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Production of oil and gas is well known to cause potential corrosion issues due to the CO2 content in the well stream. Carbon steel is widely used for production facilities as e.g. flowlines and manifolds, however, aging of the reservoir increases the number of corrosive agents, such as e.g. CO2, which are known to cause high corrosion rates in carbon steel. Therefore, carbon steel piping is often being replaced with super duplex stainless steel due to its high strength, excellent toughness and good corrosion resistance. Replacing carbon steel with super duplex has been conducted on several mature offshore oilfields in the European North Sea region.
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The paper considers best practice to realise the optimum combination of strength, toughness,corrosion resistance and radiographic integrity in UNS S32760 pipe girth welds made using theGTAW process.Aspects of fit up, tacking, root gap are considered. The effect of weld heat input and heat inputcontrol through the thickness of the joint, welding technique, inter pass temperature control andthe use of different combinations of shielding and backing gasses on corrosion resistance ofjoints is presented. Current specification, procedure and welder qualification requirements arediscussed, as is the need for supplementary testing, in particular quantitative microstructuralevaluation.