Carlos Alberto Palacios

Corrosion and Asset Integrity Management for Upstream Installations in the Oil / Gas Industry Carlos Alberto Palacios

This book tells the thirty-year story of a corrosion/integrity engineer's life experiences through Upstream Installations in the Oil and Gas Industry, corrosion and integrity issues, the manifestations of various forms of corrosion, considerations for assessing corrosion rates, and the application of available mitigation techniques. The installations that are covered in this journey include downhole equipment; wellheads; flowlines (well lines); gathering lines; flow stations (primary separation stations); gas, oil and water treatment facilities; well injection; and ends describing a Corrosion and Asset Integrity MANanagement (CAIMAN) System.