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Project Number 75
Date of Summary March 31, 1984
Subject Remote Corrosion Monitoring of Offshore Pipelines
Performing Activity Tradco Chemical Corporation
Principal Investigator Mr. Charles L. Howle
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The objective was to assess the major components involved in offshore oil and gas pipeline corrosion. This study identified measurable items which contribute to internal corrosion problems. The project determined if the components identified in the initial stage are capable of being monitored and measured remotely with a minimum of human involvement. As the nation's offshore pipeline system grows older, the net effects of internal corrosion failure will become more acute and the need to remotely monitor internal conditions will increase. This project will enhance the ability to identify internal pipeline corrosion, thus allowing corrective action to be taken before a severe problem develops.
Progress Complete. The investigator assessed internal pipeline corrosion mechanisms, inhibitors, and methods for monitoring. He has concluded that a computerized data base should be established for proper day to day corrosion control.
Reports
AA (40 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Howle, C. L., Remote Corrosion Monitoring of Offshore Pipelines, Tradco Chemical Corporation, Houston, Texas, March 30, 1984.
 

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