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The world of chemicals is a vast one, with each chemical combination triggering unique reactions. For Tom Sandbrook, an Engineering Fellow who works with applications such as hoses, couplings, valves, and pipes, knowing how each chemical will react to certain metals is crucial in order to avoid both minor, and fatal accidents. By Catarina Muia and Angelica Pajkovic.

The oil price is a source of endless fascination in our industry. Entire careers are built on following its daily peaks and troughs. No wonder: for companies in the oil and gas industry, the oil price provides us with one of very few indicators of likely future demand for our products and services. It is important. But for engineering procurement and construction (EPC) companies in the sector, it matters less than you might think on a short-to-medium term basis. By Dan Munro - CEO, PJ Valves

Compact actuator technology is often credited for helping designers of offshore facilities (such as floating production, storage, and offloading vessels (FPSO) & floating liquefied natural gas vessels (FLNG)) to optimize valuable space & weight on the facility. Because compact actuators usually require considerably more machining than conventional scotch-yoke designs, customers typically weigh the benefits versus the costs of compact technology. By Sarang Tipre, Cameron, a Schlumberger company

Valve World Americas had the opportunity to speak with independent consultant Euthymios J. Euthymiou, former Senior Consultant in Subsea Valves and Technical Category Head in Valves for PETROBRAS, to discuss his impressive career trajectory, his attentiveness to spur innovation and the importance of sharing knowledge to increase awareness in the valve industry. By Stephanie Matas

Valve World Americas had the opportunity to speak with Gilbert Alonzo, mechanical engineer once employed at Dow Chemical and BP Production and Exploration, as well as the subject-matter expert for valves. With such a vast amount of experience and knowledge in the industry, training has been a priority for him within all the different disciplines, from learning the basics about valves and how to troubleshoot, to knowing that a quarter-turn ball valve should not be used for throttling.

A recent major project used the CONVAL Adapter Tool (CAT) Consult service during the detailed engineering control valve sizing & selection phase to analyze, verify and validate the process data and the vendor data to ensure the project selected only fit for the application control valves. By Henk Hinssen - iHandl Engineering

Applications in low temperature ranges are referred to as cryogenic applications in professional circles, and are becoming ever more important in the era of energy transition. Due to the increased storage and further recycling of LNG (liquefied natural gas), the demand for plants in the cryogenic area has strongly increased in recent years. By Michael Knorr – General Manager, müller quadax gmbh

Resilient wedge gate valves are widely used in water systems, as they serve critical functions of supplying water, controlling flow, isolating sections of pipeline, and isolating pressure zones. By Amanda Owens, Application Engineer; Anton Nasledov, Product Manager - Mueller Water Products, Inc.

Many plants are faced with increasing scrutiny on fugitive emissions, particularly from valves. Valves are typically responsible for over half of the fugitive emissions in a plant. This results in a high degree of examination for assessment and leakage reduction. A large refinery, or chemical plant, can have over 100,000 valves and finding leaks can be a difficult task. By Scott Boyson & Juan Cid – A.W. Chesterton Company

Traditionally, valve actuation has been less well publicized and potentially construed as less important in the world of flow control than valves. But that is changing, and at an accelerating rate. This article will explore market drivers, significant developments and emerging trends that are behind this refining focus on valve automation.