Internal pipeline rehabilitation using polyamide liners

Conference · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:512033

Lebsack, D ^[1]; Hawn, D ^[2]

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1. Amoco, Houston, TX (United States)
2. United Pipeline Systems USA, Durango, CO (United States)

Pipeline rehabilitation is becoming an economic necessity as aging flowlines are required to last longer. Regulatory agencies in North America are also requiring that the pipelines carrying the crude oil, produced water and raw natural gas be more reliable and have fewer leaks. Combine the economic climate and the environmental and safety issues with the increasing cost to inhibit these systems and the need for a maintenance free pipeline corrosion system becomes a requirement for long term operation of corrosive oilfield systems. Polyamide 11 liners are now being used to extend the useful life of production flowlines under more extreme conditions than other liner materials previously used.

• OSTI ID: 512033
• Report Number(s): CONF-970332--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CORROSION PROTECTION
LINING PROCESSES
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
NATURAL GAS
PETROLEUM
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIPELINES
POLYAMIDES
WASTE WATER