Industries we serve
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ACTS delivers engineered solutions, critical equipment, and technical support across Egypt's most demanding industrial sectors. Our exclusive representation of world-class manufacturers, combined with in-house application engineering, enables us to address the unique challenges of each industry we serve.
Upstream • Midstream • Refining • Petrochemicals
Oil & Gas
The Oil & Gas sector demands absolute reliability, safety, and compliance. From wellhead to refinery, we provide critical equipment that protects personnel, assets, and the environment.
How we support this sector
Safety relief valves for overpressure protection, sized for two-phase flow, thermal expansion, and fire-case scenarios
Farris EngineeringPrecision control valves for severe-service applications, including high-pressure drop, erosive media, and high-temperature conditions
Dyna-Flo Control Valve ServicesHeat exchanger maintenance and retubing to restore thermal efficiency and extend asset life during turnarounds
ESTPressure testing and pipeline isolation for commissioning, maintenance, and integrity verification
ESTAPI 526/527 compliance verification and re-certification support
Key applications
Where Oil & Gas work actually happens
Process area by process area: the engineering challenge, how we solve it, why that approach is the right one, and the exact product line behind the claim.
Upstream
wellhead flow control, separation vessels, gas compression, and pipeline protection
- The challenge
- Wellhead and separator pressures swing hard and fast as a well is choked, tested, or shut in — equipment sized only for steady-state conditions can be overwhelmed in seconds during an upset.
- Our solution
- Farris Series 1890 direct-spring relief valves protect separators and gathering lines at their exact set pressure with no external power required, while Dyna-Flo's sliding-stem control valves hold flow steady through choke manifolds and gas-compression trains.
- Why it works
- A direct-spring valve responds in milliseconds with nothing to fail — no signal, no actuator, no power supply — which is exactly what a remote wellhead with no control room needs.
Midstream
pipeline regulation, pump station control, and storage terminal overpressure protection
- The challenge
- A pipeline or storage terminal spans huge distances while holding pressure inside a tight band the entire way — a single overpressure event at a pump station or tank farm risks a spill, not just downtime.
- Our solution
- Dyna-Flo rotary valves throttle and isolate flow at pump stations and block-valve sites, while Farris Series 2600/2700 flanged relief valves protect storage tanks and pipeline sections rated for air, steam, and water service.
- Why it works
- ASME/NB-certified, flanged construction drops straight into existing pipeline spec with no special adaptation, and rotary trim gives high flow capacity with tight shutoff in one compact body.
Refining
process unit isolation, fractionation column control, fired heater protection, and catalyst handling
- The challenge
- A refinery runs dozens of interconnected units around the clock; a relief or isolation failure on one column or fired heater can cascade into a unit-wide shutdown, or worse.
- Our solution
- Farris Series 3800 pilot-operated valves protect fractionation columns and fired heaters where large relief capacity and tight operating margins matter, backed by iNSURE® wireless monitoring so engineers can check valve condition without shutting the unit down to inspect it.
- Why it works
- Pilot-operated design gives a higher opening ratio than a direct-spring valve of the same size — the column can run closer to its relief set point without nuisance lifting, meaning tighter, more efficient operation.
Petrochemical
reactor feed control, steam cracking, polymerization, and specialty chemical production
- The challenge
- Reactor feed and cracking-furnace control both demand precise, repeatable positioning under high pressure drop and often erosive or fouling media — a valve that sticks or wears prematurely here stops production.
- Our solution
- Dyna-Flo's DFC/DFO and DFR pneumatic actuators pair with severe-service trim to hold accurate position under high delta-P, while EST's Pop-A-Plug keeps the reactor's heat exchangers sealed between turnarounds.
- Why it works
- A spring-and-diaphragm actuator fails to a known, safe position the instant instrument air is lost — the reactor defaults to safe, not to wherever the valve happened to be.
Full product index
Every line named above — what it specifically does in Oil & Gas, and where to see it.
- 01Farris Engineering
SERIES 1890
- Role in Oil & Gas
- The everyday relief valve across the value chain — separators, gathering lines, and utility systems where a proven, ASME Section VIII-rated direct-spring design is all the duty calls for.
- 02Farris Engineering
SERIES 2600 / 2700
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Flanged relief protection for storage tanks and pipeline sections, dropping straight into existing ASME/NB-certified pipeline spec with no special adaptation.
- 03Farris Engineering
SERIES 2850
- Role in Oil & Gas
- A compact threaded option for smaller-bore relief duty on wellsite and gathering-system piping, where a full flanged body isn't justified.
- Product
- Threaded, spring-loaded
- 04Farris Engineering
SERIES 3800
- Role in Oil & Gas
- The pilot-operated line for refinery columns and high-capacity gas relief, where large capacity and a tight operating margin matter more than simplicity.
- Product
- Pilot-operated
- 05Farris Engineering
SERIES 6400 / 6600
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Boiler safety valves for the package boilers refineries and gas plants run for process steam — a dedicated steam design, not a general valve pressed into steam service.
- Product
- Flanged steam safety valves
- 06Farris Engineering
SIZEMASTER™ · INSURE® · FAST NETWORK
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Sizing software and iNSURE® wireless monitoring keep every relief valve across a facility correctly sized and its condition visible between turnarounds.
- 07Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services
360 / 390 / 350 / 370 / 380 / DF2000
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Sliding-stem control across wellhead chokes, gas-compression trains, and refinery process units — the workhorse control valve for this entire industry.
- Product
- Linear sliding-stem valves
- 08Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services
SERIES 570 / 590
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Rotary ball and segmented valves for pump-station throttling and pipeline block-valve duty, giving high flow capacity with tight shutoff in one compact body.
- 09Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services
DF100 / DF234 / DF270
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Compact integral valve-and-actuator units built for upstream dump-valve service, where separator and slug-catcher discharge needs a fast, self-contained response.
- Product
- Integral actuator valves
- 10Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services
DFC / DFO / DFLP / DFN / DFR / DFRP / D-FORCE
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Fail-safe pneumatic actuation for every control and shutdown valve across the facility, driving to a known safe position the instant instrument air is lost.
- Product
- Pneumatic actuators
- 11Dyna-Flo Control Valve Services
PRO-50 · 4000 · 5000 · T950XP · PS2/760
- Role in Oil & Gas
- The instrumentation layer behind every control loop — pressure and level controllers, positioners, and I/P transducers keeping valves on setpoint.
- Product
- Instrumentation
- 12EST
POP-A-PLUG®
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Weld-free tube plugging that keeps refinery and gas-plant heat exchangers sealed between turnarounds, without a shutdown to fix a single leaking tube.
- Product
- Mechanical tube plugging
- 13EST
GRIPTIGHT®
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Hydrostatic test and isolation plugs for commissioning new pipeline sections and pressure-testing vessels without welding in temporary test spools.
- 14EST
G-SERIES
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Vacuum tube and joint testers that locate a leaking heat-exchanger tube before it's found the hard way, during scheduled inspection rather than an unplanned trip.
- Product
- Tube testing tools
- 15EST
HYDRA-LOC®
- Role in Oil & Gas
- Hydraulic tube sleeving that recovers a corroded or eroded exchanger tube's actual service life instead of forcing a full retube.
- Product
- Tube stabilizers & sleeving
At a glance
- 01
Oil & Gas
- Key challenges
- Safety, severe service, high reliability
- Our solutions
- Safety relief valves, control valves, heat exchanger maintenance, pressure testing
- Related products
- SERIES 1890SERIES 2600 / 2700SERIES 2850SERIES 3800SERIES 6400 / 6600SIZEMASTER™ · INSURE® · FAST NETWORK360 / 390 / 350 / 370 / 380 / DF2000SERIES 570 / 590DF100 / DF234 / DF270DFC / DFO / DFLP / DFN / DFR / DFRP / D-FORCEPRO-50 · 4000 · 5000 · T950XP · PS2/760POP-A-PLUG®GRIPTIGHT®G-SERIESHYDRA-LOC®
- 02
Petrochemical
- Key challenges
- Corrosion, high pressure, high temperature
- Our solutions
- Anti-cavitation trims, pilot-operated valves, tube inspection & retubing
- 03
Power Generation
- Key challenges
- Boiler safety, condenser efficiency, uptime
- Our solutions
- Steam relief valves, feedwater control, condenser tube plugging & cleaning
- 04
Water Treatment
- Key challenges
- Corrosion, precise dosing, reliability
- Our solutions
- Isolation valves, regulators, heat exchanger maintenance
- 05
Fertilizers
- Key challenges
- Corrosive slurries, high-pressure synthesis
- Our solutions
- Severe-service control valves, POSV relief valves, carbamate exchanger solutions
- 06
General Industrial
- Key challenges
- Diverse applications, cost efficiency
- Our solutions
- Standard control & isolation valves, actuators, technical advisory
See the brands behind these solutions
Every application above is backed by our exclusive Curtiss-Wright agencies: Farris Engineering, Dyna-Flo, and EST.