For the fourth year in a row, Ural Special Valve Plant presented the latest advanced developments in import substitution of critical pipeline valves at the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum. This year Gazprom Department 335 (led by Mr Pavel Krylov) has arranged the Import Substitution in the Gas Industry group exposition and the valves manufactured by USVP have been demonstrated as a significant part of it.
Display of USVP products has drawn attention of many SPIGF visitors, including Gazprom top management, Mr Viktor Zubkov, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr Vitaly Markelov, the Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, and Mr Oleg Aksyutin, the Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee and Head of Department 623, highly praised USVP achievements in valves import substitution.
New types of products demonstrated to Gazprom top management will be used as part of subsea production systems and onshore gas transmission facilities.
R&D products will be manufactured full-scale once the results of pilot tests at Gazprom facilities and subsequent certification are received.
