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Contracts
Rewards in
nuclear market
The resurgence nuclear power plants, in addition to
of the global Blakeborough control valves at the
nuclear industry began with new same stations. Weir’s French facility in
power projects currently in progress in Marseille attended an Indo-French
Finland and France. China continues nuclear exhibition following its
to construct nuclear power plants and sustained success in selling SEBIM
a significant number of projects are nuclear safety relief valves.
developing around the world, in Third generation nuclear power
Europe, Russia, India, USA and the plant design requires all active valves
Middle East. to be qualified according to the ASME
Weir Power & Industrial established standard QME-1 or equivalent. In
a cross-divisional Nuclear Forum, August 2009, Weir became the first
attended by sales and operations manufacturer of nuclear grade triple
personnel from facilities around the offset butterfly valves worldwide to
world. Since the formation, contracts pass the QME-1 standard with its
have been awarded to supply valves TRICENTRIC
®
design. The work of the
to new nuclear projects, mainly in Nuclear Forum identified the need for
China. Weir’s valve facility in Elland, in testing and supported the
the UK, was awarded a multi-million engineering preparation required
pound contract by China Nuclear pre-test.
Power Engineering Company The Nuclear Forum continues to
(CNPEC) for Hopkinsons parallel slide focus on key opportunities around the
gate valves to Hongyanhe and Ningde world.
Hopkinsons main steam isolation valve for a nuclear power plant in China
Safety valves
protect
Healthcare services
Collaboration
nuclear plant
extend North Sea
for oil sands
Working
contract
closely with
China Nuclear Energy Industry Weir Minerals Canada, Weir Minerals
Corporation (CNEIC) awarded Weir Floway received a million dollar order,
Power & Industrial France a multi- Total Exploration and Production to offshore field service through a for API barrel pumps for Phase 1 of the
million euro contract to supply SEBIM UK have added a two year extension team of field services engineers. NEXEN Inc and OPTI Canada Inc Long
pilot operated safety valves, tools and to its current pump healthcare Weir Power & Industrial Services Lake Project in the Athabasca oil sands
associated spare parts for two units of services contract with Weir Oil & in Alloa provide workshop repair region of north-eastern Alberta.
the Hainan nuclear power plant in Gas Services Aberdeen, receiving services for electro submersible The project employs a steam
China. support from Weir Power & pumps and spares management assisted gravity drainage process to
Weir’s SEBIM nuclear safety valves Industrial Division. through a spares storage facility. recover bitumen that is too deep to
are used for emergency relief during The healthcare contract includes Supplementary field service retrieve by conventional surface
occurrence of overpressure, playing a the entire permanent pumping fleet personnel are also available during mining methods. The pumps will be
vital role in the protection of the on the North Sea offshore facilities at periods of peak demand. used for the on-site upgrading process
nuclear power plant by safeguarding Dunbar, North Alwyn, Elgin, Tamer Eid, general manager for to convert recovered bitumen into
the primary reactor heat removal and Franklin and the St Fergus onshore service operations said “This approximately 60,000 barrels per day
chemical control circuits. The valve gas terminal. The contract involves extension is a result of lots of hard of premium synthetic crude.
designs are adapted to individual all aspects of pump repair and work by the entire Weir team who The second and third phases of the
customer requirements and continue management, pump upgrades and worked closely with Total development recently received
to be developed for the latest reactor re-rates, offshore field service, spares Exploration and Production UK to regulatory approval for an additional
technologies. management and engineering evolve the contract during relatively 140,000 b/d of bitumen extraction
This latest contract was awarded in support. adverse conditions in the oil and gas and 70,000 b/d of upgrading capacity.
September 2009 and will be Weir Oil & Gas Services Aberdeen market, to ensure continuous More than two billion barrels of
completed by the end of 2012, adding provide workshop repair services for improvement of equipment and recoverable reserves at Long Lake
to the success of Weir’s nuclear safety a range of pump repairs in addition processes.” equates to a reserve life of
relief valves in China. approximately 40 years.
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