Best Available Technology to reduce ATEX zones, increase reliability, and improve safety within a refinery

DeltaV-Seal increases available up-time on Ammonium Nitrate flanges

Legacy semi-metallic gaskets leak, this is particularly visible on Ammonium Nitrate flanges. The DeltaV-Seal provides a significantly tighter seal than legacy gaskets, enabling fertilizer…

DeltaV-Seal - Preventing emissions of NOX gas during fertilizer manufacture

NOX is considered an indirect greenhouse gas, with strict PPM values for the amount of emissions a chemical plant can release. The DeltaV-Seal with its tight and durable seal prevents emissions of…

DeltaV-Seal - Reducing fugitive emissions in the Permian Basin

The United States Clean Air Act (CAA) is the comprehensive federal law regulating emissions from stationary and mobile sources. Among other things the CAA authorises the United States Environment…

FPSO & Marine - DeltaV-Seals ensure the safe and reliable operation of inert gas systems

A market-leading expert for the maritime industry manufactures a range of inert gas generators to suit their client's needs. Vessels carrying cargo-producing hydrocarbon vapors require inert gas…

Preventing nitrous gas leakage at a Thermowell instrument flange joint

On a Thermowell instrument coupling flange joint a previous semi-metallic gasket required maintenance intervention 7 times in three-and-a-half years. Switching from a semi-metallic gasket to the…

Semi Conductor application for Nitrogen and Oxygen gas purifiers

One of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers in South Korea required a carbon-free, bacteria and virus-tight gasket capable of withstanding temperatures up to 500°C. The DeltaV-Seal™…

ATEX Zoning reduction & Equipotential bonding possible with the DeltaV-Seal

Recycling metallic canisters containing flammable gases to prevent the emission of the gases to the environment and recycle the metallic packing material.

Reducing ATEX zoning within a biogas plant

Local regulation of a biogas plant in Western Europe required ATEX zoning. Utilizing several technical standards including EN1127, EN1591, and Pipeotech's extensive library of product testing, it has…

Cleaned gaskets within a peroxide system of a chemical processing plant

Ensuring product quality and plant safety with a clean, bespoke, tight, and durable seal. The DeltaV-Seal enabled a manufacturer of peroxide to ensure their product was made safely and was free of…

Corporate environmental responsibility ‘done right’ with long-term methane mitigation by design

Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases and avoiding leakage is a priority when using methane systems. Methane also ignites easily, so there are clear and immediate HSE incentives for…

Gasket ensures a long-lasting seal

In manufacturing fertilizer, ammonium nitrate is added to the process, and traditional, spiral wound and Gylon gasket technology often deteriorate in these conditions, resulting in leaks. This is…

ATEX zoning unnecessary with DeltaV-Seal™

During final assembly in the factory, cars are filled with fuel before being transported to their final destination. To facilitate this, fuel lines run throughout the facility. However, along the…

DeltaV-Seal™ stops flammable leakage, prevent fires

In facilities that use hot oil heat transfer fluid systems, fire hazards are a significant challenge due to the combination of organic combustible liquids, which run at temperatures above their flash…

DeltaV-Seal™ prevent fires, promote safe environment

The use of hot oil systems in manufacturing presents challenges when traditional gaskets breakdown and cause leakage. As liquids in the system are kept at a temperature above their flash point, when…

DeltaV-Seal™ prevents leaks and pipe corrosion

In district heating and cooling, generic spiral wound gaskets frequently cannot cope with the cyclical temperature conditions and often fail, leading to leakages and corrosion of the pipeline. This…

DeltaV-Seal™ performs under extreme marine conditions

Importing ship-to-shore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) requires robust and efficient pipeline seals that are compliant with high environmental standards. The thermal cycling caused by the cryogenic…

DeltaV-Seal™ reduces greenhouse emissions

In fertilizer production, high-quality phosphorus fertilizers require nitric acid as a key ingredient, which is usually synthesized via the Ostwald process on-site (oxidizing of ammonia before…

In conversation with: Odd Skagestad, GE Healthcare Lindesnes

We recently spent some time talking with technical engineer Odd Skagestad from GE Healthcare Lindesnes about how DeltaV-Seal™ technology has impacted operations at a world-leading pharmaceutical…

Pipeotech’s reach goes atomic

Pipeotech has taken gasket tightness to new microscopic levels by supplying DeltaV-Seal™ to European Spallation Source, the world’s most powerful neutron source, in Lund, Sweden. The new research…

VARD finds the perfect fit

Norwegian-based shipbuilder VARD has been installing Pipeotech’s DeltaV-Seal™ in its vessels since 2016 and the cost-saving benefits have been very clear to Johny Morland, Principal Engineer, QA and…

Corrosive influence - The dangers of galvanic corrosion for pipelines

Prevention is always better than a cure. Avoiding issues in the first place, rather than attending to them once they’ve occurred, is plain common sense. So why do so many industrial facilities…

Pipeline safety – How gasket choices can mitigate health and safety risks

Nothing is as important as health and safety when it comes to industrial facilities. However, a critical component in piping systems is often overlooked, viewed as a consumable rather than a key to…

Stopping expensive leakages at historic brewing facility

With the title of ‘the oldest brewery in Norway’, the Aass brewery is about as close as it gets to being a Norwegian institution. Situated on the banks of the river in the busy port city of Drammen…

DeltaV-Seal™ replaces kammprofile gaskets at critical distribution facility

After a long relationship utilizing kammprofile gasket technology, Norwegian LPG distributor PrimaGaz Norge AS has decided to abandon the old kammprofile gasket design in favor of the new DeltaV-Seal…

Flare tip leakage is too hot to handle for the competition

Pipeotech was called upon to provide a solution for Flare Tip flange leak in the North Sea. A North Sea Operator came to Pipeotech with a problem affecting a Flare line on their platform. This was…

Exceeding gas-tight sealing strengths and eliminating ATEX zones

Gaskets seals are generally the consumables often selected at the last moment in a design project and carry few expectations. Although viewed as less significant, this consumable can have the most…

Intergas exclusively use DeltaV-Seal™

Following a highly successful test period, Intergas AS has announced that the DeltaV-Seal has been named as their exclusive seal of choice for all current and future liquefied natural gas operations.…

Fortum Oslo Varme chooses zero-emission gasket

June 26, 2018 - During the autumn of 2017 Fortum Oslo Varme continued carrying out efforts to phase-out the remaining fossil fuel burning operations in favor of biofuel solutions from oil burning…

DeltaV-Seal™ solved permanent leakage at processing plant

Norway’s key processing plants used for the transportation and processing of gas and condensate/light oil has successfully sealed previously sustained leaks. Located in Kårstø, Norway it is one of…