The paper examines the in-situ recoating of operating pipelines, and the evaluation of coating systems and suitable application techniques, with reference to experience gained by the authors in evaluating and repairing coatings on petroleum pipelines in the Cooper Basin area, in Central Australia.

Results are presented and discussed for a number of laboratory and field evaluation programs for various coating systems. The relative advantages of cold applied tape systems, heat shrink thermally-bonding systems and liquid applied polymeric systems are critically discussed, as are the various tests available to evaluate the performance of these coating systems.

Subject
Test methods, Coating performance, Coating application, Materials, Tape, Pipelines, Stress, Shear, Heat, Epoxies, Mastic, Soil, Coating systems
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1987
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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