Tulsa-based Flow-Quip Inc. has been selected by Petroterminal de Panama S.A. to supply two 24in, ANSI 600 ball-type flow control valves on the reverse flow and upgrade of the pipeline from the Caribbean to the Pacific. The ball-type flow control valves are equipped with Flow-Quip’s proprietary Servo Series Electrohydraulic control actuators. These Servo Series actuators power the 24in diameter flow control valves when pipeline pressure changes. They receive signals from the pipeline control system and quickly move each valve to a new position when required. Crude oil flows up to a daily peak of 860,000bpd. This reversal and upgrade will provide equally safe, efficient and economical transportation of petroleum from sources in the Caribbean to destinations on the Pacific coast of the US and beyond. At the moment the pipeline is under reverse flow construction from the Atlantic coast terminal located in the Laguna de Chiriqui in the province of Bocas del Toro, Panama to the West side of the Charco Azul Bay and East side of the Burica Peninsula in the province of Chiriqui, Panama.
