Oliver Valvetek manufactures a range of small bore subsea floating ball valves, from 0.55″ [14mm] bore to 0.787″ [20mm] bore. These ball valves typically have an operating pressure rating up to 10,000psi [1034bar]. These valves have an operating temperature range of 0F[-18C] to +250F[+121C] and typical water depth rating of 10,000ft [3050m].

Subsea Ball Valves provide the user with a soft seating quarter-turn isolation solution for many different applications. The inline flow path of ball valves minimises flow losses, important on extended hydraulic control lines. They are commonly used to isolate hydraulic and chemical fluids associated with subsea oil and gas production systems.

Floating Ball valves are typically manually operated and due to the working pressures of the valves will typically have low operational torques but high torques to damage. The added benefit of these products is should the valve be over-torqued and the stop pins are compromised, the valve internals will not be damaged and the valve can still be opened and closed.