Commercial deployment of low-dosage hydrate inhibitors in a southern North Sea 69 km wet-gas subsea pipeline

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 130-134

  Argo, Carl B ^a   Blain, Roger A ^b   Osborne, Chris G ^a   Priestley, Ian D ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWLINES; GAS HYDRATES;

THRESHOLD HYDRATE INHIBITORS (THI); WET-GAS SUBSEA PIPELINES;

OFFSHORE PIPELINES;

CORROSION INHIBITING COATING; GAS HYDRATE; GAS PIPELINE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION;

CORROSION; GAS PIPELINE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033946541     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/63017-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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