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 VALVE
•ValvesSor taps are devices
fitted to piping or equipment
and designed to control the
flow of fluids.
•ex: a 3” gate, ball or
butterfly valve, means a 3”
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HIGH MEDIUM pressure LOW pressure
(5000 psi and above) (~1500 psi) (~180 psi)
Flowhead Separators Tanks
Choke manifold, Sand-trap Oil/Gas manifolds
Heater & Steam-exchanger Pumps, Burners
1)GATE valves 1)BALL valves 1)BUTTERFLY
2)NEEDLE valves (~sampling~) 2)PLUG valves 2)GLOBE valves
1)WOM new, 1)Mapegaz, Gachot
(McEvoy, Malbranque, Sereg 2)Texseal, Balon
old)
2)Kerotest, Autoclave
 GATE
•Usedvalves
for shut off, (on/off function)
•High pressure (5, 10, 15, 20Kpsi)
•ex: FH, CM, Steam-exchanger,
Sand-trap
•Sealing method:
-metal/metal for WOM valve
-grease sealing compound for
McEvoy valve
•Standard sizes= 3 1/16” to 4 1/16”
GATE valves

WO
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 GATE valves
Gate
Seal assembly with 0-ring

WOM

Grease Fitting
metal seals (for storage
only)
 GATE valves

GATE
WOM
WOM.exe

metal/metal seal
 GAT
E
valves
McEvoy (pressure trapped)

Sealing done Grease fittings for

with the special
Special sealing
grease
compound grease

Grease fitting for

standard grease

VALVE CLOSED
 reservoir

GAT
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valves seat
reservoir

McEvoy
gates
• possibility to
inject grease under
pressure seat

•
bottom grease
self-greasing/seali fitting for normal
ng under pressure grease only
with valve closed
GAT reservoir

E
gate
valves Valve
body
McEvoy

seat

• possibility to
inject grease under
pressure
bottom grease
fitting for normal
grease only
 NEEDLE
valves
•Used for shut off, (on/off) + Flow
control (bleed off part of flow)
•High pressure (5, 10, 15, 20Kpsi)
•ex: instrumentation on FH, CM,
Steam-exchanger, Sand-trap
•Kerotest (up to 10Kpsi)
•Autoclave Engineers (10, 15, (~sizes= ¼”, ½”, ¾”)
20K)
•Sealing method: metal/metal
 BALL / PLUG
valves
•Used for shut off, (on/off)
•¼ turn
•Medium pressure (~1500
psi)
•ex: separator, burners,
pumps, etc.
•Sealing method:
-PTFE (Teflon) seal ring or
seat
- Standard sizes= 1” to 4”
 BALL valve
(spherical)
Mapegaz

•Sealing= (white teflon

ring)
white teflon
(Spherical)
ring seal

Cross Section of a Mapegaz valve

 BALL valve
(spherical)
Gachot
•Medium pressure
•Sampling / bleed-
off points
•Sealing= white
teflon seal ring
•Standard sizes=
¼”, ½”, ¾”, 1”
 PLUG valve top
hexagonal
(cylindrical) O-ring
nut

Texseal stem

Seats (black teflon)

•Sealing=
black teflon seat Plug (cylindrical)
 BUTTERFLY
valve
Weco
•Used for shut off, (on/off)
•Low pressure
•Tanks
•Sealing= rubber seal
•Standard sizes= 1”, 2” 3”
 GLOBE
valves
•Used for control of flow and shut off
•Low pressure
•Rig Water / air lines
•Sealing= metal/metal
•Standard sizes= 1”, 2” 3”
 Automatic Control
valves
Fisher
•Used for flow control +
throttle action
•Medium pressure
•Separator, Surge tank
•Sealing (not 100%)=
metal/metal
•Standard sizes= 1”, 2”, 3”,4”
 Swing check valves
Flow through valve

•To allow flow in one

direction only
•High/Medium/Low pressure
•Separator inlet, pump outlet Flow ceases or fails below back pressure
•Sealing= metal/metal
•Standard sizes= 1”, 2”, 3”,4”

CHECK
valves
 RELIEF
Farris valves
•Spring loaded and set to open at a
given pressure to protect systems
from over pressure
•High/Medium/Low pressure
•Separator, flowlines, Steam-
exchanger, Surge-tank
•Sealing= metal/metal
•Standard sizes= 1”, 2”, 3”,4”
 RELIEF
valves
Anderson
Greenwood
•Piloted safety relief valves
•High/Medium/Low pressure
•New Separator and Surge-
tank
•Sealing= metal/metal
•Standard sizes= 3”,4”, 6”
 SAFET
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GATE / BALL / PLUG valves:
• must not be used for throttling (i.e.:
must be fully open or fully closed)
because a restricted flow through it
will erode the seal or gate or seat,
and the valve will not seal correctly /
reliably.
 SAFET
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GATE valves:
• it is common practice to count
the number of turns taken to
open / close a valve because the
operator can tell if the valve has
become plugged or is not seating
correctly.
 SAFET
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GATE / GLOBE valves:
• it is best to close the gate and globe
valves by ¼ turn after they are fully
opened and vice-versa because over
tightening the valve upon closing
may damage the disk and seat.
Leading to seizure or leakage.
 SAFET
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NEEDLE valves:
• when used with an instrument, the
valve should only be opened enough:
- to permit flow and allow the
instrument to register correctly.
- to allow a quick closure of the
valve and to isolate the dial gauge in
case of a sudden increase of pressure,
above the range of the gauge.
One or two turns is usually sufficient.
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