K Controls valve position monitors go to sea

Edited by the Processingtalk editorial team Nov 4, 2008

K Controls submersible valve position monitors have been ordered for installation on a new floating production unit (FPU) under construction for the Statoil Gjoa project in the North Sea.

The semi-submersible vessel will operate in a water depth of 380m in the Norwegian North Sea area and will come on stream in 2010.

The actuated valve assemblies will be intermittently submerged at depths up to 45m.

Aker Solutions has been awarded the contract for the topside engineering and construction, which will be assembled on a hull constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea and then transported to Aker Stord, south of Bergen.

More than 80 K Controls 007 Position Monitors have been fitted to Rotork RH rack and pinion hydraulic actuators on Solent and Pratt ballasting butterfly valves in sizes 6in and 12in.

The valves are manufactured in titanium and Super Duplex materials.

The actuated valve assemblies will be intermittently submerged at depths up to 45m during the operation of the vessel.

This particularly arduous and critical duty demands the use of K Controls stainless steel IP68 Exi ATEX-certified explosion-proof position monitors with visual position indicators.