Limits of linepipe weld hardness for domains of sour service in oil and gas production

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 2000-March, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Kermani, M B ^a   Boucher, C ^b   Crolet, J L ^c   Enerhaug, J ^d   Fassina, P ^e   Howard, R ^f   Jansen, J P ^g   Linne, C ^h   Popperling, R ⁱ  

^a Keytech   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE SOUDURE   (France)

^c ELF EP   (France)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

^e AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^f BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^g Europipe   (France)

^h Vallourec Research Center   (France)

ⁱ Mannesmann   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Domains of sour service; Linepipe; Sour service production; Sulphide stress cracking; Weld hardness

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; HARDNESS; PIPELINES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LINEPIPE; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FACILITY; SOUR SERVICES; SULPHIDE STRESS CRACKING; WELD HARDNESS;

WELDS;

EID: 84904291519     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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