This paper discusses the challenges faced in the selection of corrosion and erosion monitoring techniques for deepwater developments with both subsea and topside facilities. The challenges are most pronounced when such fields produce corrosive, high pressure and temperature fluids, and/or are expected to produce sand. Limitation of technology particularly for subsea applications requires close collaboration between the operating companies and equipment manufacturers to further develop the technologies to meet the project needs. This will extend to selection of the most appropriate technologies and optimization of the monitoring techniques to provide an integrated monitoring system for subsea and topside facilities capable of providing asset integrity for the life of the asset.

Subject
Sensors, Materials, Sand, Probes, Metal wastage, Tools, Corrosion detection, Flowlines, Corrosion inhibitors, Erosion, Equipment, Corrosion monitoring, Intrusive corrosion monitoring
Keywords:
Corrosion monitoring, erosion monitoring, subsea monitoring, corrosion, deepwater, sand erosion, corrosion inhibition, corrosion prediction
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2007
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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