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The pipeline is the Gibraltar-Bucaramanga Gas Pipeline which is divided in two electrically isolated sections by the use of a monolithic joint. The study concluded that it was necessary to complete additional actions to guarantee pipeline integrity, and to assure low corrosion rates.
Structure to electrolyte potential survey is a useful and important test to evaluate cathodic protection systems.The structure to electrolyte potential values on carbon steel pipelines should be negatives when the voltmeter positive terminal is connected to the structure and the negative terminal is connected to the copper sulfate reference electrode however in this case of study those values were electropositive.Ones no operational mistakes in measures were verified discarding causes like rectifier incorrect connections or interferences from others systems additional measures were performed to find possible causes. At locations with positive potentials the measures showed severe corrosion on coupon test stations when coupons were connected to the pipeline and showed moderate corrosion on coupons expose to soil with no connection to the pipeline. These results were confirmed by current direction from the coupons to the electrolyte evidence of an anodic comportment.A minimum of 100 mV of cathodic polarization criteria does not guarantee pipeline protection because of positives potentials and it was determinate the possible existence of a corrosion macro cell in the pipeline with unknown cause.It concludes that it´s necessary additionally actions to guarantee pipeline integrity and to assure low corrosion rates.Keywords: Pipelines Corrosion cathodic protection positive potentials coupons telluric current criteria.
Key words: Pipelines, Corrosion, cathodic protection, positive potentials, coupons, telluric current, criteria.
Field tests found that a natural gas pipeline system was interfered by a high voltage direct current electrode. Interference level was computed and agreed with measured values, validating the model. The effectiveness of various mitigation methods was computed and discussed,
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The geomagnetic field fluctuations are accompanied by the geo-electric (telluric) field and telluric currents at the surface of the Earth and in the pipelines. These telluric activity indices were calculated for two areas in low latitude (Ottawa) and Alaska. Levels of telluric activity and rate of occurrences were calculated.