CHALLENGE:
To provide highly engineered valves capable of withstanding one of the most demanding applications in the mining sector — iron ore slurry transport — ensuring zero leakage, long-term durability, and reliable performance under abrasive and high-pressure conditions.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES designed and manufactured 65 metal seated severe service ball valves — up to 18” and 1500 lbs — for LMEL’s 85 km slurry pipeline that connects the Surjagarh iron ore mine with the Konsari steel plant. Some of these valves were hydraulically operated. Drawing on decades of experience in severe service applications and a strong track record in India, AMPO has customized each valve’s design and material selection to guarantee optimal performance and a zero-leakage rate. This project reinforces AMPO’s leadership in providing tailor-made, robust solutions for the most extreme industrial environments.
CHALLENGE:
To design and deliver a comprehensive package of severe service valves for the revamp of the Delayed Coker Unit of Numaligard Refinery, which aims to increase its capacity from 0.306 MMTPA to 0.560 MMTPA, all while meeting stringent operational, safety and performance standards for one of India’s most strategic energy infrastructure projects.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES is supplying a complete set of highly engineered coker valves for the Coke Drum Structure Package (CDSP) at NRL, including 4-way switch plug valves, motor-operated lift plug isolation valves, ring-type valves, and severe service ball valves ranging up to 12” #900 lbs and 24” #300 lbs. The package includes integrated control panels for the switch valves, all subject to rigorous integrated performance testing. Drawing on over 40 years of expertise in coker valve technology, AMPO offers solutions trusted by major refineries worldwide. The delivery is scheduled for mid-2025, with AMPO SERVICE providing on-site support during installation and commissioning, ensuring seamless integration into the upgraded Delayed Coker Unit.
CHALLENGE:
To provide highly engineered axial flow check valves for the ethane cracker unit of a major petrochemical expansion, including the engineering and manufacturing of the largest axial valve ever produced by AMPO (60”x64”), while ensuring minimal pressure loss, zero emissions, and long-term reliability under severe operating conditions.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES designed and manufactured 74 cryogenic and non-cryogenic axial flow check valves for the Borouge 4 ethane cracker unit, ranging from 10” to 60”x64” and 150# to 1500#. The largest valve, a 60”x64” unit, was engineered with advanced simulations and calculations, custom-built springs, and rigorous functional testing and pre-assembly inspections to meet the project’s demanding requirements. AMPO’s axial flow check valve design provides zero emissions due to an absence of a bonnet or any other opening to the environment, prevents water hammer, ensures minimum pressure loss and a stable operation, operates in any orientation, ensures an immediate disc reaction and a rapid self-dampening response to noticeable flow reductions, is compact and lightweight and requires no maintenance due to its non-slam design, offering a long service life and optimal performance. AMPO worked closely with Technip Energies and Borouge to ensure the ideal valve configurations, contributing to the success of this strategic petrochemical development.
CHALLENGE:
To deliver highly engineered surface valves with enhanced corrosion and wear resistance for a critical tie-in platform upgrade, under a tight installation schedule during plant shutdown, while meeting Aramco’s demanding technical specifications and operational requirements.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES has designed, manufactured and delivered MOV ball and globe valves — up to 16” and 1500 lbs — with Inconel 625 weld overlays for enhanced durability in harsh conditions. All cladding operations were performed in-house at AMPO’s Spanish facilities using advanced welding robots and automated cladding cells, ensuring the highest levels of quality and performance. The valves will play a crucial role in fluid diversion and control at the Zuluf platform binders and will be installed during a plant shutdown, for which the material supply and readiness will be key. AMPO’s deep expertise in upstream surface applications and its proven track record in similar projects were key factors in gaining the trust of both Lamprell and Aramco for this high-impact upgrade.
CHALLENGE:
To meet the technical complexity and extreme service conditions of Pluto LNG Train 2 by providing highly engineered valve solutions, including large-size valves (up to 38” and 2500 lbs), ensuring long-term reliability and safety in cryogenic and non-cryogenic applications.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES has supplied approximately 1,500 valves — including cryogenic and non-cryogenic ball, gate, globe, check, and axial flow check valves — up to 38” and 2500 lbs for the new LNG train at Pluto LNG, which will process Scarborough gas and produce 5 mtpa of LNG. AMPO’s prior successful performance in the first train, along with its deep expertise in low-carbon energy applications and LNG, led Woodside and EPC contractor Bechtel to rely once again on AMPO. The project highlights AMPO’s ability to deliver highly engineered and large sized valves tailored to the most demanding service conditions, reinforcing its leadership in global LNG infrastructure.
CHALLENGE:
To contribute to an innovative project aimed at recovering residual cold energy from LNG regasification processes and integrating it into the largest urban cooling network in Southern Europe — while ensuring high performance, safety, and reliability under extreme cryogenic conditions.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES designed, manufactured, and delivered around 200 highly engineered cryogenic valves — both actuated and manual — tailored to the technical requirements of E4Efficiency’s project at the Barcelona LNG terminal. This groundbreaking initiative, developed in collaboration with Enagás, Veolia, and the Barcelona City Council, recovers the inherent cold from LNG and injects it into Ecoenergies Barcelona, the largest urban cooling network in Southern Europe. The system will generate 131 GWh per year of local, sustainable, low-carbon and competitive energy, avoiding over 32,000 tons of CO₂ emissions annually. Backed by over four decades of LNG expertise and a strong relationship with Enagás, AMPO was selected for its leadership and proven track record in cryogenic valve technology, helping to ensure the project’s success and long-term sustainability.
Thanks to this innovative technology developed and patented by E4Efficiency, the immense low-temperature energy is effectively harnessed, fostering proximity between LNG plants and major cold-consuming industries, such as cold storage facilities, ice factories, air separation plants, solid CO2 industries, and more. This approach helps these industries become more competitive and sustainable.
CHALLENGE:
To meet the demanding technical and operational requirements of Cheniere’s Corpus Christi LNG plant by delivering highly engineered valve solutions, including the largest cryogenic ball valves ever manufactured, capable of operating reliably under extreme cryogenic conditions while ensuring perfect isolation and long-term performance.
SOLUTION:
Since 2012, AMPO POYAM VALVES has supplied over 16,000 valves to the Corpus Christi project, including cryogenic, non-cryogenic, high-temperature metal seated ball valves, and HIPPS valves.
The highlight: the delivery of 60” cryogenic ball valves — the largest of their kind in the world — designed, manufactured, and tested entirely in-house. These valves ensure optimal performance, reliability, and maintainability, playing a critical role in the efficiency and profitability of the plant. Additionally, AMPO’s involvement in the Corpus Christi project extended beyond valve manufacturing. The company provided expert advice on valve selection and configuration, leveraging decades of experience to address the specific needs of the plant. Moreover AMPO SERVICE team remains always available to support installation and ongoing operations, ensuring seamless integration and long-term reliability.
CHALLENGE:
The 50-50 joint venture Sinopec Sabic Tianjin Petrochemical Co. Ltd (SSTPC) requested in 2019 the design and manufacture of several critical ball valves, some of them with the AMPO RCM valve condition monitoring system, with the aim to monitor the valves operation parameters which are really critical on the polycarbonate process.
Tianjin polycarbonate plant was developed by SABIC’s world-class advanced polycarbonate license, which was previously and successfully implemented on Sabic Cartagena plant in Spain. This complex has a production capacity of 260,000 polycarbonate tonnes per year.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES produced and successfully delivered for this project diverse highly engineered isolation ball valves with double acting actuators and equipped by the AMPO RCM valve condition monitoring system, which is a predictive maintenance system patented by AMPO. The valves were installed on the most critical production lines of the polycarbonate complex.
This AMPO RCM (Remote Condition Monitoring) system developed by AMPO POYAM VALVES monitors valves’ torque/position and detects possible future failures that may occur in the valves installed at the plant, so that they can prevent unexpected plant shutdowns and increase efficiency. Moreover, the system ensures that the valves are continuously connected, so that AMPO supplies monitoring and analysis of the situation of the valves.
CHALLENGE:
The petrochemical complex (now Shell Polymers Monaca) is a world-scale facility that produces 1.6 million tonnes of polyethylene pellets per year to create everyday products from food packaging to industrial and utility products. It comprises an ethane cracker, three polyethylene units, a 275MW combined cycle cogeneration power plant, a water treatment facility, and large product storage with rail and truck loading capabilities.
Customers required during the construction of this megaproject the design, manufacturing and delivery of approximately 4,500 highly engineered valves while Bechtel was the Main Works Contractor for the construction, commissioning and startup of the facility.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES produced and successfully delivered for this project approximately 4,500 highly engineered and special valves such as cryogenic ball valves and high temperature (550ºC) ball valves for high pressure ethylene units. Due to the commitment of AMPO POYAM VALVES in this project and other key projects with Bechtel during this period, AMPO POYAM VALVES was recognized in 2019 by Becthel as Top Supplier at the company’s annual Supply Chain Awards.
Companies were evaluated on multiple factors including: overall performance, ability to deliver quality services/supplies on time, ability to work collaboratively to meet milestones, and meeting or exceeding project expectations in aspects of safety, performance, technical expertise, and environmental compliance. Nominations were reviewed and approved by Bechtel procurement and project managers with final approval from senior leadership.
AMPO POYAM VALVES has been working hand in hand with Bechtel for more than 20 years, providing highly engineered valves for outstanding projects worldwide, such as: Pennsylvania Chemicals Project, Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project, Sabine Pass Licuefaction Project, Atlantic LNG, Australian LNG projects, Angola LNG, Jamnagar Refinery, Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery, etc.
CHALLENGE:
SASA POLYESTER, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of polyester, fiber, filament yarn, polyester-based polymers, specialty polymers and intermediates, awarded to Técnicas Reunidas the execution of a project for a new petrochemical plant for production of PTA (Purified Terephtalic Acid) in Adana, Turkey, in 2020. The capacity of the plant will be 1.5 million tonnes per year.
Customer required during the construction of this PTA production complex, the design, manufacturing and delivery of approximately 7,100 highly engineered and special material valves.
SOLUTION:
AMPO POYAM VALVES produced and successfully delivered for this project approximately 7,100 stainless steel, duplex, superduplex and titanium ball, gate, globe and check valves up to 32” and 1500 lbs. A special mention deserves the development of around 420 titanium valves up to 14” and 600 lbs for this project.
AMPO has an extensive experience in projects involving PTA, ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylene, methanol, fertilizers, U&O, helium, air separation plants, etc., where we offer highly engineered fluid handling solutions for the most demanding applications and in the most special materials.
