7/28/2015

Operational Challenges in Managing TOL Corrosion

Experience on 26” BOC - BOD pipeline

Soo Tot Chin Wan - Talisman Malaysia is part of Repsol

Agenda

• Introduction
– Pipeline Network
– Key Events

• Mitigation Challenges
– Operational Pigging Constraint
– Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor Testing

• Inspection Challenges
– Data Evaluation
– Verification
– Inspection Accuracy
– Inspection Interval

• Lesson Learnt
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Introduction - PM3N Pipeline Network

• 4 Operation areas; PM3S, PM3N, PM305, East

Malaysia
• Total 24 Pipelines; gas, oil, injection (water & gas)
• 26” BOC – BOD Pipeline
– Commenced in October 2008
– Length : 5.1 km
– API 5L X65 Carbon Steel Pipeline
– Wet Gas with High CO2 : 30% - 40%
– 50 barg operating pressure
– 80 – 90 0C operating temperature

PM3N Pipeline
Network

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Introduction - Key Events

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Mitigation Challenges - Operational Pigging Constraint

• Main Corrosion Mitigation – Spray Pigging, run bi-weekly.

• Non-uniform pipeline wall thickness @Design - resulted in operational pigging
difficulty.
– Topside piping and pig trap was designed thicker (48 mm), NWT 19.1 mm.
• Pigging has always been an issue :
– Pig loading and retrieving.
– Majority of pig received in damaged condition.
– Stalled pig in July 2011, recovered in September 2013.

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Mitigation Challenges - Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor Testing

Description Lab Test A Lab Test B Lab Test C

Test Condition High Temp High Pressure / Temp High Pressure / Temp
Atmospheric Pressure (Pressurized Condition) (Pressurized Condition)
(Atmospheric Condition) Atmospheric Pressure
(Atmospheric Condition)
BOL Corrosion Good performance Good Performance Good Performance
Performance
TOL Corrosion Good Performance Poor Performance Atmospheric : Good
Performance Pressurized : Poor
Degree of Confidence Lower Higher – as it performed Higher – as it performed in
in condition representing condition representing
pipeline condition pipeline condition

Good practice to test VCI at pipeline condition

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Inspection Challenges - Data Evaluation

– Nov 2013 IP – max wall loss of 60%.

– March 2014 IP – max wall loss of 76 % (approx 8.4 mm/year).
– Challenges - evaluation methodology & analyst.
– Re-evaluation of 2013 IP was performed, depth resized.
2013 Depth Corr rate
Absolute 2014
(%WT) (mm/year)
Distance Depth
(m) (%WT) Original Revised 2013 Orig 2013 Rev

4475.022 76 60 70 8.39 3.15

4292.758 76 60 74 8.39 1.05
2662.418 74 60 73 7.34 0.52
2664.106 63 60 60 3.15 1.57
2663.108 61 57 57 2.10 2.10
2663.09 61 60 60 0.52 0.52
2663.465 60 60 60 0.00 0.00
2401.306 60 60 60 0.00 0.00
2338.114 60 60 60 0.00 0.00
2662.237 58 58 58 0.00 0.00
Consistent data evaluation procedure required to minimize tolerance
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Inspection Challenge - Intelligent Pigging Verification

– MFL tends to oversize TOL corrosion defect.
– Subsea Verification performed on most severe TOL location - to verify
Intelligent Pigging result, based on November 213 and March 2014 IP

UT scan result revealed maximum wall loss of 46% of WT . Significantly

lower as compared to 74% reported from IP
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Inspection Challenge - Intelligent Pigging Accuracy

– August 2014 IP run as follow up to March

2014 (due to accuracy issue)
– IP company selected based on good
experience in inspecting pipeline with
TOL corrosion.
– MFL and Eddy Current tool used.
– Results indicated – potential oversizing of
corrosion depth.
– Accuracy improved based on
incorporation of UT result.

IP consider a single peak in a pit,

while in actual there are 2 peaks in 1
pit
Verification and Feedback to IP company improve reliability of the IP data.
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Inspection Challenge - Inspection Interval

– To determine next inspection date & corrosion growth

• Signal to Signal comparison (Jan 2015 & August 2014).

– Result : No feature with change of > 5% WT.

– Applicable only > 5% WT changes (equal to corrosion rate of 2.5 mm/year).
– Hence CR between 0 - 2.5 mm/year.

A “Balance” between IP tool capability and expected corrosion

rate will dictate optimum inspection interval

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Lesson Learnt

– Pipeline design shall integrate with operational corrosion mitigation requirement..

– Inhibitor selection / testing shall be performed rigorously with pipeline operating

condition.

– Inspection accuracy & limitation for TOL corrosion :

• Verification is an inherent requirement.
• Feedback & close communication with IP vendor is essential.

– Optimum inspection interval can be achieved with good knowledge of IP tool

capability and expected corrosion rate.

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End of Presentation

Q&A

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