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09046 Performance of External Pipeline Coatings in Low Temperature Conditions

Product Number: 51300-09046-SG
ISBN: 09046 2009 CP
Author: Robert Denzine, Mark Yunovich and Colin S. Scott
Publication Date: 2009
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There is a tacit concern in the oil and gas industry regarding hazards of excessive cathodic protection (CP) on pipelines. Research has shown that at ambient temperatures, overprotection may lead to cathodic disbondment (CD) of external coatings. The relationship between pipeline CD and CP overprotection at low temperatures was investigated by employing CD tests on fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE)-coated samples in either soil or salt solutions, subjected to different potentials, and subjected to freeze only or freeze/thaw cycles. The study has highlighted both beneficial and detrimental effects of low temperatures; it has been demonstrated that freeze / thaw cycles can exacerbate coating disbondment. While the preliminary results indicated that, in order to reduce the risk of CD, maximum applied CP level should be approximately -1050 mV (CSE), the testing was not extensive enough to consider this as fixed criterion for design of systems.

Keywords: cathodic protection, overprotection, disbondment, arctic, low temperature, fusion bonded epoxy (FBE)
There is a tacit concern in the oil and gas industry regarding hazards of excessive cathodic protection (CP) on pipelines. Research has shown that at ambient temperatures, overprotection may lead to cathodic disbondment (CD) of external coatings. The relationship between pipeline CD and CP overprotection at low temperatures was investigated by employing CD tests on fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE)-coated samples in either soil or salt solutions, subjected to different potentials, and subjected to freeze only or freeze/thaw cycles. The study has highlighted both beneficial and detrimental effects of low temperatures; it has been demonstrated that freeze / thaw cycles can exacerbate coating disbondment. While the preliminary results indicated that, in order to reduce the risk of CD, maximum applied CP level should be approximately -1050 mV (CSE), the testing was not extensive enough to consider this as fixed criterion for design of systems.

Keywords: cathodic protection, overprotection, disbondment, arctic, low temperature, fusion bonded epoxy (FBE)
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