It is a challenge to provide a 10 year or longer service life for the corrosion protection of FPSO’s. While traditional trading vessels will dock regularly (every 5th year), the FPSO will be in continuous operation during its service life. Today the basic corrosion protection requirements used on FPSO’s are often based on established guidelines used for the trading vessels. Consequently, there is a need to develop a guideline for the corrosion protection for fixed floating vessels with a 10 years or longer service life. The paper provides a schematic presentation of the guideline (/1/). The technology basis for the guideline is the state-of-the-art knowledge on corrosion protection of fixed offshore platforms and experiences from the marine industry. For cathodic protection, the design shall be based on a combination with coatings.

Subject
Electric current, Ballast, Coatings, Cathodic protection, Cathodic current, Seawater, Hull, Current densities, Coating service life, Floating production storage and offloading units, Corrosion protection, Epoxies, Coating systems
Keywords:
FPSO, Corrosion protection, coatings, cathodic protection
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2007
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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