Internal corrosion increasingly threatens aging oil and gas pipelines operating in the US (United States) GOM (Gulf of Mexico). That's the major conclusion of a review of DOI/MMS (US Departement of Interior Minerals Management Service) pipeline leak statistics. The comprehensive study of GOM offshore oil and gas pipeline failures caused by internal corrosion used internal pipeline-failure statistics compiled from 30 years of pipeline-industry reporting to the DOI/MMS. Leaks or ruptures must be reported whenever they involve property or environmental damage, bodily injury, or exposure to claims by others. Through a grant from DOE (US Departement of Energy, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Corrosion Research Center is developing a computer model to predict corrosion rates in offshore pipelines. Predictive computer modeling should aid researchers and pipeline companies in understanding and prioritizing the detrimental effects of shallow and deepwater internal-corrosion mechanisms. It should also assist in developing offshore pipeline design and mitigation technologies for internal corrosion, while simultaneously helping to educate the offshore workforce in prudent operation facilities.


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    Title :

    Study tracks internal-corrosion trends in aging gulf pipelines


    Additional title:

    Eine Studie untersuchte die Alterung und Korrosion in Pipelines im Golf von Mexiko


    Contributors:
    Garber, J.D. (author) / Alvarado, A. (author) / Winters, R.H. (author)

    Published in:

    Oil and Gas Journal ; 98 , 13 ; 68-73


    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 10 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English