The present study is aimed to conduct the experiments in various corrosive environments at various temperatures and constant partial pressures of carbon dioxide (CO2) under dynamic condition to understand the basic mechanism and corrosion resistance of carbon steel. Usually, API grade steels are used in the pipeline for carrying the crude oil and gas. Corrosion problems constitute the major ope...

The pipeline pressure of blast furnace gas (BFG) system in steel industry provides effective information for the energy scheduling operations. However, due to the complexity of the byproduct gas pipeline network and the large fluctuations of the gas flow, it is rather difficult to establish an accurate prediction model for the pipeline pressure. Additionally, the quantitative reliability of the...

Statoil has designed and tested dual diameter pipeline pigs to perform various tasks during operations, precommissioning and commissioning of the 710km 42"x28" Åsgard pipeline. The concepts developed have been put through a major design and testing program to demonstrate that the various functional requirements have been met. The paper describes the development process as well as field experien...

Natural gas could become one of the most important and strategic energy source in the years to come, even if the renewable sources growth will play a fundamental role in the “next green power energy”; however natural gas has the chance to assure a continuous and reliable energy supply on a economically viable, long term base span. Potential routes for gas export from giant mid-continental field...

X90 pipeline steel was processed with the simulated coarse grain heat affect zone (CGHAZ) thermal cycle with heat input varying from 30 kJ/cm to 60 kJ/cm, the microstructures were investigated by means of optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD), and transmission electron microscope (TEM), and the impact properties were evaluated fr...

Thermophilic sulfide-producing microorganisms from an oil pipeline network were enumerated with different sulfur oxyanions as electron acceptors at 55°C. Most-probable number (MPN) analysis showed that thiosulfate-reducing bacteria were the most numerous sulfidogenic microorganisms in pipeline inspection gauge (PIG) scrapings. Thiosulfate-reducing and methanogenic enrichments were obtained from...