Month: August 2022

Oliver Valves distributor, AF System, supplies a mix of Y24 direct mounted 2-valve manifolds and Y53 5-valve manifolds with specially modified connections, and manufactured using exotic materials.

Manifolds and valves are to be used on an existing plant upgrade project for a leading Oil and Gas company in Bahrain. The material requirements for the project were Inconel 825 and Super Duplex with special welded flanges. Oliver worked closely with AF Systems to provide the right solutions for the application and resulted in a speedy turnaround of manufacturing.

To find out how Oliver Valves can provide you with customised valve solutions contact us on +44 (0)1565 654 089 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Valves secured a £320,000 order to supply a range of single isolation needle valves, 2 valve manifolds and “IN” type double block and bleed valves for fitment to Modular Wellsite Packages in Saudi Arabia.

Wellsite packages are integrated skid-based units that house all of the equipment between the Christmas tree and the production header. The skids are expected to be installed near the respective wellheads to control the flow and pressure of oil or gas. They include; wellhead shutdown panels to control the wellhead valves, power distribution system with single phase and 3-phase power distributed to modules across the well site. A huge chemical injection system for flowline protection against corrosion, sampling pots to facilitate fluid sampling, and flow lines fitted with instrumentation valves that measure temperature and pressures.

Oliver Valves are to manufacture over 2,000 custom-made valves constructed from Alloy 625 and stainless-steel material that will see the order fulfilled over the next few weeks.

To find out how Oliver Valves can custom-manufacture your valves, contact us by telephone +44 (0)1565 654 089, email: sales@valves.co.uk or website: www.valves.co.uk

At Oliver Valves we ensure that our valves are manufactured to the highest standard of quality. This involves putting specified valve components through a Liquid Penetrant Inspection (LPI) Process.

Stephen Andrews, workshop operative, has been co-ordinating our LPI process for the past 4 years. He explains “there are 6 steps to our inspection process, with each component carefully handled throughout. The process is detailed and thorough, designed to identify any indications or discontinuities of the components. This safeguards against any from reaching the final production stage that doesn’t meet with Industry Standard API 6A & ASME VIII.”

Our short-animated video walks you through the following LPI Process:

1. Pre-clean
Components are pre-cleaned using a solvent cleaner and dried

2. Penetrant Solution Tank
Components are coated with a fluorescent solution and then allowed to stand

3. Wash Off
Excess fluorescent solution is removed from the surface

4. Drying Oven
Components are dried at temperature

5. Developer Unit
Components are coated with a developer for at least 10 minutes

6. Final Inspection & Post Clean
Components are inspected under UV light for indications and discontinuities. Components that don’t meet with Industry Standard API 6A & ASME VIII are removed.

Oliver Valves Middle East distributor, GAS (Gas Arabian Services), won a half million-pound order but the sales value wasn’t the only significant highlight – it was Oliver’s Solution-Driven approach and distributor support that helped secure a second order in as many months.

Oliver’s strong working relationship between the end-user and engineering consultants meant that we were able to quickly advise on using a Double Block and Bleed Valve suitable for their application, and not a traditional tubing design.

When GAS received the second enquiry for 150 x Double Block and Bleed Valves, they contacted Oliver Valves and together we looked at ways to further reduce the cost to the end-user, Saudi Aramco.

With state-of-the-art Research & Development facilities in the UK, our engineering team soon jumped at the challenge. The brief to R&D was simple – save the customer money, even if it meant re-designing a DBB valve. In just 2 days, Oliver’s engineers found the perfect cost-saving solution; to reduce the face-to-face dimensions of the valve by as much as 17%. This equated to saving the customer an additional 10% – hugely significant for this size of order.

The ingenuity of the Oliver engineering team and our strong sales distributor relationship with GAS led to securing both orders from Saudi Aramco. We’ve been providing valve solutions to the global energy sector for over 40 years, investing heavily in R&D, and our distributor network. Project Sales Engineer Eon Morrison, who worked with Haridas Embanath, Business Development Manager, to find the solutions, said “We’re well placed to provide world-class support to our distributors, and can react quickly to the needs of our customers with great products and the very best valve solutions”.

Valve distributors across the world rely on the support, knowledge and expertise of valve manufacturers, and Oliver Valves are testament to this. For more information on distribution and valve solutions contact Oliver Valves on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Valvetek distributes the first of two orders for its Subsea ¾” Actuated Gate Valves, earmarked for South America.

Our subsea gate valves are designed for operation at 15,000 PSI and have been specifically chosen for the project. We were able to work with the customer to meet a reduced lead-time for deployment on the first trees and EDP package, shipment of the second order of valves is expected at the end of October this year.

The deepwater field development plan involves production wells connected to a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The FPSO will be permanently anchored to the seabed with a spread mooring system. The operational life of the FPSO is estimated to be a minimum of 25 years and will be one of the largest in the region.

For more information on Subsea valves, contact Oliver Valvetek on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Twinsafe has built 6 x 6” Double Block and Bleed Valves with Trunnion mounted ball valves, full bore and a pressure rating up to Class 1500 – ready for shipment to our U.S distributor AWV, Inc.

Valves are a single piece body of Compact Standard Length (CSL) manufactured from carbon, with specifications that include: 6” inlet and outlet 1500RTJ flanges, ¾” 1500RTJ flange vent complete with Oliver Valve 10mm DBB and ¾” 1500RTJ Flange x ½” NPT (INC 625). Body material is ASTM A350 LF2, with 625 overlay on the seat pocket and stem sealing areas, stem and seat injection, trim UNS S31803/F55, Inconel 718 and X750. Valves include PEEK seats and seals with PTFE Lip Seal, FKM Vermillion Three O ring and graphite.

The valves are designed and built to operate at temperatures from -25 deg C to 200 deg C at pressures of 3,705 PSI (255.5 bar). Face to face dimension as per ASME B16.10 and tested to API 598 / API 6D. HP nitrogen gas tested and 100% LPI and UT testing of the body, ends and trim.

For more information on pipeline valves, contact Oliver Twinsafe on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk