oliver valves has been selected to supply a major offshore development project in the malaysian part of the south china sea for a central processing platform. the current scope of this project is to supply over 541 double block and bleed valves in a flange by screw and flange by flange configuration, both soft and metal seated with the metal seated valves having a high temperature operation requirement of 340 degc.
as part of this purchase order oliver valves will also carry out finite element analysis to cover severe cycle as heat from 25 degc to 260 degc total 50 mins/cycle. so, cycle times will then be 10,512 cycles/year.
scheduled to come on-stream in 2023, the offshore gas field is expected to produce up to 900 million cubic feet of gas (mcf) a day.
another major oil operator turning to oliver for reliability in product and supply for their critical elevated temperature valve requirements!