The economic performance of petroleum products transport companies is dependent on the reliability of their equipment. Ruptures of the weld joints of petroleum products carriage pipelines have major consequences at the human, environmental and…
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) had observed that some petroleum road tankers contained defects in their circumferential welds, and these defects could increase the risk of failure during accidents. HSE SD were asked by the DfT to carry out…
1 Scope This document specifies requirements for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries, for producing and inspecting girth, branch and fillet welds in the pipeline part of pipeline transportation systems which meet the requirements…
AISI304 steel welded joints are used in cold-stretched liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks used for storing and transporting of liquefied gases. Compared with a conventional liquefied natural gas storage tank, a cold-stretched liquefied natural…
In the field of oil and natural gas gathering and transportation, the pipeline is likely to be span under the geological load. With the influence of gravity, internal pressure and other additional loads the stress concentration at the variable wall…