Wall thickness design and corrosion management
- A/S Norske Shell, Sandsli (Norway). Troll Project
In 1995, Norske Shell will install two 36-in. sweet wet gas pipe lines in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The lines cross the Norwegian trench with water depths up to 350 meter. For the last 3.5 km. of the route the pipelines will be laid in a tunnel which will be flooded after construction. The two lines will transport largely untreated well fluids from the Troll field to an onshore processing plant at Kollsness, North of Bergen. From there sales gas will be transported to the continent via the Furopipe and Zeepipe systems. Gas contracts covering 30 years have been concluded with gas utilities on the continent. The maximum wall thickness that could be installed was limited by the capabilities of the present generation of lay barges and pipe mill capacities. The over-thickness, i.e. beyond that what is required for pressure containment and external collapse, is available as corrosion allowance. The paper discusses a novel probabilistic approach to define the corrosion control measures. The corrosion control system is based on the injection of glycol for corrosion mitigation and inspection by ultrasonic internal smart pigs, which in combination with identified fall back options, ensure a minimum 50 year service life.
- OSTI ID:
- 55740
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940230-; ISBN 0-7918-1268-5; TRN: IM9525%%421
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. international conference on offshore mechanics and Arctic engineering (OMAE-13), Houston, TX (United States), 27 Feb - 3 Mar 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of OMAE 1994. Volume 5: Pipeline technology; Murray, A.; Fernandez, M.L.; Thygesen, J.E. [eds.]; PB: 373 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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