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.
Study tracks internal-corrosion trends in aging gulf pipelines
Eine Studie untersuchte die Alterung und Korrosion in Pipelines im Golf von Mexiko
Oil and Gas Journal ; 98 , 13 ; 68-73
2000
6 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 10 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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