A refinery turnaround replaces hundreds of valves in a few weeks. Control valves come out with actuators and positioners attached, relief valves come out with test records, and isolation valves come out in sets as units are re-rated or re-piped. All of it lands on a laydown yard with a demobilisation date attached.
The surplus does not stop at the turnaround. Unit revamps supersede whole valve packages, hydroprocessing changes the alloy requirements, and stores departments carry spares for equipment that has been replaced by a different design. We buy all of it, from a single pallet to a full crib.
Valve mix
What turns up in refining
The highest-value surplus in most plant cribs, and the one most often broken up by people wh…
Read → Valve type Gate ValvesThe workhorse of every plant and terminal. Gate valves are the most common surplus item in a…
Read → Valve type Safety Relief ValvesThe most paperwork-sensitive item in a plant stores department, and the one where a buyer wh…
Read → Valve type Check ValvesNon-return valves are bought by the dozen and replaced by the dozen. They are small, heavy, …
Read →
Selling into this sector
What to expect
Equipment from this sector usually arrives with a mix of documentation: some items tagged and recorded, some with nothing at all. Send what exists. A partial record is worth more than a claim that records exist.
Mixed lots are normal. We do not ask you to separate the documented items from the rest before sending a list.
Questions sellers ask
Do you buy valves during a turnaround or after it?
Both. During a turnaround we can work to your demobilisation date; after it we can review whatever was set aside.
What documentation matters most?
Tag numbers, data sheets, material certificates and relief valve test records. If those are gone, nameplate photographs get us most of the way.
Can you work around plant access rules?
Yes. We arrange collection through your site access process and we do not expect to walk the units unescorted.