Stray currents of ESP well casings

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Metwally, I A ^a   Al Mandhari, H M ^a   Gastli, A ^a   Al Bimani, A ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

BEASY; Boundary element analysis; Galvanic cell; Interference; Oil well casing; Pulse cathodic protection; Stray current corrosion

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PULSE CIRCUITS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS;

GALVANIC CELLS; INTERFERENCES; PULSE CATHODIC PROTECTION; STRAY CURRENT CORROSION;

OIL WELL CASINGS;

EID: 36148955097     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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