Since the presentation of the paper by Bacon and Brown1 on the condensate well corrosion problem, considerable investigational work has been done on this subject of this latter work, Jessen2 indicates that the corrosion of steel equipment in condensate wells is related to the rate of absorption of' carbon dioxide from the gas to the aqueous film oil the metal, and that the ratio of condensed water to condensate is of importance.
Rogers3 has shown that waters from condensate wells develop low pH values of the order of 4.00 on aeration and standing from original values of 5.95 to 6.25. This development of low pH results from the oxidation and precipitation of ferrous salts in the ferric state leaving the acid radical in solution.
Menaul4 has shown that aliphatic acids of the formic-valeric group are present in these condensate waters and are largely responsible for the...
