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The efficient transportation of corrosive oil and gas through flowlines requires the careful selection of materials. Changes in such field conditions as temperature and sulphur content can have a profound effect on performance. Typically, oil and gas companies review the technical literature for corrosion data that applies to anticipated field conditions, then spend one to three years testing a few candidate corrosion-resistant alloys under simulated field conditions. The series of guideline diagrams published in this paper are designed to help engineers reduce the number of alloys to be tested in the laboratory. Based almost entirely on conservative, accurate lab testing, the diagrams plot the corrosion rates of eight common alloys that were tested under various temperature and chemical conditions found in the petroleum industry.

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