What is an API 6D Ball Valve? | Trunnion Mounted, Full Port Design, Applications

In 2024 I worked on a Southeast Asian gas pipeline project where the client required all valves to be API 6D certified. The original plan was to use floating ball valves, but the end client rejected them — the compressor station 2 km away maintains a working pressure above 40 bar year-round, and under these […]