How to Select the Right Valves for Your Industrial Fluid System Joe Bush, Senior Product Manager, Swagelok Valve selection is an important part of proper design and maintenance practices for industrial, piping, and instrumentation systems. Without the right valve for a specific application, operato

Your Guide to Choosing the Right Small-Bore Fittings Ziad Bedran, Product Manager, Swagelok Reliable small-bore fluid systems should be designed and constructed with high-quality components—and one of the most important is the small-bore fitting. Used at critical connection points, fittings s

Why System Performance Depends on Proper Tube Preparation Ziad Bedran, Product Manager, Swagelok Company Quality tubing and highly engineered fittings form some of the most critical connections in any refinery. A number of variables must be considered when ensuring each of these connections is opti

Thermal Relief Valves Systems from Swagelok Speed Production for Charbonneau Industries Gary Wellborn, Director of Sales, Swagelok Southeast Texas A Business Model Built on Responsiveness Charbonneau Industries, Inc., a brand-neutral master distributor and integrated supplier of engineered produc

How Training Can Minimize Risk on Oil and Gas Platforms Bill Dickie, Director of Technical Services, Swagelok Scotland Health and safety are paramount in the oil and gas industry, and operators in my territory know this only too well. The North Sea, home to significant oil and gas reserves, has

Why Materials Science Training Matters to Oil and Gas Instrumentation Engineers Brian Van Valkenburg, Training & Services Marketing Manager As the offshore oil and gas market has evolved, the stakes for reliable, leak-free operation have only become higher. Oil and gas operators looking to mai

Four Answers on Material Selection for Sour Oil and Gas Fields Natalie Hagan, Fittings Product Manager As oil and gas producers seek to meet the world’s energy needs and expand their revenue streams, there has been a collective move toward tapping unconventional resource reserves at greater

Ensuring Reliable Deepwater Well Operations with Custom Solutions Kevin Gravouia, Upstream & Construction Sales Manager, Swagelok Louisiana Some of the highest-stakes offshore oil and gas activity takes place in the Gulf of Mexico, where world-leading oil extraction companies wrestle with some

Why Optimized Fluid System Material Selection Can Help Improve Offshore Safety and Reduce Costs Natalie Hagan, Product Manager, Swagelok Cost optimization is one of the most important goals for owners of offshore oil and gas platforms and floating vessels—second only to ensuring safe and com

For-Purpose Design: Ocean Edge Services Employs Decades of Field Experience to Develop HPUs for Offshore Applications It all started with a vision. Santiago “Chili” Gomez spent decades working on large subsea offshore oil and gas drilling projects, learning the nuances of the complex pro

How the Latest IOGP Small-Bore Tubing and Fittings Specification Enhances Safety for Oil and Gas Producers Safety is the top priority for many oil and gas producers around the world—so when the industry makes a significant move toward safer fluid system operation, everyone should take notice.

Swagelok Custom Solutions Helps HOERBIGER Reduce CO, NOx Emissions on Legacy Engines by 80 Percent Trey Sinkfield, Field Engineering Manager, Swagelok Southeast Texas After multiple attempts to work with local machine shops, HOERBIGER Engineering Services (HES) turned to Swagelok for help. The relat

3 Reasons to Audit Your Offshore Fluid System Mark Garvey, Field Engineer, Swagelok Scotland “Is that really the state of my rig?” If you are the operator of an offshore hydrocarbon platform, this is a phrase you do not want to find yourself saying. But in my work as a field

Pitting Corrosion vs. Crevice Corrosion: Identifying the Differences Corrosion—the deterioration of engineering materials by chemical interaction with their environment—is an extraordinarily costly problem. Damage to unchecked corrosion on tubing systems is a leading cause of profit loss

Swagelok® FK Series Fittings Versus Cone and Thread Fittings: Understanding the Differences and Benefits Doug Nordstrom Cone and thread fittings have been a reliable choice for a variety of oil and gas applications for years. When used with special antivibration glands and installed by knowledge

Materials Matter: Selecting the Right Material for Corrosion Resistance An offshore platform can have nearly 50,000 feet of tubing, more than 20,000 fluid system components, no fewer than 10,000 fittings, and as many as 8,000 mechanical connections. That’s why when selecting materials, it is i

Tackling the Complexities of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Construction Tommy Jamail, Senior Regional Construction Manager, Asia Pacific In the oil and gas industry, it has become increasingly important to embrace innovative business strategies and cost-saving measures to effecti

Large-Scale Industrial Construction: How to Optimize Grab Sample Quality, Safety, and Profitability Managing the construction of large-scale facilities, such as chemical refineries, wastewater treatment plants, manufacturing sites, and oil and gas platforms, is inherently difficult. Thousands of pe

Three Reasons to Standardize Fluid System Components in Major Oil and Gas Construction Projects Edward A. Hernandez, Global Sales Manager, Global Construction Any large-scale oil and gas construction project presents some inherent difficulties. Thousands of people are involved, competition is aggres

Why High-Performing Fluid Systems Matter in New Semiconductor Fab Construction Masroor Malik, Market Manager, Semiconductor When building a new semiconductor fabrication facility (or “fab”), there are many considerations, including speed to market, material and installation standard