Petrotec, Flowserve set up dry gas seal facility

Petrotec and Flowserve have established a dry gas seal repair and testing facility in Qatar as part of strengthening localisation and saving substantial foreign exchange for the country.

This new facility – which is at Petrotec Service and Technology Centre, Street 39, Salwa Industrial Area – expands Petrotec’s existing wet seal repair and testing facility in Qatar and brings local compressor seal commissioning, inspection and repair capabilities to Qatar.

The inauguration was held in the presence of Misfer al-Bidaiwi, vice president of Pearl GTL at Qatar Shell; Jacques Azibert, chief executive of North Oil Company; and Abdulaziz al-Ansari, Head of Tawteen at Qatar Petroleum.

This new facility will give Qatar’s oil and gas companies access to faster seal delivery, local inventory, on-site inspection and testing services, and immediate repair capabilities. Previously, companies had to send compressor seals outside Qatar for testing and servicing, which led to increased downtime and shipping expenses.

"This newly-established dry gas seal facility demonstrates Petrotec’s willingness to localise key services in Qatar, which previously were sourced from other countries in the Gulf or other parts of the world," said Salah al-Jaidah, co-founder and co-owner of Petrotec Group.

Established in 1989, Petrotec, a 100% Qatari-owned company and is one of the largest providers of products and services to the energy sector in Qatar, has strengthened its position in the maintenance, repair and overhaul market in Qatar by adding this new dry gas seal repair facility to its long list of service workshops.

The new facility has been built in partnership with Flowserve, an American multinational corporation and one of the largest suppliers of industrial and environmental machinery including pumps, valves, mechanical seals and services to the oil, gas, power, chemical and other industries.

“Petrotec is a pioneer in the relationship between Flowserve and its distributors because Petrotec had the first wet seals repair and testing facility for a third party company outside of Flowserve’s extensive existing network of facilities. This new facility is the first time Flowserve has ever partnered with a distribution channel for a dry gas seal repair facility in the world,” said Tom Diez, vice president (Global Distribution) at Flowserve.