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- Title
Inspection Analysis of Crude Oil Pipelines—Damages, Failures and Preventive Program.
- Authors
Marquez, Andres; Ramoutar, S.; Maharaj, C.
- Abstract
An analysis of the findings from inspections in crude oil pipelines at several locations was performed and a preventive risk-based inspection program was recommended. The relevant results showed that upon visual inspections in different sections of multiple pipelines and areas throughout their locations, corrosion was the most prevalent damage encountered in at least 64% of the occurrences. Out of these, 25% were due to uniform corrosion, 17% had severe uniform corrosion and, in about 22% instances, pitting corrosion was noticed. Among other observations, failures due to ruptures, leaks, and other causes were reported in 11% of the inspections, and signs of possible pipeline diameter reduction were encountered in 11% of the cases. This succinct and substantiated study demonstrates the paramount importance of having routine risk-based inspections programs where severe atmospheric conditions favor corrosion that may lead to costly and devastating failures in pipelines transporting crude oil.
- Subjects
PETROLEUM pipelines; PETROLEUM; PIPELINE failures; PIPELINE transportation; WEATHER; PITTING corrosion
- Publication
Journal of Failure Analysis & Prevention, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 2, p700
- ISSN
1547-7029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11668-023-01598-8