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  Corrosion

  In-Service Stress Corrosion Cracking of 316L Stainless Steel in H2S

  Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is the cracking caused by the combined influence of tensile stress and a corrosive environment. In the worst case it can lead to sudden...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  Engineering and Spec Writing

  The Growing Disconnect in the Pipe Coating Industry

  In the last twenty or thirty years, the oil and gas pipeline coatings industry has seen a lot of changes. From the days of coal tar coatings with relatively little...

  By: Greg Denton | Pipeline Coatings Application Consultant, Crest Industrial Chemicals

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  Corrosion

  Performing a Fitness for Service Assessment of Pressure Vessels

  Pressure equipment is defined as a containment apparatus with a difference in pressure between the internal and external environment. Some examples of pressure equipment...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  Engineering and Spec Writing

  The Impact of Minimum & Maximum DFT Values on Coating Performance

  For best results, it’s necessary to assess and control a myriad of painting process variables, including assignable causes and random variations, which affect the...

  By: Raouf Kattan | Managing Director, Safinah Ltd.

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  Cathodic Protection

  Using Coupons to Monitor Cathodic Protection Levels

  Corrosion coupons have been used since the 1930s in North America and Europe by corrosion pioneers. Cathodic protection coupons are a proven way to determine the...

  By: Mohamed Adel Mohamadein | Head of the Corrosion, Arab Petroleum Pipelines

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  Procedures

  Service Requirements & Environmental Factors for Coatings

  Coating and insulation engineering expert, Mark Davidson, just completed two new-build projects for a major oil company involving two bridge-linked platforms and a new...

  By: Mark Davidson, Eng.

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  Environments

  Working to Overcome Poor Quality Coating Practices in International Shipbuilding

  Over recent years, there have been interesting developments in the way that coatings are specified, which have resulted in issues that can make it impossible to meet a...

  By: Raouf Kattan | Managing Director, Safinah Ltd.

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  Materials Selection

  Accelerated Corrosion Testing with Calcium Silicate and Perlite Insulations

  Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a concern that industrial owners, engineers and contractors spend a great deal of time managing every day. As a leader in the...

  By: Ames Kulprathipanja | New Product Development & Innovation Leader, Johns Manville

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  Prevention

  Specifying FBE Coatings for High-Temp Pipelines

  We spoke to fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE) expert, Alan Kehr, about specifying this material. Kehr has 40 years’ experience in the pipeline coatings industry, including...

  By: Alan Kehr | Managing Consultant, Alan Kehr Anti-Corrosion, LLC

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  Corrosion Failure

  Decline in Quality of Piping Making Corrosion Inevitable

  The scenario is unfortunately all too familiar. A concerned phone call relating widespread pipe corrosion or failure, even though every standard and industry-accepted...

  By: Corrview .com

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  Prevention

  What Does Quality Control Mean in the Corrosion and Coatings Industry?

  Between my time spent working in the industrial coatings industry and my time spent building software dedicated to quality control, "What is quality control?"...

  By: Ross Boyd

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  Prevention

  Tensile Time Bomb: How Overtapping Compromises Pressure Bolt Safety

  As discussed in a previous article, overtapping (also called oversizing) is a common field practice that is nonetheless banned by almost all of the standards governing...

  By: Ian MacMoy | Product Design Specialist, Dox Steel