Valve World Americas Exhibition

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Workshop: Introduction to HIPPS (Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 10:30am)

Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2013, Houston, Texas

Moderators:

Amaro Bustmante, Aramco Services

Pieter Kok, Pentair

Panelists:

Joe Pittman, Chevron

Ian Ramsay Connell, Yokogawa

Patrick Flanders, Aramco

Kevin Jackson, Mogas

Rens Wolters, Mokveld

Ed Wallis, BEL Valves

Description: Worldwide, we see a growing interest in the use of Safety Instrumented Systems. In the upstream and midstream section of the oil & gas industry, more often High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems are installed to protect the installations. 

What are the effects on the total installation and what is the impact HIPPS has on the total safety and the environment? Knowing and understanding the consequences of using a HIPPS should HIPPS become more used as overpressure protection in lieu of or in addition to conventional safety relief valves.

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Workshop: Effective Engineering Valve Tools (Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 10:30am)

Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2013, Houston, Texas

Moderator:

Henk Hinssen, iHandl Engineering

Panel:

Colin Roderick, GE Energy

Andreas Vogt, FIRST GmbH

David Gibson, Aveva

Kevin Jackson, Mogas

Description: Control valves are key contributors to the instrumentation unreliability in our process plants and cause of substantial cost. Root cause analysis revealed that high performance valves are higher contributors to unreliability than “standard” valves and the dominant reason for this unreliability stems from a Less Than Adequate (LTA) sizing and selection process.

This workshop is intended to discuss and identify the “high performance” valves during the FEED stage, interface bi-directionally in batch mode to IDDS (instrumentation design & documentation system) tools, calculate the thermodynamic properties necessary to address valve flow phenomena like incipient and severe cavitation, flashing, choked flow, etc, and yield reliability indicators over the full valve working range.

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Valves and Actuators 101

A one-day education program designed to jump-start your career or provide a refresher on valve, actuator and control basics.

One day prior to the start of the Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2013, join industry experts for a full day of instruction, lunch and snacks, plus a CD and a certificate!

What topics are covered?

- Introduction to the Industry: A brief overview of the valve industry, end-user applications, standards, basic piping information, pressure ratings and classes, as well as application issues critical to effective valve application and usage.

- Multi-turn Valves: The different types of gate and globe valves, along with stems, bonnets and other components.

- Check Valves: The unique qualities of check valves, how they work and why correct sizing is critical.

- Pressure-relief Valves: How these important valves do their job and why they play a critical role in plant safety, as well as important maintenance issues.

And much more! Find out more and register for the program NOW.

Workshop: Double Block & Bleed (Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 2:00pm)

Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2013, Houston, Texas

Moderator:

Nitin Parekh, Chevrom

Panel:

Richard Hodgson, Bechtel

Ray Bojarczuk, ExxonMobil

Greg Johnson, United Valve

David Bayreuther, Metso

Description: The workshop will review the various definitions and intent in Federal Regulations for Double Block & Bleed and how these definitions compare with the definitions in the relevant piping and valve codes. The workshop will further cover the sealing characteristics and idiosyncrasies of the various valve types used in the industry to achieve those definitions of Double Block & Bleed, and the new terms of Double Isolation & Bleed and Double Positive Isolation.

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Workshop: Shale Gas/Update on Demystified Unconventional Energy Sources (Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 2:00pm)

Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2013, Houston, Texas

Moderator:

David Leavitt, Pentair

Panel:

Jason Pitcher, Cameron

Andrew Lee, Chesterton

Greg Peterson, MRC

Description: This workshop will review API-20A Steel, Stainless Steel and Nickel Base Alloy Castings for Use in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry and how it compares to MSS SP-Quality Standard for Steel Castings Used in Standard Class Steels Valves – Sampling Method for Evaluating Casting Quality, with regard to casting quality, applicability and how those standards impact the manufacturer and the end user.

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Workshop: Casting Fitness for Service (Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 10:30am)

Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2013, Houston, Texas

Moderator:

Rich Davis, Flexitallic

Panel:

Greg Johnston, United Valves (API-20A)

Nika Muckelroy, Chevron

Terry Blackard, ExxonMobil

Jim Pease, Newmans Valve

Alberto Rossi, Orion Valves

Description: This workshop will review API-20A Steel, Stainless Steel and Nickel Base Alloy Castings for Use in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry and how it compares to MSS SP-Quality Standard for Steel Castings Used in Standard Class Steels Valves – Sampling Method for Evaluating Casting Quality, with regard to casting quality, applicability and how those standards impact the manufacturer and the end user.

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