Pipelines
Pipelines are present in practically every industry as they are like the arteries of any process, building or transport system. Pipelines may be constructed of ferrous, non-ferrous, polymeric and composite materials. As such, they are exposed to a wide myriad of damage mechanisms depending on the material used and the service environment.
Some typical damage mechanisms which pipelines in different environment are susceptible to are outlined below:
- Copper piping: Pitting, blue-water corrosion, formicary (ant-nest) corrosion
- Cast iron piping: Graphitic corrosion
- Insulated process piping: Corrosion under insulation (CUI), stress corrosion cracking
- High energy piping: Creep, fatigue
- Polymeric piping: Environmental stress cracking (ESC), embrittlement, fatigue
- Underground piping: Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), localized corrosion
Our Expertise:
We have conducted condition assessment and failure analysis of a wide variety of pipelines in different industries including subsea, marine/offshore, underground, buildings, infrastructures, process plants and aerospace. Our pool of engineers and scientists, who are specialized in different disciplines of mechanical engineering, material science, corrosion, welding and NDT, can provide you effective and practical solutions to establish the root cause of failures and the integrity of your pipelines.
Our Services:
- Condition and technical assessment of pipeline integrity
- Risk-based inspection, remaining life and fitness-for-service assessments
- Failure analysis to establish root cause of failure
- Cathodic protection system inspection and assessment
- NDT including surface metallographic replication, positive material identification (PMI), remote visual inspection
- Recommendations on materials selection, inspection and repair solutions
- Expert witness for litigation and/or insurance claim cases