Worldwide Oilfield Machine Completes Successful API 6A Annex F PR2 Testing of its Dual Seal Gate Valve with Magnum Seal Assembly
Throughout a test featuring extreme temperature ranges in a highly pressurized system, Worldwide Oilfield Machine's Dual Seal Gate Valve Passes the API Standard.
- (1888PressRelease) August 01, 2012 - HOUSTON, TEXAS - Worldwide Oilfield Machine (WOM), the innovative oilfield flow & pressure control equipment manufacturer, announced that it has successfully completed an extreme temperature test of its patented Dual Seal Gate Valve with Magnum Seal Assembly at its manufacturing facility in Houston. The test included operating the gate valve through 200 cycles of extreme temperatures ranging from -20 to +450 degrees Fahrenheit, under a constant pressure of 15,000 psi.
The rigorous test was completed for the first time at this temperature range, exceeding previous tests at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Representatives from a major oilfield well-testing company (a customer) and third-party inspection company were present to observe and confirm the testing authenticity. This test ensures customers that the gate valve meets the American Petroleum Institute (API) 6A Annex F PR2 performance requirements, a stringent standard for individual units of equipment containing pressure.
After completion of the test, the key seal components within the valve's upstream and downstream sides did not reveal any abnormal abrasion or deformation despite cycling the valve at extreme temperatures and pressures. Photos and recorded test results demonstrated that the mechanical integrity was maintained on both up and downstream seal assemblies, gate faces and the stem packings. The dual seal technology developed by WOM forms a bubble-tight seal against the valve gate, which is maintained through the most extreme conditions such as those occurring in arctic and ultra-deepwater drilling and production.
As industry and regulatory standards have heightened safety requirements for subsea equipment, the Dual Seal Gate Valve, along with other WOM products, are continually tested in one of WOM's dedicated test cells located in the U.S. (Houston, TX), India, Dubai and Singapore. Each gate valve can be customized to specification, so rigorous testing is an important step in assuring that valves will be highly reliable under field conditions.
The WOM Dual Seal Gate Valve has been installed worldwide, wherever there is a need for the highest safety margin and minimum downtime. Visit www.womusa.com or contact a WOM representative for additional information about the Dual Seal Gate Valve or other WOM products.
About Worldwide Oilfield Machine, Inc.
WOM (www.womusa.com), a vertically integrated, multinational oilfield and process equipment manufacturer, creates a wide range of API-certified pressure and flow equipment, including ball and gate valves, check values, chokes, manifold systems, Christmas trees, intervention systems, blowout preventers, and wellhead/test equipment. These products are used worldwide in oil & gas drilling, surface and subsea production, midstream transportation and processing, and downstream manufacturing. The patented, ISO-certified dual-seal technology is used in many of these mission-critical components and systems. WOM products have set records in demonstrating the highest reliability in the most extreme and demanding conditions.
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