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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Leeds
Empirical Prediction of Carbon-Steel Degradation Rates on an Offshore Oil and Gas Facility: Predicting CO2 Erosion-Corrosion Pipeline Failures Before They Occur
Development of a new complementary experimental and theoretical approach to erosion-corrosion modelling and prediction which is correlated with oilfield inspection data, presenting a unique approach to model validation in oil and gas research. The model is developed specifically for and funded by industry (Shell U.K.) with an industrial co-supervisor (S.Cushnaghan@leeds.ac.uk). On the basis of the results, Shell implemented a change to their corrosion management strategy on the Brent fields, as well as taking the decision to increase production rates on the wells. Incidents have reduced on the facility from 1-2 every year to 0 since the change was implemented.
