Model predicts internal pitting corrosion of oil, gas pipelines

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 44, 2007, Pages

  Papavinasam, Sankara ^a   Doiron, Alex ^a   Revie, R Winston ^a   Sizov, Vlad ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PITTING;

CORROSION; GAS PIPELINE; MODELING; OIL PIPELINE;

EID: 36849021187     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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