Reducing the risk of corrosion in pipelines

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11655929-B2
Application number	US-202017012574-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2020
Priority date	Sep 6, 2019
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A carbon steel main body defines a flow passage. The carbon steel main body includes an end. The carbon steel main body includes a beveled edge at the end. A corrosion resistant cladding is deposited along an inner surface of the carbon steel main body. The corrosion resistant cladding extends from the end to a distance into the carbon steel main body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tubular comprising:
a carbon steel main body defining a flow passage, the carbon steel main body comprising an end, the carbon steel main body comprising a beveled edge at the end; and
a corrosion resistant alloy deposited along an inner surface of the carbon steel main body as a weld overlay, the corrosion resistant alloy extending from the end to a distance into the carbon steel main body, the corrosion resistant alloy comprising a metal alloy different from carbon steel; and
an impressed cathodic protection system configured to reduce galvanic corrosion between the carbon steel and the corrosion resistant cladding.

2. The tubular of claim 1 , further comprising:
an epoxy or glass-flake coating along an interior surface of the tubular.

3. The tubular of claim 1 , wherein the distance into the carbon steel main body that the corrosion resistant alloy extends is substantially four to seven inches.

4. The tubular of claim 1 , wherein the corrosion resistant alloy comprises alloy 625.

5. The tubular of claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the corrosion resistant alloy smoothly transitions to the inner surface of the carbon steel main body.

6. The tubular of claim 1 , wherein the corrosion resistant alloy comprises two layers of weld overlay.

7. The tubular of claim 1 , wherein the end is a first end, the corrosion resistant alloy is a first corrosion resistant alloy, and the distance is a first distance, the carbon steel main body comprising a second end, the tubular further comprising:
a second corrosion resistant alloy deposited along the inner surface, the second corrosion resistant alloy extending from the second end to a second distance into the carbon steel main body.

8. The tubular of claim 7 , wherein the first distance and the second distance are substantially the same.

9. The tubular of claim 7 , wherein the carbon steel main body comprises a beveled edge at the second end.

10. A method of manufacturing a tubular comprising:
receiving a carbon steel tubular body with an end;
depositing a corrosion resistant alloy along an inner surface of the tubular as a weld overlay, the corrosion resistant alloy extending a distance along the inner surface from the end, the corrosion resistant alloy comprising a metal alloy different from carbon steel; and
depositing an epoxy coating along the inner surface of the carbon steel tubular body and along an inner surface of the corrosion resistant cladding; and
reducing galvanic corrosion between the carbon steel and the corrosion resistant cladding by an impressed current cathodic protection system.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the weld overlay comprises two layers.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the corrosion resistant alloy comprises alloy 625.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising beveling the end of the carbon steel tubular body.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the carbon steel tubular body is a first carbon steel tubular body, the method further comprising:
receiving a second carbon steel tubular body substantially identical to the first carbon steel tubular body;
adding a bevel to the end of the first carbon steel tubular body;
adding a bevel to an end of the second carbon steel tubular body; and
welding the first carbon steel tubular to the second carbon steel tubular at the bevel of the first carbon steel tubular and the bevel of the second carbon steel tubular.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein welding the first carbon steel tubular to the second carbon steel tubular comprises using a girth weld.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the girth weld is a full penetration weld.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the weld comprises a second corrosion resistant alloy.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the second corrosion resistant alloy is metallurgically compatible with the carbon steel and the corrosion resistant cladding.

19. A pipeline comprising:
a first tubular comprising:
a first carbon steel main body defining a first flow passage, the first carbon steel main body comprising a first end, the first carbon steel main body comprising a first beveled edge at the first end;
a first corrosion resistant alloy deposited along an inner surface of the first carbon steel main body as a weld overlay, the first corrosion resistant t alloy extending from the first end to a distance into the first carbon steel main body, the corrosion resistant alloy comprising a metal alloy different from carbon steel; and
a glass-flake coating along an interior surface of the first tubular; and

a second tubular comprising:
a second carbon steel main body defining a second flow passage being in-line with the first flow passage, the second carbon steel main body comprising a second end, the second carbon steel main body comprising a second beveled edge at the second end;
a second corrosion resistant alloy deposited along an inner surface of the second carbon steel main body as a weld overlay, the second corrosion resistant alloy extending from the second end to a distance into the second carbon steel main body and different from carbon steel; and
a glass-flake coating along an interior surface of the second tubular; and

an impressed current cathodic protection system configured to reduce galvanic corrosion between the carbon steel and the corrosion resistant alloy in the first tubular and the second tubular;
wherein the first tubular and the second tubular are connected by a weld at the first beveled edge and the second beveled edge, wherein the weld comprises a full penetration weld.

Assignees

• Saudi Arabian Oil Co

Inventors

• Alghamdi Tariq Abdulwahed Ali

Classifications

• F16L58/181 Primary

  for non-disconnectable pipe joints · CPC title

• F16L9/14

  Compound tubes, i.e. made of materials not wholly covered by any one of the preceding groups (F16L9/16 - F16L9/22 take precedence) · CPC title

• C23F2213/32

  Pipes · CPC title

• F16L13/0263

  having an internal coating · CPC title

• B23K2101/10

  Pipe-lines · CPC title