Sour service corrosion fatigue testing of flowline and riser welds

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 31-40

  McMaster, Fraser ^a   Bowman, Jonathan ^a   Thompson, Hugh ^a   Zhang, Michelle ^a   Kinyon, Steven ^b,c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b STRESS ENGINEERING SERVICES   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion fatigue; Flowline; Hydrogen sulfide; Risers

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL WELDS; CURVED PIPES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS; DRIVING FORCES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEST; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FATIGUE LIFE; GAS MIX; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH STRESS; LOWER STRESS; MATERIAL SELECTION; OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS; OUTSIDE DIAMETER; PRODUCED WATER; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; RISER SYSTEMS; RISERS; SOUR ENVIRONMENT; STRESS-LIFE; TEST FREQUENCIES; TEST PROGRAM; WALL THICKNESS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CARBON STEEL; CORROSION; CORROSION FATIGUE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; FLOWLINES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MECHANICS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PIPE; STEEL BRIDGES; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WATER INJECTION; WELDING; WELDS;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 77957975062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-57059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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