Swagelok Products and Fluid System Solutions for FPSOs
Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels have become an effective and economical solution for developing offshore oil and gas resources worldwide. Operating in some of the industry's most demanding environments, FPSOs rely on fluid systems that deliver uncompromising safety, reliability, and performance throughout a service life that can span decades. Swagelok supports FPSO projects at every stage, providing corrosion-resistant fluid system components, leak-tight fittings, valves, regulators, gas distribution systems, and sampling solutions backed by global engineering expertise. In this video, discover how the right products, materials, and services can help optimize performance, reduce risk, and support long-term operational success in challenging offshore applications.
Video Transcript
No matter where in the world you conduct your business, Swagelok is there for you. With locations across the globe, we provide access to fluid system engineering, troubleshooting, material science, and international logistics expertise to support you wherever you operate.
With a breadth of technical knowledge and a long history of service in the oil and gas industry, Swagelok can help at every stage of your fluid system project.
When brought in at the very beginning of a project, Swagelok can assist in the design and fabrication of subsystems that meet your project goals. We provide world-class service and support for our wide range of products and assemblies, helping to prolong their life and maximize performance in your fluid system applications.
We can also aid in your material selection with our deep understanding of the factors that contribute to corrosion, as well as the properties that help fight it. We use alloys with at least two, but often up to 10, different elements in optimized concentrations to give our products superior corrosion resistance.
In addition, we can recommend engineered combinations: cost-efficient, corrosion-resistant combinations of fittings and tubing with material properties that provide durability in marine environments to help you balance cost and performance in your applications.
For more than 75 years, Swagelok has been the leader in progressively advancing tube fitting technology that’s used in many industrial fluid system applications. These fittings remain trusted to provide lasting, leak-tight service, even in challenging operating environments like FPSOs.
Over the years, however, Swagelok has also become known and respected as a total solutions provider that diagnoses and solves problems and delivers real value worldwide.
Among our products for FPSOs are reliable valves, such as the Swagelok GB series ball valve, designed to help you meet your specifications for pressure and flow in the most demanding environments.
The full-flow, bidirectional ball valve is engineered to provide high flow rates at a working pressure of 6,000 psi while simplifying installation. The potential for leaks or costly rework after initial installation is reduced through 100% assembly testing that ensures the GB series ball valves meet specifications out of the box.
Reliable pressure control is essential to the safe operation of your fluid systems. At Swagelok, we have the right combination of regulators to fit practically any situation, and our specialists can help you select a configuration that will maintain pressure and performance over a wide range of pressures and flows.
We can build standardized, configurable gas delivery systems to provide gases from a high-pressure source across the FPSO at the pressure and flow rate required by each application. Our customizable gas distribution systems have four typical subsystems: source inlet, gas panel, point of use, and automatic changeover.
We offer fully configurable and reliable grab sampling assemblies with advanced features intended to help you safely capture representative samples of liquid or gas from your process lines. Whether you want closed-loop sampling into pressure-rated sample cylinders or simply want to collect process fluid into lower-cost glass laboratory bottles for analysis, we offer ideal sampling panel options that are safe, intuitive, and easy to maintain.
For existing vessels, consider Swagelok Fluid System Evaluation and Advisory Services to help you get the most from your fluid systems. Certified, locally available specialists bring the technical expertise, application experience, and industry knowledge to help you improve operational performance, reduce cost and labor time, and mitigate safety, quality, and environmental risks.
Find the high-quality fluid system products, global support, and deep understanding of oil and gas applications required to overcome your unique challenges. Contact your authorized Swagelok sales and service center, or visit swagelok.com to learn more.
