Fairway sour gas development proves new materials, monitoring

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6449384

Gallaher, D M ^[1]; Mahoney, M J ^[2]

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1. Shell Offshore Inc., New Orleans, LA (United States)
2. Paragon Engineering Services, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)

In developing the Fairway field in Mobile Bay, offshore Alabama, Shell Offshore Inc. used several unusual materials and techniques to handle the field's hot, sour gas. This conclusion of a two-part series discusses the project's corrosion-monitoring approach, its use of CRA materials is process vessels and piping, and the efforts at diamondoid control in the flow lines. Part 1 covered the project's first-ever field use of bimetallic corrosion-resistant alloy (CRA) pipe as well as the extensive use of corrosion inhibition. Most of the innovations Shell Offshore employed proved successful; none delayed start-up of the field, and several contributed significantly to the economics of the project. This concluding article elaborates on many of the project's lessons as well as the needs for further technology development and industry standardization which the development project revealed.

• OSTI ID: 6449384
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 91:9; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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