BEL VALVES
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BUSINESS PROFILE
BEL Valves was founded in 1950 and was originally set up to produce high pressure valves under license from ICI. The largest division in the British Engines group, BEL Valves diversified during the 1950's into producing high pressure valves for the petrochemical industry. Subsequently as a result of the oil boom of the 1970's and the exploitation of North Sea reserves, BEL Valves has established itself as a major international manufacturer specialising in valves, actuators, controls and services to the Oil and Gas, and Petrochemical Industries.

The main activity lies in the production of bespoke valves, actuators and controls predominantly for Topside and Subsea oil and gas installations. This activity is supported by a global network of Sales Managers and Agents allowing BEL Valves to achieve a closer collaboration between its' customers, and suppliers. By being proactive and staying in close contact with up and coming Industry Projects BEL Valves is able to react to customer needs and furthermore develop new and current products which satisfy those needs.




 

BEL Valves is widely recognised as a technological front runner in its field, both in terms of production techniques and product development and has regularly won contracts to develop new products. A recent example is the development of a range of high pressure, high temperature valves for use in safety critical applications (HIPPS) in both onshore and offshore installations. These products required the design and development of valves up to 12 inch bore, capable of handling 15,000 psi pressure at 180ºC., in applications where valves to date had been limited to bores up to 4 inches. In addition BEL Valves also manufactures Ultra High Pressure Valves operating at pressures up to 65,000 psi for High Density Polyethylene Process Plants.

Underlying these Project Specific Improvements, BEL Valves have a continuous programme of Product Development to meet the needs of an ever growing market. Specifically the global spend on deepwater projects is growing rapidly. In order for BEL Valves to be competitive within this market new deepwater technologies need to be developed to satisfy the demand. This technology must be a lot more reliable than existing technology whilst at the same time remaining equally competitive. With this in mind BEL Valves has expanded its portfolio of Subsea products to include valves and actuators designed to cope with water depths up to 3000 metres.

Products are engineered to customer specific requirements using the latest in 3D Modelling CAD systems and Finite Element Analysis software.

The division employs medium and heavy duty CNC production facilities for valve manufacture and is probably the only valve manufacturer in the world with in-house facilities to deposit tungsten carbide on valve internals. State of the art production facilities and techniques developed via a sustained investment programme, linked with an experienced management and workforce team, allow the division to offer a quality product at the leading edge of development, offering both reliability and price competitiveness.

CUSTOMER PROFILE
Markets supported by the division predominately lie in the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea, The Gulf of Mexico, The Middle East, The Far East and Australia, and West of Africa. The Division also serves International markets for the Petrochemical Industry. This market is supported by a strong network of Area Sales Managers and agents, and also supported by the extensive technical and service facilities of the Head Office.
Major customers include all the major operators and engineering contractors involved in the worldwide oil and gas industry.

QUALITY ASSURANCE
Quality Assurance and Control is accredited to ISO 9001 and API specification Q1. Additionally BEL Valves is approved by most major oil companies, API, Lloyds, DNV and Stoomwezen and is registered in the First Point Assessment (16191) and Achilles Systems (23063).