Faithful offshore testing
October 1st 2009 Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) has
chosen Dutch industrial safety
specialist Netherlocks to supply its
FAITH partial stroke testing systems
for three offshore facilities in the
Gulf of Mexico. The FAITH tests
ESD (emergency shut-down) valves
with a partial stroke operation, so it
does not interrupt production
during the test.
PEMEX is Latin America's largest
oil enterprise, and operates the entire
production chain from source to
market, with a yield of over 3m
barrels per day in 2006. It has used
Netherlocks safety equipment for
several years, and continues to rely
on its mechanical safety systems for
critical applications.
Partial stroke testing is of major
importance to end users, as an
important safety step to ensure that
an ESD valve will operate as
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