The effect of 25 years of oil field flow line service on epoxy fiberglass pipe

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Mater. Performance; (United States)

OSTI ID:6477496

Oswald, K J

Glass fiber-reinforced epoxy and vinyl ester piping systems have been used for more than 35 years to control corrosion problems in oil fields and chemical and industrial plants. Many case histories have documented successful performances of fiberglass-reinforced thermosetting plastics in a wide range of corrosive services. This information is reinforced by laboratory test data from flat laminates and pipe exposed to numerous chemicals and mixtures of chemicals, but little has been published to document the effect of long-term, in-service exposure on fiberglass equipment. This paper compares data from physical testing of pipe removed from successful corrosive service applications with data obtained from the same type of pipe at the time of manufacture. The information supplied in these papers represents only a few of the successful applications of filament wound epoxy and vinyl ester pipe because it is difficult to obtain permission to remove pipe from an operating line.

• Research Organization: Smith Fiberglass Products Inc., 2700 West 65th Street, Little Rock, AR (US)
• OSTI ID: 6477496
• Journal Information: Mater. Performance; (United States), Journal Name: Mater. Performance; (United States) Vol. 27:8; ISSN MTPFB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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CONTROL SYSTEMS
CORROSION RESISTANCE
DATA ANALYSIS
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GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MATERIALS
MINERAL RESOURCES
OIL FIELDS
ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PIPELINES
PLASTICS
REINFORCED MATERIALS
REINFORCED PLASTICS
RESOURCES
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
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