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Petrochemicals 

 

Solutions for petrochemicals

Vallourec produces an extensive range of products for pipework in chemical and petrochemical installations. They are used worldwide both for new plants and the maintenance of existing plants.

 

Vallourec supplies products for new installations as well as the maintenance, upgrading and expansion of existing petrochemical plants. In addition to our primary markets covering traditional refining and petrochemical needs, a growing number of applications for LNG plants are being developed. Vallourec's customers in this sector include oil companies themselves, engineering firms and distributors.

 

 

Main Vallourec products

  • Line-pipes
  • Furnace tubes
  • Heat exchanger tubes
  • Fittings

End-customers’ technical requirements are changing, driving Vallourec to develop specific applications in order to offer increasingly high-end solutions. Armed with this expertise, the Group is boosting its competitive edge by increasing the proportion of premium products in its overall sales.

 

Focus on...

Diesel requires premium tubes 

 

Refiners are adapting their production capacity to meet demand, which is increasingly turning towards diesel consumption. This fuel must be produced using the heaviest fractions (conversion). But certain conversion processes, such as hydrocracking, operate under high pressure and temperature conditions in a corrosive environment, requiring a growing number of premium tubes.

 

 

What are our tubes used for ?

 

Vallourec is supplying some 3,500 tonnes of tubes for Total’s Port Arthur Deep Conversion Project. With this project, Total will be able to increase by over 3 million tonnes the capacity of its Texas Port Arthur refinery in the United States to process ultra-low-sulphur diesel fuel, with reduced environmental impact. The unit will begin production in 2011.

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