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- Title
Microbiologically influenced corrosion of X60 carbon steel in CO<sub>2</sub>-saturated oilfield flooding water.
- Authors
Fan, M.‐M.; Liu, H.‐F.; Dong, Z.‐H.
- Abstract
The corrosion behavior of X60 carbon steel in CO2-saturated oilfield flooding water inoculated with sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) was investigated using polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). With the propagation of SRB in the flooding water, the pH values of flooding water increased quickly in the initial 2 days and remained relatively steady during the later stage. Polarization curves showed that the corrosion current density decreased during the first 10 days due to the protection of corrosion products and SRB-biofilms, and then increased possibly due to the partial detachment of the corrosion products and the biofilms. EIS analysis also showed that the charge transfer resistance increased initially and then decreased with exposure time. In the beginning of corrosion, the anodic dissolution of X60 steel was dominated by CO2. After the formation of SRB-biofilms, part of FeCO3 corrosion products was converted to incompact FeS precipitates by SRB bio-mineralization. Thus, the dispersed iron sulfide in SRB-biofilms and X60 steel base may constitute a galvanic couple, accelerating the localized corrosion of the steel base in the flooding water.
- Subjects
CARBON steel corrosion; CARBON dioxide flooding; IMPEDANCE spectroscopy; BIOFILMS testing; IRON sulfides; CHARGE transfer
- Publication
Materials & Corrosion / Werkstoffe und Korrosion, 2013, Vol 64, Issue 3, p242
- ISSN
0947-5117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/maco.201106154