Fugitive Emission Requirements For Valves As Per Shell SPE 77 - 312 Specifications

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Fugitive emission requirements for valves as per Shell SPE 77/312 specification

- Fugitive emission type approval and production test specification for ON/OFF and control
valves

-”SPE 77/312 type approval is now mandatory for the most of the valves to be delivered to
hydrocarbon processes in any Shell plant “
(a statement by Shell GSI, February 2004)

The fugitive emission performance class in 77/312 is a combination of:

-Tightness class (A, B or C)

- Endurance class

-Temperature class

Leakage measurement method:


-Open air direct sniffing

Shell 77/312 in brief:

- Mandatory in Shell business

- Includes both production test and type approval procedures

- Many valve manufacturers have 77/312 type approvals for ON/OFF valves

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