Oil and gas corrosion prevention : from surface facilities to refineries /

According to NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers), the total annual cost of corrosion in petroleum refining takes up 3.7 billion in the US alone. Corrosion control is always a challenge for the downstream industry, but as the quality of feedstock is declining due to refineries acceptin...

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Main Author: Speight, James G. (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts ; Oxford, England : Gulf Publishing Company, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:According to NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers), the total annual cost of corrosion in petroleum refining takes up 3.7 billion in the US alone. Corrosion control is always a challenge for the downstream industry, but as the quality of feedstock is declining due to refineries accepting more of the heavy and shale gas and oil resources that are more readily available today, refinery managers, petroleum and natural gas engineers are unprepared for the new set of corrosion problems that are showing up in their equipment and processing units. Oil and Gas Corrosion Prevention: Fr.
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
ISBN:9780128004159
0128004150
0128003464
9780128003466