TPi November 2018

Valves & fittings

Chemical injection metering valve orders for two oil fields off coast of Norway

closing and adjustment of injection valves are sometimes automated, the procedures are usually done manually in the upstream sector. Such work is often performed under conditions that can be quite severe, and it can be difficult to avoid injecting excessive amounts of the costly chemicals. For reasons of safety, cost and productivity, it is important to automate the processes. Yokogawa TechInvent developed and sells the FluidCom chemical injection metering valve. With flow metering and control functionality, a FluidCom valve can stably and automatically inject chemicals into a well or pipeline. The valve has few moving parts, so the risk of failure is low, and a self-cleaning function is provided that eliminates the need for maintenance. Suitable for both oil and gas upstream andmidstreamoperations, the FluidCom valve improves operational efficiency, reduces running costs and enhances health, safety and the environment (HSE). Yokogawa Europe BV – Netherlands info@nl.yokogawa.com www.yokogawa.com

continental shelf. Oil and gas from this field will be piped to separate onshore facilities. For the Johan Castberg field, which is estimated to have reserves of 450 to 650 million barrels, the plan is to use a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The orders are for phase two of the Johan Sverdrup project and for the Johan Castberg project. Both projects are scheduled to start operation in 2022. Shigeyoshi Uehara, head of Yokogawa’s IA products and service business headquarters, commented, “We believe that the selection of the FluidCom valve by Equinor, a company that is renowned for its advanced technology and leading role in efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), was based on a very positive evaluation of its features. By enabling the remote control of chemical injection, FluidCom valves reduce the amount of work that must be performed under very demanding conditions on offshore platforms. Optimisation of the chemical injection amount also protects the environment.” Chemicals are injected into oil wells and pipelines to prevent scaling and corrosion. Although the opening,

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that itsNorwegian subsidiary, Yokogawa TechInvent AS, has received orders to provide 59 high-performance FluidCom chemical injection metering valves for two offshore oil fields that are being developed by Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil), a Norwegian energy company. One destination is the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea, 160 km west of Stavanger, and the other is the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea, 240 km north-west of Hammerfest. The orders for the FluidCom valves were placed through the suppliers of the chemical injection packages for these projects. The Johan Sverdrup field is estimated to have reserves of between 2.1 and 3.1 billion barrels, making it one of the five largest oil fields on the Norwegian

Yokogawa’s FluidCom chemical injection metering valve

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