Issue 11 - Upstream's Upswing - Lockwood International

Power Group Generates New Vision For 2011 by Jim Garza
With the start of a new year, change
has come to the Power Group. Emphasis
is being placed on our core products (TY,
IIshin, OMB, Tomoe, Perar and Rotork)
which are the valve and automation lines
that build the base of our foundation in the
valve marketplace. In promoting these lines,
there have been additional changes to our
website and current product line sheet as
well as presentation materials. We appreciate
the role Marketing has shared in making
this transition possible. The long term
success of Lockwood Power Group is reliant
on our ability in the field to seek valve
approvals for our major lines (commonly
referred to as ‘AML approval’) This is necessary
both in the Engineering Firms and
the Major Utilities across the country. We
have had recent success with Kiewit, Kan-
As the marketplace continues to shift,
Lockwood International is evolving into
focusing more on specialty products and
automation.
With the addition of the Tomoe Triple
Offset in 2010 we began addressing more
engineered product applications. Tomoe
sas City on the Wayne County – Progress
Energy Project and the upcoming Sutton
County Project with Matt Cassidy handling
the lead on these projects. With additional
approvals at B&W in Ohio this begins to
snowball into a very positive process along
the road to building a resume of major account
approvals. This process is one of our
main priorities in 2011 along with landing
additional projects. In our goal to grow the
Power Group we have targeted key Utility
accounts – Southern Company, Duke Energy,
Progress Energy (Recently bought by
Duke Energy), Florida Power&Light/NEX-
TERA, TVA Tennessee Valley Authority. By
doing this we will build a resume of success
that will carry into our other geographic locations.
The engineering firms, where we
have a very successful history with on re-
Speciality Products & Actuation by Randy Wilson
offers the most complete range in size
and pressure class in the market today.
We are presently reviewing several quality
products of Knife Gates, Severe Service
Metal Seated Ball Valves, Lift Plugs,
Segmented Ball Valves and Globe Control
Valves.
The Hot and Cold of It...in Baton Rouge by Tim Yon
Kenny Simoneaux on site at ExxonMobil’s
Chalmette, Louisiana refinery.
During the year the Baton Rouge Branch
completed the Jacobs ExxonMobil Non
Road Diesel project at the ExxonMobil Baton
Rouge Refinery, a $550 million project
to comply with federal low sulfur specifications
of non-road diesel (think locomotives).
The project activities originated from the
corporate office in Houston but were transitioned
to Baton Rouge after field installation
began and more day-to-day contact and interaction
was needed to effectively and efficiently
facilitate the project milestones. The
Non Road Diesel process was characterized
by high heat applications and included
high pressure alloy (347 stainless, WC6 and
C12) valves.
At the other end of the temperature spectrum,
the branch, in coordination with ExxonMobil,
has begun valve planning on the
EPLA-WNOX project at the Baton Rouge
Chemical Plant that includes cryogenic cold
service valves. In cryogenic service, ice or
ice balls can form around the valve with normal
hand wheel heights making the valve inoperable.
Cryogenic valves (typically stainless)
have an extended bonnet or gas vapor
column to elevate the operation of the valve
to a warmer area … away from the cold me-
finery/petrochemical projects, is where we
must work very hard to seek approvals for
Power. This is one of the main challenges
we face daily and the effort is beginning to
be rewarded.
The Power industry is the one market that
remains strong in our weak economy and
with continual growth in the Southwest and
Southeast it appears the next 10-15 years
will be strong for Power Construction and
for Lockwood. As we venture into more
Power related projects we will share the
different types of Power plants that are being
built today along with the Eco-Friendly
Solar and Wind Turbine projects. The 2011
Project list is quite extensive and with our
overall team approach we will have a very
productive year.
These products coupled with TY-Italy
ball valves will give us a very comprehensive
product offering and will provide
Lockwood with the capabilities to sell
and solve customer issues.
dia. Lockwood’s early involvement in the
planning stages with the customer and the
manufacturer assist in the timely manufacturing
and delivery of these special valves
hopefully preventing or minimizing the need
to modify stock valves to cryogenic applications.
Simultaneous with Baton Rouge’s participation
in cryogenic service, Beaumont has
also been involved in a cryogenic application
with the Golden Pass LNG terminal near
Sabine Pass, Texas. The Golden Pass LNG
project is a joint venture of Qatar Petroleum
International, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips
and has the capacity to deliver the annual
equivalent of 2.5 Bcf/day of natural gas.
The Beaumont branch was instrumental in
choreographing the supply, modification
and testing of what became time sensitive
cryogenic requirements of the Golden Pass
project.
Down on the bayou, Kenny Simoneaux
offices in Lockwood’s only on-site arrangement
at a customer’s facility. Kenny’s offices
are inside of ExxonMobil’s Chalmette,
LA refinery. Pictured here in the Alky Unit,
Kenny continues to work with ExxonMobil in
valve application and problem solving.