scholarly journals CO2 Corrosion of Iron and Steel in Oil and Gas Production.

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akio IKEDA
1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Shadley ◽  
E. F. Rybicki ◽  
S. A. Shirazi ◽  
E. Dayalan

CO2 corrosion in carbon steel piping systems can be severe depending on a number of factors including CO2 content, water chemistry, temperature, and percent water cut. For many oil and gas production conditions, corrosion products can form a protective scale on interior surfaces of the piping. In these situations, metal loss rates can reduce to below design allowances. But, if sand is entrained in the flow, sand particles impinging on pipe surfaces can remove the scale or prevent it from forming at localized areas of particle impingement. This process is referred to as “erosion-corrosion” and can lead to high metal loss rates. In some cases, penetration rates can be extremely high due to pitting. This paper combines laboratory test data on erosion-corrosion with an erosion prediction computational model to compute flow velocity limits (“threshold velocities”) for avoiding erosion-corrosion in carbon steel piping. Also discussed is how threshold velocities can be shifted upward by using a corrosion inhibitor.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.32) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Muhammad Haris ◽  
Saeid Kakooei ◽  
Mokhtar Che Ismail

CO2 corrosion has been the most prevalent form of corrosion and is considered as a complex problem in oil and gas production industries. The CO2 in presence of water causes sweet corrosion that is responsible for failure of pipeline during transportation of Oil and Gas. This work studies the corrosion behaviour of carbon steel specimens in CO2 environment at different temperatures but at constant pressure. The effect of CO2 on Carbon Steel specimens (X65, A106) were studied in simulated solution of 3 wt.% NaCl. The specimens were immersed into the CO2 containing solution for 48 hours and corrosion behaviour was investigated by using electrochemical test like Linear Polarization Resistance and Tafel plot. The results indicate that the temperature has an important effect of corrosion rate of carbon Steel in CO2 environment. Corrosion rate of 1.5-2 mm/yr was reported for both steels at lower temperature while at higher temperature the difference can be observed due to difference in protective nature of steels. Similar Corrosion rate around 1.5 -2 mm/yr was observed at 25°C for both A106 and X65 while at 50°C and 75°C the corrosion rate varies significantly 1.5-3 mm/yr and 3.5-6 mm/yr.  


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