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Validation of an Optimized qPCR Workflow for MIC Risk Identification and Oilfield Microbial Monitoring

Product Number: MECC23-20130-SG

Author: Iain McCulloch; Michael Whitman; Danika Nicoletti; Greg Howard; Neil Sharma; Amy Manning

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is a key risk to oil and gas infrastructure and confers great cost to asset owners. The AMPP 2021 IMPACT Canada study, which analyzed the energy, manufacturing, and mining sectors, shows the cost of corrosion in Canada is roughly $51.9 billion per year. To break this down further, MIC is estimated to make up roughly 20% of all corrosion which is roughly $10.4 billion in Canada alone, each year.

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Validation Of The Dry Gas Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment Methodology Using In-Line Inspection.

Product Number: 51321-16839-SG

Author: James Warner; Kevin O'Reilly

Publication Date: 2021

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Valves In Hydrogen Gas Transport: The Challenges Of The Energy Transition

Product Number: 51323-19525-SG

Author: Tundzhay Kurtulan, Ivan Gutierrez, Bradley Healey, Mark McLeod

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

The suitability of valves in certain profiles for low-pressure pure and blended hydrogen gas service has been investigated. To achieve this, the existing standards, practices, design codes and regulations are reviewed in this paper and the input of natural gas operators, engineering companies, valve manufacturers and experts has been utilized.

The research and trials done by natural gas operators is starting to reveal that the effect of low-pressure hydrogen gas on valves is negligible and the risks involved due to hydrogen embrittlement were low.

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Variables That Can Affect Pull Off Adhesion of Coatings

Product Number: 51323-19147-SG

Author: Swapnil Shukla, Nicole Rakers, Michael McCarthy, Bernard McPeak

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

Adhesion is a physical property that is crucial in many coatings, sealants, and adhesive applications, be it automotive, marine, or aerospace for example. Pull-off adhesion testing is an important tool in evaluating a coating’s performance, particularly while comparing pre- and post-exposure results. No matter what the application, the method for testing adhesion along with selecting the appropriate testing criteria has been the subject of multiple studies and reviews in the historical literature.

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Very High Strength Low Alloy Steels For HPHT Applications

Product Number: 51322-17721-SG

Author: Florian Thebault, Julien Pennequin, John Fortaillier, Carine Landier

Publication Date: 2022

$20.00

More and more High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) sour wells are operated worldwide. Challenging material selection is required for such severe operating conditions.^1,2 Very high strength materials, presenting yield strength above 896 MPa (130 ksi), are required for sustaining the pressure. Consequently, even a low amount of H₂S in the gas phase may lead to a H₂S partial pressure beyond the limit of 3.5 mbar (0.05 psi) established in NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 standard.³ Indeed, both high yield strengths and partial pressures of H₂S contribute to a situation where the risk of Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC) is high. The present paper is focusing on the SSC resistance of 130 ksi minimum yield strength material developed for covering such HPHT applications.

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Vessels Replacement Program to Enhance Safety and Reliability

Product Number: MPWT19-15496

Author: Ahmad M. Al-Abdulqader

Publication Date: 2019

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South Ghawar Producing Department has exerted substantial efforts towards executing a seldom project of replacing numbers of extraordinary vessels. Those horizontal vessels were recommended for replacement due to major and excessive Step Wise Cracking, irregular blister and inclusions identified in several traps. These vessels are subject to Hydrogen Induced Cracking, known as HIC and this is mainly SGPD facilities were constructed on old time where SAES was not mandating to utilize HIC resistance material. In 2014, a company wide survey started and as a result 27 out of 121 were identified with HIC damage. To overcome these challenges, SGPD developed a robust action plan, which consists of two parts:
● Long Term Plan which is replacing the impacted vessels with upgraded material “HIC resistance material”
● Short Term Plan to continue the safe and reliable operation of impacted vessels until the vessels are replaced by managing and monitoring HIC growth.
With the short and long term action plan, SGPD controlled HIC concern in affected vessels. But we didn’t want to stop here and we wanted to go the extra mile and add a proactive measure rather than only reactive. Therefore, we partnered with R&DC to implement a proactive initiative at SGPD as the first department in Saudi Aramco called Step-Wise Hydrogen Induced Cracking Toolkit which falls under IR.4.0.

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Vintage Pipeline Enhanced Corrosion Management Analysis

Product Number: 51324-21127-SG

Author: Kenton Lawson; Jason Charles Land; Angel R. Kowalski

Publication Date: 2024

$40.00

Vintage pipeline operators face increased regulatory challenges. These aging pipeline systems may have decades of metal loss and coating damage from soil interaction, pressure cycling, thermal stresses, and other physical phenomena that affects the pipeline’s mechanical integrity to make it more susceptible to leaks or ruptures. Aging pipeline systems are candidates for Enhanced Corrosion Management Analysis (ECMA) to effectively mitigate corrosion risks. The ECMA methodology begins with the integration and analysis of available corrosion control monitoring, maintenance, inspection, and assessment data, to identify the need to collect additional data. When all data deemed necessary to conduct ECMA is available, an analysis is conducted to identify the possible causes of corrosion metal loss in the pipeline system, e.g., inadequate cathodic polarization, poor or disbonded coating conditions, electrical shielding, stray current interference, or microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). Effective mitigation plans are then developed to address most probable causes of corrosion metal loss and integrated into the corrosion management program. A case study is presented to demonstrate the implementation of ECMA on a vintage pipeline system and the development of a 20-year corrosion mitigation plan to effectively minimize the corrosion risk on the pipeline. The case study also illustrates how engineering economic analysis can be used to guide decision making regarding operational life extension of the asset and how a well-planned corrosion management program can provide cost-effective, safe operation over the lifecycle of the pipeline.

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Visualizing Correlations of Water Quality and Cathodic Protection Parameters

Product Number: 51323-19333-SG

Author: Veronica Lynn Gerios, Natalie Becerra-Stasiewicz, Sean Morefield, Cristina Fleig Mayer

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

Corrosion is responsible for the deterioration of steel structures over time. Thus, there are billions of dollars lost each year worldwide, due to leakage of materials transported in metallic pipelines, as well as the need for repair and replacement of materials. Cathodic protection is one of the main ways to minimize or even suspend the corrosive process, along with the application of protective coatings on metallic structures.

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Water Based Flame Retardant Coating

Product Number: 51322-18184-SG

Author: Sachin Chavhan

Publication Date: 2022

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Fire is the biggest threat for the crews in aircraft, ships, submarines, and land vehicles. As a result of such threats there have been use of fire/flame retardants coatings increased exponentially to curb economic and social consequences of fire [1]. There are various types of coatings available to fight against the fire. Two classes of fire protection technologies are being used currently, 1) Fire retardant and 2) Fire resistant. Fire retardant coatings are passive fire protection coatings where such coatings can slow down the spread of the flames allowing more time for evacuation and firefighting. Fire resistant coatings typically inhibiting the flame penetration or do not ignite upon in contact with fire [2].

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Water Main Breaks - High Time To Learn From Mistakes And Avoid Further Breaks

Product Number: 51321-16837-SG

Author: Mehrooz Zamanzadeh, Ph.D; Edward Larkin; Peyman Taheri; Alyson Char; Aaron Ulmer; Erik Lahti; Anil Kumar Chikkam

Publication Date: 2021

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Water Treatment Dosage Control and Relationship to Performance

Product Number: 51395-95260-SG

Author: J.E. Hoots

Publication Date: 1995

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New methods for monitoring scale and corrosion inhibiting water treatment programs have been developed. These new patented methods utilize the measurement of system consumption of actives in the treatment program by fluorescence analysis.'-' The applied dosage of treatment program and the amount of actives available to the system are measured with inert fluorescent tracers added to the treatments.

System consumption of actives is defined as the difference between the amount of actives added and remaining in the system. 2,5- 7 Consumption measurements determine changes in the whole operating system (not a simulated, small portion of the system). Consumption measurements can also be made on individual portions of the system (heat exchangers). Changes in consumption of inhibitors and dispersants can .be related to changes in system operating conditions and performance. Reducing consumption of actives or maintaining consumption within a specified range can be related to optimization of the operation of the cooling system and treatment program.

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Waterborne Direct-to-Metal Coating Application Development for Bridge Applications

Product Number: 51323-19032-SG

Author: Balaji Kannan, Tsukasa Mizuhara, Christophe Grenier, Teesta Dasgupta, Brian Okerberg, Rebekah Wilson

Publication Date: 2023

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The development of environmentally-friendly corrosion resistant coatings is one area of recent focus in the coatings industry. For example, the Department of Defense owns more than 460,000 facilities around the world and reports the annual cost of corrosion of around $800 million. The coatings used on these structures frequently rely on older polymeric coating systems that do not meet the current requirements for environmental/regulatory concerns.

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