple-
mented a system, which was designed to
capitalize on their employee’s passion for
safety and empower them to implement
change.
WVC USA took elements of the famed
Japanese system; Kaizen and applied
it to areas of their business’ opera-
tions. Kaizen; translates as ‘continual
improvement’ and is a system which is
often used within Lean Manufacturing.
Weir Valves and Controls USA, taking the
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Advance Valves signs EFA with Shell Global
Advance Valves has announced
that it has signed an Enterprise
Framework Agreement with Shell
Global, The Netherlands, to supply
a range of valves globally, i.e. ad-
vance dual plate check valves and
butterfly valves, including high-
performance triple offset valves.
The framework agreement cov-
ers Shell projects globally across
the value chain, and mainte-
nance, repair, and operations
(MRO) requirements as well. Ad-
vance Valves’ Joint Managing Di-
rectors, Priyank and Pranay Garg
had this to say about the agree-
ment “Our products are quali-
fied based on some of industry’s
most stringent type-approval
product testing and validation
methodologies. Moreover, such
agreements recognize the tech-
nical competencies of valves be-
ing produced in Advance Valves’
factories in India. Our company
has been supplying valves for
various Shell projects across the
world for the last twenty years
and has also been contributing
to technical and design-related
discussions pertaining to these
valves.”
Zenith Supply
acquired by AIV, LP
AIV, LP, a Houston-based global
wholesale distributor of valves
and actuators for the oil and gas,
power generation, chemical, pet-
rochemical, refining, pulp and
paper and water treatment indus-
tries, has announced that it has
acquired Zenith Supply.
Pennsylvania-based Zenith Supply
is a distributor of Velan valves – a
manufacturer of valves used pri-
marily in power and downstream
applications of the energy industry.
Specializing in pressure seal valves,
Zenith typically holds approximate-
ly USD 25M in inventory, making
them a reliable provider for hard-
to-find and long-lead-time items.
Zenith Supply will continue to op-
erate under its own name and in
its current facilities in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania for the foreseeable
future.
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Advance Valves commenced
manufacturing industrial valves
over thirty years ago in 1986.
The company was promoted
by Mr. Uma Shanker, Executive
Chairman, a gold medalist in
Mechanical Engineering with a
Master’s degree in Business Ad-
ministration, and over thirty-five
years’ of business experience.
Advance Valves has since estab-
lished its position as a domestic
and internationally renowned
quality manufacturer in its prod-
uct range. The company is today
considered to be a pioneer in
the domestic market in tech-
Solvay invests in energy-efficient gas turbine
Solvay has inaugurated its new
energy-efficient gas turbine at
its soda ash plant in Rosignano,
Italy, securing the plant’s current
production capacity and long-
term competitiveness in local
and export markets.
Rosignano’s site has improved its
competitiveness in the last four
years following a breakthrough
cost saving program.
Solvay is a multi-specialty chemi-
cal company, committed to de-
nology for its dual plate check,
balancing, and high-performance
triple eccentric butterfly valves.
It regularly supplies its products
to the oil & gas, refinery & pet-
rochemical, power, water, fertil-
izer, steel, and HVAC sectors. It
interacts with all the major asset
owners and EPCs both in the do-
mestic and international markets.
On the photo are (left to right)
Mr. Rajan Kumar (Advance
Valves), Mr. Alfred Kruijer and
Mr. Ram Gokanapalli (both from
Shell Global), and Mr. Priyank
Garg and Mr. Pranay Garg (both
Advance Valves).
veloping chemistry that address-
es key societal challenges. Its
products and solutions are used
in planes, cars, smart and medi-
cal devices, batteries, in mineral
and oil extraction, among many
other applications promoting
sustainability. Its lightweight ma-
terials enhance cleaner mobility,
its formulations optimize the use
of resources and its performance
chemicals improve air and water
quality.
Ramén Valves
acquires
Engelsbergs Ventiler
Engelsbergs Ventiler AB, with
its long and genuine history as
a Swedish valve manufacturer,
is now a part of Ramén Valves,
forming an even stronger and
more competitive portfolio of
industrial valves. Ramén is
known for producing industrial
control valves in Sweden and
will now include Engelsberg as
a sales division, enabling an
extended product range with
well-proven specialised valves.
For example, isolation valves,
check valves, globe valves etc.
in exotic alloys sold to its cus-
tomers around the world.
“With the acquisition of Engels-
berg, Ramén will continue to
strengthen its position as an
established supplier of special-
ised flow technology. Mr. Jörgen
Andersson, Sales Manager at
Engelsberg, will be a part of
the Ramén team from day one
to make sure that all commit-
ments made towards custom-
ers, partners and suppliers
stay intact during the integra-
tion process. This acquisition
marks a strategic initiative to
widen the product portfolio of
Ramén, now including Engels-
berg isolation valves and check
valves,” says Per Wennersten,
Managing Director at Ramén
Valves.
All types of Engelsberg valves
are manufactured in high al-
loy stainless steel, Hastel-
loy®, titanium and 254 SMO
for corrosive and harsh en-
vironments such as sea
water, phosphoric acid, sulfu-
ric acid solutions and moist
chlorine gas. Ramén will con-
tinue to grow and increase its
product range and support to
customers and partners within
sectors such as pulp and paper,
gas, mining, chemical and fertil-
isers, marine and offshore and
storage tank protection. All con-
tacts concerning Engelsberg are
with immediate effect handled
by Ramén Valves and Mr. Jörgen
Andersson.
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Bernard’s AQ electric actuators in a
power plant
In December, Bernard Controls
China delivered AQ electric
actuators in a thermal power
plant in the Sichuan Province,
in China. Mounted on but-
terfly valves, the customer
chose AQ with new LOGIC (v2)
integrated control. This new
LOGIC offers user-friendly in-
terface with large LCD display
for non-intrusive settings and
Bluetooth communication as
Aker Solutions bag subsea orders
Aker Solutions was awarded
contracts from Statoil to
provide subsea production
systems and services for
the Troll Phase 3 and Aske-
ladd natural-gas develop-
ments offshore Norway.
The company will deliver a
subsea production system
consisting of two manifolds
and nine trees for the Troll
development in the North
Sea. The system for Askel-
add in the Barents Sea will
comprise two manifolds and
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standard to set up actuators
with the BC APP, the new mo-
EXPERIENCE!
bile application by Bernard
Controls. AQ LOGIC offers the
best combination of compact
design and ease-of-use, while
remaining very competitive.
The know-how of more than 60 years in valve manufac-
New LOGIC integrated control turing empowers Böhmer to build Ball Valves that help
is available in 14 languages, VÕÃ̜“iÀÃ̜Ài>ˆâi̅iˆÀ«ÀœiVÌÃivwVˆi˜ÌÞ>˜`
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commands or the BC APP, to
set the actuator menu.
four trees. Both orders in-
clude installation and com-
missioning support services.
Work on the two systems
will involve facilities in Nor-
way, Brazil, the UK and Ma-
laysia. Initial deliveries are
scheduled for the Q2 2019.
Aker Solutions’ facilities in
Ågotnes on the west coast
of Norway and Hammerfest,
located on the country’s
northern tip, will provide
the subsea services for Troll
and Askeladd.
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Auto parts maker wins oldest valve contest

Make your
business flow
11th International Valve
Trade Fair & Conference

The Industrial Group of Moog company says it has never had a

Inc. declared Feng Liu, technical
supervisor for Tianjin Dian Auto
Parts Co., Ltd., the winner of its
contest to find China’s oldest op-
erating Moog servo valve after he
sent in a video showing convey-
ing equipment running with a
Moog Servo valve manufactured
in 1985. Moog launched the con-
test last May as part of a celebra-
tion of the 20th Anniversary of
Moog’s operations in China.
The winning servo valve is part of
the auto parts maker’s on-site re-
fueling equipment. Since 1985, the
27 – 29 November
technical problem with the valve.
Pat announced that the second-
place winner was Weiming Zhou
from Bao Steel who produced evi-
dence of a D631 Moog Valve manu-
factured in 1987 running on an
automated gauge control system
in Shanghai. The third-place award
went to Chengzhou Wu who is also
with Bao Steel; the third-place valve
is a Moog D073 Series servo valve
running on a cold rolling mill press
machine, producing 2,030-mm strip
steel. The winning prize is a Jing-
dong Voucher for CNY 3000.

2018
Düsseldorf, Germany
UK P&I Club highlights lessons from
cargo damage

UK P&I Club has highlighted les-

sons learnt from a recent inci-
dent involving cargo damage on
a bulk carrier. The cargo holds
were cleaned and tested for wa-
tertight integrity, prior to loading
a full cargo of bulk minerals onto
the vessel. Additionally, the op-
eration of cargo hold bilge pump-
ing systems, and water ingress valves in routine pre-loading
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One of the main lessons learned point. The activation of hold in-
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Union Tech appointment Statoil renews MMT’s frame agreement

Union Tech has announced that sales of metal-seated ball valves.
Chris Mayo has joined the Valve His extensive knowledge of met-
Sales team as the Director for al-seated ball valves and severe
Global Power. He will be primarily service applications will help
responsible for Power Markets, Union Tech continue to expand
which include Union Tech’s Z1 its valve business by addressing
Unibody Power Valve amongst the specific needs of end users.
other valve products in the Z- Chris’s addition to the Valve Sales
Series line. team underscores Union Tech’s
Chris is an industry veteran who sustained investment into the
brings over 20 years of experi- valve business in terms of people,
ence with the marketing and products, and processes. Statoil has renewed and expand- with Reach Subsea been awarded
ed MMT’s frame agreement. The a contract with Statoil for survey
Taiwan GEKO to supply marine valves successful co-operation between and light construction work off-
Reach Subsea and MMT Swe- shore Norway.
Taiwan GEKO company is to provide den has resulted in a new frame The frame agreement and the as-
Steinsvik marine valves. Steinsvik agreement covering both survey sociated awarded work is of great
provides products and solutions to and light construction for the next strategic importance for both MMT
aquaculture, maritime industries and three years. The frame agreement Sweden and Reach Subsea.
the oil and gas industry, covering the is call-off based, which means that The two companies have worked
most parts of the globe. Statoil can award contracts for sur- jointly together since 2013 and
GEKO provides a large number of vey and light construction projects have gradually increased the mar-
high-quality marine knife gate valves, in the North Sea on an as needed ket share within the segment of
check valves, etc. Its valves are used basis. survey and light construction with
by many international shipbuilding As part of the frame agreement, the aim of being a key supplier for
companies. MMT Sweden has in co-operation the major clients in this segment.

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Val-Matic’s white paper on inflow prevention
Val-Matic’s white paper Protect-
ing Drinking Water Pipelines with
Inflow Prevention says that not
using inflow prevention can put
the public at risk of contami-
nated drinking water. With the
heightened demand for security
and safe drinking water, inflow
prevention is important because
air valves and reservoir vents are
vulnerable to flood contamination,
as well as malicious tampering.
The use of vent pipes can worsen
the problem by allowing cold air
to enter the valve and potentially
make it inoperable due to freez-
ing and directly exposing the pipe-
line to the outside and malicious
tampering. AWWA C514 Inflow
preventers can be applied to new
or existing air valves and reservoir
vents to substantially mitigate
these threats.
KBR JV wins two FEED contracts
KBR, Inc. (KBR) announced that
its joint venture with SOCAR
has been awarded two separate
Front-End Engineering Design
(FEED) contracts for a new Pro-
duction, Drilling, Quarters (PDQ)
platform – the Azeri Central East
(ACE) platform – to be located in
the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG)
field in the Azerbaijan sector of
the Caspian Sea.
The contracts cover the provision of
FEED services for the new platform,
along with associated brownfield
Dr. Markus Schürch is new Belimo CFO
The Board of Directors of BE-
LIMO Holding AG has appointed
Dr. Markus Schürch as the new
CFO and Member of the Group
Executive Committee. Markus
Schürch succeeds Beat Trutmann
who, after sixteen years as CFO,
will retire in January 2019.
Markus Schürch has been work-
ing for Landis+Gyr since 2004 in
various roles, and since 2012 in
Zug as Senior Vice President &
CFO for the EMEA (Europe, Middle
East & Africa) region. From 1999
to 2004, he was a consultant and
20 Valve World March 2018
tie-ins to other existing platforms in
the ACG field, and a separate con-
tract for the subsea services FEED.
Following previous awards to
other regional and international
clients, these contracts mark the
4th and 5th awards to the joint
venture, SOCAR-KBR Limited Liabil-
ity Company (SOCAR-KBR), since
its inception in mid-2015. SOCAR-
KBR was formed to help further
Azerbaijan’s ambition for creating
a world-class Azerbaijan based en-
gineering company.
project manager at McKinsey,
and from 1994 to 1998 he worked
as a research and teaching assis-
tant at ETH in Zurich.
Vexve’s valves guarantee secure
valve operation
Vexve’s valves and hydraulic
control products were chosen
for the A2A Group’s new ring
network at San Siro district in
Milan. Delivered by Vexve’s
partner Sfera Energy Solutions,
the choice of Hydrox hydrau-
lic control solution will ensure
safe and secure operation of
the underground district heat-
ing network.
Milan’s district heating system
heats over 3000 buildings in-
cluding many of the historical
landmarks and 200,000 apart-
ments in the Milan metropolitan
area. In addition to developing
the distribution network, A2A
Group has been connecting the
existing network in different ar-
eas of the city to better serve
Organizational restructuring at REXA
REXA have recently appointed
a new President and CEO, Geoff
Hynes. Geoff has spent his
entire career with REXA in
varying roles, including factory
assembly, direct and regional
sales, aftermarket manager,
international sales manager,
and director of sales. Geoff’s
transition to President and CEO
created a restructure within the
organization.
Robert Sass, previously cus-
tomer service manager, was
appointed director of customer
support. Robert began his ca-
reer with REXA in 1994 in the
electrical assembly department.
He then joined the sales depart-
ment, holding varying roles in-
the needs of the vast metropoli-
tan area of Milan.
Two distribution lines were con-
nected through a new ring net-
work located in San Siro district.
Vexve’s pre-insulated DN 400
butterfly valves and DN 500 ball
valves equipped with Hydrox
hydraulic actuators and HCU
control units were chosen for
the project.
The HCU control units were in-
stalled one meter below the
street level inside their own
appropriate chambers with suf-
ficient room for the operator to
descend into the chamber and
manually operate the hydraulic
control units. The major work
on the San Siro ring network
was completed in 2017.
cluding New England regional
sales, service, and inside sales
manager.
Michael Murphy, previously
marketing manager, was ap-
pointed director of sales and
marketing. At REXA, he held
the titles of marketing manager,
rotating equipment industry
manager, and power industry
manager.
Nicholas Lalos has transitioned
to Marketing Manager. He has
worked in roles ranging from
marketing, inside sales, and
product management. His prod-
uct knowledge and understand-
ing of business marketing will
allow him to excel as REXA’s
new Marketing Manager.
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A.K. Velan: 1918-2017

An industry legend’s legacy lives on

VP Customer Service Rob Velan, VP IT and Strategic Planning Shane Velan, VP Marketing Dan Velan, and President and CEO Yves Leduc.

Founded in 1950, Velan is a world leader in the design and production of cast
and forged steel gate, globe, check, ball, triple-offset butterfly, engineered severe
service valves, and steam traps offering superior performance across all major
industrial applications.
While its founder A.K. Velan passed away on September 29th, 2017, just shy of
his 100th birthday, the family influence remains strong. Today, three of A.K.’s
grandchildren, Rob, Shane, and Dan Velan, are integral parts of the company,
working closely with President and CEO Yves Leduc.

By Sarah Bradley, Editor

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A
sk anyone who knew A.K. Velan
and they’ll tell you he was a
larger-than-life character. After all,
we’re talking about a man who
was still doing push-ups in his eighties and
continued to come into the office until the
age of 96. He will be remembered as an
entrepreneur, philanthropist, and loving pa-
triarch of the Velan family whose inimitable
leadership of the company spanned more
than six decades.
Born on February 8, 1918, to a Czech
father and a Polish mother, A.K. grew up
in Zywiec, Poland, later moving to Brno,
Czechoslovakia. In 1948, he and his young
family left then-communist Czechoslovakia
and sought freedom in Canada. In 1950,
A.K. founded Velan Engineering Ltd. in his
new hometown of Montreal. Soon thereaf-
ter he patented a revolutionary bimetallic
steam trap, the first of his many success-
ful patents. 1970s: A.K. Velan shown next to forged bolted bonnet valves in assembly.
Conceived in Czechoslovakia, designed
and produced as a prototype in Switzer- a new industry to embrace, he would go ITER Generation 5 nuclear fusion reactor
land, and first tested and manufactured after any new project that came his way. prototype being built in France.
on a shoestring budget in Canada, the Back in the 1950s for example, an inquiry Equal parts entrepreneur, inventor, and
steam trap helped Velan gain the market came in from a nuclear pilot plant for salesman, in the 1950s A.K. convinced
traction needed to expand its product line bellows seal valves. At the time this was Newport News Shipbuilding, which was
into valves, the vast majority of its current a new term for A.K. and he had to look in then the largest privately owned shipyard
sales. a Czech/English dictionary for the word in the U.S., to have his new steam traps
“bellows.” Once the meaning was clarified, tested in the U.S. Navy labs, a process
Thinking big he jumped at the opportunity to design that took over a year. After the steam
A.K. dreamt big when it came to his goals something new to him, and it worked: In traps were qualified and supplied to the
for the young company. Always a global 1958, Velan supplied 8,500 bellows seal Navy in the 60s, Velan performed qualifi-
visionary, he hit the ground running with valves to the Oak Ridge National Lab’s cation tests on forged pressure seal paral-
typical energy and brio, establishing the research reactor in Tennessee. lel slide valves for the nuclear shipbuilding
company’s first overseas manufacturing This pioneering spirit in the nuclear industry program.
plant in 1954. As early as 1956, he trav- continues today as Velan is currently supply- This early entry into the nuclear navy
elled around the world, building a network ing valves for two pilot plants in China: the program lead to a very strong relationship
of international distributors. Hualong One (ACP1000) technology being built with Newport News Shipbuilding. In the
No matter what the challenge was, A.K. at FuQing, and the new High-Temperature 2000s, Velan developed valves for the new
rarely shied away. Even if it was a com- Reactor (C-HTR) being built in Shidaowan, Gerald Ford Class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers,
pletely new product to design and build or China. Velan is also a valve supplier to the including titanium triple-offset butterfly

1960s Velan designed tested the 5–16” (125–400 mm)

forged parallel slide gate valves for the USS Nimitz
Aircraft Carrier, which was the first of nine nuclear- Today, Velan valves sill report for duty on board the next-generation aircraft carriers, such as the USS Gerald
powered Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers to be built. R. Ford-class shown above. (Illustration credit: Northrop Grumman Newport News.) π
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valves, titanium gate valves, Inconel

Ongoing innovation: Velan’s Securaseal R-series cast metal-seated metal-seated ball valves, and a forged
ball valve in-service version of the 140 Series SNVY globe
valves. Velan currently has orders for the
Recently launched at the Valve World Expo in Houston, Texas, Velan’s new R-series cast John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier. Velan also
product line leverages the company’s extensive severe service technology in an opti- became the supplier of the 140 Series
mized package suitable for most processes with fluid slurries and high temperatures.
SNVY globe valves to Electric Boat for the
Yves Leduc, Velan’s President and CEO, says, “Velan has a great history of innovation in
Virginia Class Submarine Program.
metal-seated ball valves, but a lot of that innovation has happened on a project-to-project
basis. The R-series is the result of an extensive research and development program built It’s this combination of entrepreneurial
to optimize Velan’s technology into a product that addresses the most common require- spirit and long-term relationship building
ments-both from an application and commercial point of view.” that has seen Velan grow into a company
The R-series cast is designed to meet process industry standards, including API 608, and of almost 2,000 people (comprising over 70
stringent customer specifications. The new cast product line is available in all sizes and different ethnicities!), manufacturing valves
standard trims up to ASME Class 600 and is also offered on an engineered-to-order basis in nine countries on three continents.
up to ASME Class 2500 and sizes 36” (900 mm) sizes. The Securaseal R-series offers unique
features that make it simpler for customers to select, install, and maintain, including: A family man creates a family-
spirited company
• High-integrity sealing with fixed downstream seating technology that prevents any
A.K. was always a devoted family man:
unwarranted movements.
The family that immigrated to Canada grew
• Low emissions with full-size live-loaded API 641 and ISO 15848-1-compliant packing. to three sons, twelve grandchildren, and
• Field-replaceable components providing greater flexibility for potential maintenance. fifteen great-grandchildren. He liked to
• Optional easy-to-automate mounting pad with severe service drive-train. laugh, tell jokes and stories, and have fun
together with his children and grandchil-
This product line has been carefully engineered and tested, both in Velan’s own labs dren. He also brought these qualities into
and in the field. “Our new platform for metal-seated ball valves has been engineered work, where no meeting was considered a
for weight and torque competitiveness, while ensuring components will perform over an complete success without at least one
extended service life,” says Dan Velan, Vice President, Marketing.
moment of him making everyone laugh.
“Some of the work is difficult to see, but ultimately we’ve made many optimizations based on
“My father cast a big shadow, and his
our own field experience and the latest standards, resulting in a valve that meets Velan’s high
severe service standards, at a competitive price. In addition, this product comes with a vast vision and values have spread throughout
material and coating selection that can be tailored to tough operating conditions such as high- the company,” Tom explains. “Over time,
pressure oxygen service, slurry-carrier applications, and high-pressure steam,” he adds. they have become the very foundation of
Velan has over 30 years of engineering experience in metal-seated ball valves and has proven Velan.
expertise in solving tough application challenges with high-performance valves. Velan valves are “My father taught me so much about the
used extensively in applications ranging from delayed coking to hydroprocessing to hydrometal- industry and about life in general. My own
lurgy. Over the past five years, Velan has brought to market over one thousand new designs. background in international sales and
management of our overseas subsidiaries
helped me to lead the further growth of our
global presence and to reach a peak sales of
$501 million US dollars in fiscal 2013,”
he adds.
Though now officially retired after 44 years
with the company, the last 14 years as its
leader, Tom continues to serve as Chairman

In 1998, A.K. Velan stands next to a Velan 4-way

switch valve used in delayed coker ball valve
20” (500 mm) Class 300 Securaseal R-series cast valve in service applications. Velan supplies valves to over 170
delayed cokers worldwide.

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Innovation in the blood customer couldn’t resist any longer and

1991: This photo was taken of A.K. Velan by the
Department of International Trade. Velan was one
of 15 companies who received the Canada Export
Award for its ability to successfully export products
and services worldwide.
of the Board. Yves Leduc, first non-family
member to serve as President, says,
“I have been proud and privileged to suc-
ceed Tom as our company’s President and
CEO, and I continue to rely on his invalu-
able counseling and the support of both
the Board and the Velan family. I am very
motivated to work with all our employees
and the management team, including three
third-generation Velans—Rob, Shane, and
Dan—to achieve our ambitious goals.”
When it came to product development,
Vahe Najarian, Corporate Manager,
Research and Development, says,
“A.K. was exceptional. He made me feel
that no challenge was too big, nothing
was impossible. He just rolled up his
sleeves and jumped in. It goes without
saying—he was the leader. Not because
of his position, but because of his
spirit. I truly felt he could lead us
through anything: We could do anything,”
he adds.
Take the 1984 design of Velan’s resilient-
seated ball valve with its patented Memo-
ryseal seats. With this innovation, A.K.  our foundation is strong. We also have a
expanded the company’s reach, bringing
a company known for gate, globe, and
check valves into quarter-turn valves.
Over the years, the ball valve product
line would expand into metal-seated ball
valves for severe services.
Yves mentions a time when a customer
told him of an encounter with A.K. This
customer had suggested that Velan’s
valves were over-designed. “A very
angry A.K. proceeded to talk for 30 min-
utes about how no other manufacturer
packed a valve like Velan, how every weld
was a piece of art, and how the combina-
tion of science and craftsmanship was un-
paralleled anywhere in the world. So the
placed the order,” Yves adds with a smile.
Leaving behind a legacy
Tom says, “A.K. was always enthusiastic
and passionate about our company and
products and that rubbed off on a lot of
people: I believe it’s one reason why we
have so many loyal employees around the
world.”
As Yves explains, “This company is built
on A.K.’s exceptional heritage, outstanding
capabilities and pride. Even in challenging
and turbulent markets, companies like ours
have an advantage over others because
healthy balance sheet because A.K. was
allergic to debt!” he adds.
The last time Yves met with A.K. was at
his home. “At the end of our meeting,
which I will always remember, he said:
‘I often think of the company, and tell
myself I could have done more.’ It was
expressed almost like a regret. I was so
moved by what he said that I don’t clearly
remember what I told him in response.
What I hope I told him is what I viscerally
believe today: You have done amazing
things, but now it’s up to all of us to con-
tinue what you and your sons, and those
you inspired, built together.”

In his own words: Yves Leduc, President and CEO

When I began my relationship with the Velan family back in 2014, I was immediately fascinated
by the many stories that earmarked the company’s history. Velan was like a big adventure that
started almost 70 years ago. As you can guess, many of these stories featured A.K. prominently.
In my first months as President, I quickly realized that Velan’s reputation is one of the strongest
in the industry. I talk to customers as often as possible and when I ask what Velan means to
them, the answer almost always goes like this: “Velan is the leader. You have the best product,
the best quality, the best engineering, the lowest total cost of ownership….” Then they usually
share an anecdote involving A.K. or his sons.
A.K.’s passion was brought to life for me thanks to the many employees, customers, agents,
and suppliers who are so proud to have known him. After he passed away, I told Tom that even
though I’d not met him often, I felt like an important piece of my life had gone, as I have come
to know him in my own particular way through so many accounts of his beliefs, achievements,
and actions.
Last year, our company crystallized the set of values upon which it rests. Those values are:
Integrity, Quality, Innovation, Customer first, and Family spirit. I could easily trace back these
values to things I’ve heard about A.K., things that are part of the company’s collective memory. 2016: Wolfgang Maar, Yves Leduc, and Tom Velan visit
For example: the Reliance project in India.
“I owe it to A.K. that my children are so happy and successful, because he trusted me and gave me a job when I had arrived in Canada as an im-
migrant.”
“Every meeting was about the product. He would argue with engineers for hours and in the end, as he said, quality came first and thwarted every
other argument. These meetings were moments of truth.”
“The first thing that hit me was his passion for the company and the true quality of the valves. It was contagious, and I immediately wanted to be
associated with him.”
“A.K. treated his employees like they were part of his family. He was not only a great leader, he was a humanist. He was one of a kind.”
It’s my immense privilege to lead a company with such heritage, capabilities, and pride. I often say that no company has an absolute right to exist.
We need to constantly claim our raison d’être by earning our customers’ business. We can’t rest on our laurels. We need to carry A.K.’s legacy forward
each and every day.

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Evonik and Siemens partner up

in CO2 to chemicals
With the need
to curb CO2
emissions,
the industry
is investing in
concepts for
capture, storage
and usage of
CO2. In Germany,
Siemens and
Evonik plan to
employ renewable Electrolysis is used to convert CO2 into CO. In the second step, a fermentation process developed by Evonik
energy to generate turns the CO into reusable materials such as butanol or hexanol. Credits: Siemens

high-value

I
n the discussion around CO2-emission
specialty chemicals reduction there are two routes avail-
able: CCS and CCU. Carbon capture and
from CO2. storage is generally to be considered a
suboptimal solution. CCS requires significant
investments and the return on investment
By Lucien Joppen from an economic standpoint is zero. A car-
bon capture and usage (CCU) would lead to
both economic and environmental benefits.
The so-called Rheticus-project, a joint-
venture between Siemens and Evonik, is
a classic example of CCU. In this two year
project, both companies will develop a pro-
duction platform for specialty chemicals such
as butanol and hexanol. These (platform)
chemicals function as building blocks for
plastics or food supplements. Not only would
these chemicals have the potential to com-
pete in cost (due to lower feed stock costs),
they would also have a significant lower
IKEA: from CO2 to polymers
Gas fermentation is being applied to a number of (waste) gases such as CO, CO2, methane
or syngas. One of the pioneers worldwide is Lanzatech, a New Zealand outfit that has
developed a proprietary microorganism to convert CO into bio-ethanol (gas to liquid).
Meanwhile, more companies have ventured into gas fermentation, such as Newlight Tech-
nologies, INEOS or Mango Materials.
The first company has devised a pathway to produce a polymer from methane and oxy-
gen. The material, aptly named AirCarbon, is a thermoplast which can be used to sub-
stitute fossil-based polymers such as PP, PE or ABS. In 2016, IKEA and Newlight signed a
supply, collaboration and licensing agreement. Thereby the Swedish multinational will
purchase 50 per cent of a planned 23Kton plant in the US. Furthermore, IKEA will gain
exclusive rights in the home furnishings sector for the brand.
CO2-foot print as the process would use CO2
as a feedstock.
20 kTon plant
This lower CO2 foot print would be further
‘dampened’ by the underlying production
process. The first step of the process, which
will be Siemens’ domain, is to convert CO2
and water into CO and hydrogen, using
renewable energy (wind, solar etc.).
Siemens will provide the technology for the
electrolysis and the storage of hydrogen. The
latter could be used as a back-up for the
production process or help to stabilize the
power grid. Siemens is also heavily invest-
ing in technology to store hydrogen in a safe
and cost-effective manner.
Evonik will take care of the second step: the
conversion - by fermentation - of CO (with some
CO2 and O2) into the aforementioned chemicals.
Both processes have been demonstrated at
a lab scale (TRL 3) and need to be scaled
up in the next two years, resulting in a
technical test facility with a capacity of 1 to
10 kilograms per hour. This facility will be
scaled up further to a test or demonstration
plant which is scheduled to go on stream in
2011 at the Evonik-facility in Marl, Germany.
Ultimately, both companies foresee a 20Kton
production plant between 2025 and 2030.
For the time being there are several chal-
lenges that need to be addressed, such as
keeping the organisms active, cell reten-
tion or the gas liquid transport within the
bioreactor.

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“
With the Rheticus
platform, we want
to demonstrate that artificial
photosynthesis is feasible
Artificial photosynthesis
“We are developing a (production) platform that
will allow us to produce chemical products in a
much more cost-effective and environmentally-
friendly manner than we do today”, Guenther
Schmid, technical project leader on behalf of
Siemens Corporate Technology says. “Using our
platform, operators will be able to scale their
plants to suit their needs.”
“With the Rheticus platform, we want to
demonstrate that artificial photosynthesis is
feasible”, adds Dr. Thomas Haas (Evonik).
“Furthermore, its modular nature and flexibil-
ity in terms of location, raw material sources
and products manufactured make the new
platform attractive for the specialty chemicals
industry in particular. In the future, these
modules could be installed anywhere where
there is a source of CO2, power plant waste
gas or biogas for instance. We are confident
that other companies will use the platform
and integrate it with their own modules to
manufacture their chemical products.”
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PROJ EC T R EPORT
In the fermentation
process -here at lab
scale -, special bacteria -
proprietary mutants of
C.authethanogenum and
C.kluyveri - are converting
CO-containing gases
to valuable chemicals
through metabolic
processes.
Credits: Siemens
Rheticus
Rheticus is a spin off from the Power to X-track of the German Kopernikus Initiative. In
the latter program, science, business and civil society are working together to develop
technologically and economically viable solutions for energy generation and storage.
Kopernikus addresses four key areas: the development of electricity networks, the stor-
age of surplus renewable energy by conversion into other energy carriers, the adaptation
of industrial processes to a fluctuating energy supply, and improved interaction between
all sectors of the energy system.
“By 2025 we’ll have new energy concepts underway that are applicable on an industrial
scale - and which will also be socially acceptable”, according to Johanna Wanka, Federal
Minister of Education and Research. One of these could be the ‘Rheticus’-process’. The
project will receive 2.8 million euros in funding from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Educa-
tion and Research (BMBF). Over 20 scientists from Evonik and Siemens are involved.
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Seven projects
to watch out for
Last year, the oil
and gas industry
has been on the
up. The oil price
reached a two year
high in November
2017, suggesting
more cash is ready
to be pumped back
into E&P activity.
In this article,
seven projects in
various regions
of the world are
highlighted.
By Mark Daniel

In Mozambique, home to the gas-rich Rovuma Ba-
sin, the Coral Sea floating LNG project represents
this fully. Indeed, the number of players involved
in Coral South highlights the hidden riches lying
in and off the continent.
The Coral Field holds around 450 billion cubic
metres of gas. Eni East Africa serves as chief
operator holding a 50% operating interest. Other
partners have been drawn from across Africa and
the world, including KOGAS (Korea), Galp Energia
(Portugal), and Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbon-
tres (Mozambique), thanks to the resources held
off Mozambique’s coast.
Construction of the floating processing facility
is currently underway. Norway’s Aker Solutions
inked a contract to deliver three umbilicals and
related equipment to the project site in Mozam-
bique in June 2017, helping kick the project off
in earnest after it was initially earmarked back
in 2012. Once complete in 2022, the FPSO is
expected to pump out over 3.4 million tons of
gas per year.
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Johan Castburg features the “largest subsea scope”
of any current project worldwide. Image courtesy Kåre
Spanne, Statoil.
Hefty price tag
Gas corridor projects don’t come much bigger
than this. Conceived as an alternative to Rus-
sian delivery routes, the Southern Gas Corridor
aims at shoring up European gas supplies
by drawing on the Caspian Sea’s enormous
reserves. Gas will be transported via pipeline
to Europe through routes crossing Azerbaijan,
Georgia, and Turkey.
Many sub-projects, worthy of inclusion on this
list by themselves, fall under the umbrella of
the Southern Gas Corridor. For instance, Azer-
baijan’s massive Shah Deniz field expansion
project, with its price tag of $23.9 billion, is
part of the Corridor’s development.
But that isn’t all. To get the gas from the
Caspian to Europe, several major pipelines π
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are under construction. These include
the $8 billion Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas
Pipeline, and the $5 billion Trans-Adriatic
Pipeline.
First gas volumes delivered from Shah
Deniz to Turkey are expected by 2018,
with Europe receiving its first supplies by
2020, according to project leads BP.
Spending spree
Uzbekistan is preparing for something
of an oil & gas spending spree, ready
to pump $30.4 billion into hydrocarbon
projects well into the next decade. The
Jizzakh Oil Refinery, which broke ground
in January 2017, is one of these.
This facility has been designed with
a processing capacity of five million
tons of oil a year once fully up and
running in 2022. What’s more, it will
also produce around 700,000 tons of jet
fuel, and a further 300,000 tons of other
oil-based products, annually. Output is
expected to reach 1 million tons a year
between 2019-2021, while the facility is
being built.
Uzbekneftgas, Uzbekistan’s national
gas producer, is funding the development
of Jizzakh Refinery. Local specialists
Enter Engineering are the projects’
main contractors, winning procurement
and engineering rights in September
2017.
Largest subsea scope
Located in the Barents Sea, Johan
Castburg will feature the “largest subsea
scope” of any current project worldwide,
according to its owners Norwegian
national Statoil.
Recoverable resources are thought to be
somewhere in the region of 450-650 mil-
lion barrels, making Johan Castberg one
of the largest undersea projects of recent
years. As many as 30 wells will be drilled
at the site between 2019-2024. Production
is expected to kick off in 2022 with a field
lifespan of at least 30 years.
Subsea sections will be connected to
Statoil’s largest ever FPSO. In October
2017, Statoil awarded a Letter of
Intent (LoI) to Sembcorp Marine Rigs
and Floaters in Singapore as part of
the initial procurement phase. Semcorp
is to supply engineering, and construc-
tion of the FPSO’s hull and living
quarters for a total cost of around
$490 million.
The $5.92 billion investment in the
project is considerably lower than the
initial investment as oil price drops
have limited the FPSO’s profitability.
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International backers 2018. However, it is Denmark’s largest
Out in the Hidd Industrial Area, Bahrain, gas field, sending fuel to 1.5 million
construction on the Middle East’s first Danish homes every year. Such is its
LNG receiving and regasification terminal significance for Danish energy supply,
is underway. The new facility’s status is it’s little wonder Maersk’s priorities
such that it has attracted an international shifted from retirement to renovation.
assortment of backers. It is estimated Tyra will keep pumping
Once up and running in 2019, Bahrain LNG out 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent a
Terminal will be operated by the Bahrain year when it reopens in 2022.
LNG WLL, a joint venture composed of
Bahrain’s National Oil & Gas Authority,
Teekay LNG, Samsung C&T and the Gulf
Investment Company. 1. Coral South LNG, Mozambique
At its peak, this latest facility will have a Cost: $4.67 billion
capacity of over 22 million cubic metres Time frame: 2012 – 2022
of gas a day with the infrastructure to
match. Currently under construction at 2. Southern Gas Corridor, Caspian
the Hidd location is a floating storage Sea-Europe
unit (FSU), an offshore LNG-receiving Cost: $41 billion
jetty, a regasification platform, subsea Time frame: 2013-2018
gas pipelines, an onshore gas receiving
centre, and an onshore nitrogen produc- 3. Jizzakh Oil Refinery, Uzbekistan
tion facility.
Cost: $2.2 billion
Time frame: 2017-2022
Black gold
Brazil is at the frontier of deep sea oil
4. Johan Castberg Project, Norway
exploration, particularly in pre-salt oil
Cost: $5.92 billion
fields. Pre-salt oil is located at depths
Time frame: 2017-2024
of 7,000 metres; specifically, between
2,000m of wild Atlantic Ocean and 5,000m
5. Bahrain LNG Terminal, Bahrain
of rock and oil. Drilling for such minerals
is intense, to be sure, but is worth it for Cost: $741 million
the black gold hidden beneath, especially Time frame: 2017-2019
at the Libra Oil field.
Libra is the biggest field of its kind in 6. Libra oil field, Brazil
Brazil’s deep-sea acreage. Extending over Cost: Up to $91 billion
an 800km by 200km area 250 kilometres Time frame: 2013-ongoing
off Brazil’s south-eastern coast, Libra is
estimated to hold between 8 to 12 billion 7. Tyra Field Redevelopment,
barrels of recoverable oil. Denmark
Libra’s importance, and sheer size, Cost: $3.36 billion
make it incredibly attractive to inter- Time frame: 2018-2022
national majors with Brazilian national
Petrobras leading the charge with a
40% operational stake. Shell and Total
each own 20% shares in Libra, alongside About the author
10% interests for China’s CNPC Mark Daniel is an
and CNOOC. international career
  counselor and resume
North Sea development writer.  Based on The
Sunshine Coast in Aus-
The North Sea is mature territory, but there
tralia he provides first
is still plenty of life in the region yet. At
class career services
Tyra, a gas field facing the end of its opera- and advice to clients
tional life due to underground subsidence throughout the world.
and safety concerns, Maersk Oil is set to He predominately
redevelop its Tyra operations, including a works in oil & gas,
complete overhaul of infrastructure. mining and civil infrastructure. A prolific
Works include replacement of the existent publisher, he contributes to several
gas processing platforms with a modern industry magazines and publishes a daily
facility, plus rig and engineering upgrades blog to his 20,000 LinkedIn followers.
on five surrounding satellite fields.
Contact: mark.daniel@orangecollar.com.au
Previously, Tyra was to be retired in
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Doing valves right: with

Rudy Garza began
his career with
ExxonMobil (then
Exxon) in 1990
as a facilities
engineer. Twenty
six years later, he’s
still employed as
a Sr. Mechanical
Consultant in
ExxonMobil’s
Static Equipment
Group (i.e. heat
exchangers, tanks,
pressure vessels,
piping, and valves)
Part 2.

By Richard Heyl

About the expert

Garza’s mechanical training
started as a youngster in
small engines, progressed to
automotive and industrial diesel
engines, followed by aircraft
maintenance for the U.S. Air
Force. After the service, he
earned his B.S. in mechanical

O
engineering from Texas A&I ne of Garza’s core responsibilities is years ago. Garza said, “Yes, today we
University in 1990. After
providing advanced technical support encounter valves that aren’t made to the
graduating, Garza was hired
to ExxonMobil’s Upstream producing requested specifications, valves that leak
by ExxonMobil (then Exxon)
aas a facilities affiliates. Technical support includes (passing when closed and externally), and
eengineer. Still providing specialized expertise with a global valves that stick during cycling. While we
wwith ExxonMobil perspective and focus on process safety, op- have seen some valve manufacturers increase
today, Garza is timizing asset reliability, integrity, and profit- their attention to the areas of quality and
a Sr. Mechanical ability. Not unlike many Sr. level positions, time design, we’re still experiencing many opera-
CConsultant with management is one of Garza’s most indispens- tional issues with valves.” When we asked
a focus on static able skills. what he thought the increase might be attrib-
eequipment. We asked Garza if he’d seen an uptick in prob- uted to, Garza told us about a discussion
lematic valves today, as compared to say 20+ he had with a colleague some years ago.

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ExxonMobil’s Sr. Mechanical Consultant
Together they felt the problems were a
culmination of several factors –a sort of
perfect storm if you will.
Garza informed us that when he and his
colleague first started ordering valves,
early on in their professional careers,
they encountered salesmen who had
been at their jobs for many years and
were very knowledgeable about their com-
pany’s products. As a result, when a valve
was ordered the salesmen knew what
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material combinations would,
and wouldn’t work in a given environ-
ment, particularly the more common
operating environments. Today it’s their
feeling that the depth of technical knowl-
edge from the valve company’s sales
staff is not as robust. Factor in the
more complex services and the issue
complicates further. Garza explained,
“In the former generation of sales staff,
there was a lot more continuity, which
tended to foster the growth of knowledge
E ND US ER INT ERV I EW
about their products. For some companies,
it seems they’ve been replaced by
a culture of emissaries, often manufactur-
ers’ representatives, who offer many
other products from various vendors.”
Garza continued, “The whole valve, and
other similar products, manufacturing
landscapes have really changed. It seems
that U.S. based valve manufacturers
have been gradually swallowed up by
larger ones (with repeat acquisition
cycles sometimes continuing), and much
of today’s valve manufacturing is done in
locations outside of the United States.
This can often be traced to the goal of
reducing production costs. Italy is one
such location which seems to have
gained much favor with valve
manufacturers.
Manufacturers are also taking advantage
of the reduced labor costs afforded
by locations such as China and India.
Furthermore, it is quite common for
manufacturers to procure their materials
from lower cost sourcing locations
such as China and India.” Garza went on
to say, “Another issue is that sometimes
end users receive a valve from a vendor
who does not have sufficient operating
experience with their particular product.
While it is up to the end user to verify
product experience, sometimes
cost competitiveness and schedules
drive the decision to utilize such a
product. Then, when the end user
receives the valve and it doesn’t work
properly, they send it back, etc. Most
of the more reputable vendors are
willing to work with the customer to
resolve a technical issue, which is truly
important (and to the advantage of
both parties); however, this often
results in project or facility startup
delays and of often times extra costs
to resolve the issue. Then on the next
project, the end user may have some
reluctance in using that particular
vendor again, given the prior negative
performance experience. What is often
overlooked though, is the knowledge
gained about that vendor’s strengths
and weaknesses, along with that of
their product.”
Unless the product issues are chronic and
continuously recurring and/or the vendor
has displayed an unwillingness to resolve π
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issues, Garza advocates staying with
that vendor, “Why start over after so
much time and money has been
spent on improvement of their product?
Take advantage of the lessons learned,
and use them to your advantage – over-
seeing them in areas known to be
deficient. Otherwise, the company could
end up purchasing from another vendor
whom they may not have any experience
with at all. Consider also that there are
only so many vendors out there!”
Garza also sees problems with the
“Preferred Vendor List” that is often
maintained by many companies. Garza
has found that at times these lists are
too static and become stale. Hypotheti-
cally speaking, Garza says, “Vendor
A might be doing a good job delivering
quality valves to company X. They might
have been spot checked, and received
positive ratings on company X’s
evaluation forms. Vendor A might even
get a stamp of approval, and become
a preferred vendor for company X.
Now say 5 years goes by, and company X
orders 100 valves from the same vendor
again. Only now, the quality of their
valves is not so good. What happened?
Company X thought they had a good
vendor. So company X does some
Valve depicted in
“closed” position
Rising Stem
(handwheel
not shown)
Note: Valve sketch is
generic and not
intended to depict any
particular
manufacturer’s product
Process
Flowstream
(blocked)
Note: Not
depicted is a
spring which
keeps the 2 gate
halves together
while traveling
between full open
to full closed
positions
Open this valve
Cavity
for Double
Drain /
Bleed
Isolation and
Bleed
Figure 1. Through Conduit Expanding Gate Valve (one option)
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investigating and discovers maybe operating temperatures are often very
that vendor A has been bought out low due to LNG and Arctic climates, and
and the experienced staff replaced, equipment is being installed in deeper
or that they had budget constraints, and deeper waters. All these elements
or perhaps their shop was over loaded are challenging to a valve’s mechanical
during that period; whatever the design, materials, and/or soft goods.
reason, vendor A’s ability to maintain We now have to focus on issues such
their level of quality may have been as swelling, splitting, and cracking.
negatively impacted. Quite often, this Even carbon steel pressure vessels that
detail is not even identified until after operate in arctic climates must often be
company X gets stuck with 100 designed to withstand brittle fractures in
problematic valves. The point is, the -45°C (-50°F) range due to ambient
spot checking may not be enough. conditions.
Companies need to realize Garza went on to say, that in his
that proactively spending more time opinion, “end users are driving some
and money visiting vendors can improve of these issues by purchasing valves
the quality of their valve purchases, fit for a specification, rather than fit
and ultimately translate to the elimina- for a specific purpose.” Garza explained,
tion, or at least reduction, of project “the typical cycle could be something
delays and cost impacts.” like, a problem occurs, so we modify a
specification to prevent the problem
Another factor Garza spoke of is or event from recurring. We now have
how much harsher the environment a high degree of confidence that the
in which valves operate has become. problem will not occur again. But then
Garza explained, “Today’s fluids contain we try to generically apply this
modern products created to address spe- specification, in its entirety, to each
cific requirements. This includes and every valve, as if it’s a one-size-
chemicals such as drag reducing agents, fits-all tool. Then vendors sometimes
corrosion inhibitors, demulsifiers, etc. try to stretch their capabilities to meet
Compression has increased natural gas these stringent demands that may
pressures to as high as 12,000+ psi, not even be necessary. We need to
trust our training, and use our
engineering judgment to realize that
there’s not a one size-fits-all solution
Valve depicted in
“open” position in most cases. You don’t always need
a valve with exotic metallurgy or special
thermoplastics, especially when you’re
Rising Stem
not dealing with harsh temperatures or
(handwheel
Upper Static Stop for not shown) high pressures. We need to start with a
Gate Half
basic standard minimum specification –
say API 6D or 6A, and apply some mini-
Two gate halves
wedge against mum ’common requirements’ to it –
each other to
Seat ring (slip);
create outward
items that are based on operating ex-
typical for both
sides force when valve perience and identified to be absolutely
open or closed
applicable to all valves. Then we can go
on building from there, but only if truly
Net force of each gate Process Net force of each gate
necessary”.
half against its seat Flowstream half against its seat
(slip) creates pressure (slip) creates pressure
seal; valve closed seal; valve open Additionally, Garza feels that the
relationship between the end user and
Valve
Body the vendor can often lack an element
of communication and “open door”
policy. Garza explains, “I’ve heard of
Valve
Cavity situations where end users go
overboard on valve options making
things much more complicated than
they truly have to be. This puts vendors
Lower Static Stop for
Gate Half Cavity in awkward situations, which unfortunate-
Drain /
ly can work themselves out in one
Bleed
of two ways. Either the vendor is afraid
of questioning the end user’s expertise
and thus does not tell the end user that
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he doesn’t believe that certain items are
necessary, or the end user chooses to
ignore the vendor’s recommendation. Ul-
timately, the end user’s company ends up
with a more complex and more expensive
valve than needed, and quite possibly a
longer delivery time.” Garza concluded,
“This is the time for improved vendor to
end user communication. Let’s put down
those text generating devices and get on
the phone, or better yet, actually have a
face-to-face discussion to ensure that the
optimal valve is chosen where possible.”
The wish list
When we asked Garza if there were any
innovations he felt the industry could re-
ally use Garza expressed to us that, “The
Upstream industry could really benefit from
a single ball valve with double isolation and
bleed (DIB) capabilities. Can it be done with
a single ball? Absolutely. But the valve has
to have two barriers that are
mechanically energized. Only then can you
bleed the area between those two barriers.
There are no known proven designs today
that can achieve this. I’m only aware of
two valves that have been around for many
years and have been tried and proven in
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the field. One’s an expanding gate valve
(Figure 2; e.g. WKM Pow-R-Seal), and the
other is a plug valve with slips in it (e.g.
General Twin Seal). The problem is, they
both have their limitations. The gate valve’s
downside is that it has a rising stem actua-
tor, which is linear and can be very tall
for larger pipe sizes. Offshore, this often
becomes a limiting issue from a space
perspective. The plug valve’s short coming
is that getting it with a full port (when
possible) often results in higher costs
and pigging may not always be possible.
I believe vendors are working on a mechani-
cally energized double isolation and bleed
version of a ball valve, but I’ve yet to see
one on the market.”
Before we parted, we asked if there were
any other troublesome R&D challenges left
to solve. Garza said just two words, “leaky
valves”. Garza continued, “In my opinion,
we still haven’t found the ‘Holy Grail’ of
valves. If you’ve got a completely clean
fluid, typically it’s not a problem; if you can
make it past the shop test that is. Put in a
soft seated valve, and you’re good to go in
most cases. But today we’re dealing with
operating conditions that are increasingly
E ND US ER INT ERV I EW
extreme, and fluids that contain all kinds of
additional additives and debris. In many of
these cases, a hardened metal seated valve
that can withstand the elements may be the
preferred option. It’s allowed to ’pass’ (leaks
across seat when closed) slightly when
brand new (limits specified in valve industry
standards), as opposed to a soft seated
valve, which is not allowed to “pass” at all
when new, but as months go by in harsher
services, the soft seated material may pit
and scratch –leaving you with a valve that
’passes’ more when closed. The metal
seated valves have been steadily improving.
The industry has made a lot of advance-
ments in materials and manufacturing meth-
ods. Modern CNC machining and tougher
surface coatings on parts that don’t wear
out, scratch, or score as easily when they
rub together have all been steps in the right
direction. But we’ve yet to reach that perfect
marriage. I’m talking about the kind of valve
that lasts several years, never “passes”, has
some reasonably acceptable (low) operating
torque, and yet, is still affordable.”
For Part 1 of Rudy Garza’s interview, see the
February issue of Valve World
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High performance seals: innovative
solutions for oil & gas challenges
This case study
T
he oil and gas industry must meet the
highest levels of reliability, efficiency and
shows how safety throughout every stage of the produc-
collaboration tion process. To meet such stringent stan-
dards, oil and gas producers rely on first class col-
between a leading laboration with partners in the valve and seals sector
producer of sealing to prevent leakages and ensure optimal output.
They need valves and seals that have exceptional
materials and a durability and resistance against extreme tempera-
high-end valve tures in harsh chemical environments in order to
reduce emissions and to improve process control.
manufacturer has DuPont™ Kalrez® solutions support our customers
led to extremely throughout the oil and gas industry to improve
efficiency and deliver against the highest health
efficient valve and environmental standards. DuPont collaborates
isolation solutions with partners in the valve sector to create solu-
tions that offer the highest resistance valve and
for refineries. seal combinations in the oil and gas sector.
By Geoff Lewis, Application Devel- Technical difficulty
opment Manager O&G DuPont DuPont has recently partnered with Oliver Valves,
Kalrez® and Vespel® Specialty Parts one of the world’s leading manufacturers of double
block and bleed valves (through their Twinsafe
valves), to help a downstream refinery customer
solve a long term performance problem with an
isolation valve. The customer, a major European
operator of refineries, had tried various designs over
several years, without finding a long lasting solution.
This resulted in time, efficiency and financial costs.
The technical difficulty in finding a solution to the
problem arose from the fact that the customer needed
large valves (10” to 16” in bore diameter) that could
prevent leakage at extreme temperature (315°C) in
an aggressive environment. Furthermore there were
constraints on the overall size of the valve due to the
existing framework on the platform. As a result the
customer had been unable to find an effective solution
for these conditions. The large size of the valves also
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meant significant costs could be saved by using an
elastomer with good extrusion resistance, thereby elimi-
nating the need and expense of back up rings.
Long lasting performance
Oliver Valves proposed its double block and bleed
(DBB) valve which is designed in such a way that it
allows for customisation of overall size and weight to
work within the spacing constraints, whilst maintain-
ing the highest level of valve performance. However
the critical point was to ensure internal seals within
the valve could survive these extreme high tempera-
ture and chemical conditions, while providing isolated
reliable service with no visible leaks.
To find such a seal, Oliver Valves collaborated
with DuPont who was able to propose a solution
from its Kalrez® line. DuPont’s perfluoroelastomer
(FFKM) high pressure, high temperature Kalrez®
seals provide long-lasting performance, are resis-
tant to 1800 chemicals and solvents, and retain
high levels of elasticity and recovery, even after
long-term exposure to elevated temperatures.
The DuPont and Oliver Valves’ solution was proto-
typed and tested by the valve maker. After being
successfully qualified for use all of the valves were
delivered on time.
Efficiency and cost gains
The valves and the Kalrez® seals were a great success,
providing the refinery operator with isolated leak free
reliable service for the first time. They removed any
potential need for additional fabrication and resulted in
efficiency and cost gains in addition to environmental
and safety benefits. The performance of the valve and
seal resulted in repeat orders from the customer. The
vastly improved leak prevention and improved control
led to longer service life for valve stem and bore parts.
Through the collaboration, DuPont and Oliver dem-
onstrated their leadership in the valves and seals
sector by achieving new levels of high temperature
high pressure performance with large bore valves.
The wide range of Kalrez® seal solutions that
DuPont can offer provide great opportunities for
the whole oil and gas industry. Whether the issue
is temperature, chemicals or pressure DuPont™
Kalrez® solutions can ensure excellent resistance
and long lasting performance.
A full range of DuPont™ Kalrez® products for Oil & Gas
valve applications can be found at http://www.dupont.
com/products-and-services/plastics-polymers-resins/
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COLUMN
Mergers & acquisitions
in the global valves
The turn of the
year has seen a
industry
FCX is a US distributor of specialty process flow
number of high control products with a focus on instrumenta-
profile mergers tion, pumps and valves for the chemicals, food
and beverages, metals, oil and gas, pharmaceuti-
and acquisitions cal, power, pulp and paper and water industries,
take place in the amongst others. The company is also a provider
of lifecycle MRO services for these products.
global valves The $768m acquisition of FCX will enhance AIT’s
industry. The North range of distributed products for process industry
applications. The group will benefit from the tar-
American market get’s wide range of market-leading products, wide
was a particular footprint across North America, strong customer
relationships and entrenched technical services.
focus for activity The transaction provided an exit for US private
and included the equity firm Harvest Partners.
acquisition of FCX Two acquisitions by FCX Performance Inc
Performance Inc by Prior to its sale to AIT, FCX had completed two acqui-
sitions of its own. The company had acquired Eads
Applied Industrial Co, a US distributor of flow control products for the
Technologies Inc chemicals, packaging, petrochemical, power, refining
and other industrial sectors. The target’s range of
(AIT). products includes automation solutions, controls,
filters, instrumentation, tubing and valves. This
By Constantine Biller transaction provided an exit for US private equity
firm The CapStreet Group. FCX also acquired Massey
Co Inc, a US distributor of heat tracing products,
instrumentation, lined pipes and valves.
Further investor activity has seen the US private
equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquire Sun-
Source Holdings Inc, a US distributor of hydraulic
and pneumatic fluid power products. SunSource
focuses on cylinders, motors, pumps and valves
for use in automation, electronics, fluid process,
industrial hydraulics, mobile hydraulics and pneu-
matic applications. The company is particularly
present in the construction equipment, oil and
gas and transportation industries.
Nationwide coverage
Yet further investor involvement in the industry
has been seen with the acquisition of Smith-
Cooper International Inc by US private equity firm
Tailwind Capital. Smith-Cooper is a US manufacturer
and distributor of fittings and valves under the
FPPI, SCI and Sharpe brand names. The company
serves the agriculture, chemicals, construction, fire
protection, food processing, oil and gas and water
industries. The transaction provided an exit for US
private equity firm Blue Point Capital Partners.
38 Valve World March 2018
Also in the North American, acquisition activity
in the valves distribution segment has con-
tinued with the acquisition of Thomas Pipe &
Supply Co by Winsupply Inc. Thomas Pipe &
Supply is a US distributor of industrial pipes,
valves and fittings (PVF). The acquisition will
expand Winsupply’s nationwide coverage in
the US, expand its product range and add ad-
ditional pipe fabrication activities. The transac-
tion provided an exit for US private equity firm
GenCap America.
ROSS’ bigger portfolio
Also in the US, ROSS Operating Valve Co, which is
also known as ROSS Controls, has acquired Auto-
matic Valve Corp, a US manufacturer of pneumatic
industrial valves for a broad range of industrial
automation, automotive and process control ap-
plications. The acquisition will widen ROSS’ prod-
uct portfolio and enhance the group’s offerings
for the mobile transportation, process and power
industries, in particular. The transaction did not
include Automatic Valve’s nuclear division which
will continue to operate under the new name of
Automatic Valve Nuclear Corp.
Meanwhile in Europe, Axel Johnson Interna-
tional AB has acquired RDC Productions SA, a
French distributor of heat exchangers, homog-
enizers, pumps and valves for the chemicals,
food and beverages, personal care and phar-
maceutical industries. The acquisition will be
integrated into the Axflow business within the
group’s Fluid Handling Solutions division where
it will significantly enhance the group’s expo-
sure to the food and personal care industries
in France.
Constantine Biller is a
Partner in the Industrials &
Chemicals Team at Clearwa-
ter International LLP. He spe-
cializes in M&A transactions
involving engineering and
manufacturing companies.
He focuses on acquisitions
and divestitures involving
privately-owned businesses
and non-core corporate subsidiaries, as well
as management buy-outs and private equity
transactions.
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Target Purchaser Deal value Comment

FCX Applied Industrial $768m Applied Industrial Technologies Inc has acquired FCX Performance, a US distributor of
Performance Inc Technologies specialty process flow control products with a focus on instrumentation, pumps and
valves for the chemicals, food and beverages, metals, oil and gas, pharmaceutical,
power, pulp and paper and water industries.
RDC Axel Johnson Undisclosed Axel Johnson has acquired RDC Productions, a French distributor of heat exchangers,
Productions SA International AB homogenizers, pumps and valves for the chemicals, food and beverages, personal care
and pharmaceutical industries.
Versa Brennan Undisclosed Brennan Industries has acquired Versa Fittings, a Canadian manufacturer and distributor of
Fittings Inc Industries Inc fittings, hydraulic components, instrumentation, tubings and valves.
SunSource Clayton, Dubilier Undisclosed US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has acquired SunSource, a US distributor of hy-
Holdings Inc & Rice draulic and pneumatic fluid power products for automation, electronics, fluid process, industrial
hydraulics, mobile hydraulics and pneumatic applications.
Duhig Ferguson plc Undisclosed Ferguson has acquired Duhig Stainless, a US distributor of fluid control products including
Stainless Inc instrumentation, pipes, tubing and valves for the biopharmaceutical, food and beverages, petro-
chemical and water industries.
Pima Valve Inc JA Moody Co Undisclosed JA Moody has acquired Pima Valve, a US manufacturer of valves for the marine industry.
Automatic ROSS Operating Valve ROSS Controls has acquired Automatic Valve, a US manufacturer of pneumatic industrial valves
Valve Corp Co (ROSS Controls) for a broad range of industrial automation, automotive and process control applications.
Taconova Thermal Appliance Undisclosed TACO has acquired Taconova, a Swiss manufacturer of hydronic components for construc-
Group AG Co (TACO) tion applications including balancing equipment, underfloor heating components and
plumbing valves.
Smith-Cooper Tailwind Capital Undisclosed US private equity firm Tailwind Capital has acquired Smith-Cooper, a US manufacturer
International Inc and distributor of fittings and valves.
Thomas Pipe & Winsupply Inc Undisclosed Winsupply has acquired Thomas Pipe & Supply, a US distributor of industrial pipes,
Supply Co valves and fittings.

Clearwater International LLP is a global, mid market M&A advisory and investment banking firm which handles transactions valued at
between $20m and $500m across a range of industries.

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Why smaller is sometimes better
H
ere’s a simple question: what does it
Prodim’s Freddy take to become a distributor of choice?
Franceus says that Extensive stocks? Rock-bottom prices?
A large inside sales team? Well such
technical know- factors can work well in some circumstances,
how and service but at Prodim Industrial Valves & Automation in
Belgium the management team have definitely
are key when carved out a different route to success. Manag-
serving niche ing Director Freddy Franceus explains more: “It
is simply not our plan to be a one-stop-shop
markets holding every single valve item that might be
needed by the process industries throughout
Belgium. Our strategy is much more focussed,
By David Sear
namely to help customers who have demanding
applications that need specific valves, and in
particular actuated valves.”
Stocks kept in the warehouse therefore include
a small yet dedicated range of valves, actuators
and accessories which are regularly needed by
the customer base. There’s also a storage rack
containing numerous mounting brackets and
bushes. “We don’t just sell individual items; rather
we fit and then test actuated valves to deliver
Freddy Franceus in Profile
Age: 49
Education: Studied electromechanical
engineering at technical college
Career: started in the valve industry in 1991. Worked as sales
engineer / product manager for three
leading valve manufacturers before joining Prodim in
2006. He acquired Prodim in 2009
Hobbies: enjoys playing tennis and golf with friends
Family: married with five children, Mr. Franceus likes to spend time with family
in his second home in the Medoc region of France.
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complete, ready to use flow control systems to our
customers,” says Mr. Franceus.
Nor is a large number of staff needed to deliver
service, he continues. Quite the opposite, it
seems. “Larger organisations can be hampered
because decisions may have to be channelled
through existing protocols and be approved
by various departments. Smaller organisations
tend to be more flexible and responsive. What
is important I believe is having a high level
of valve knowledge. Front-line staff should
therefore have an extensive background in
industry so that they can advise clients based
on genuine experience of the products and the
applications. I would say that the need for valve
expertise is becoming even more important as
end users cut back their own technical staff and
subcontract out project work.”
Asked if he could back up that claim, Mr. Franceus
quickly recounts two orders for pneumatically-
actuated valves. “The first request came from
an engineering company yet when we reviewed
the specifications we immediately realised
that the final customer normally requires filter
regulators on his pneumatic actuators. We
passed that information back to the engineering
company who were able to review and update the
paperwork in good time.”
The second exampled provided by Mr. Franceus is
equally compelling. “Our engineer who reviewed
the quotation request for a pneumatically-operated
valve immediately spotted something that had
been overlooked by the engineering company:
namely that the site did not have a compressed air
facility. The client therefore quickly accepted our
recommendation to replace the pneumatic actuator
with an electro-hydraulic model!”
Strong relationships up and down the supply
chain are also essential for niche suppliers,
continues Mr. Franceus. “Take a current order for
two DN1600 valves and actuators which a local
client needs most urgently. Now valve bodies
of that size are cast to order and so can take
weeks or even months to obtain. Fortunately
one of our preferred suppliers was able and
willing to keep his own foundry open during the
Christmas period to help serve this customer.
Of course there is a cost factor involved but the
customer is willing to pay it because it means
he can keep his facility up and running.”
Summing up our pleasant interview, Mr. Franceus
reiterates his vision for valve supply. “I am quite
convinced that the future will be formed around
strong valve manufacturers who work closely
with knowledgeable, local distributors, whereby
smaller, highly knowledgeable companies will be
responsible for meeting customers’ needs for high
end, technical valve solutions.”
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The bolted connection - seal

As was discussed
in our column in
the February issue
of Valve World,
preventive and
corrective actions
are needed to
minimize seal
failures and
subsequent down
times. In this
article, possible
causes, checks and
remedial actions
are discussed.

By ESA member
D. Halkyard

spiral wound gasket; sealing element with outer ring only. Failure: mode inner ring buckling. Cause: incorrect size\no
inner support ring

I
n general, seal failure shows itself as one
of three relatively distinct failure modes; an
immediate or sudden ‘catastrophic’ usually
gross leak also known as a “blow out”, a slow
‘progressive’ or chronic leak or a ‘transient’ leak
that may occur for a time then self seal and may
subsequently reoccur.
Catastrophic leaks can occur on plant start up,
pressure test or during normal operation. They
normally arise because of insufficient, too much
or uneven load being generated in the connec-
tion during assembly. During service catastrophic
leakage is normally attributable to excessive
stress loss, usually caused by process pressure
and/or temperature excursions, or may be the
final result from a slow progressive leak that
went unnoticed e.g. occurred under pipework of
vessel insulation. Much can be learned from a
simple used gasket inspection. The presence of
a clearly damaged gasket; crushed non-metallic
or buckled spiral wound gasket is fairly easy to
diagnose, however simple thickness analysis can
also be an indicator of excessive and/or uneven
assembly stress. The following table highlights

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failure analysis and corrective action

Table 1. Gasket selection and installation leaks.
Effect Possible Cause Checks & Remedial Action
Leakage on system pressure test Insufficient compressive load Gasket thickness and visual inspection. Check for even imprint
of reverse flange finish on gasket contact faces. Review assem-
bly practice and load (torque).
Consider higher stress gasket

Excessive compressive load Gasket Inspection – thickness / condition – buckled, crushed,

cracked
Review assembly load (torque).
Consider lower loads or a higher load bearing gasket.

Uneven compressive load Gasket thickness and visual inspection.

Review assembly procedure load (torque).

Gasket defective and/or damaged Gasket inspection – radial scoring/scratches, face missing, corro-
sion. Welding issues ring rolled - under and over dressed welds.
Pass bar attachment – high weld spots and or weld spatter.
Replace gasket.

Flange sealing face damage Face sealing inspection, radial scoring/scratches, pitting, corro-
sion, weld spatter, appropriate surface roughness
Replace flange and or re-machine flange sealing face(s) in line
with industry standards.

Flange faces non-parallel and/or Flange inspection.

not flat Replace / realign flanges in line with industry standards.
Consider thicker and or higher compression gasket.

Leakage on process start up with See previous

temperature

Leakage on process start up and/ Gasket relaxation Gasket inspection – excessive damage, radial extrusion/intrusion.
or shut down with temperature Consider gasket with improved creep resistance style/material
Review gasket selection and/or assembly load (torque)

Excessive load cycling Consider gasket with improved resilience characteristics.

Consider alternative bolt material / design – longer and/or
reduced shank.
Review assembly load (torque)

Leakage during steady state operation Excessive load cycling Check for process excursions/spikes (temperature and pressure).
Improve process control. Consider gasket with improved resil-
ience. Consider alternative bolt material / design.
Review assembly load (torque)

Unnoticed progressive leak Gasket inspection.

Consider gasket with improved creep and/or chemical/temp
resistance.
Review assembly load (torque).
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Table 2. Progressive leaks.

Effect Possible Cause Checks & Remedial Action
Progressive or chronic leak dur- Insufficient assembly stress No apparent issues on general hardware inspection.
ing steady state operation. Review flange assembly load.

Gasket relaxation Gasket inspection – damage, extrusion.

Consider gasket redesign with improved creep / load bearing properties

Gasket chemical degradation Gasket inspection – damage, extrusion, swelling, discoloration, corrosion,
pop corning.
Review chemical compatibility under application conditions. Consider
gasket with improved chemical resistance.

Gasket thermal degradation Gasket inspection – damage, charring, mass loss, discolouration, facing
and/or winding disappearance, metal carburisation.
Consider gasket with improved thermal resistance.

Bolt relaxation Can be difficult to visually detect. Bolt inspection – permanent elongation,
necking, male thread damage.
Consider bolt length (full thread engagement), review assembly procedure,
review bolt material selection.

Bolt corrosion Bolt inspection – general or galvanic corrosion, pitting, stress cracking
(hydrogen, chloride).
Consider alternative bolt material. Consider possibility of protective coating
(Xylan, Zinc passivation etc.).

Flange face corrosion Flange face inspection – General pitting, galvanic.

Consider re-machining flange faces, alternative gasket style / materials.

Gasket incorrectly sized Gasket inspection – Damage initiating on exposed surfaces.

Review gasket design

some of the more common primary causes
and suggests some cost effective checks
and preventative action to be considered
in the event of ‘catastrophic’ seal failure
mode.
Progressive leaks
Progressive leaks can be defined as
those that begin slowly and as time
passes generally increase in severity.
This type of leak is associated with time
related progressive stress loss in the
connection. Stress loss can be attribut-
able to any one or all of the mechanical
components in the connection. Alternatively
the initial assembly stress may have been
insufficient to accommodate the calculated
relaxation in the connection over the re-
quired seal life. Consideration of the initial
assembly stress in the context of relaxation
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and seal life is key to achieving a success-
ful seal. Relaxation is the enemy of joint
integrity. Studies have shown that
it can and does occur over many months.
All the components in the connection
can be subject to relaxation, depending
on the application conditions some more
than others. Connections using lower
quality non-metallic gaskets can be more
prone to relaxation effects, particularly in
elevated temperature service. In this type
of time related failure mode the effects of
corrosion and chemical degradation can
also be a significant cause of load loss in
the connection.
Transient leaks
Transient leaks are associated with bolted
connections that are subject to changes in
load during the normal operation of
the plant and / or equipment. As the
name implies they appear and disappear
seemingly at will. Unfortunately flange
design codes don’t normally consider
these transient load conditions. Increasing
the overall load in the connection may
solve the problem but only if the indi-
vidual mechanical components are kept
within their acceptable limits. Increasing
the resilience of the connection can also
prove useful in addressing these types of
problems. These types of leaks are generally
associated with fluctuations in temperature
and / or pressure during start up, shutdown
or during normal operation if batch and/or
cyclic in nature. Seal integrity can also be
affected by a phenomenon known as radial
shear. This can occur due to differences
in the thermal expansion characteristics
between the mating sealing faces. π
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The benefits of in-house
machining in environmental
equipment manufacturing
W
hen manufacturing environmental
While the cost equipment like pumps, samplers,
barrier of in-house and other measuring equipment,
manufacturers frequently outsource
machining for the machining of their products’ individual parts.
environmental Machining equipment is typically complex and
expensive, so most manufacturers contract with
equipment outside vendors to machine their parts, and then
manufacturers assemble parts into finished products in-house.
While the cost barrier of in-house machining for
may be high, environmental equipment manufacturers may be
it can result in high, it can result in huge benefits. After making
the investment in advanced machining equipment
huge benefits to bring machining in-house, QED has improved
writes Jerry Priest, quality and reduced lead time while also achieving
cost savings.
Factory Director,
QED Environmental Importance of quality machining
When manufacturing complex parts, one of the most
Systems, Inc. important factors influencing the quality of the fin-
ished product is the quality of a machine’s integral
parts. Small imperfections or mistakes that occur
during the machining of an individual part may in
the future result in a number of problems related
to the performance of a product as a whole. These
problems range from a simple lack of durability to
a complete failure or breakage of a device during
operation. It would seem obvious that manufacturers
would take all measures to prevent imperfections
or defects in their parts, but there are often costs
or other barriers that prevent most manufacturers
from having complete control of every aspect of
their own manufacturing process. When machining
of individual parts is outsourced, this lack of control
can become a major issue.
Outsourcing
If a manufacturer uses an outside vendor to
machine a part, the first step is to place an order.
If it is the first time a particular vendor is being
used, the vendor usually supplies a completed
sample of the ordered parts to be inspected by
the manufacturer’s quality department to verify
that the vendor can meet the manufacturer’s
standards. Upon verification, the manufacturer
will place the order and the vendor will then ac-
quire the necessary raw material to produce the
requested parts.
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The quality of a finished product is determined in large
part by machining of constituent parts
Once the vendor completes and inspects the
ordered parts, they ship the parts to the
manufacturer who inspects the received parts for
quality. If the outside vendor’s work meets the
manufacturer’s requirements, the manufacturer
uses the parts to assemble their products.
For many manufacturers, this is the optimal way to
obtain machined parts while considering the cost of
machining equipment compared to the cost of con-
tracting an outside vendor. However, there are many
places in the typical outsourced parts machining
process in which issues can arise and mistakes may
occur. For example, parts specifications may get cor-
rupted, misinterpreted, or changed in the process of
being sent and confirmed from the manufacturer to
the machining vendor; the quality of raw materials
used by the machining vendor may not be as good
as it should be; and most importantly, the entire
outsourcing process can take a long time. Addition-
ally, as a cost reduction by the vendor, they may use
generic material or cheaper material than what is
called out by the specifications.
Consider that the manufacturer must first send
specifications to the machining vendor, who then
must confirm those specifications (and possibly
take the time to machine samples) and ensure
they have the necessary raw materials on hand
before any parts are officially machined for the
manufacturer. When the parts are finished, the
vendor must inspect them for quality, and then
send them to the manufacturer, who must inspect
the parts for quality again. Then, and only then,
can the manufacturer begin to assemble the parts
into the equipment they can sell to customers. π
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Total control
Machining parts in-house provides manufac-
turers control over every aspect of the life
of a part, from design all the way through
assembly. If a manufacturer can overcome
the initial cost of acquiring machining equip-
ment, in-house machining can alleviate
potential quality and lead time problems.
For example, with in-house machining, the
manufacturer will likely do its own initial
prove out to determine the part’s exact
cycle time and cost. Once the prove out is
completed, the part is identified internally
as a part to be made rather than purchased.
When current stock quantities drop below
a pre-determined amount, the machining
department is prompted with an internal
order. Raw material is automatically ordered
and the machining department is issued a
work order and puts the part in a queue to
be produced. During the production run, the
machinists will inspect the parts and will get
approval from the quality department. Once
the order is complete, parts are cleaned and
moved into assembly.
Manufacturers machining parts in-house can
ensure that they use only the highest quality
of raw materials. They are the masters of
their own specifications, so the information is
unlikely to be misinterpreted or changed by
accident. Perhaps, most importantly, in-house
parts machining produces higher-quality parts
much faster than outsourced part machin-
ing. A manufacturer’s machinists work hand
in hand with its quality department to verify
that every part made meets and exceeds
specifications. Parts no longer need to be
checked for quality twice – the manufacturer
can monitor them before, during, and after
they are machined, enabling the manufactur-
er to identify and correct any quality issues
that arise immediately, without any lost time
in production or final assembly.
Quality inspections are key to ensuring outsourced parts meet specifications
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Advanced machining equipment can mill and turn features simultaneously to produce parts in a single setup
An investment in advanced machining equip-
ment also enables manufacturers to machine
high-quality parts repeatedly after thousands
of cycles. Since all manufacturing is per-
formed within the same facility, the possibil-
ity of damage during shipment from a vendor,
as well as freight costs are also eliminated.
Overall, the process for in-house machining is
much more streamlined than the process of
machining using an outside source.
Example of in-house machining
QED is an example of a company that
has recently made the switch to in-house
machining of many of the parts used in its
products. The change required purchase of
several pieces of advanced machining equip-
ment, including a Citizen Cincom L32 Swiss
lathe, a Behringer Automatic band saw, and
a Mazak Multiplex 6300YR.
When outsourcing, some complex parts
may require an outside machining vendor
to manufacture parts on multiple different
machines, introducing the ability for human
error with each setup from one machine to
another. By contrast, the new machines are
production centers that utilize both milling
and turning features simultaneously to pro-
duce parts in a single setup. They produce
parts completely on one machine without
the operator having to touch the part. They
also have a bar feeder and robotic arms,
so even loading and unloading of parts at
completion is done robotically. This level
of automation greatly reduces the amount
of human error that can occur with other
types of machines and helps eliminate any
fluctuation in cycle times for each part.
QED is now machining many of its parts in-
house and has been reaping all the benefits
mentioned. One of the key success stories
is the case of the drive shaft for the control
valve on the QED ORP215M wellhead. The
complexity of this part had created a unique
scenario for QED, in which its machining
vendors could not produce parts up to quality
standards, or the vendor’s price per part was
not within an acceptable range. The in-house
machining department was in its infancy at
the time, but with the product launch near
and no outside vendor verified to produce
the drive shaft, the machining department
had to make the part themselves.
With very little lead time, the machining
department was able to deliver the parts to
meet the product launch and fill all customer
orders with no delays in delivery. They
produced the parts at a cost per piece price
that was 30 percent less than the lowest bid
from the machining vendors. The example
demonstrates both the advanced capabili-
ties of QED’s machining equipment and the
lead time and cost savings benefits seen by
bringing in-house machining to QED.
Machining parts in-house enables manufac-
turers to create the highest quality prod-
ucts more quickly and consistently than
outsourced machining, and, in the long run,
for a lower cost.
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Drone inspection about

to pick up
The use of drones
for the inspection
in the oil and gas
industry is slowly
but surely gaining
ground. More and
more companies
are using these
services, mostly
because of
cost and safety
reasons. Drone
inspection also has
its limitations. The
human element
is always needed
to analyze and
possibly to act. Skeye in action on a large FPSO off the coast of Angola. The company for now does not inspect valves. Franken
states that it could be possible (leak detection) but for now there haven’t been client requests in this area.

By Lucien Joppen

I
t is fair to say that the drone inspection
business is still in its infancy. One of the
major players in Europe, British-Dutch
Skeye, was established in 2012. Founder/co-
owner Pieter Franken: “I came into contact
with drones and their commercial potential
back in 2012. After some initial tests I
decided to start my own company which in 2016
merged with Skycap from Britain. At the
moment we operate a fleet of more than 15
drones in different types and capabilities.”
Franken, just back from a trip to Nigeria,
has just signed an agreement with Shell to
monitor some of its projects over the world,
also in Nigeria. According to him, the agreement
could be a breakthrough in oil and gas.
“We have been working up to the agreement
for more than three years. Understandably,
Shell wanted to make sure that our drones,
drone operators and organization are working
to their strict standards. This process takes
time.”
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Cautious
As for the rest of the oil and gas industry, Fran-
ken says some companies have expressed an
interest in Skeye’s services, but only after Shell
more or less decided to use drones for inspec-
tion purposes.
“The acceptation of most new technologies
is generally slow. Most companies are looking
at each other and waiting for a first mover
who ideally would weed out the start-up
problems. We and also our competitors
initially have underestimated the reluctance
within the industry in general. Only recently,
it seems that the industry is more ready
to act rather than expressing a general
interest.”
This reluctance also stemmed from
various developments within the field of
legislation, Franken says. Because the
use of drones for commercial purposes
is a relative new development using
various technologies that are rapidly π
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Shell platform in the North Sea.
evolving, legislation typically follows
technology.
“There is also a lot of confusion -still-
within the industry what is allowed
and what not”, Franken states. “It
does not help that for drones below
150 kg there are national legislations
in place which can vary considerably
per country. In some countries, the
use of drones for inspection services
is very strict. In other regions, both
legislation and enforcement are consid-
ered weak. There are however efforts,
coordinated by the EASA (European
Aviation Safety Agency) to harmonize
legislation within the EU, a development
which the drone (operating) industry
endorses.”
Lower costs
As stated before, drone inspection is
here to stay and to grow in the years
to come. A major driver for growth is
a lower cost structure compared to manual
inspection. Also the safety factor comes
into play.
Mostly drones are employed for inspections
of equipment (parts) that are difficult
to reach. For example, flares in petrochemical
installations or hulls/underdecks/top
sides in FPSO’s or platforms. One company
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“Holes in flares/flare stacks typically
tend to clog which lead to uneven heat
patterns which speed up wear and tear.
It is very difficult to spot these clogs
with the human eye or a camera.”
Apart from visual inspections, drones
could also be equipped with sensors
that would be able to ‘sniff’ gas leaks.
Franken states he has seen equipment
at trade shows which would be able
to do the job. The price tag for this
equipment – around 80.000 euro – is
hefty and the capabilities/scope of the
equipment still needs to be tested in
industry settings, Franken says.
“
 Drone is not a silver
bullet
Human factor
Apart from the advantages, drones
also have their limitations. Franken
would be the first to acknowledge
this. Unlike a human inspector drones
are not able to take a screw driver or
some epoxy resin to carry out light
repairs or maintenance. “Drones can
only detect. Based on these data, it
is up to human experts to analyze and
- K2 Dronotics -claims that a drone could possibly act. In most cases, human
inspect 12 off shore flares in just six intervention is needed but with the
days, thereby increasing the number data gathered by drone inspection,
of inspections and subsequently reducing these interventions can be planned
inspection costs and flare replacement more efficiently.”
costs. In short, drones and drone operators
The other pro of drones is their ability will not be the be-all and end-all but
to inspect and detect with greater merely take some of the inspection
detail than the human eye. Drones work away from humans, Franken says.
are able to shoot high-res images “A drone is not a silver bullet. The
and use infrared camera’s to detect human factor remains very important
differences in warmth to 1/10th of a for assessment and repair/
degree. maintenance.”
When asked about the potential of drone inspection, various numbers circulate. It is fair
to say these are highly speculative – ranging from 14 to 28 billion USD in 2022/2025 - and
also encompass drone services in general. Apart from industrial inspection, drones are
also used for measuring (for example volumes of iron ore or coal) or visualization such as
360 views from a 20 story building that still has to be built.
For industrial inspections, two types of drones or UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles)
are in use: helicopter and airplane. The latter are typically for inspection which cover
greater areas and requite longer flight times. Inspections are carried out mostly be-
yond the visional line of sight (BVOL). Helicopter-type drones – available in various
types – are used for shorter inspections of industrial equipment, mostly within visual
line of sight. Both drone types have potential for the oil and gas industry. For exam-
ple, Shell will employ BVOL-drones for inspection of the Australian Charlie-LNG-project,
covering more than 725 kilometers of water and gas gathering pipelines.
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Oil & gas:

The rise of IIoT

Increased
automation
(see also IIoT),
a focus on repair/
maintenance and
environmental
pressures
(CO2 emissions)
will continue
to have a more
dominant impact
on the market for
valves in general
and for valves
in oil and gas in
particular.
By Lucien Joppen
A
shwin Annareddy, principal consultant at
Frost & Sullivan, states that the oil and
gas market is still cautious. However,
the downright pessimism of the recent
past seems to have been replaced with moderate
optimism. This sentiment has been fuelled by ris-
ing oil prices. Also, it looks like some companies,
for example Shell or Statoil, have managed to sig-
nificantly reduce their project costs, lowering the
threshold for new exploration and exploitation.
For example, Shell has commissioned the design
and construction of a new FPSO for the Penguins
Field in the northern part of the North Sea. In this
issue (see page 29) we have listed seven major
oil and gas developments worldwide.
According to Annareddy, the aforementioned
revival does not necessarily mean a boom in
valve sales. “For the time being, the focus lies
on repair and, if necessary, replacement. As the
oil and gas market is prone to price fluctuations
– as recent years have shown – companies are
still reluctant to invest and choose to hang on to
existing assets with the focus on repair.”
The rise of IIoT
With the focus on maintenance and performance,
Annareddy sees an increased interest within the
manufacturing industry - including oil and gas – in
automation, in particular IIoT. “The Industrial Inter-
net of Things and the advance of data driven diag-
nostics will put their mark on the manufacturing
sector, so much is clear. These technologies enable
industries to optimize production processes and
use data for preventive maintenance. Data can also
be used to monitor the performance of individual
components, such as valves, which can used to
improve design features for better performance
and/or a longer life span.”
As Bob McIlvaine already noted in the February
edition of Valve World, the market for valve guide,
control and measure will outperform the actual
valve market. In 2018, refineries will spend ap-
proximately 8,5 billion USD on valves and a whop-
ping 23,9 USD on guide, control and measure which
are the building blocks for IIoT.
Carbon tax
Fugitive emissions, in particular CO2-reduction, will
have a bigger impact on the valve market, An-
nareddy states. The objectives and goals which have
been set in the Paris accord and carbon taxation
(which still is relatively low but expected to go up in
certain regions/countries) have their repercussions
on many sectors, especially energy-intensive sectors
such as oil and gas, steel manufacturing and the
petrochemical industry.Annareddy: “Tougher regula-
tions will impact the design of control valves and
boost the sales of valves that promote environmen-
tally sustainable practices across various end-user
industries. This development inevitably will lead
to a quality push in valves for critical applications
(control, pressure valves). Take for example material
development in elastomers for individual parts.
Western (control) valve manufacturers have to focus
on developing innovative, high-quality yet cost-
effective designs that meet end-user requirements.”

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“Real expertise is key in sales”

Thorben Klein, inside sales

Y
ou cannot help but admire
Continuing our Thorben’s determination when,
mini-series as a young man, he decided to
pursue a career in the mechanical
honouring some field. Although his experience was negligible
of the many he simply picked up a telephone directory
and started to call around local companies,
professionals who asking if they would be willing to train him.
contribute to the This direct approach has certainly paid off
for Thorben and the company who took him
smooth running on, as he is still with Mankenberg almost a
of the flow control quarter of a century later.
Thorben spent his first years working on the
industry. factory floor, helping to make a wide range
of valves. This hands-on experience is still
By David Sear proving invaluable to this very day, as is
his later role within the service department.
“My job as a service technician was to visit
customers where I would assist during plant
start-ups, advise on maintenance, help
trouble-shooting, etc. At the time I was a
young man and really enjoyed the indepen- Personal Profile
dence and the travel.” Name: Thorben Klein
More recently Thorben has been serving
Company: Mankenberg
customers from within the inside sales
department. “In this role the experiences Location: Lübeck, Germany
I gained during my time in production and Position: Inside Sales
service are proving invaluable as I can Expertise: pressure control valves,
discuss valves on a technical level with pressure reducing valves
customers. I’ve seen the problems and I
Outside
understand the applications, and this ex-
interests: One of Thorben’s hobbies
perience really does help in identifying the
is classic scooters,
best valve for each application.”
such as Vespas and
Lambrettas
Technical solutions
Of course even with almost twenty five Family: Thorben is married and
years of experience there are still plenty of has two young children
challenges for Thorben. “The job in inside
sales is all about offering the correct type
of valve and determining the best technical Manufacturing a valve takes many steps
solution for the customer. So you need to and it does take a lot of expertise and expe-
be able to review the given specifications, rience to determine how long it will take to
and be able to calculate data such as the get a valve from start-up to dispatch.”
cv value, etc. You also have to know when Although Thorben says there’s no such thing
to ask others for advice. For example, as a typical day, he indicates that he would
if I have any concerns about low tempera- normally get through five to ten customer
ture applications I call the technical depart- inquiries on each day in the office. “Repeat
ment to ask about the suitability of O-ring inquiries for standard items may take a
materials.” matter of minutes, whilst a more complex
His sales work is not just about technology, job could take the best part of a whole
though. “Of course the customer wants a shift. So there is a lot of variety in my work
technically sound solution but that’s not the which I really enjoy. I am very happy with
end of the story. So my job also involves what I do, although perhaps if an opportu-
working out the price of each valve, deter- nity were to arise later in outside sales then
mining a realistic delivery schedule, etc. I would certainly consider it!”

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E ND US E R I N T E RVIEW – C o n su l t an t ’s C o rne r

Building the plant: procurement

in the O&G industry
An interview with Andre Gafford, Sr. Partner, DeLeon Business Consulting Group

Andre Gafford has

built a reputation
for hard work,
extensive know-
how in the oil &
gas (O&G) industry
and a propensity
for diversity. “I
have done as
much as possible
so that I always
have options,
especially when
faced with industry
uncertainty.”
By Sarah Bradley

Andre Gafford, Sr. Partner for DeLeon Consulting Group based in Houston, Texas

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 E ND US ER INT ERVIEW – Consulta n t’s C o rn e r

W
ith 19 years of experience
in the O&G sector Gafford
understands the realities of a
fluctuating market in addition
to the needs of a growing business. Be it
valves, hose & fittings, flanges, specialty
alloy pipes, or pumps, Gafford has the
connections and experience to source the
right material for the job and the crews to
install it.
A graduate of the University of Houston
Downtown with a B.B.A. in Marketing, Gaf-
ford began his career in procurement, work-
ing for oilfield services companies Baker
Hughes and Saipen, a subsidiary of Eni. In
search of a new challenge and the oppor-
tunity to be more hands-on, he decided to
move in a new direction, providing strate-
gic contracting services at various levels
of pipeline and facility off-and-onshore
development. The experience Gafford gained
in this capacity, working for such compa-
nies as Shell, Hess, Marathon and Statoil,
eventually led to a unique opportunity as
an independent consultant for Statoil. He
elaborates, “The last contract role I had was on the gas – they are slow on new projects

with Statoil. The company was going through
a reorganization but I was asked to stay on.
I consented to stay on but only if I could
work under my own company. So that is
what I have been doing for the last couple
of years.”
Gafford understands the ever-changing
needs of the industry and has built his
career on resilience. He says, “When oil was
bad in ’98 I ended up going into electricity
and power generation for a couple of years.
I have dealt with every part of construction,
including feasibility, pre-construction, com-
missioning… everything. That was me saying
I needed to be as well-rounded as possible
so that the next time the oil goes bad, I will
have options.”
On the same page
Gafford appreciates the challenges that come
with managing large construction projects.
He says, “I have executed brownfield and
greenfield projects; so going from nothing to
revamping an old plant. That means we are
changing out everything or we are buying
completely new equipment - instrumenta-
tion, pipes, valves, fittings, flanges and the
crews to install.”
Understanding that people are prone to
adopting their own way of doing things, Gaf-
ford emphasizes the importance of reinforc-
ing the common best interests of the com-
pany by ensuring that project engineers are
always on the same page. Thinking in terms
of the company’s best interests also means
providing a mix of skilled workers, according
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You have the older
guys who were pushed
out when the industry went
bad, and then we have guys
who are two to three years
in the business. (…) More
mentoring needs to take place.
It is (…) always talked about
but rarely happens.
to Gafford, and providing service options,
based on availability, time and preference.
“I have always been in the advisory posi-
tion – these are the guys we should be
doing business with because they have the
top notch products, awesome delivery and
they can service their own equipment,” he
explains.
Price more important
When choosing the right valve manufacturer,
Gafford stresses the importance of opting
for a supplier with deep-rooted industry
presence. “I create AMLs (Approved Manu-
facturers’ Lists) and I usually look for size.
I usually deal with very large companies,
like Statoil and Marathon. The name carries
its own weight; so I want someone that has
been around and also has their name on the
line,” he says.
“You have to have a name that resonates.
Big companies are slow movers in times
where oil is unstable. You have thin margins
and some are even slower on using new
technologies,” he adds.
Referencing the O&G industry and the low
cost of oil in recent history, Gafford points
to the increased importance of competitive
pricing. He explains, “Price is more impor-
tant now than it was two to three years ago.
Back then price would have been third or
fourth on my list. Now the order is quality,
pricing and efficiency.”
Straightforward
In Gafford’s experience, valve manufacturers
and distributors are usually willing to work
with clients, like himself, to improve their
products and services. He says, “Everyone
has always been really good with reaching
out to me and selling me their products. I
have done surveys on what valve and field
service suppliers want to know is: who are
we using, what are we using and what is
driving those decisions.”
What can manufacturers do to best sup-
port customer needs? In response to that
question, Gafford suggests a straightforward
approach to sales that promotes service op-
tions. He says, “It is important for suppliers
to provide more description of their products
and a better array of all their packages. Also,
let potential customers know up-front if they
have the ability to service their products.
It happens a lot that you might have to get
someone in to service something; that ser-
vice needs to be a part of the warranty. That
is something I need to know. Because when
it is not, those turn into hidden costs.” π
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E ND US E R I N T E RVIEW – C o n su l t an t ’s C o rne r
KEY FACTORS IN PURCHASING
Listed below are the key factors to consider when choosing a preferred vendor,
according to Gafford:
• Quality (incident ratings, failure rates, accidents)
• Pricing
• Efficiency (technological advancement)
• Availability
• Production numbers
Knowledge gap
Acknowledging a definite knowledge gap
in the industry today, Gafford says, “You
have the older guys who were pushed out
when the industry went bad, and then we
have guys who are two to three years in
the business. One obvious solution is that
more mentoring needs to take place. It is
a concept that is always talked about but
rarely happens.”
Gafford suggests instead that individuals
take-on the responsibility of diversifying
their skills, to ensure their place within
an ever-changing market. He asserts, “It
is up to individuals to say I do not want
to get pigeonholed and to move them-
62 Valve World March 2018
selves around. People often crave comfort.
Instead, I fight against it. If you are too
comfortable you don’t grow as much. Stay-
ing active in different arenas allows me to
stay prepared.”
Making the impossible possible
Today, Gafford wears many hats. An
independent contractor for Statoil and
Senior Partner for DeLeon Consulting
Group, Gafford is taking his skills to a new
market, devoting a large part of his time
to mechanical and construction projects in
and around Houston, Texas. Whether he is
working on an onshore project for Statoil,
or investing time in his company, han-
dling construction, project management,
engineering equipment, health care and
wellness matters, Andre Gafford is always
on the go. If all that was not enough, he
also has his own insurance company.
When asked his advice on surviving the
ups and downs of the oil and gas indus-
try, he responds, “We are coming out of
a slow time right now. It happens about
every eight years. If you start doing your
research, you will see that you can predict
the trends and begin reaping the benefits
of it. The key is to anticipate the need,
then fill it. Be efficient, while at the same
time being a low-cost provider with a
‘Get’er Done’ attitude.”
Andre Gafford, Sr.: “Price is
more important now than
it was two to three years
ago. Back then price would d
have been third or fourth
on my list. Now the order
is quality, pricing and ef-
ficiency.”
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Attractive opportunities in
upstream oil & gas
The upstream oil &
gas industry suffered
significant setbacks
in 2015 and 2016,
following the collapse
of crude oil prices
that had begun in
mid-2014. Last year
marked an inflection
point in the market,
and although far
from complete, the
much-anticipated
recovery can be
described as a ‘good
start,’ particularly for
the North American
market. Current
projections for 2018
suggest a continuation
of this positive trend.
By Matjaž Matoªec, Research Manager,
Resolute Research
www.valve-world.net
Pipeline. Photo © Jonathan – stock.adobe.com
T
he upstream oil & gas opportunities
for valve sales are centered on
two primary types of applications:
wellhead and pipeline. The former
are generally governed by the API 6A
Specification for Wellhead and Christmas
Tree Equipment, and the latter by the
API 6D Specification for Pipeline and
Piping Valves.
Wellhead applications (API 6A)
Opportunities for wellhead applications
are broadly projected based on the Baker
Hughes Rig Count which provides a leading
metric for the upstream oil & gas industry.
This metric turned positive in 2017, al-
though almost exclusively in North America
(see Chart 1).
A typical wellhead includes five or more
valves that meet the API Specification
6A. These valves are generally of a rela-
tively small size in the range of 1” to 4” for
onshore wellheads. The valves may include
an upper and lower master valve for well
shutoff; a kill wing valve for introduction
of various chemicals for flow enhancement,
corrosion resistance, and other purposes;
MA RKE T OUT LOOK
a production wing valve for shutoff/isolation
of the wellhead from the pipeline system;
a choke valve for adjustable throttling of
flow from the well; and a swab valve at
the top of the tree assembly for vertical
access into the well bore. Valves are
generally of the gate or ball type and are
selected especially for tight shutoff, resis-
tance to flow erosion, and resistance to
corrosion that can be of particular concern
for sour crude or sour gas products with
high sulfur content.
It should be noted that the foregoing dis-
cussion excludes subsea valves which are
subject to far more demanding service con-
ditions and on a delayed market recovery
track because of the higher cost basis for
subsea production.
Pipeline applications (API 6D)
Pipeline applications include mainline
valves (MLVs), other valves used in pump-
ing stations for oil and compressor stations
for gas, plus valves used for pig launching
and receiving, and other miscellaneous
applications. Mainline sectionalizing/block
valves are generally installed at intervals π
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Rig Count
Global industrial valve
and actuator sales
3500 growth in 2017 was 7.6 %.
3000
(Source: Resolute Research Valve
Product Database)
Number of Active Drilling Rigs

2500

2000 of every 10–20 miles of pipeline, and at

shorter intervals when pipelines cross
1500 streams, rivers, and roadways. Compressor
stations and pumping stations are generally
1000 installed at intervals of 50 miles along the
500 pipeline, but this may vary depending on
terrain.
0 Pipelines may operate at various pres-
Jan/14 Jan/15 Jan/16 Jan/17 Jan/18 sures, but transmission gas pipelines
are typically in the 1,000–1,500 psi range,
WORLD U.S. CANADA WORLD W/O NORTH AMERICA and oil pipelines in the 500–800 psi range.
The pumping stations and compressor sta-
tions are designed to restore line pressures
Chart 1. In 2017, North America (U.S. and Canada) recorded a higher rise in the number of active drilling rigs
after pressure loss due to normal flow
(+444) than the entire world combined (+436). Excluding North America, worldwide rig count thus recorded
a negative trend compared to 2016. The only other world region witnessing a rise in the number of active resistance through the pipe, valves, angles
drilling rigs in 2017 was Asia-Pacific (+14). The rig count figures for January 2018 show not only continued and other restrictions to flow. Accordingly,
rise in rig activity in North America, but also a modest uptick in all other world regions except in Europe and valves are selected to accommodate the
Latin America which both saw a minor decline. It is also worth observing that 2017 marked a year in which, highest pressures coming out of these
for the first time since February 2015, rig activity in North America briefly surpassed that of the rest of the
stations, with an appropriate over-pressure
world (in September 2017). Source: Baker Hughes Worldwide Rig Count, and Resolute Research Analysis
safety margin.
The most common valves are gate valves
for oil and refined-product pipelines, and
Pressure Gauge T-Cap
ball valves for gas pipelines. Other API 6D
pipeline valves include check valves for
the prevention of backflow or mixing of
Swab Valve
products in a pipeline, and plug valves for
Primary special service conditions.
Wing Valve Pipeline valves cover a broad range of
Kill Wing Valve sizes, ranging from 1” to 10” for gathering
pipelines, 12” to 20” for lateral or regional
pipelines, and 22” to 48” or larger for major
cross-country transmission pipelines. All
pipeline sizes are approximate but gener-
ally conform to these broad sizing segmen-
tations.
As already mentioned, pipeline valves are
generally required to conform to the API
Specification 6D which, among other things,
requires a full-port design matching the
pipeline size to accommodate pipeline
Choke ‘pigging’. Pigging involves the passage of
a plug-like instrument through the pipe for
pipeline inspection and cleaning/mainte-
Upper Master Valve
nance.
Pricewise, pipeline valves vary greatly,
ranging from approximately USD 1,000 for
small gathering-pipeline valves to over USD
100,000 per item for larger transmission-
Lower Master Valve pipeline valves.

Specific geographic opportunities

The aphorism “a rising tide lifts all boats”
may well apply to oil & gas markets, but
A typical wellhead (Christmas tree) includes five or more valves, most of which meet the API Specification 6A.
Image © James Jones Jr/Shutterstock.com the rise is not necessarily identical in π
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MA RKE T O U T L O O K
Valve & Actuator Sales in Oil & Gas Industry, in USD billion
(Historic Values and Projections, by Resolute Research)
$12
$10
$8
$6
$4
$2
$0
20
20
20
20
20
14
15
16
17
On the way up. After years of declining sales, valve and actuator sales in oil and gas are back on track.
all geographic regions. A case in point is
the upstream oil & gas industry in 2017,
where the upturn was most pronounced in
North America. This is reflected both in the
number of active rigs and in new oil & gas
pipeline construction.
The exceptional activity in North America
(particularly in the United States) was
driven by new wellhead and pipeline
requirements. These requirements
are related to new wells, plus previously
drilled and capped gas and oil wells
in the Permian Basin, and the Marcellus
and Bakken regions. A relaxation of
legislative restrictions on pipelines
and the oil & gas industry in general
further assisted the recovery in the
United States. Increasing demand for
natural gas in Mexico has also stimulated
pipeline construction from the United
States into Mexico, and within Mexico
itself over the past several years and
into 2017.
This trend is expected to continue through
2020 in North America (U.S. and Canada)
and Mexico, as well as to pick up in other
world regions including Asia (particularly
China and India), the Middle East, and
Northern and Eastern Europe.
Prime movers driving this market expan-
sion include the continuation of gas and
oil shale development in the United States,
continued movement of Russian oil & gas
into the China markets, and continued
activities in Europe aimed at decreas-
ing the current dependency of Europe on
Russian gas. Broader use of LNG in various
66 Valve World March 2018
Pipeline construction in
North America
According to the P&GJ’s 2017
Worldwide Pipeline Construction
Report, 83,802 miles of pipelines
were planned and under con-
struction worldwide at the begin-
ning of 2017, with North America
accounting for 31,814 miles,
or 38%, of new and planned
pipelines. In January 2018, the
International Energy Agency (IEA)
raised its outlook for U.S. crude
supply this year by 260,000 bar-
rels per day (bpd) to a record
10.4 million bpd. If materialized,
this forecast would put the Unit-
ed States ahead of Saudi Arabia
20
20
20
20
18
19
21
22
20
in terms of crude oil output, mak-
ing it the world’s second largest
oil producer, after Russia. As
North American oil & gas produc-
tion continues to rise, Canadian
crude exports are on the verge of
world regions is also driving the expansion exceeding the country’s pipeline
of LNG liquefaction plants and regasifica- and rail capacity, which is likely
tion plants, along with the necessary gas to speed up pipeline construc-
pipeline infrastructure to and from those tion. These are only two of many
facilities. factors that make North America
a world region of largest opportu-
Opportunities summary nity for pipeline expansion.
Many of the sales revenue figures as
reported by valve manufacturers are
now in for 2017, and considerable
progress in recouping some of the earlier
loses is evident. The latest estimate from a broader distribution of the gains to other
Resolute Research indicates an approxi- world regions.
mate 7.6% increase in global industrial In view of the growing trend for natural
valve and actuator sales over 2016, which gas to fuel power generation, indus-
is certainly good news for the valve indus- trial processes, and residential heating,
try, following the disappointments in 2015 plus the higher activity in gas pipeline
and 2016. construction, it is anticipated that ball
The gains in valve sales specifically valves will see the greatest benefits in the
in oil & gas in North America have upstream industry in the near term. How-
been substantially higher than that, ever, this is not to discount other valves
reflecting the market drivers discussed including gate valves, which will also see
above. It is projected that a similar up- welcome market opportunities, although
ward trend will be seen in 2018, including likely on a smaller scale.
About the author
Matjaž Matoªec is Research Manager at Resolute Research where he leads a
dynamic team of market analysts. Resolute Research is a leading industrial
market research specialist providing global clients with high-quality market
intelligence on flow control equipment, in the form of market reports, data-
bases and custom-made research. Collectively, Resolute Research has decades
of experience in providing consulting services to professionals working in the
flow control industry.
For more information, you can contact Matjaž at m.matosec@resoluteresearch.
com or visit www.resoluteresearch.com
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Oil and gas:
preparing for the digital age
D
igitalisation is one of the key
The oil and trends for oil and gas, according to
gas sector is the report Confidence and Control:
the outlook for the oil and gas
ready to invest industry in 2018 (DNV GL). The report, which
more heavily in hit my desk a couple of weeks ago, is based
on a global survey among more than 800 in-
digitalisation, dustry professionals, along with 15 in-depth
mainly to increase interviews with a range of business experts,
business leaders and analysts.
its profitability. From the report emerges a sector sentiment
Hardware and which can be described as cautious opti-
mism. It appears that price levels for oil (and
software don’t gas) have become less volatile and in 2018
seem to be a will move between 55 and 63 USD per barrel:
relatively high but still not near previous
problem. It is peak levels between 90 and 100 USD.
mostly the human As many experts say, these price levels
can only lead to healthy margins if both run-
factor which will ning and investment costs are lower. And it
pose a challenge. seems that especially the major players have
succeeded in doing just that. It is interest-
ing to see that over the last three years only
seven companies have been responsible for
90 per cent of all megaprojects (see also the
article on pages 29 and 30).
More profitable
The emphasis on keeping costs down will
remain high on the agenda of the sector,
given the expectations that price levels will
remain at a modest level. As for operating
costs, the sector identifies digitalization as a
key enabling technology. In the survey both
digitalization and cyber security are topping
the investment agenda in R&D/innovation.
Over the next five years, 76 per cent of all
respondents state they will invest in digitali-
sation and 68 per cent in cyber security.
According to industry experts, the main focus
of digitalisation (and subsequent standardi-
sation) is to lower operating costs and to
make the business more agile. As a respon-
dent puts it: “R&D is less likely to be focused
on ultra deepwater, the Arctic or other
extreme environments. It will be more about
rationalizing the business, making it more
profitable, more productive, modernized.”
Coming together of technologies
Industry experts further state that the
potential of digitalisation is expected to
increase because of the coming together of
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E D ITOR’S C HOI C E
different types of technology: block chain,
artificial intelligence IIoT, robotics, sen-
sors and predictive modeling. “We’ve been
digital for decades”, a manager from Statoil
says, “but it has had limited impact beyond
becoming more energy efficient. All the
above factors enable large changes at an
increasing pace.”
According to IEA, digitalisation would be
able to decrease production costs between
10 and 20 per cent, with more advanced
use of sensors, seismic data and reservoir
modelling. It also could increase technically
recoverable oil and gas resources by 5 per
cent globally.
Not a surprise that Bloomberg New Energy
Finance predicts a surge in demand for these
technologies, growing into a USD 64 billion
market in 2025.
Lack of digital skills
The market, however, will not be all about
the hardware and software. Human capital,
or the skills package, will be instrumental
whether companies will be able to reap the
harvest of digitalisation, while also safe-
guarding their operations (cyber security).
From the survey appears that a lack of re-
quired skills are seen as the biggest barrier.
These ‘digital skill gaps’ need to be closed
urgently, whether in house (hiring) or work-
ing together/forming alliances with digital
companies. As a representative from Galp
puts it: “We look for companies that have
clearly had success within our key digitalisa-
tion areas, but not necessarily in oil and gas.
We look outside, to other industries where
we can learn new things.”
This month’s
Editor’s Choice
was selected by
Lucien Joppen.
Lucien has been
working for
many years for various trade publications
in the processing industry. In mid December
2017 he joined the editorial team behind
Valve World.
Valve World March 2018 69

Pre-evaluating before maintenance
When performing
maintenance on a
leaky ball valve,
there is a lot of
information that
must be evaluated
before the actual
maintenance is
carried out. Part 12
in a series on the
how (and why) of
maintenance.
By Ingolf Fra Holmslet
About the expert
Ingolf Fra Holmslet is a
Norwegian consultant and valve
instructor
i through
h company Klyde
his
C
Consultants AS.
Ingolf
I can be
contacted
c at
Ingolf@valve.no
I
www.valve.no.
w
www.valve-world.net
C OLUMN
O
ne must evaluate the media: Is it a
clean gas, or is it heavy hydrocarbons
with a lot of pollution? Is there an
aggressive or sour media, or is it soft?
Then the construction of the valve: Is it self-
relief or double piston? Is the valve soft seated
with soft PTFE or is it a harder material such as
PEEK? Or is it metal to metal with a tungsten
carbide layer on the ball and seats? What type
of radial seals are there on the seats? Are they
O-rings, chevrons or lip seals? How is the valve
operated? Is it opened with differential pressure,
or fully equalized?
Is the cavity equalized or not? Has the valve
been closed with full flow through the valve?
How often is the valve operated – once a week
or once a year? How fast is the valve operated?
Then the two most important questions; is the
valve equipped with lubrication fittings to the
seat, if so, how many to each seat? Is the valve
equipped with an auxiliary valve to the cavity?
If the valve is equipped with fittings and an
auxiliary valve there are (as we have seen from
previous articles) a lot of possibilities for main-
tenance, and in many cases the valve may be
100% cured, but in other cases it may be worse
after cleaning, it is not the maintenance that has
damaged the valve, but the maintenance has
uncovered the state of the valve.
Jumping to conclusions
In this article, I will discuss two cases occurring
on two large valves, one where I was misled Figure 64
by my own assessment and one where I was
lucky when performing the fix. I am using those
cases to illustrate how one can be fooled into first barrier and should have been 100% sealed,
jumping to conclusions, or how one can be but the valve was leaking too much. The valve
lucky when doing the right assessment. The first information was as follows: Self-relief construc-
example involved a top entry trunnion ball valve tion on the seats which sealed on the upstream
containing 140 bar clean sales gas with conden- seat only. As illustrated in Figure 65 the valve
sate. In this case the valve was needed as a was equipped with soft-seated seats with PTFE
Figure 65 π
Valve World March 2018 71
COLUMN
Figure 66
inserts. As also illustrated in Figure 65 the
radial seals on the seats were O-rings. The
valve was normally in the open position,
operated only one or two times a year and
had been in service for about 10 years. The
valve was never closed in flowing condition
or opened with differential pressure.
At the assessment phase there seemed to
be a simple solution on the problem. My
argumentation was as follows: not opened
with differential pressure, not closed at
a flowing condition and maximum opera-
tions 20 closures and 20 openings equals
40 of 90 degrees movement. With so few
operations in a clean media and operating
with a fully equalized valve I could not see
any reason why the PTFE seal on the seats
should leak. As the media was clean sales
gas I did not think that deposits could be
formed on the ball or seats. That argument
was also based upon the fact that the con-
densate should actually work as a cleaner
on the seal surfaces. My conclusion to this
problem was that the O-ring on the radial
seal of the seats may have suffered explo-
sive decompression, or RGD, and the leak
path was not between the ball and the seat
but between the seat and the seat pocket,
as illustrated in Figure 65. This could be
fixed by injecting sealing component into
the O-ring groove.
Fooled by the valve
Because the conclusion in the pre-assess-
ment was RGD in the radial O-ring we did
not clean the valve with valve cleaner, but
regarded that as a waste of time and valve
cleaner. To seal off the O-ring we injected a
fair amount of sealing component, I even
thought it was too much required to seal
off the valve. We were unable to seal the
valve 100% but we managed to get the
valve nearly sealed off and kept the cavity
without pressure by opening the auxiliary
valve in the cavity. We managed to do the
required job, but because of the relatively
large leak rate passing the valve it was
decided to repair the valve in the line (top
entry valve). The whole system was shut
down and depressurised to dismantle the
ball and seats.
When the seats came out, I could see that
this time I had been fooled by a valve. It
72 Valve World March 2018
Figure 67
had tricked me as the O-rings were in
perfect condition. But, as illustrated in
Figure 66, the seal area on the seats was
full of hard particles that were stuck on
the seat. The particles were some 10th of
a millimetre high and prevented the seat
from coming into contact with the ball. We
found the same black stuff in the spring
pockets and on the coil springs, illustrated
in Figure 64.
As the media was clean gas and conden-
sate I was quite puzzled. I did clean the
seats with valve cleaner and, as illustrated
in Figure 67, the particles on the seal area
were dissolved. It was decided to replace
all internal parts, and the particles were
sent to a laboratory for analysis. The result
was: Under certain conditions (temperature
and pressure drop) the gas molecules will
bind in chains and transfer from gas to
solid carbon and bind to the seal.
I have never seen this before, but it
taught me an important lesson: If the valve
has been without maintenance, always
clean it. It doesn’t matter if the media has
been clean. If we had cleaned the valve
it would have been fixed and probably
sealed 100%.
Valve got fooled
In the second case it was the opposite –
I fooled the valve.
The case involved a 42” ESD valve,
class 1500 metal sealed (TC on ball and
seats) top entry, trunnion ball valve, a
monster of a valve. The media was
“clean” sales gas. The valve was one of
the outer barriers towards the installation.
When the valve was closed it was leaking
too much to set a barrier, and we knew
the rotation of the ball was correct. I must
add that the valve was equipped with lip
seals as the radial seal on the seat, which
was important.
The valve was without lubrication fittings
to the seats, and no cavity port for bleed-
ing of the cavity. The valve had been in
service around 6 years, operated only
for setting a barrier 5 to 6 times. I could
not see any reason why this valve should
leak.
The only thing I could come up with was
that when the ball rotated it dragged the
“
Don’t jump to
conclusions, the devil
is in the detail
seats sideways in the seat pocket, increas-
ing the gap between the seat and seat
pocket at 3 o´clock and reducing the gap at
9 o´clock. If the tolerance between the seat
and the seat pocket were in the maximum
and minimum area, one could get a lack of
contact between the lip seal and the seat
pocket at 3 o´clock, creating a leak path,
and subsequently a leaky valve.
My suggestion was: Operate the valve
around 5 mm towards the open position,
and stop. This trying to centre the seat
in the seat pocket and creating lip seal
contact all around the seat. Not every-
body in the production agreed, but they
humoured me.
We set it up with the instrument person-
nel, me on the top of the actuator ready
to scream out at the first movement of
the valve; an instrument technician at the
panel, bypassing the system, moving the
valve and stopping at my command. I made
a line across the position plate and waited
for any movement.
At the first mm movement of the indicator,
I yelled and he stopped the valve with
less then 5 mm movement and locked the
valve. When testing the valve after the
movement, you may have guessed it, the
valve sealed 100% and I was the hero of
the day.
My point being: Don´t jump to conclusions!
Remember, “The devil is in the detail”.
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Rotork 3-position actuator for reliable,
compact PST
The Rotork RC200-DOS is a devel-
opment of the well-established
compact RC200 failsafe pneu-
matic actuator incorporating a
dosing and Partial Stroke Testing
(PST) operation.
PST is a vital safety procedure
which ensures that an Emergen-
cy Shutdown (ESD) or High Integ-
rity Pressure Protection System
(HIPPS) will operate as intended
when required. By closing the
valve for only a small percentage
of its total travel, it enables the
test to be achieved without any
interruption to the process.
The RC200-DOS design offers a
simple and reliable solution for
any ESD application. The PST
function is accurately adjustable
using mechanical travel stops
and easy to control with only two
3/2 solenoid valves. Reliable fail-
Thomson extends Electrak HD smart
actuator line
Thomson Industries, Inc. has
extended the capability of its
popular Electrak HD electrome-
chanical linear actuator line to
loads of up to 16 kilonewtons
(kN). This new offering deliv-
ers heavy load handling ca-
pacity comparable to hydraulic
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safe operation is provided by the
actuator spring.
The compact RC200 scotch yoke
actuator is particularly suitable for
quarter-turn valves with high start
or end torque requirements. The
DOS version is suitable for valves
requiring up to 660 Nm (5,840 lbf.
in.) operating torque at 6 bar (90
psi). Valve mounting flange dimen-
sions are in accordance with DIN
3337 & ISO 5211 standards. The
standard operating temperature
range is -20 °C to +80 °C (-4 ˚F to
+176 °F) with high and low temper-
ature options also available. Actua-
tor certification encompasses PED
2014/68/EU and ATEX 2014/34/EU.
technologies but with greater
controllability, smaller foot-
print and low maintenance.
The Electrak HD expansion also
sets a new stroke length and
durability performance bench-
mark for electromechanical
actuators.
Check valves in low flow gas applications
It is a common problem for the
design of compressor stations
that check valves on the dis-
charge side of the compressors
need a certain amount of flow to
be stable fully open. Only fully
open valves guarantee stable,
chatter-free operation of check
valves. Check valves that operate
under partial open conditions are
prone to excessive wear and tear.
Non-axial check valves (swing, tilt-
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Hydrox family expanded with
a valve actuator
Vexve introduced the Hydrox-ac-
tuator in 2014. Vexve’s hydraulic
actuators are particularly suit-
able for controlling valves in the
challenging conditions of under-
ground remote networks. Over
the last four years, Hydrox has
accumulated a wealth of posi-
tive experiences from the far
Malema’s new BCV-980 control valve
Malema has introduced a new
pinch valve - BCV-980. It is a
panel mounted pinch valve for
high-purity, single-use appli-
cations. Onboard intelligence
provides standalone control for
Cross Flow Filtration [CFF], Tan-
gential Flow Filtration [TFF] mod-
ules and automated blending
systems.
Targeted at the Biopharm OEM
and similar markets, the BCV-
980 is an improvement from the
BCV-910. The BCV-980’s design
allows for a single valve to be
used with any tube from 1/8”
to 1” ID size. It provides auto-
matic control of pressure or flow
rates in flexible tubing systems
ing disk, dual plate etc.) bear the
highest risk of chattering under
low flow conditions. The preferred
solution will be the installation of
axial non-slam nozzle type check
valves. Axial nozzle check valves
can stand partial open operation
much better, but still are recom-
mended to be fully open under all
flow conditions.
There are actually two basic de-
signs for axial nozzle check valves:
north as well as southern lati-
tudes.
In January 2018, the actuator prod-
uct family expanded with Hydrox
2. The Hydrox 2 actuator employs
the same reliable structure as oth-
er actuators in the product fam-
ily, but is aimed at small butterfly
valves and medium ball valves.
including braided tubing appli-
cations. Internal microprocessor
controls monitor external sen-
sors and continuously adjust
valve position accordingly. All
exposed surfaces are electropo-
lished 316L Stainless Steel. The
BCV-980 supports wash-down
applications with an ingress pro-
tection class rating of IP65.
those with a single piston, solid
disk plate, centrally guided, single
spring and those with a ring disk,
friction-free radial guiding system,
multiple springs. Noreva/Goodwin
have now combined these two
well established designs for a new,
globally patented valve design: the
NOREVA/GOODWIN type NZ non-
slam, axial nozzle type check valve
offers a ring disk that slides fully
balanced on a central guide bush.
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HOKE’s new XP fittings for tubing
connections
HOKE®, a CIRCOR product brand,
has launched the new GYROLOK®
XP product family, advanced
technology that significantly im-
proves the installation assembly
process and ensures safer, more
reliable tube-fitting connections.
GYROLOK® XP is the only tube
fitting specifically designed and
extensively tested to overcome
the challenges of assembling
fittings onto a complete range
of corrosion resistant, heavy
wall tubes. The GYROLOK® XP
fitting is designed to grip heavi-
er wall tubes, which increases
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working pressures by up to 80
percent over conventional tube
fittings.
The new XP fittings can be used
on tubing with higher pressure
ranges, including exotic alloy tub-
ing used in severe service appli-
cations. This increased capability
replaces the more expensive op-
tions, such as welded tube fittings
or the cone and thread approach.
The unique GYROLOK® XP design
simplifies the installation and en-
sures that fittings cannot be over-
tightened, the most common instal-
lation error leading to leaks.
Kinetrol’s corrosion resistant
rotary actuators
Thermoplastic valves made of
materials such as Polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), Acrylonitrile-Bu-
tadiene-Styrene (ABS), Glass Fi-
bre Polypropylene (GRPP), Anti-
Static Polypropylene (ASPP), and
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
are becoming the material of
choice for more and more chem-
ical process applications. These
valves are used in industrial and
commercial applications due to
reasons such as chemical re- Engineered specifically for high-
sistance; high purity standards; cycle, dirty, and corrosive ap-
abrasion resistance; lighter plications, these very hardy,
weight; lower cost; and ease of compact actuators come with
installation. an epoxy stove enamel fin-
Careful actuator selection is ish, stainless steel internal and
required when plastic valves external hardware, with spring
are specified. While the me- units that are totally sealed
chanics in applying pneumatic from the atmospheric contami-
actuators to plastic quarter-turn nants. For applications requiring
valves is no different than me- greater corrosion resistance,
tallic valves. such as caustic wash-down or
The rotary vane actuators salt-laden environments, an op-
manufactured by Kinetrol meet tional Blueline coating can be
these requirements as standard. applied.
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Pneumatic control valves deliver heavy
duty performance
Control valves are funda-
mental components in every
pneumatic system. Choosing
the correct pneumatic control
valves to regulate the system
pressure, the direction and the
rate of flow are critical consid-
erations for the designers of
fluid power circuits. To meet
these challenges Rotork Mid-
land offers the Fluoslide range
of semi-rotary pneumatic con-
trol valves.
Available with key or lever op-
eration, Fluoslide valves are
designed for the manual con-
trol of air flow in heavy duty
pneumatic systems at working
pressures up to 10 Bar (145 psi)
and a temperature range of -40
to +70°C (-40 to +158°F). Wide-
spread applications are found
in industries including rail (roll-
ing stock and trackside), min-
ing and offshore oil and gas.
Manufactured with aluminium,
stainless steel or brass bodies,
the maintenance-free design
features 316 stainless steel
internal components, Nitrile
seals and graphite filled PTFE
slides. Operating configura-
tions encompass 2/2, 3/2 and
IMI STI introduces ZB Scotch Yoke
mechanism
IMI STI has introduced the
Zero Backlash (ZB) Scotch
Yoke Mechanism. Designed
for use with the entire range
of RT series products, the Zero
Backlash aims to improve per-
formance and solve other is-
sues associated with existing
technologies.
Historically, quarter turn valves
have been used almost exclu-
sively for on–off applications.
More recently however, the
need for use in regulation pro-
cesses is increasing.
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4/2, 2 position detent or spring
return, and 4/3, 3 position de-
tent or spring to centre.
Suitable for neutral, gaseous
and liquid fluids, with a maxi-
mum flow rate capacity of 700
litres/minute (at 6 Bar pres-
sure with 1 Bar differential),
Fluoslide valves are designed
for use in arduous applications,
whilst the rugged construction
delivers excellent performance
in areas of high vibration.
Fluoslide valves are available
with short lead times from Ro-
tork Midland, who, since 1956,
have been internationally rec-
ognised as market-leading
manufacturers of pneumatic
instrumentation with an envi-
able reputation for high qual-
ity products, reliability and
innovation.
The majority of pneumatic and
hydraulic actuators use scotch
yoke technology to transform
the linear piston movement
into a rotary one. Gaps be-
tween the sliding block and the
scotch yoke slot inevitably have
a negative influence on both
precision and the functional
dynamics (hysteresis, dead
band, small step response,
etc). Throughout the operative
life of the actuator, this inaccu-
racy becomes permanent and
will consistently worsen.
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join the best: PENTA ball valve offers zero leakage

16-20 April 2018

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This DN25 PENTA ‘SAT’ series
high integrity metal seated ball
valve has been fitted with an EL-
O-MATIC ‘F’ series single acting
rack & pinion pneumatic actua-
tor c/w a QEV breather block and
ASCO 551 series NAMUR mounted
mono-stable solenoid valve, and
a WESTLOCK valve position moni-
tor. The valve is equipped with
PENTAFITE seat technology, a pat-
ented nickel and graphite matrix
dispersion. This technology of-
fers absolute ZERO LEAKAGE per-
formance, within a broad contin-
uous working temperature range
of -100°C to +780°C, and working
pressures up to 720 barg.

AUMA launches explosion-proof variable

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speed actuators
Electric actuator manufacturer
AUMA has launched explosion-
proof variable speed valve actua-
tors for use in potentially hazard-
ous environment. The new SAVEx
actuators for open-close duty
and SARVEx multi-turn actuators
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for modulating duty, combined
with intelligent ACVEx actuator
controls, provide full control of
the motor speed at any time.
In oil and gas applications, vari-
able speed offers significant ad-
vantages for challenging valve
control tasks, since it allows the
optimum operating speed to be
selected for each change of valve
position. High positioning ac-
curacy and optimised setpoint
control considerably increase the
effectiveness of pressure control
valves in gas pipelines, for exam-
ple. On multiport valves, variable
speed actuators aid rapid and
accurate switch-over between
ports.
Mechanical stresses on valve,
actuator and pipeline are mini-
mized by reducing the operating
speed close to the end positions,
allowing the moving element of
the valve to make gentle contact
with the seat. Pressure surges
and cavitation effects in the
pipeline can be avoided by using
speed profiles.
When working in modulating
duty, the actuator speed can be
set to reduce progressively as
the valve position approaches
the setpoint, giving a signifi-
cant increase in positioning
accuracy.
Actuator speed can also be con-
trolled by an external signal – ei-
ther 4–20  mA analog or 0–100  %
digital – to take full advantage
of additional control variables or
algorithms. A further option is
speed synchronisation between
two actuators.
AUMA’s new explosion-proof
SAVEx and SARVEx actuators
complement the weatherproof
SAV and SARV type range. They
are available in six sizes cov-
ering torques up to 1,000  Nm.
Speed ranges include 6–60 rpm,
12–108 rpm and 24–116 rpm.

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Kinitics Automation’s new KLA05
linear actuator
Kinitics Automation has
announced the availabil-
ity of the first product
in the company’s line of
high-force, short-throw
linear actuators, the
KLA05. The KLA05 Linear
Actuator is a shape mem-
ory alloy-based actua-
tor that uses proprietary
Bundled Wire technology to de-
liver high force and actuation
speed in a small package. The
product is the first commer-
cially available linear actuator
using shape memory alloy to
provide precise linear motion
without the use of motors, and
requires only electrical power
to operate it. This breakthrough
product allows users to upgrade
and improve existing systems,
while also enabling the auto-
mation and control of processes
that were previously unfeasible
using conventional equipment.
The new Kinitics KLA05 linear ac-
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tuator can be easily configured to
supply a pushing or pulling force,
and fits in a variety of A Kinitics
Automation KLA05 linear actua-
tor applications. Due to its use of
shape memory alloy and Kinitics’
proprietary bundled wire tech-
nology, the KLA05 linear actuator
offers a number of features and
benefits that distinguish it from
other types of actuators:
The KLA05 linear actuator is avail-
able with a variety of accessories,
including rod-end attachments,
a range of mounting brackets
and an adjustable home position
switch.
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H2W Technologies launches
new actuator
H2W Technologies has developed
the world’s highest force commer-
cially available non-commutated
DC linear actuator, otherwise
known as a direct drive voice coil
actuator. The model NCC08-75-
3000-3X is capable of generating
a continuous force of 300 pounds
[1330 N] and a peak force of 900
pounds [4000 N] at a duty cycle
of 10%. A moving mass of just
under 8 lbs [3.6 kg] allows for a
maximum theoretical continuous
acceleration of nearly 38 G’s.
The NCC08-75-3000-3X has a
stroke of 0.8 in [20 mm] and
a motor constant of 17.6 lbs/
sqrt(watt) [323 N/sqrt(watt)].
The voice coil motor requires
4 amps of continuous current
and 12 amps of peak current in
order to generate the specified
forces. The massive actuator has
a diameter of 7.47 in [190 mm]
and a retracted length
of 8.15 in [207 mm].
The moving coil design
ensures a hysteresis free
movement as the bobbin
is constructed of alumi-
num while the non-com-
mutated coil allows for
ripple-free motion and no
cogging. The actuator can
be used in many applica-
tions where a thru hole
would be necessary such
as focusing applications
or fiber optic routing.
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InterApp’s butterfly valves for fluid control
InterApp Bianca high integrity
fluoropolymer-lined process
butterfly valves are designed
for demanding pipeline isola-
tion or flow control applications
on highly concentrated acids,
aggressive gases or high purity
water systems. These valves
are designed in sizes DN32 –
Val-Matic VaultSafe® products for
water systems
Val-Matic’s VaultSafe® Fam-
ily of products are designed to
protect potable water systems
from contaminated flood wa-
ters, freezing temperatures, and
intentional harmful contamina-
tion. The VaultSafe® Family con-
sists of the FloodSafe® Inflow
Preventer, the FrostSafe® air
damper and the VentSafe® vent
pipe security cage. The Flood-
Safe® prevents contaminated
water from passing through it
thus preventing it from entering
the air valve outlet. The Frost-
Safe® minimizes the thermal
exchange of cold and warm air
in and out of a vault to help
New eccentric plug valve specification tool
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DN900 (1 1/4" – 36"). InterApp
employs a lean manufacturing
program, which helps ensure
quick production of these valves
in days rather than months. In-
terApp recently designed a batch
of BIANCA fluoropolymer-lined
butterfly valves for a solvent ex-
traction plant on a copper mine.
prevent freezing with a bi-direc-
tional hingeless disc and wafer
design. The VentSafe® safe-
guards vent pipes against the
hazards of nesting animals and
intentional harmful activities.
The new DeZURIK Eccentric Plug
Valve specification tool is de-
signed help customers under-
stand the features that set the
DeZURIK PEC and PEF valves
apart from other valves. When
one writes a plug valve specifica-
tion, the tool provides the most
important wording to include in
the specification. The new Spec
tool is accessible from the Ec-
centric Plug Valve product page.
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CIRCOR Energy
945 Bunker Hill,
Suite 650
Houston,
TX 77024
USA
tel: +1-800-654-4842
sales@circorenergy.com
www.circorenergy.com
CMEC SKVAL Co., Ltd
No. 659, Jin Men Road,
Suzhou 215004
China
tel: +86-512-6532-9693
fax:+86-512-6532-7877
info@skval.com
www.skval.com
Gate, Globe, Check,
Ball, Plug, Butterfly,
Strainer.
FBV Inc.
2121 Brittmoore Rd
Suite 4000
Houston, TX 77043
USA
tel: +1-832-203-5459
fax:+1-832-203-5461
sales@fbvalve.com
www.fbvalve.com
Manufacturer of ball, gate,
globe, & check valves
in carbon and stainless
materials. Inventory
available.
Flow-Tek - USA
A Subsidiary of Bray
International, Inc.
8323 N. Eldrindge Pkwy,
#100, Houston, TX 77041
USA
tel: +1-832-912-2300
fax:+1-832-912-2301
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FluoroSeal Inc.
1875 46e Avenue
Montréal, QC H8T 2N8
Canada
tel: +1-514-739-0220
fax:+1-514-739-5452
sales@fluorosealvalves.
com
www.fluorosealvalves.
com
INDRA S.r.l.
via Novara 10/B-C
I-20013 Magenta (MI)
Italy
tel: +39-029729-8663
fax:+39-029729-1855
indra@indra.it
sales@indra.it
www.indra.it
John-Valve Mfg. Factory
Co., Ltd.
Room C-17F, No 270
Chung Ming South Road
Taichung 402
Taiwan, ROC
tel: +886-4-2378-0078
fax:+886-4-2375-4978
sales@johnvalve.com.tw
www.johnvalve.com.tw
Kingdom Flow Control
Co., Ltd.
14F-4, 120, Jhongjheng
1st RoadKaohsiung
Taiwan
tel: +886-7-771-3121
fax:+886-7-723-5165
sales@kifc.com
www.kifc.com
Professional valve
manufacturer with
fully vertical integrated
production system
KITZ Corporation
1-10-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku
Chiba 261-8577
Japan
tel: +81-43-299-1732
fax:+81-43-299-0121
kitzheadquarters@kitz.co.jp
www.kitz.co.jp
Kong Jih Valve
Industrial Co. Ltd.
No. 13 Gong 6th Rd.
Dajia
Youth, Industrial Park
Dajia Township,
Taichung County 437
Taiwan, ROC
tel: +886-4-26815268
Ext. 216
fax:+886-4-26815788
marketing@ksvalve.com
www.ksvalve.com
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Vanha Porvoontie 229 Shanghai KOKO Valve
P.O. Box 304 Group Co., Ltd
FI-01301 Jiading District
Vantaa Shanghai
Finland China
tel: +358-20-483-150 tel: +86-21-63177917
fax:+358-20-483-151 fax:+86-21-63176769 www.sferova.com
info.automation@ sales@kokovalve.com
metso.com www.kokovalve.com
www.metso.com/valves
Southern California Vinco Valves SA
Valve
MRC Global Rua do Progresso,
3521 FM 646 Rd.
Global Headquarters Lote 15-18
North Santa Fe,
tel: +1-877-294-7574 P-4760-841 Vilarinho das
TX 77573
info@mrcglobal.com Cambas
USA
mrcglobal.com Portugal
tel: +1-281-482-4728
tel: +351-252-303-210
fax:+1-281-482-9728
fax:+351-252-303-219
Oviko Group sales@scvvalve.com
vinco@vincovalves.com
Co., Ltd. www.scvvalve.com www.vincovalves.com
Heyi Industrial Zone, API 6A, API 6D, Ball Valve manufacturer
Oubei Town ISO 9001 for oil & gas, chemical,
325102 Wenzhou
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Ball, Gate, Plug, pharma and shipbuilding
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fax:+86-577-6798-9579 Sizes: 1/4” thru 80”
info@ovikovalve.com Class: 150# thru 2500# Xuanda Industrial
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Xuanda Industrial
Suzhou Douson Valve
Park, Dong’ou
Co., Ltd.
Industrial Area
Guijia Alley 42#,
Xinglong Street, Oubei,
Suzhou Industrial Park, Wenzhou 325105
China
Jiangsu Suzhou
tel: +86-577-67987078
China
fax:+86-577-67987088
Metallum Valves and Piping Components tel: +86-512-69367855
john@xuanda.com
www.metallum.be fax:+86-512-69367857
www.x-d-v.com
dousonvalve@
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douson.cn
Cleaning room
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assembly PFA PFTE
Pekos Valves S.A. Gate Valve
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Top 10 Valve Brand
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tel: +34-93-568-92-56 Co Ltd
fax:+34-93-579-92-44 25th Floor,
Lishui Ouyi Valve
pekos@pekos.es Gold River Center
Co., LTD.
www.pekos.es 88 Shishan Road
No. 802 Jinniu Street,
Suzhou,
Bihu Industrial Zone,
Jiangsu, 215011
Lishui China
SFEROVA S.r.l. China
tel: +86-577-673-19116
Via delle Industrie, tel: +86-512-6818-7578,
fax:+86-577-673191196
30/32 I-20884 +86-512-6808-1929
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Sulbiate (Mi) fax:+86-512-6808-1920
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Italy sales@vizavalve.com
tel: +39-039-6079599 www.vizavalve.com
fax:+39-039-6079582
info@sferova.com
Velan Inc
www.sferova.com
7007 Côte de Liesse
Montreal,
Shanghai KOKO Valve Que H4T 1G2
Group Co., Ltd Canada
No.963 Xiangjiang tel: +1-514-748-7743
Highway, fax:+1-514-748-8635
Nanxiang County, sales@velan.com http://www.valve-world.net/
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Yongjia Boutique Valve
Co., Ltd.
Heyi Industrial Zone,
Oubei Town,
Wenzhou
325105 Zhejiang
China
tel: +86-577-57678729
fax:+86-577-67359368
sales@btq-valve.com
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VALVES
MRC Global
Global Headquarters
tel: +1-877-294-7574
info@mrcglobal.com
mrcglobal.com
BUTTERFLY VALVES
A-T Controls, Inc.
9955 International Blvd
Cincinnati,
Ohio 45246
USA
tel: +1-513-247-5465
fax:+1-513-247-5462
sales@atcontrols.com
www.atcontrols.com
Bray Controls,
A Division of Bray
International, Inc.
USA:
tel: +1-281-894-5454
Argentina:
tel: +54-11-4362-06666
Benelux:
tel: +31-72-572-1410
Brazil:
tel: +55-19-3517-6161
Canada:
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tel: +56-2739-2966
tel: +86-571-8285-2200
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Bray Controls, A Division
of Bray International,
Inc. USA:
Germany:
tel: +49-2151-5336-0
Hong Kong:
tel: +852-2690-0388
India:
tel: +91-265-263-3868
Mexico:
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tel: +511-251-0251
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Shanghai:
tel: +86-2163365656
United Kingdom:
tel: +44-141-812-5199
Vietnam:
tel: +84-837-423-428
FluoroSeal Inc.
1875 46e Avenue
Montréal,
QC H8T 2N8
Canada
tel: +1-514-739-0220
fax:+1-514-739-5452
sales@fluorosealvalves.com
www.fluorosealvalves.com
HIPPO Valve
No.17, Ln.29, Sanying Rd.,
Yingge Dist.,
New Taipei City 239,
Taiwan, ROC
tel: +886-2-35012626
fax:+886-2-35012727
sales@hippovalve.com
www.hippovalve.com
JDV Control Valves Co.,
Ltd.
No. 6 -1, Qingnian Rd.,
Yangmei Dist.
326 Taoyuan City
Taiwan, ROC
tel: +886-3-4965066
fax:+886-3-4965300
sales@jdv.com.tw
www.jdv.com.tw
Kong Jih Valve
Industrial Co. Ltd.
No. 13 Gong 6th Rd.
Dajia Youth, Industrial Park,
Dajia Township,
Taichung County 437
Taiwan, ROC
tel: +886-4-26815268
Ext. 216
fax:+886-4-26815788
marketing@ksvalve.com
www.ksvalve.com
Lotoke Industry Group Velan Inc Siddharth Technocast
Co., Ltd 7007 Côte de Liesse Survey No 84,
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Zone, Liuji Town, Canada Near Archer Metal,
Yizheng Yangzhou City tel: +1-514-748-7743 Shapar (Verav)
Jiangsu Province fax:+1-514-748-8635 Dist Rajkot,
China sales@velan.com 3600024 Gujarat
tel:+86-514-85073387 www.velan.com India
fax:+86-514-85073960 tel: +91-2827-252294
info@lotoke.com Walworth Valves, fax:+91-2827-252295
www.lotoke.com Industrial de Valvulas info@siddharthtechnocst.
Industria Lote com
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P.O. Box 304, Tepotzotlan Tepotzotlan,
FI-01301 Vantaa Mexico CP 54610 CASTINGS – ALUMINIUM
Finland Mexico BRONZE
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info.automation@metso.com www.walworthvalves.com 4 - 8, Rue Etienne
www.metso.com/valves DOLET
FR-76140 Le Petit
MRC Global Xuanda Industrial Quevilly Cedex
Global Headquarters Group Co Ltd France
tel: +1-877-294-7574 Xuanda Industrial Park, tel: +33-2-35-63-78-50
info@mrcglobal.com Dong’ou Industrial Area fax:+33-2-35-72-99-99
mrcglobal.com Oubei, Wenzhou 325105 contact@inoxyda.fr
China www.inoxyda.fr
OHL Gutermuth tel: +86-577-67987078 Copper Alloy Casting for
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Helmershäuser john@xuanda.com casing, Impellers Up to 15T
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D-63674 Altenstadt Special Alloy Valves
Germany Cleaning room assembly
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fax:+49-6047-8006-29 ISO, API, CE certified Babbitt Chainwheels
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www.ohl-gutermuth.de 800 Mount Pleasant
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New Bedford,
Datong Reciprocity MA 02745
Group Co., Ltd. USA
01, Shunda Road, tel: +1-800-727-4323
Changtai, fax:+1-508-995-2701
Fujian-363900 info@babbitt.com
P.R. China www.babbitt.com
www.kci-world.com
tel: +86 596 7071111
(ext.) 8109 Trumbull Industries
fax:+86 596 7071234 P.O. Box 1556,
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Powell Valves The Wm. www.chasevalve.com Youngstown,
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2503 Spring Grove a forge Valve & actuator USA
Avenue Cincinnati, works With Best Equipment tel: +1-330-799-3333
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USA State of the art tech sales-mfg@trumbull.com
tel: +1-513-852-2000 www.trumbull-mfg.com
fax:+1-513-852-2997 Chainwheels-stainless,
Kong Jih Valve
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Industrial Co. Ltd.
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Indicators & floorstands.
Dajia
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A Subsidiary of Bray Dajia Township, CHECK VALVES
International, Inc. Taichung County 437 CIRCOR Energy
#8 Trautman Industrial Taiwan, 945 Bunker Hill, Suite 650
Drive, Ste. Genevieve, ROC Houston,
MO 63670 tel: +886-4-26815268 TX 77024
USA Ext. 216 USA
tel: +1-800-950-1762 fax:+886-4-26815788 tel: +1-800-654-4842
fax:+1-573-883-8882 marketing@ksvalve.com sales@circorenergy.com
www.ultraflovalve.com www.ksvalve.com www.circorenergy.com
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Energy Co., Ltd. Nihon Koso Co., Ltd. 1-10-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku,
A BUSINESS OF Guijia Alley 42#, Tokyo 103-0027 Chiba 261-8577
CRANE CO. Xinglong Street, Japan Japan
4526 Research Forest Suzhou Industrial Park, tel: +81-3-5202-4100 tel: +81-43-299-1732
Dr, Suite 400 Jiangsu fax:+81-3-5202-2291 fax:+81-43-299-0121
The Woodlands, Suzhou info@koso.com kitzheadquarters@kitz.co.jp
TX , 77381 China www.koso.co.jp www.kitz.co.jp
USA tel: +86-512-69367855 www.koso.co.jp/en
tel: +1-936-271-6500 fax:+86-512-69367857
Kingdom Flow Control
fax:+1-936-271-6510 dousonvalve@douson.cn OHL Gutermuth (Continued)
Co., Ltd.
www.cranecpe.com www.douson.cn Industrial Valves INDRA S.r.l.
14F-4, 120,
Gate Valve GmbH Italy
Jhongjheng 1st Road
Goodwin International Globe Valve Helmershäuser tel: +39-029729-8663
Kaohsiung
Ltd Ball Valve Str. 9+12 D-63674 fax:+39-029729-1855
Taiwan
Goodwin House, Check Valve Altenstadt indra@indra.it
tel: +886-7-771-3121
Leek Road, Hanley Control Valve Germany sales@indra.it
fax:+886-7-723-5165
Stoke-on-Trent, tel: +49-6047-8006-0 www.indra.it
sales@kifc.com
ST1 3NR COATING fax:+49-6047-8006-29 www.kifc.com
United Kingdom og@ohl-gutermuth.de Professional valve MRC Global
tel: +44-1782-220-000 Flame Spray SpA www.ohl-gutermuth.de manufacturer with fully Global Headquarters
fax:+44-1782-208-060 Headquarters
vertical integrated tel: +1-877-294-7574
checkvalves@ via Leonardo
Ramén Valves AB production system info@mrcglobal.com
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co.uk Italy SE-168 67
Metso Flow Control Oy.
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fax:+39 039 695 331 Sweden ACTUATORS
Check Valves: wafer, P.O. Box 304
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body designs. plants: Italy, South tel: +358-20-483-150
Aumastraße 1
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D-79373 Müllheim
NOREVA GmbH Hungary, Croatia. info.automation@metso.
Germany
Hocksteiner Weg 56 com
tel: +49-7631-8090
D-41189 CONTROL www.metso.com/valves
fax:+49-7631-809-1250
Mönchengladbach VALVES riester@auma.com
Germany
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tel: +49-2166-12686-0 CIRCOR Energy Powell Company
fax:+49-2166-12686-66 945 Bunker Hill, www.valsteam.com
2503 Spring Grove Avenue
hwitt@noreva.de Emerson Actuation
Suite 650 Cincinnati,
www.noreva.de Technologies
Houston, OH 45214
Nozzle check valves 19200 Northwest
TX 77024 USA
features: very low Freeway Houston,
USA tel: +1-513-852-2000
headloss, excellent TX 77065
tel: +1-800-654-4842 fax:+1-513-852-2997
dynamic behavior, Zhejiang Pariworld USA
sales@circorenergy.com quotes@powellvalves.com
maintenance - free Automation Meter www.Emerson.com
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Metso Flow Control Oy. Yongjia, DIAPHRAGM VALVES
Powell Valves The Wm.
Vanha Porvoontie 229 Zhejiang Enertork Ltd.
Powell Company Crane ChemPharma
P.O. Box 304 325105 Seoul office : 18F.,
2503 Spring Grove & Energy, Saunders A
FI-01301 Wenzhou City Un-Ik Bldg., #706-13,
Avenue BUSINESS OF CRANE CO.
Vantaa China Yeoksam-dong,
Cincinnati, Grange Road,
Finland tel: +86-577-67987671 Gangnam-gu,
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tel: +358-20-483-150 fax:+86-577-67373567 Seoul, Korea
USA Gwent NP44 3XX
fax:+358-20-483-151 sales@pwvalve.com South Korea
tel: +1-513-852-2000 United Kingdom
info.automation@metso. www.pwvalve.com tel: +82-2-555-0883
fax:+1-513-852-2997 tel: +44-1633-486666
com fax:+82-2-556-3026
quotes@powellvalves. fax:+44-1633-486777
www.metso.com/valves yunsp@enertork.com
com technical.sales@
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www.powellvalves.com craneflow.com
MRC Global
VALVES
www.saundersvalves.com
Global Headquarters
Ritepro - Canada CIRCOR Energy
tel: +1-877-294-7574
A Subsidiary of Bray 945 Bunker Hill,
info@mrcglobal.com
International, Inc. Suite 650 DOUBLE BLOCK &
mrcglobal.com
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Quebec H1G 3K7 Nihon Koso Co., Ltd. USA INDRA S.r.l. www.asco.com
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tel: +49-6322-6003-0
fax:+49-6322-6003-20
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Emerson Actuation Technologies,
And Distributor, China
USA +1-281-477-4100
+86-510-83390289
ANIX VALVE USA, Enertork Ltd.,
USA +1-713-581-8188 South Korea +82-2-5550883
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Asahi Yukizai Corporation,
Japan +81-3-3578-6015
Cameron, a Schlumberger Company, F
A-T Controls, Inc., USA +1-513-247-5465 USA +1-281-499-8511
AUMA Riester GmbH & Co KG, Carrara Sealing Global Solutions, FBV Inc., USA +1-832-203-5459
Germany +49-7631 8090 Italy +39-03-0745-1121
Flame Spray SpA, Italy +39 039 695 7216
Australian Pipeline Valve, Changzhou Heighten Automation Equipment
Australia Flow-Tek - USA A Subsidiary
Co., Ltd, China +86 519 86682818
+61-8-8285-0000 of Bray International, Inc. +1-832-912-2300
Chaoda Valves Group Co., Ltd.

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AW Chesterton Co, USA +1-978-469-6446 FluoroSeal Inc., USA +1-514-739-0220
China +86-576-87108458
Fluorten srl, Italy +39-0354425115
Chengfeng Valve Group, China
+86-28-88208138
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CIRCOR Energy, USA +1.832.912.8333
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Comeval Valve Systems, Spain+34 961 479 011
Babbitt Chainwheels,
USA +1-800-727-4323 Control Seal B. V., the Netherlands Genebre sa, Spain +34-93-298-8000
+31-596-652-222
Badger Meter Europa, GFD-Gesellschaft für
Germany +49-7025-9208-0 Conval Inc, USA +1-860-749-0761 Dichtungstechnik mbH, Germany
+49-7135-9511-0
Baoji Yongshengtai Titanium Industry Crane ChemPharma & Energy,
Co.,Ltd, China +86-917-3373-398 Germany +49-8382-7020 Global Supply Line Pty Ltd,
Australia +61-8-8285-0000
Bray Controls, A Division of Bray Crane ChemPharma & Energy,
International, Inc. Saunders, UK +44-1633-486666 Goodwin International Ltd,
UK +44-1782-220-000
USA: +1-281-894-5454 Crane ChemPharma & Energy,
Stockham, UK +44-2890-704222
Argentina: +54-11-4362-06666

Benelux: +31-72-572-1410 Crane ChemPharma & Energy, H

Xomox®, Germany +49-8382-7020
Brazil: +55-19-3517-6161
Crane ChemPharma & Energy, USA
Canada: +1-514-344-2729 HIPPO Valve, Taiwan, ROC
+1-936-271-6500
+886-2-35012626
Chile: +56-2739-2966
CZTV-Zhongtai Valve Co.,Ltd.,
HITECH APPLICATOR, India
China: +86-571-8285-2200 China +86-577-6799-2708
+91-079-2583 3040
Germany: +49-2151-5336-0

Hong Kong: +852-2690-0388 D

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India: +91-265-263-3868

Mexico: +52-33-3836-4460 Datong Reciprocity Group Co., Ltd.,

China +86 596 7071111 (ext.) 8109 INDRA S.r.l., Italy +39-02-9729-8663
Middle East: +971-4-887-6979
Derval Srl, Italy +39-02-99020302 INOX MECC SRL, Italy +39-0363-97003
Pacific: +61-3-9580-9755
Didtek Valve Co.,Ltd, China+86-577-67378255 INOXYDA, France +33-2-35-63-78-50
Peru: +511-251-0251

Poland: +48-33-842-1968
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Shanghai: +86-2163365656

United Kingdom: +44-141-812-5199

Eayuan Metal Industrial Co Ltd (EMICO), J.D. Jones & Co.(P) Ltd,
Vietnam: +84-837-423-428 Taiwan, ROC +886-4-22591616 India +91-33-4050-1000

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Taiwan +886-3-4965066
Pekos Valves S.A. , Spain +34-93-568-92-56 Ultraflo – USA, A Subsidiary of
Jinan Meide Casting Co., Ltd.,
Bray International, Inc., USA
China +86-531-87885036 PENTA Srl., Italy +39-030-2629175
+1-800-950-1762
JLX VALVE, Spain +34-93-5863609 Powell Valves
The Wm. Powell Company, USA
John-Valve Mfg. Factory Co., +1-513-852-2000
Ltd., Taiwan, ROC +886-4-2378-0078 V
Precision Testing LLC, USA +1-337-321-6483
Valsteam ADCA Engineering S.A.,
Prodim Industrial Valves & Automation,
K Portugal +351-236-959-060
Belgiums +32-27-26-33-00
Valvtronic S.A., A Subsidiary
PS Automation GmbH, Germany
of Bray International, Inc, Argentina
Kingdom Flow Control Co., Ltd., +49-6322-6003-0
+54-11436206666
Taiwan +886-7-771-3121
Varisco & C. Srl, Italy +39 0931 760945
Kitz Corporation, Japan +81-43-299-1732 R
Velan Inc, Canada +1-514-748-7743
Kong Jih Valve Industrial Co. Ltd.,
Taiwan +886-4-26815268 Ext. 216 Ramén Valves AB +46-8-594-779-70
Vinco Valves SA,
Ritepro – Canada, A Subsidiary Portugal +351-252-303-210
of Bray International, Inc., Canada
L +1-514-324-8900
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Rotork Controls Ltd, UK +44-1225-733-200 W

Latty International sa, France
+33-2-37-4477-77 Walworth Valves, Industrial
S de Valvulas, Mexico +5255-5899-1700
Lotoke Industry Group Co., Ltd,
China +86-514-85073387 WUXI FORCE & TORQUE TECHNOLOGY
Sferova srl, Italy +39-039-607-9599 CO., LTD., China +86-0510-88550590
Lishui Ouyi Valve Co., LTD.,
Shanghai KOKO Valve Group Co.,Ltd,
China +86-577-673-19116
China +86-21-63177917
Lixin Valve Group Co., Ltd., X
Shanghai Zengxin Machine Electron
China +86-577-67997089
Equipment Co., Ltd., +86-21-59583666
Lovere Bilbao I., S.L., Xuanda Industrial Group Co Ltd,
+86-21-59589997 China +86-577-67987078
Spain +34-94-454-51-30
Siddharth Technocast, India +91-2827-252294 Xiamen Dervos Valves Industry
Co., Ltd., +86-577-67987078
SIPOS Aktorik GmbH, Germany
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+49-9187 / 9227-5115

Slib Italy, Italy +39-035-425511

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, Y
Germany +49-211-4560-779 SMS-TORK EndustriyelOtomasyonUrunleriSan.
Tic. Ltd. Şti., Turkey +90-216 364 34 05 Yongjia Boutique Valve Co., Ltd.,
Metso Flow Control Oy.,
Finland +358-20-483-150 Southern California Valve, China +86-592-5185-336
USA +1-281-482-4728
MRC Global, USA +1-877-294-7574
STI S.r Varisco & C. Srl .l., Italy
+39 035 2928 2 Z

N Suzhou Antiwear Valve Co., Ltd,

China +86-512-82079060 Zhejiang Pariworld Automation
Meter Co., Ltd,
Nihon Koso Co., Ltd., Suzhou Douson Valve Co., Ltd., China +86-577-67355928
Japan +81-3-5202-4100 China +86-512-69367855
Zhejiang Ruixing Valve Co., Ltd,
NOREVA, Germany +49-2166-12686-0 Suzhou Viza Valve Co Ltd, China +86-578-6913161
China +86-512-6818-7578,
Zhejiang XBURS Measurement
6808-1929
& Control Technology Co., Ltd.
O China +86-577-57765687
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OHL Gutermuth Industrial Valves
GmbH, Germany +49-6047-8006-0 Technical S.r.l., Italy +39-02-953-612-40
Your company can be in the phone directory.
OMAL SPA, Italy +39-030-89-00-145 Thermador International, Customers are looking for you!
France +33-474 94 86 50 For more information, send us an
Oviko Group Co., Ltd.,
e-mail: v.solis@kci-world.com
China +86-577-6798-1055 Trumbull Industries, USA +1-330-799-3333

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STI S.r.l.         

Suzhou Antiwear Valve Co., Ltd.             

Suzhou Douson Valve Co., Ltd.          

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Trumbull Industries               

Valsteam ADCA Engineering S.A.         

Velan Inc                

Vinco Valves SA          

WUXI FORCE & TORQUE

         
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