Corrosion Control in the Oil and Gas Industry - 9780123970220

The effect of corrosion in the oil industry leads to the failure of parts. This failure results in shutting down the plant to clean the facility. The cost of corrosion to the United States alone is estimated at $276 billion (According to NACE International)-approximately 3.1% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In addition, corrosion commonly causes serious environmental problems, such as spills and releases. An essential resource for all those who are involved in the corrosion management of oil and gas infrastructure, Corrosion Control in the Oil and Gas Industry provides engineers and designers with the tools and methods to design and implement comprehensive corrosion-management programs for oil and gas infrastructures. The book addresses all segments of the industry, including production, transmission, storage, refining and distribution.

• Selects cost-effective methods to control corrosion
• Quantitatively measures and estimates corrosion rates
• Treats oil and gas infrastructures as systems in order to avoid the impacts that changes to one segment if a corrosion management program may have on others
• Integrates top-down and bottom-up approaches to corrosion management