Archive

Tony Smart, with 40+ years in Oil & Gas, spent 35 years at Shell leading global valve teams. In Feb 2023, he became VP of Valve Engineering at Neway Valve, marking a new chapter in his rich professional journey....

QA/QC Inspector for The Dow Chemical Company plant in Terneuzen, The Netherlands. For more than 38 years. Responsible for Incoming Quality Control activities, performing Shop Inspections and Quality audits at manufacturers and suppliers of Valves, Pipe, Flanges, Fittings and PCE equipment. Preparing procedures for inspection, organizing PIM’s etc. to make sure the delivered goods are in compliance with the specifications and the applicable International standards. Member of the Dow Global Valve team. Educational background: Graduated from school in 1979 (mechanical engineering) and started as...

Mechanical Engineer, actually R&D Manager of Neway Valve Europe. From more than two decades operates in design & qualification of isolation valves for Oil & Gas and other industrial applications. Started his carrier as designer of industrial vibrating machines and plants for transport, sorting and conditioning of bulk materials. In 1996 started his collaboration with major valve manufacturers in Italy and then Russia with following positions: Valve Design Eng., R&D Manager, Application Eng., Engineering Manager and Technical Director. From 2016 with Neway Valve Suzhou...

Adi is one of Jack of All trades in valve. Originated from Indonesia, graduate from Mechanical Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology, kick started his career in valve industry starting as a Product Engineer for AkerKvaerner Subsea specializing in Wellhead design; later followed up by gaining field and repair experiences during his tenure as field Engineer for Geographe Energy (now Schlumberger – Cameron Valve Service) covering various offshore/onshore facilities in Southeast Asia. ‘Get first time right without rework’ is his...

Ayo Kilani is currently the Corporate Engineering Manager at Nigeria LNG Limited, a company that produces liquified natural gas (LNG) and natural gas liquids (NGLs) for export. He was previously the Mechanical Static equipment SME in the company and led his team to develop a risk-based Valve Maintenance Strategy for the organisation. Ayo had the privilege to be the Steering Committee Chairman for the 2022 Valve World Conference....