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High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS) act as a barrier between high-pressure upstream and low-pressure downstream sections of a plant. They offer a sophisticated valve-based means to protect equipment from over-pressurisation.  Misconceptions surrounding the complexity and cost of HIPPS can …

Damaged butterfly valves in critical applications no longer have to result in unplanned downtime, following the development of an in situ emergency sealant technology recently tested by Saudi Aramco. The Sealant Pressure Injection Reserve Endurance System (SPIRES® , patent pending) mitigates risk of leakage following damage to a butterfly valve’s primary seal caused by abrasive […]

Severn Glocon recently designed and manufactured the largest control valves in its 53 year history, at 42″ bore and 21 tonnes in weight. Over the next six months four valves of this scale will have been despatched from the Gloucester factory. Two are for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia and the others are destined […]

Engineers at LB Bentley, a Severn Glocon Group company, have developed fully tested stem extensions up to 6.3 metres in length to overcome space restrictions on XMTs. The innovation was prompted by a challenge the small bore subsea valve specialist faced for a North Sea subsea project. Through conduit gate valves and dual manual rotary […]

The Severn Glocon Group is now offering High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS) for oil and gas topside and subsea applications. The subsea HIPPS will be the first to combine independent electronic and mechanical systems to provide a dual redundancy, pipeline pressure protection system. Until now subsea HIPPS has been exclusively electronic, relying on pressure […]

Severn Subsea Technologies (SST) has developed Zone 0 rated, tool detection sensor technology to reduce the risk of damage to the riser assembly during drilling and intervention operations, as the tool string is recovered to the surface. The Tool Detection Alarm (TDA) offers a safer method of locating the tool string than relying on visual […]

Valve engineering specialist Severn Glocon Group received special recognition for manufacturing excellence at the 2014 Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 awards ceremony. The annual International Track 200 lists the UK’s private companies with the fastest growing overseas sales. This year, special awards were presented to four of the 200 organisations. Categories included manufacturing excellence, […]