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Our Featured articles are long reads that require more reading time than our news articles. In this section, you can find our cover stories, compelling content featuring prominent manufacturers, end-user interview with valve experts around the world, in-depth technical articles and interesting project reports from various industries, ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to power generation, pharmaceuticals and food and beverage industries.

Lower valve stem sheared off from water hammer event. Image courtesy of Warren Controls.

Electric actuation with the speed and reliability of pneumatics

Maintaining complex systems in the OEM industry can oftentimes be a challenge, particularly when something goes wrong
Low-CO2 desalination plant for Abu Dhabi

Low-CO2 desalination plant for Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi’s Mirfa 2 Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Project will be the UAE’s third largest low-carbon intensive RO plant.
Hammerfest LNG plant. Photographer Harald Pettersen/© Equinor

Equinor awards EUR 736 million Hammerfest contract

Equinor has awarded Aibel an EPCI contract for modification work at the Hammerfest LNG facility on behalf of the Snøhvit Unit partners.
Shutdowns: Proper planning is half the work

Shutdowns: Proper planning is half the work

Shutdowns can be stressful times for all concerned. Colin Zegers has some simple yet powerful words of advice.
71,000sqm (land space) new-built plant in Vietnam.

Kingdom Flow Control: half a century of honesty and integrity

Over the past half-century, Kingdom Flow Control (KI) has been keen on improving hardware and upgrading its products and service.
Physics to the rescue…improving safety & operation of nuclear and industrial facilities

Physics to the rescue…improving safety & operation of nuclear and industrial facilities

Vistemboirs, or kinetic energy degraders, eliminate valve vibrations in industrial and nuclear power plants, improving operational safety.
Industrial valves manufacturers draw mixed conclusions from 2022 markets

Industrial valves manufacturers draw mixed conclusions from 2022 markets

The VDMA looks back at 2022 and compares the German industrial valves sector to previous years. They also offer some expectations for 2023.
Optimisation of ball valves for upstream pipeline applications

Optimisation of ball valves for upstream pipeline applications

The effectiveness of the optimisation approach for the selection of pipeline ball valves using the field experience of end users.
TEADIT: Taking a holistic approach to meeting customer needs

TEADIT: Taking a holistic approach to meeting customer needs

Valve World's Angelica Pajkovic talks to Teadit president Chris Day on taking a holistic approach on doing business.

A look inside JIP33 with Rachel Manley of Aker Solutions

JIP33 is poised to provide the industry with efficient and minimalistic specifications that will make procurement much more efficient.