Process manufacturing involves moving fluids through pipes and vessels. A major concern in many industries is the corrosion and erosion that may occur inside the pipe walls. Corrosion monitoring systems are designed to track this degradation process. In a Flow Control...
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Avoid Corrosion-Induced Asset Integrity Loss
A U.S. Energy Information Administration's post, When was the last refinery built in the United States?, reveals that more than half the "newest refineries" in their list were built in the 1970s or 1980s, or 30 to 40+ years ago. And, with 137 operating U.S. oil...
Gas Production Corrosion Mitigation
As an oil & gas reservoir ages, the composition of the production often changes. For gas wells, this change is often from dry gas to a wetter gas. The wet components can be quite acidic due to CO2 and organic acids contained in this liquid phase. In an Oilfield...
Effective Corrosion Mitigation for Refineries
Crude oil from shale producing regions, also known as tight oils, are opportunity crudes for refineries. These differ from the traditional sources of crude oil from large reservoirs in their widely varying properties. These properties include specific gravity, sulfur...
Wireless and Continuous Corrosion Monitoring
Piping and vessel corrosion and erosion typically occur from the inside out, making it difficult to spot problems without some type of ongoing material thickness measurement program. A piping or vessel breach can lead to disastrous consequences, especially in...
Improving Refinery Corrosion Monitoring
With the diversification of crude oil types brought about by U.S. shale production, refineries have increased risk for vessel and piping corrosion. Many of the aging refineries also are operating past the design life of some of their plant assets. In a Chemical...
Real-Time Corrosion and Erosion Monitoring
The biennial Petrotech conference in New Delhi, India is for oil & gas industry experts to exchange views and share knowledge, expertise and experiences. And given the pricing dynamics and changes in global supply levels and supply chains, there is much to discuss...
Non-Intrusive Corrosion and Erosion Monitoring
The integrity of process piping is paramount to safe operations. Corrosion and erosion monitoring, especially for processes with challenging fluids, play an important role. This short 2:10 YouTube video, Permasense ET210 Integrity Monitoring System, shows how piping...
Non-Intrusive Wireless Corrosion and Erosion Monitoring
A Joint Research Centre (JRC) Scientific and Policy Report, Corrosion‐Related Accidents in Petroleum Refineries, found [emphasis and hyperlink mine]: Notably, of the 137 major refinery accidents reported by EU countries to the EU's eMARS [Major Accident Reporting...
Pipeline Management throughout the Lifecycle
This article, Throughout the Lifecycle, was first published in Oil & Gas Middle East magazine and is reposted here with permission. Sachin Tere, Business Development Manager, Flow Solutions – Emerson Process Management Pipeline management often poses a challenge...
Optimizing Oil and Gas Well Chemical Injection Processes
Given the presence of water in oil and gas producing wells, corrosion in the piping is a problem that must be mitigated. Producers inject chemicals into the production stream to minimize the oxidation process. The cost of these chemicals can have an impact on the...
Establishing Effective Corrosion Monitoring
As oil and gas flow through pipes and processing facilities, so do other elements which contribute to corrosion. Effectively managing this corrosion is critical to ongoing safety, reliability, and efficient operation. In a recent Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)...
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