(Mickalonis, 2005)

- selection materials and components for service in highly corrosive environments will
needs the , assess the costs and availability, and testing for showed the expected
behavior
(Tateno, Moon, & Matsuyama, 2010)
- It is very difficult to detect points of the pipes where corrosion has considerably
developed because the pipes are usually covered with insulations and cannot be
inspected directly.
- The main maintenance method of external corrosion on pipe surfaces is visual check.
- An estimation method based on the past corrosion cases has been developed as the
managerial method. It is clear that the accuracy of estimation depends on the number
of effective cases and the soundness of the databases
(Selvik & Aven, 2011)

The preventive maintenance is introduced to avoid the occurrence of failures of the

system and reduce potential consequences of failures, but maintenance could in some
cases also introduce failures.
RCM is a widely accepted methodology that has been available in the industry for
over 30 years, and has proved to offer an efficient strategy for preventive maintenance
optimization

(Lau & Dwight, 2011)

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In general, conditions of assets can be investigated through various tests and then
decision has to be made if the asset should be repaired or replaced or further in-depth
test is needed.
Condition monitoring is important for steel pipelines which may leak water or even
burst due to unattended damage caused by corrosion.

(Sun, Ma, & Morris, 2009)

Failures of pipelines can have great impacts on economy, environment and

community.

(Mustaffa, Shams, & Gelder, 2009)

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Marine pipelines, a complex system comprises a total length of thousands of

kilometers, have been the most practical and low price means of transporting
hydrocarbon in the offshore oil and gas industry.
As the structure operates with time, it is exposed to many types of defects. The typical
form of defect is the corrosions, as shown in Fig. 1, which may occur in the form of
individual pits, colonies of pits, general wall-thickness reduction, or in combinations.