Weir wins Maersk Oil safety and control valve project for Culzean field
GLASGOW -- Weir Flow Control has announced a major valve order of strategic importance for Maersk Oil. The multi-million-Euro deal comprises 132 Sarasin-RSBD special service pressure relief valves, together with 130 purpose-designed Blakeborough control and choke valves. The project was awarded by SMOP in Singapore, the EPC for Culzean Field, and will benefit from the combined engineering expertise of Weir’s dedicated valve facilities in France and the UK.
The pump and valve specialist was awarded the project as part of Maersk Oil’s Culzean gas field development; an ultra-high pressure high temperature (HPHT) gas condensate facility located some 145 mi east of Aberdeen in the UK sector of the Central North Sea. The valves will be integral assets associated with numerous processes on site. Many of the valves will fulfill critical service applications, utilizing Weir’s X-Stream Control valve trim, and a combination of Pilot Operated Safety Valves constructed from a selection of high integrity duplex and austenitic steels. All components have been produced within the EU, fully compliant with strict project material control specifications.
Weir’s valve range are custom-designed to offer reduced installation and maintenance costs, minimised downtime, increased productivity, as well as remedying specific challenges involved in difficult application processes where environmental and failure risks are significant. Weir’s team leads the market in terms of control, choke and safety valve sizing and specification, and this contract marks a strategic milestone for the company, which has continued to deliver growth and increased profitability despite the Oil & Gas market downturn.
The valves will be manufactured in Weir Flow Control’s Elland (UK) and Vendin-le-Vieil (France) plants, during which they will be subjected to extensive levels of non-destructive testing. The project involves teams from the UK and France applying extensive knowledge gained from supporting an installed base of totaling almost a million valves globally.
