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Argus Crude Oil and Refined Products Processing
Argus Crude Oil and Refined Products Processing
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For more than 60 years Argus has delivered high
performance Ball Valves for the most demanding,
severe service applications in the upstream and
downstream oil processing, onshore, offshore, as
well as throughout the refining process. Our
valves resolve the most critical problems in appli-
cations with high cycling, high pressure, high
temperature, corrosive, erosive, and abrasive
media.
Argus valves provide an extended lifetime,
improving the overall operational safety and the
life cycle cost.
All our valves are guaranteed bubble-tight zero
leakage, exceeding Class VI shut-off, tested ac-
cording to ISO 5208.
Fire-safe designed, approved, certified and tested
according to: API-6D, ISO 10497, API 607 Fifth
Edition, API RP 6F, Exxon Partial Burn, BS 5146,
BS 6755 Part 2 and OCMA FSV.1
Certified functional safety suitable for SIL 2
higher,andNACEMR-01-75.
Argus valves meet the requirements of ISO 14313
for pipelines.
Fugitive emissions certified to ISO 15848.
Quality, safety, availability, local service support
and in-depth technical know-how are combined in
a world class product offering. Solutions for today
should also spell secure investment for times to
come. Each user-specific development is based
on experience and a vision for the future.
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Expertise in Ball Valves for the Oil Processing
Argus ball valves are recognized all over the oil
processing industry for their outstanding durability
and reliability. Argus is the brand to trust and rely
on for the most severe service applications.
The Argus design provides important advantages,
such as reduced torque up to half less, compared
to other ball valves on the market, which makes
the required actuator size smaller, and reduces
weightachieving significant savings in the overall
investment. At the same time, improving the
lifetime of the system.
Since 1953 when Argus introduced the first ball
valve in Europe, it has been at the vanguard of
the ball valve development for severe service
applications.
This postition of leadership and expertise has
been constantly reinforced, introducing to the
market exceptional full metal-to-metal ball valves
exceeding bubble tight, class VI shut-off.
Full metal sealing systems made of different ma-
terials and alloys are extremely durable and keep
their sealing capabilities much longer, as
compared to other sealing systems.
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Severe Service applications upstream
High performance, safety, durability and Argus valves are Class VI
low maintenance are key requirements
for ball valves in the petroleum
Shut-Off as a standard. Zero
production onshore and offshore. leakage, bubble tight.
Argus ball valves provide excellent 95% of the components are
results in severe service, critical applica- made in-house, including the
tions such as: hard surface coating of ball
• Sour crude and seats.
• Crude with solids (sand) Full port as a standard.
• Abrasive slurry Reduced port optional.
• Secondary recovery All bodies are forged as a
• Tailings standard. No castings.
• Sour gas lines No porosity problems.
• Fuel gas to compressors
• Emergency shut-off with extremely
Anti-blowout stem.
short response time Increased safety.
• Hydrogen transportation Computer controlled
• Pipelines mechanically lapped ball and
seats.
2 - 3 piece split body design.
Anti-static device.
Bi-directional flow.
Fire-safe tested to ISO 10497,
API 607 5th edition.
Fugitive emissions less than
1 ppm certified to ISO 15848.
API approvals.
SIL Rating
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Severe Service applications downstream
Argus valves are designed and built to resolve the
most demanding and critical process applications
downstream.
Our valves meet specific requirements in applica-
tions such as:
• Isolation valves for cokers and hydraulic
decoking systems
• UOP process
• Feed isolation valves
• Regeneration lock-hopper valves
• Fluidized catalyst cracking units
• Catalyst handling
• Catalyst addition and withdrawal
• Filter and pump isolation
• Hydrogen lines
• Slurry
• Heavy oil and LC Fining
• Continuous catalyst recovery
• Visbreakers
• VTB vacuum tower bottom
• Emergency shut-off with extemely short
response time
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Arguloy Metallic Hard-coating on ball and seats
Argus proprietary flame & fuse Arguloy®
coatings achieve 63-65° HRC for the ball and
seats.
Arguloy is not an overlay coating but a coating
bonded metallically to the base material of the ball
and the seats.
Arguloy is flame-sprayed and thermal after-
treated.
By choosing between different Arguloy coatings,
the hard coating can be precisely matched to the
given application.
Argus provides metallic coating materials based
on different alloys:
CARBIDE Chrome carbide based
ARGULOY 1 Chrome nickel based
ARGULOY 2 Tungsten carbide based
ARGULOY 3 Cobalt carbide based
Hard coating
Diffusion zone
Arguloy thickness
> 500µ after lapping
Base material
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The unique Argus ball valve design
Argus ball valves include many innovative design
features meeting the highest standards in valve
technology requirements including API-6D and
ANSI 16.34.
Bodies are all forged and totally machined inside. Long
life double stem seal. Stem is supported by bearings
to ensure seals are free from operating loads.
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Argus Trunnion design features
Argus trunnion ball valves are designed for the highest demands.
2 - 3 piece split body with superfine finished trunnion mounted ball,
spring-loaded ball seats, cavity relief and anti-static device.
Long life double stem seal system and stem supported by bearings
to ensure seals are free from operating load.
Firesafe to API 607 5th edition, and BS 6755
Fugitive emissions < 1 PPM, environmental protection according to
ISO 15848
Trunnion blocks support the weight of the ball and lock the ball into
the body.
Trunnion bearings absorb side load.
Seats act only as a seal
Live loaded (spring) seats.
Longer coating life for the ball and seats is achieved due to low fric-
tion of the trunnion design.
Valve requires smaller actuator due to low torque needed to stroke.
Stem acts only as a drive mechanism.
Bi-directional.
Bubble-tight sealing.
Secondary Graphoil
Seal
Primary seal
according to EPA
Trunnion bearings and seals
support all lateral loads
PTFE barrier
primary double seal,
Secondary Graphoil
Inlet Seal
seal
Seats do not support the
weight of the ball and act only Additional PTFE barrier
as a seal to avoid dust penetrating
into the trunion cavity.
Annular springs,
live-load for the seats
Forged body
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Ball Valves designed for the Oil Processing
Trunnion design
upstream sealing
No downstream seat
Smooth transition
Metal seated, trunnion
3-way ball valve relief of media out of
Service: Polymer, steam body cavity
and Slurry Superfine machined
Sizes: 1/2” - 10” surface to avoid
Pressure class: 150 - 600# material build-up
Pattern angle: 90º or 120º
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Life Cycle Cost – Overall cost of ownership
While exact values may differ, 80% of the total life
cycle cost (LCC) of a critical valve with high
cycling is accumulated after the equipment is
purchased and installed.
Argus offers a full range of manually op-
A typical LCC calculation accounts for the
erated or completly automated ball valves
cycle cost including:
including different brands of electrical,
• Initial purchase and installation pneumatic and hydraulic actuators,
• Durability positioners etc. according to customers
• Maintenance and Repair preference.
• Operational safety An extensive range of corrosion,
• Production losses due to operational failure e r o s i o n , a b r a s i o n - r e s i s t a n t
materials,both metallic and non-metallic
• Environmental compliance along with the materials application
• Removal expertise provide the safest, most effec-
• Replacement cost tive solution for the critical, very difficult
Argus ball valves provide an excellent LCC, severe service applications found up
because of thier outstanding durability, less stream and downstream, onshore and
maintenance, increased operational safety and offshore.
reduced production loses due to operational fail- Metallic materials include an extensive va-
ure and hazardous risks. Thus bringing benefit to riety of steel and stainless steel grades,
the customer. monel, nickel, as well as exotic materials
and alloys.
Non-metallic materials include PTFE, PFA,
Lyton, PEEK, graphite, ceramics, and
many more.
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56,000 sq/m (14 acre) manufacturing facilities in Ettlingen, Germany
Bulletin Argus-Crude Oil Processing, July 2009. Literature is supplied for informative purposes only.
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