ADNOC Classification: Public

allowances may be required. Additionally, CRA piping or CRA internally clad / lined piping shall be used for
areas of high fluid velocity and expected erosion-corrosion.

Metallic Cladding
To mitigate the risk of corrosion where corrosion rates are in excess of a 6 mm CA, it may be suitable to
specify a CS parent material with a layer of CRA cladding or weld overlay material. Where there is any doubt
the specifier of materials shall seek advice from COMPANY. Where CRA cladding of vessels is specified or
CRA cladding is applied by explosive weld bonding, metallic roll bonding or weld overlay, SSC resistant
quality base plate is required, but HIC resistant base plate is not required.
If explosion bonding or roll bonding is the selected option, a minimum thickness if 3 mm shall be achieved
across 100% of the parent material. If overlay is the selected option, there should be a minimum of 2 passes
and a minimum thickness of 3 mm shall be achieved. If there is a weldability issue, then explosive bonding
can be considered.
Common cladding materials include:
(a) 316 SS (type 317 SS may be specified where there is a higher risk of chloride pitting);
(b) Alloy 904;
(c) Alloy 825 (limited to roll bonding as welding may result in inferior corrosion resistance in clad plate);
and
(d) Alloy 625.
Where the thickness of the vessel is relatively thin (up to 20 mm), a lifecycle cost analysis shall be used to
decide whether a solid CRA material selection is more commercially viable. This shall be considered on a
case by case basis.
Clad or lined pipe may be used for flowlines that transport highly corrosive fluids. The requirements of API
5LD apply. For economic reasons, these pipelines will be of modest diameter and short length. Clad pipe is
formed from steel plate that has a 3 mm layer of CRA bonded to its internal surface. The CRA clad can be
either metallurgically bonded, co-extruded or weld overlaid, or for subsea applications, process/mechanical
bonding can be used when depressurising risk is low. For welded pipe specification CRA cladded pipe is
formed to the pipe and the seam is welded with CRA consumables.
The CONTRACTOR shall issue separate specification based on existing COMPANY specific specifications
for alloy clad or weld overlay on CS, covering the requirements for the design, fabrication, and inspection of
applied lining and integral cladding for pressure vessels and heat exchangers. The ASTM specifications A263,
A264, A265, A578 and E164, and NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 may be used for reference.

Application of Corrosion Inhibitor

Selection of corrosion inhibitor and evaluation shall be as per Company's Procedure. For design purposes,
95% corrosion inhibition efficiency shall be assumed for gas condensate and 90% for oil. Additionally during
design, the inhibitor availability shall be based on 90% availability, during the operational phase the minimum
inhibitor availability shall be >90%. The inhibitor availability shall be specified during the FEED stage on a
project to project basis. However, the use of corrosion inhibitor shall not act as a substitute for NACE
MR0175/ISO 15156 sour service material selection requirements.
To enable the effectiveness of the inhibition system to be verifiable during operation, the following shall be
included in the design:
(a) The locations of highest potential corrosion rate.
(b) Accessibility of high potential corrosion rate locations for wall thickness measurement during operation.
(c) Ability to take samples for solids/debris analysis.

Document No: AGES-GL-07-001 Rev. No: 1

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