Drag reducing chemical enables increased sea water injection without increasing the oxygen corrosion rate

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 1997-March, Issue , 1997, Pages

  McMahon, Andrew J ^a   Smith, Phil S ^b   Lee, Yung ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Latinoamericana de Segurous Building ^*  (Colombia)

^c Chemicals Research Division R and D West ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Drag; Flow; Oxygen; Water injection

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CORROSION; CORROSION RATE; DRAG; DRAG REDUCTION; OIL WELL FLOODING; OXYGEN; SEAWATER CORROSION; STEEL CORROSION; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

CORROSION REDUCTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; DRAG REDUCERS; FLOW; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; OILFIELD WATERS; SEA WATER INJECTIONS; SELF-COMPENSATING;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

EID: 84882067708     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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