Metallurgy and Corrosion Control in Oil and Gas Production, 2nd Edition

Corrosion costs the oil industry billions of dollars each year, despite the fact that monitoring and testing corrosion could keep these damage costs to a minimum. This book is intended for engineers and related professionals in the oil and gas production industries.  It is intended for use by personnel with limited backgrounds in chemistry, metallurgy, and corrosion and will give them a general understanding of how and why corrosion occurs and the practical approaches to how the effects of corrosion can be mitigated.  It is also an asset to the entry-level corrosion control professional who may have a theoretical background in metallurgy, chemistry, or a related field, but who needs to understand the practical limitations of large-scale industrial operations associated with oil and gas production.

The new edition includes a new chapter on case studies including the Prudhoe Bay oil spill; Shutdown of the Kashagan oil and gas field; and Goleta (Santa Barbara) crude oil pipeline leak while also updating the material previously published.