Weir Hopkinsons Limited Middle East, operates out of Weir Valve Operations (WVO) Group facilities in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, near Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Other members of Weir Valve Operations, operating out of the facilities are Sarasin-RSBD-France, manufacturer of Pilot and Spring operated Safety relief valves and Atwood & Morrill (Tricentric)-USA, manufacturer of metal seated triple off-set disc bubble tight Butterfly valves.

Weir Valve Operations-Dubai stocks a range of Hopkinsons ball valves and the Tricentric Butterfly valves.

Also operating on site is the Hopkinsons Engineering services division, with full on-site and mobile workshop facilities for the repair and refurbishment of valves, actuators and auxiliary equipment.

Weir Valve Operations has had recent success on the Midtaps Midor Refinery in Egypt through ENPPI where Hopkinsons Ltd, UK recently supplied an order for motor-operated ball valves ranging from 20" to 48" class 150/300 and Atwood & Morrill, USA recently supplied another order for motor-operated Tricentric Butterfly valves, ranging from 8" to 16" class 150/300.

Other major projects awarded to WVO include the Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) Athel project for WVO-Dubai, which is currently under commissioning and the GASCO Ruwais project from Technip in Abu Dhabi, UAE, for Sarasin-RSBD.

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