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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.

Having worked for more than 44 years in various industries with 26 in the oil industry, William Salmons gained an immense amount of knowledge about the ins and outs of many different sectors. As a former Area Engineer, Project Engineer, and Project Manager for Phillips 66/Conoco, Salmons held the responsibility of finding the best-suited materials and applications for each project, as well as the most cost-effective.

Hydraulic fracturing has increased in many parts of the world as other energy sources such as coal bed methane production stagnates or decreases.