Oil and gas industry would generate a large volume of produced water during the exploration and production. The geochemistry of the produced water can provide valuable information for the analysis of formation water source evolution and the scale and…
Oil and gas industry would generate a large volume of produced water during the exploration and production. The geochemistry of the produced water can provide valuable information for the analysis of formation water source evolution and the scale and…
Oil and gas industry would generate a large volume of produced water during the exploration and production. The geochemistry of the produced water can provide valuable information for the analysis of formation water source evolution and the scale and…
Oilfield pipelines of long-term operations often subject to magnetic leak detection, and then the residual magnetic field (MF) after detection may have an impact on the pipeline's corrosion behavior. In this paper, weight-loss and electrochemical…
Oilfield pipelines of long-term operations often subject to magnetic leak detection, and then the residual magnetic field (MF) after detection may have an impact on the pipeline's corrosion behavior. In this paper, weight-loss and electrochemical…
Oil and gas industry would generate a large volume of produced water during the exploration and production. The geochemistry of the produced water can provide valuable information for the analysis of formation water source evolution and the scale and…
Oil and gas industry would generate a large volume of produced water during the exploration and production. The geochemistry of the produced water can provide valuable information for the analysis of formation water source evolution and the scale and…
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,…
Pipeline transportation is the main method of natural gas transportation. The intrinsic safety of natural gas pipelines has always been the focus of attention. During the transportation process, pipelines are affected by many factors. Existing…
Due to the high moisture content and strong corrosion of oilgas mixtures, the electrochemical corrosion and perforation leakage of their transportation pipelines occur frequently in the western oil fields of China. Using various methods, this work…
The objective of this work is to study the effect of emulsion formation on steel corrosion in a sweet environment in a laboratory scale. Field experience shows that improper sizing of pipelines in the petroleum industry is often caused by a lack of…
The article discusses the peculiarities of corrosion in low-pressure gas pipelines intended for collection and transportation of associated petroleum gas. It is shown that the corrosive aggressiveness of associated petroleum gas is determined by the…
Different severe corrosions are found at the damaged point of anticorrosive coating on natural gas pipelines, even though the cathodic protection (CP) potential is between 0.85 and 1.15 V. Therefore, there are totally 168 buried steel specimens…
Reliable corrosion monitoring of natural gas transmission lines is a major tool providing a foundation for safe management of natural gas infrastructures. Through the development of membrane-based electrochemical sensors which are able to function in…
Separating produced water is a key part of production processing for most crude oils. It is required for quality reasons, and to avoid unnecessary transportation costs and prevent pipework corrosion rates caused by soluble salts present in the water.…
A commercial Fe-C material (P265GH) used for natural gas delivery and transportation systems was analyzed in H2S atmosphere in order to establish the corrosion resistance. In most of the industrial processes for gas purification the corrosion rate is…
Homogeneous ternary and quaternary molten nitrate salts with low melting points (110 C) with enhanced thermo-physical properties were synthesized for thermal energy storage media and heat transfer fluids. The ternary and quaternary molten salts were…
Corrosivity of petroleum fractions with the same total acid value (TAN) can be much different due to chemical structure differences of acidic species. To investigate corrosivity difference and interactions between different acidic species, acids with…
Multi-functional protective epoxy coatings were applied to display synergistic resistance properties on the steel/coating interfacial zone of petroleum storage tanks (PST). This work investigated the synthesis of new mixed Ni(II), Pd(II), and Cd(II)…
At present, the corrosion management of the upper module pressure vessel and pressure pipeline of the fixed oil production platform and the floating production oil storage and unloading platform lacks localized corrosion rate knowledge base,…
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the corrosion process by examining the deterioration of X80 steel exposed to a real petroleum sample containing condensed hydrocarbon plus oilfield-produced water, which were subjected to stimulated…
The aim of the present work is to monitor dew point corrosion of crude and vacuum distillation column overhead section in a petroleum refinery. The material of construction of overhead line pipe was carbon steel. The state of art of crude unit…
The objective of this work is to study the effect of emulsion formation on steel corrosion in a sweet environment in a laboratory scale. Field experience shows that improper sizing of pipelines in the petroleum industry is often caused by a lack of…
At present, the corrosion management of the upper module pressure vessel and pressure pipeline of the fixed oil production platform and the floating production oil storage and unloading platform lacks localized corrosion rate knowledge base,…
Separating produced water is a key part of production processing for most crude oils. It is required for quality reasons, and to avoid unnecessary transportation costs and prevent pipework corrosion rates caused by soluble salts present in the water.…
During production of conventional as well as heavy oils, emulsions occur at well bore, in pipelines, and at surface facilities. As the production time of the oil wells increases, there will be an increased coproduction of oil and water in the form of…
The importance of asset integrity assurance of strategical equipment such as crude oil storage tanks (COS Tanks) is attributed to the possible impact on operation interruption, safety hazards, and cost of maintenance. This paper studies how the…
Soil-side corrosion of the bottom plates of above ground crude oil storage tanks is a major corrosion challenge in the oil and gas industry, especially when these tanks are constructed on oiled-sand pads. Severe corrosion has been identified on tank…
Pipeline plays an important role in the oil and gas transportation industry. In recent years, more and more pipeline damages and breakdowns are caused by corrosion, which hurts the normal operation. Accurate prediction of the pipeline's corrosion…
Separating produced water is a key part of production processing for most crude oils. It is required for quality reasons, and to avoid unnecessary transportation costs and prevent pipework corrosion rates caused by soluble salts present in the water.…
Separating produced water is a key part of production processing for most crude oils. It is required for quality reasons, and to avoid unnecessary transportation costs and prevent pipework corrosion rates caused by soluble salts present in the water.…