Featured Story

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.

Use Valve Technology to Build Brand Equity

Targeting specific markets in the valve industry is challenging.

Canada’s Darlington SMR Gets Go-Ahead

In Canada, a nuclear project capturing the imagination is Darlington SMR. According to a press release from Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on Mau 8th of this year, OPG has received the green light to build North America’s first commercial, grid-scale SMR.

Essential Steps to Meeting Clean Emissions

Dana Wood, VP of Environmental Consulting, Compliance and SaaS at Energy Overwatch LLC, was the keynote speaker at KCI’s Fugitive Emissions Summit Americas 2025 earlier this year.

SCOPV Committee Meeting Summary: Advancing API Valve Standards and Industry Collaboration

The SCOPV (Subcommittee on Piping and Valves) convened its most recent meeting under the leadership of Chairman Trace Scrivner, beginning at 8:02 AM. The meeting proceeded with vital updates, presentations, and planning discussions that will shape the future of valve standards and practices across the API (American Petroleum Institute) community.

Renewable Capacity Set to Grow 270%

The report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) is generally encouraging about the future of renewable energy yet does not ignore the many challenges ahead.

Engineering Study: Advanced Smart Materials for Oxygen Service Control Valves-Opportunities and Innovations

Oxygen service control valves are essential components in industries where the precise and safe regulation of oxygen flow is critical. These valves are commonly used in industries such as aerospace, healthcare, chemical processing, and energy production.

Overview: Hydrogen Presentations at Valve World Düsseldorf

The Valve World show held in Dusseldorf, Germany, (December 2024) was a top draw for those involved in the deployment of hydrogen in the energy transition. This article sums up some of the key findings of several conference presentations addressing this smallest of molecules.

Desk Research: Lubricated Plug Valves

“How exactly are lubricated plug valves lubricated?” This chance question prompted some furious pounding of the keyboards recently at the Valve World Americas offices, as we strove to fill the gaps in our knowledge. Fortunately, the noise soon abated, thanks to the richly detailed explanations available on many valve supplier websites

Accuracy = Money: The High Stakes of Custody Transfer

In process control, repeatability in flow measurement is often prioritized over absolute accuracy. Engineers can tolerate some level of inaccuracy so as long as measurements remain consistent, enabling effective control.

Control Valve Market Remains Dynamic

This modest snapshot of the control valve industry presents market forecasts, touches on considerations during selection and finally reviews recent research work which could bring benefits for the next generation of control valve products.