Corrosion and Corrosion Control
an endless battle against nature
This is a paper published in Corrosion Management Magazine ( September 2018, issue 145). It can be accessed from IoCC website. The most important performance indicator for cathodic protection (CP) is the structure-to-electrolyte potential. In most of coated on-shore pipeline,…
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Timber is the most widely utilised natural materials in human history. It is a renewable material and readily available. Ferrous metal fasteners and fixtures are often used in the timber structure. They are generally reliable and maintenance free. However, the…
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Microorganisms can cause multiple threats in oil and gas production (EFC 9 ), injection and fracturing operations. Those threats range from production downtime due to microbial influenced corrosion (MIC) downhole and on surface equipment, to formation souring, as well as flow…
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The pipeline and pressure vessel are required by code to perform hydrotest after their construction, maintenance to demonstrate the strength and integrity. Water is the most common media to be used in this test. There are several standards and code…
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Principle of Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) A magnetic flux leakage (MFL) inspection is the type of in-line inspection technology in which a magnetic saturation is induced in the pipe wall between two poles of a permanent strong magnet. The pipe…
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