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Oliver Valves have manufactured a number of 2” double block and bleed valves for a huge offshore project. The bolted end trunnion DBB valves have been designed using ASTM A350 LF6 carbon steel material and are designed to API 6A, with a maximum pressure rating of 5,000 psi. The order forms part of Oliver’s continued supply of DBB valves to the project that include Tie-in and Wellhead platforms.

Valves currently in production at our UK factory in Knutsford, Cheshire, are undergoing a specific manufacturing and assembly process at the request of the customer. This includes custom spray-paint finishing for added protection against the harsh offshore environments of oil, water, and gas injection platforms.

For more information on how Oliver Valves can custom-design valves for your energy project, contact us on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Twinsafe are to supply a range of Modular and Monoflange double block and bleed valves to the Hornsea 3 Wind Farm project located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Hornsea 3 has two platforms, link 1 and link 2. These are unmanned and operated from shore with access to carry out maintenance done by vessel or helicopter.

These High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore converter platforms have a combined capacity to produce 2.852 GW, enough to power the average daily needs of over 3 million UK homes. This makes it the single largest offshore wind project in the world.

Manufactured from 316 Stainless Steel, Super Duplex, and Titanium materials, valves are to be used in cooling systems and firewater applications. Regional Manager for Scotland and Scandinavia, Colin Wood, says, “We’re extremely proud as a business to supply valves for operation on large-scale green energy projects, and it’s particularly exciting to be working with a UK-based green project, such as Hornsea 3.”

We’re committed to supporting a Net Zero Emission future, and have recently launched a range of zero seat leakage valves for hydrogen applications. Our investment in designing new and innovative valve technologies is having an enormous impact and is hugely significant – even a game changer!”

For more information on how Oliver Twinsafe can support your green energy project with the very best valve solutions, contact us on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Valves are to supply a range of Modular and Monoflange double block and bleed valves to the Hornsea 3 Wind Farm project located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Hornsea 3 has two platforms, link 1 and link 2. These are unmanned and operated from shore with access to carry out maintenance done by vessel or helicopter.

These High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore converter platforms have a combined capacity to produce 2.852 GW, enough to power the average daily needs of over 3 million UK homes. This makes it the single largest offshore wind project in the world.

Manufactured from 316 Stainless Steel, Super Duplex, and Titanium materials, valves are to be used in cooling systems and firewater applications. Regional Manager for Scotland and Scandinavia, Colin Wood, says, “We’re extremely proud as a business to supply valves for operation on large-scale green energy projects, and it’s particularly exciting to be working with a UK-based green project, such as Hornsea 3.”

We’re committed to supporting a Net Zero Emission future, and have recently launched a range of zero seat leakage valves for hydrogen applications. Our investment in designing new and innovative valve technologies is having an enormous impact and is hugely significant – even a game changer!”

For more information on how Oliver Valves can support your green energy project with the very best valve solutions, contact us on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Valves has supplied Brunei Shell with a broad range of topside valves for many years, including their Double Block and Bleed (DBB) Valve, and has provided huge cost and time-saving benefits to Shell’s ‘Rejuvenation’ project.

The main purpose of the project, now a decade old, is to update critical equipment on all of their platforms. Updates include safe and reliable DBB valves that comply with ASME B16.34 – an industry standard for valves.

In recent years, Oliver’s relationship with supplying Brunei Shell has further strengthened due to the standardisation of its DBB’s to incorporate a needle valve, and leakage tested as a complete assembly, making them ready for immediate onsite installation. This is saving Brunei Shell huge amounts in both time and in costs.

Renowned for quality and reliability, Oliver Valves is receiving significant interest in the supply of its DBB valves with integrated needle valves to Brunei Shell platforms around the world.

For more information on how Oliver Valves can support your project with the very best DBB valve solutions, contact them on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

After being awarded a huge contract to support the transmitter industry in the Middle East, Oliver Valves prepared its production facilities for the manufacture of nearly 2,000 units of their 2 and 5 valve consolidated Manifold Valves.

Winning the project comes down to a culmination of efforts, explains Business Development Manager, Haridas Embanath, “Oliver’s are very excited to be working with our clients again to deliver on this huge project. When specifying work, it’s often easy for a supplier’s ability to fully understand the clients’ project requirements to be overlooked in favour of a purely cost-driven solution. The close relationship we have with our clients, ensures a great trust between the two, not only in our ability to meet demanding schedules, and deliver customised valve solutions that are truly world-class, but also reductions in cost.”

Having liaised with the client’s procurement teams in Europe and the Middle East over a 6-month period, Oliver Valves successfully delivered the best cost solution for the client, and is to provide engineering support throughout the project.

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

Oliver Valves has won a significant order to supply a large number of Metal Seated Double Block and Bleed Ball valves to a Major Green Field onshore project located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Territory Manager for the Middle East, Haridas Embanath says “winning the order was the result of strong relationships with our distributor network and end users in the region, but it’s really down to the efforts of our engineering and support team that provided the perfect valve solution to meet difficult cost restraints.”

Value engineering is second-nature to Oliver’s. By working closely with customers and engineering consultants, the scope of work can be understood and project objectives fully realised. Cost is a fundamental consideration for customers, and modelling scenarios using various combinations of materials and designs can help to find the best valve solutions possible. Value engineering on this project has resulted in valves manufactured with Carbon Steel body and trim, and Inconel Weld Overlay. The estimated additional saving for the customer is around 20% – 30%.

Pictured: Haridas Embanath. For more information on how Oliver Valves can supply your project with the very best valve solutions, contact Oliver Valves on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver’s have recently appointed MRC, Norway as their authorised distributor for its Oliver Valves, Oliver Twinsafe, and along with its newly established company for the hydrogen and carbon capture market, Oliver Hydcovalves.

Product design and application training was delivered on Double Block and Bleed Valves as well as a range of Valves for severe service including; Hydrogen Applications, Zero Seat Leakage, and Low Emission Valves tested up to +200°C.  Technical aspects of Pipeline Valves for Low Temperatures operable at -50°C to -196°C, and valves tested up to High Temperatures of +500°C.

Main design and material features such as metal seats and stem pack arrangements were covered. This provided an insight into Oliver’s competitive advantage and highlighted unique benefits to its customers. An element of the training included information about significant testing and R&D capabilities that allow for customised solutions to be achieved at scale.

Oliver’s Area Sales Manager for Scotland & Scandinavia, Colin Wood, said “Delivering quality training to distributors is the foundation of our success. Having made the trip to MRC Global’s operation in Bergen, it was a real pleasure to spend a lot of time with the MRC team and learn from their experiences too. Relationships are as important to Oliver’s as the training itself, and we’re very excited by the prospect of this new partnership in Norway.”

For information on how we could deliver product training to you or to enquire about distributor opportunities, contact Oliver Valves on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Valves was selected by a Polish compressor manufacturer to be their main supplier of Double Block and Bleed Valves. This agreement includes the scope of supply for stainless steel valves ranging from ½” to 2” with a pressure rating of up to 1500lb.

A large quantity of valves will be used on a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export facility in Canada – the Woodfibre LNG project. Located near Squamish, British Columbia, the project will be the cleanest LNG facility in the world, and production is estimated to last 40 years, creating many local jobs for the whole duration. The site, once used as a pulp and paper mill for 100 years, and by the Squamish Nation people, received environmental approval which was also ground-breaking in that, consent given by an Indigenous people in the absence of a treaty was first of its kind, and today, they remain a full regulator on the project.

Working closely with suppliers, manufacturers and end-users in the LNG sector, Oliver Valves certainly has the pedigree of delivering major projects. Project Sales Manager Neil Barnett explains, “Oliver are a well-established and leading valve manufacturer, and has significantly expanded its business over some 45 years. One reason for its success is continuous investment in testing, automation and R&D facilities. Engineering collaboration with clients’ teams also helps us to gain a deep understanding of their needs. Ultimately, all this allows us to create customised valve solutions at scale, and new technology that make applications possible, such as we have for Low Temperatures down to -196°C, and Hydrogen and Carbon Capture.”

For more information on how Oliver Valves can supply your project with the very best valve solutions, contact Oliver Valves on +44 (0)1565 632 636 or email sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Valves won multiple project packages on the North Field Production Sustainability (NFPS) project. Since 2021, Oliver’s has been working closely with digital control system suppliers on the project to offer specialised engineering support and guidance, in particular around Pressure Transmitter Manifold Bids. Many factors are key to building a successful working partnership and one core strength of Oliver Valves is their well-versed knowledge of project specifications in the region, and this proved invaluable and instilled confidence in the supplier’s team to go on to win the bids.

Oliver Valves have provided customised valve solutions since 1979. In this time, engineers have trailblazed the way in valve design, safety and innovation and have set industry benchmarks in standards. Cost and lead-times were two major considerations for the project bids. Engineer and procurement teams worked tirelessly to value engineer manifold designs and source the raw exotic material that was required, and meet budget expectations.

Business Development Manager for the Middle East region, Haridas Embanath said, “The expertise and experience of our engineering team are the reasons why we’ve been successful in winning project packages such as this. We were able to share our knowledge of the specifications with our clients’ teams, which was invaluable to them.” This resulted in orders being placed for over 600 manifold units with a total value of £157k.

Engineering sales support led by Sian Henrys was provided during the entire project. She says, “To have engineering and procurement teams come together to find the best solutions that meet clients’ objectives is what sets us apart from other valve suppliers, and it’s always great to see our hard work come to fruition.”

The project, which is one of the world’s largest natural gas fields, is situated off the north-east coast of the Qatar peninsula. There are two complexes that make up the project, which include two fixed steel jacket compression platforms, interconnecting bridges, interface modules, and living quarters.

For information on how Oliver Valves can provide valve solutions for your project, telephone +44(0)1565 632 636 or visit the website at www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Valves has secured a fixed 3-year contract to supply a large range of valves to the Kaybob Duvernay project in North America.

Located in Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada – Kaybob covers an area of 330,000 acres, equivalent to 4/5 times the size of London and is estimated to produce 22,000 barrels of natural gas per day.

Almost half-way into the contract, Oliver has supplied a significant number of Instrument Manifolds and Reduced and Full-Bore Double Block & Bleed valves from our sister company Twinsafe, with injection and sampling probes, in orders placed so far worth over £500,000. Oliver engineers carried out strength calculations that were needed to gain approval and to obtain Canadian Registration Numbers (CRN), which is a legal requirement for pressure rated products to be installed and operational in Canada.

An exciting project for Oliver’s to be a part of explains Martin Orme, Key Account Sales Engineer. “We have worked with distributors and energy contractors in the U.S and North America for such a long time that our experience of designing and developing valves for specific applications with clients is largely the reasons why Oliver’s are selected for major projects such as this.”

Valve safety, performance and manufacturing quality are the cornerstones of Oliver’s success and their strong customer relationships are what set them apart from other suppliers. Another unique strength is their dedicated Research & Development facility in Knutsford, England.

Martin continues, “Obtaining relevant documentation and registrations like CRNs can be an arduous task, but by having a dedicated research, development and testing centre, we’re able to meet the most stringent of end-user specifications such as we have done on this scope of work.”

Oliver Valves and its sister company Twinsafe, who specialise in pipeline valves, work with clients around the globe on oil, gas and hydrogen projects to provide world-class valve solutions that include Zero-rate A valves for hydrogen applications. Visit their website for more details at: www.valves.co.uk.