Featured Story – Chevron’s Gorgon Project: CCS to mitigate CO2-footprint
As an unavoidable by-product of natural gas processing, carbon dioxide (CO2) poses a challenge for oil & gas companies who wish to reduce their carbon footprint. By using carbon capture and storage technology, companies like Chevron are hoping to engage in large-scale gas processing while eliminating greenhouse gas emissions.
Featured Story – Actuated valve assemblies: an end-user recommended practice
In June 2019 the WIB issued a recommended practice for actuated valve (AV) assemblies. Kees Meliefste (Dow Benelux) spoke to Valve World about the origins of this document, how it can promote AV safety and reliability and the impact it is already having on the industry.
Featured Story – Valves in molecular sieve service
With liquefied natural gas becoming ever more popular as a clean fuel, there have been tremendous investments in the liquefaction and export plants as well as small-scale facilities around the world.
Valves remain the heart of every plant’s operating and isolation philosophy and when the discussion is about LNG, which is a highly flammable fluid, the valves need special attention too.
Featured Story – Regulating hot air with valves
Called in to repair damaged blowers, Sulzer engineers performed a thorough investigation that highlighted valve failures as a contributing, but not fundamental, cause of the problems. A better maintenance routine was advised.
Featured Story – Fast control of burst pipes
As the need to avoid wasting drinking water becomes more and more critical, it is good to learn that investments in equipment and expertise will enable one UK water company to respond quickly and efficiently to burst situations.