General Material Selection Guidelines For Oil And Gas Industry Pipelines

摘要

This article presents a few tips on pipeline material selection methodology based on a rational approach drawn from oil and gas industry practices and field experiences. There will be no dwelling on any specific selections since the pipe material chosen purely depends on the operating envelope that includes such parameters as type of fluid, fluid compositions, flow, pressure and temperatures. The subject is vast and every selection is determined case by case. However, this is mainly a look at some general guidelines.