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Natural Gas Industry: Materials and Corrosion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2016

R. Salinas ,
A. So ,
B. Valdez ,
M. Schorr ,
J. M. Bastidas ,
M. Carrillo  and
L. Alvarez
R. Salinas
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Blvd. Benito Juárez y Calle de la Norma s/n, Col. Insurgentes Este, C.P. 21280
A. So
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Blvd. Benito Juárez y Calle de la Norma s/n, Col. Insurgentes Este, C.P. 21280
B. Valdez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Blvd. Benito Juárez y Calle de la Norma s/n, Col. Insurgentes Este, C.P. 21280
M. Schorr
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Blvd. Benito Juárez y Calle de la Norma s/n, Col. Insurgentes Este, C.P. 21280
J. M. Bastidas
Affiliation:
National Center for Metallurgical Research, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
M. Carrillo
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Blvd. Benito Juárez y Calle de la Norma s/n, Col. Insurgentes Este, C.P. 21280
L. Alvarez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Blvd. Benito Juárez y Calle de la Norma s/n, Col. Insurgentes Este, C.P. 21280
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Abstract

Corrosion is a worldwide, crucial problem that strongly affects natural and industrial environments, in particular the oil and gas industry. Natural gas (NG) is a source of energy in industrial, residential, commercial and electric applications. The abundance of NG in many countries augurs a profitable situation for the vast energy industry. NG is considered friendlier to the environment and with lesser greenhouse gas emissions as compared with other fossil fuels. In the last years, shale gas is increasingly exploited in U.S. and Europe, applying a hydraulic fracturing technique, for releasing gas from the bed rock by injection of saline water, acidic chemicals and sand to the wells. Various critical sectors of the NG industry infrastructure suffer from several types of corrosion: steel casings of production wells and their drilling equipment; gas conveying pipelines including pumps and valves; plants for regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and municipal networks of NG distribution to the consumers. Practical technologies that minimize or prevent corrosion include selection of corrosion resistant engineering materials, cathodic protection, corrosion inhibitors, and application of external and internal paints, coatings and linings. Mexico is undergoing an intense reform process of the energy sector, that involves its oil, NG and electricity industries. Typical cases of corrosion management in the NG industry are presented based on the authors experience and knowledge.

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CorrosionInfrastructureMethane
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1815: Symposium 6J – NACE: Corrosion And Metallurgy , 2016 , imrc2015.23
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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