Hydrogen assisted cracking driven by cathodic protection operated at near −1200 mV CSE – an onshore natural gas pipeline failure

A 22-inch onshore natural gas transmission pipeline in operation since 1960 experienced an in-service rupture in January of 2018. The rupture was caused by an axial crack located 150 km (93 miles) downstream of the closest compression station. While the root cause analysis of the rupture was being c...

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Main Authors: Pablo Cazenave, Katina Jimenez, Ming Gao, Andrea Moneta, Pedro Hryciuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667143321000135