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Erosion-corrosion plays an important role in determining the durability of the erosive/corrosive slurry handling equipment. The combined action of erosion and corrosion produces a high degradation rate. Material loss rate due to erosion-corrosion is usually significantly higher than the sum of material loss rate due to pure erosion and pure corrosion acting separately. The degradation in erosion-corrosion is primarily by matrix extrusion due to abrasive particle impact.
Material loss due to erosion-corrosion decreases the throughput and useful life of the equipment. Simultaneous action of erosion and corrosion is responsible for the high degradation of the hydro-transport equipment. To minimize the operational cost, based on the degradation severity in a specific operation, different classes of materials are being used for different applications. Pipeline steels (i.e. plain carbon, API steels), for example, are relatively cheap and do not provide good wear resistance. These types of steels are typically used for less severe applications such as tailings. Chrome white irons (CWIs) and WC-based overlays, on the other hand, are usually used for more severe wear conditions (i.e. hydro-transport pipeline). In this study, we have evaluated the erosion-corrosion performance of 4 homogeneous materials (pipeline and abrasion-resistant steels) and 5 materials containing different types and amounts of carbide (chrome white iron and WC-based overlay). Erosion-corrosion test was performed inside a slurry pot at 45°C, in an aqueous slurry containing 35wt% natural silica sand and 3.5wt% NaCl. The wear performance of these materials was evaluated based on the total erosion-corrosion (E-C) rate as well as the separate components of synergistic effect. In the current test condition, WC-based overlays demonstrate the best erosion-corrosion resistance. For all carbide-containing materials, it was found that matrix wear influences the extent of carbide degradation. For the carbides to provide good erosion-corrosion resistance, the surrounding matrix that supports the carbide should have sufficient wear and corrosion resistance. Dominant wear mechanisms for homogeneous and carbide-containing materials have also been identified.
For decades, many asset owner/operators across the O&G value chain (and other critical industry segments) of upstream, midstream, & downstream have struggled to identify the root cause of fluctuating corrosion/erosion rates due to unreliable or infrequent data during various operating intervals on their most valuable of assets. This key missing data point has forced mechanical integrity teams, corrosion engineers, inspectors, and operations to, in many cases, make the best guess or hypothesize how to operate with a limited data set of information. In almost all cases, a time-based inspection or maintenance interval is used to gauge the useful lifetime of assets based on this limited data simply because these assets couldn’t give their owners a real-time health diagnostic of how they were doing … until now.
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Oil and gas operations worldwide are impacted by the presence of microorganisms. A variety of microorganisms can be found in the oilfield, dependent on the type of operation, geology, location, water source and water treatment utilized. Biocides are used in all stages of oil and gas development to control microorganisms and their detrimental impacts on production such as corrosion, biofouling, and souring. A wide number of biocides are used to control microorganisms, ranging from oxidizing biocides that react quickly but leave no residual activity, to preservatives which act slowly, but provide antimicrobial activity for weeks or months at a time. The spectrum of biocides used in oil and gas are covered by several excellent reviews and will not be detailed in this paper.
A holiday is defined as a pinhole or discontinuity in a coating lining. These discontinuities are frequently very small and not readily visible and create a pathway for oxygen and an electrolyte to cause deterioration of the underlying substrate. These defects will tend to reduce the life expectancy of a coating in service, particularly if the service is to include immersion, such as the lining of a tank or a pipe.