Weir Group plc, with US headquarters in Houston, Texas has been awarded a contract to engineer and supply critical service safety valves for Yamal LNG, a major LNG (liquefied natural gas) project in northern Russia. The Yamal LNG project will develop one of the largest natural gas reserves in the world which will supply energy to Europe and Asia.
The project is located on the estuary of the River Ob within the Yamal Peninsula, an area which experiences sub-zero temperatures for the majority of the year, meaning valves supplied for the project were subjected to rigorous manufacturing processes and tested under cryogenic conditions. A total of 638 highly specialized fast-track safety valves were supplied for the project.