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  1. Glenhoy

    Please help - Free falling water in a pipeline riser and potential for subsequent errosion/damage

    Hi, can any one please help/provide guidance on the following: - I have a carbon steel pipeline riser and section of pipeline offshore West Africa that I want to fill up with filtered seawater however I am concerned that the falling velocity of the water and the pressure may cause damage to the...
  2. Glenhoy

    Oxygen content is carbon steel pipe stalks

    Thanks Steve I'm not going to be using nitrogen membrane units for the nitrogen purge nor am I going to displace the oxygen using a pig propelled with nitrogen. The plan is, once I've finished cleaning the pipe (pigs ran with -40 def C dewpoint compressed air) to then go on an purge the pipe...
  3. Glenhoy

    Oxygen content is carbon steel pipe stalks

    Metengr, thanks for your response. In order to minimize the chance of any further oxidization/rust occurring what oxygen content and dewpoint should I be looking to achieve? I am going to have a dewpoint meter for checking the dewpoint of the discharging compressed air upon completion of the...
  4. Glenhoy

    Oxygen content is carbon steel pipe stalks

    Can anyone please help me. I am about too start cleaning some 8" x 1500m pipe stalks. This will consist of running some brush pigs and foam swabbing pigs through each of the pipe stalks with dry compressed air to try and remove as much rust, millscale, debris and the like as possible. Once the...

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