A study was conducted to assess the anticorrosive potential of Lippia javanica leaf extract as a mild steel corrosion inhibitor in 1 M HCl acidic media. The chemical compositions of the acetone extract and its fractions were investigated by…
This paper examines how investigations played a part in ongoing learning processes at a Scandinavian refinery. Data regarding the roles of investigations was collected during six months of observations at the refinery and interviews with 70…
Corrosion can cause serious damage, which leads to large economic loss, sometimes combined with environmental pollution, or risk of personnel injuries. Today, corrosion has a far-reaching impact on society and the associated degradation of materials,…
Local corrosion poses a big threat to the integrity and safety of steel pipelines. Investigation of the failure pressure of buried pipelines containing multiple corrosion defects subjected to earthquakes is vital for pipeline safety. In-line…
Pipelines which transport and distribute petroleum products, oil, and gas, chemical substances, water, steam are vital to the economy. And these vital assets' health is adversely affected significantly by corrosion. Moreover, the corrosion of…
Existing protocols (e.g., ASTM D 1275-B standard test method) applied to detect and monitor sulfur corrosion in transformer insulating oils are imprecise as it depends on visual observation. As a solution, thin-film sacrificial copper strips are…
In numerous industries e.g. oilfield pipelines, marine media, medicine and biomaterials microbially-induced corrosion (MIC) or biocorrosion has been universally identified. With improvements within the field of machine learning and artificial…
Abstract Combating or preventing corrosion is achieved by a complex system of monitoring, preventative repairs, and careful use of materials. Monitoring methods include both off-line checks taken during maintenance and online monitoring. Off-line…
Sensors are perhaps the most important and integral components of our modern society. With global warming and environmental pollution garnering ever-increasing attention, as well as solutions for sustainabile and smart cities, the optimized…
Traditional corrosion inhibitors make great contribution to metal protection, but also cause environmental pollution. To solve the problem, plant extracts as green corrosion inhibitors have attracted much attention in recent years. Plants are good…
Hydrocarbon fluid integrity evaluation in oil and gas pipelines is important for anticipating HSE measures. Ignoring corrosion is unavoidable and may have severe personal, economic, and environmental consequences. To anticipate corrosion's unexpected…
Natural gas distribution station (NGDS) is an important facility established for providing natural gas to urban users along long-distance pipeline. The reasons, such as corrosion, material aging, misoperation, etc., lead to the leakage of the NGDS,…
A sophorolipids (SLs) micro-emulsion in Winsor type I form was used for crude oil contaminated soil washing treatment. The micro-emulsion shows higher oil removal rate than SL aqueous solution and diesel oil. The type I micro-emulsion with w(SLs)=6%,…
This work reports the design of supramolecular polyurethane coating capable of early corrosion reporting and efficient self-healing for steel protection. Immersion experiment indicates that the occurrence of early corrosion can be rapidly reported…
Different industries use different types of metals in their manufacturing processes, as these metals can be found in devices, liquid lines, or enclosures used in their work. These metals are sometimes exposed to an aggressive environment. In this…
The industrial world of oil and gas involves critical processes and machinery for the exploration, extraction, refining, transporting and marketing petroleum products. Oil and gas companies need to control, monitor, maintain and secure the processes…
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is the terminology applied where the actions of microorganisms influence the corrosion process. In literature, terms such as microbial corrosion, biocorrosion, microbially influenced/induced corrosion, and…
Ultrasonic guided waves can propagate over long distances in process pipe and have demonstrated excellent sensitivity to viscous coatings on the inner surface of piping commonly used in the processing of dairy products. This technology shows…
Internal corrosion due to under deposit corrosion (UDC) is responsible for at least 20% of incidents in the oil and gas industry. As a result, over the past decade, UDC has received much attention from researchers, corrosion technologists, and…
A strain based corrosion sensor for the detection of environmental corrosion of pre-stressed structures was developed and tested on mild steel specimens readily available. Theoretically, a beam shaped specimen under a displacement load exhibits a…
This paper presents an updated review of the external corrosion and failure mechanisms of buried natural gas and oil pipelines. Various forms of external corrosion and failure mechanisms such as hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC), hydrogen embrittlement…
In recent years, the risk assessment of well control equipment has faced some problems, such as shallow defect detection depth, large identification error of corrosion defect type, inaccurate equipment corrosion assessment, and so on. To solve the…
Ultrasonic Sensors have long been used for pipeline inspection. The combination of Ultrasonic and eddy current sensors provide great resolution and accuracy for crack and corrosion detection. In this study the authors have integrated multiple…
The defect classification is investigated by using features-based giant-magnetoresistive pulsed eddy current (GMR-PEC) sensor. The power spectrum density of the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) is extracted as the classification feature, considering…
Wireless Sensor Nodes (motes) have witnessed rapid development in the last two decades. Though the design considerations for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been widely discussed in the literature, limited investigation has been done for their…
Injection of water into wells is a common practice in offshore oil and gas installations, and here as in many other industries the water has to be deaerated before it is sent through miles of pipelines to reduce the risk of corrosion in those…
This chapter reviews pipeline dewatering, cleaning, and drying. Dewatering can be a simple process or, if the procedure is not properly planned, a difficult one. Pipelines used to transport crude oil and/or refined products will probably only require…
This chapter reviews established methods in detecting corrosion for fiber-reinforced polymer composites during their service life. Corrosion of fiber-reinforced polymer composites leads to mechanical properties degradation such as strength,…
Corrosion is known as the gradual destruction of materials, leading to structural integrity loss and deteriorates the surface function. Regarding sewage pipelines, corrosion is vital due to its substantial financial, health, and safety costs for…
Application examples of the differential flow cell-based corrosion monitoring technique under both laboratory and field applications in cooling water systems are described. The cooling water system application examples include the following: (1)…
The world of oil pipelines is subjected to serious issues due to occurrences of toxic spills, explosions and deformations like particle deposition, corrosions and cracks due to the contact of oil particles with the pipeline surface. Hence, the…
Many non-standard situations like subsoil slipping, vibrations, ... as well as degradation mechanisms of pipeline materials can occur in the operation of pressured pipelines. The article deals with the mechanisms of the degradation processes and…
This paper presents results from a case study carried out on an offshore oil and gas production platform with the purpose to apply and test BORA-Release, a method for barrier and operational risk analysis of hydrocarbon releases. A description of the…
This study aims to combine the smart pigs as a non-destructive test (NDT) inspection technique with software developed for the assessment of pipeline corrosion defects to ensure fitness for the surface. The software uses decision support systems,…