Various efforts to enhance rates of oil and gas recovery – including deeper wells, extraction from
oil sands, and horizontal drilling – often result in the presence of sand in production and
transportation equipment. The consequences of this sand include problems in material durability
as a result of (a) erosion, (b) erosion-corrosion, and (c) underdeposit corrosion.
To develop a strategy to combat corrosion and erosion caused by the presence of sand in
production and transportation equipment in the oil and gas industry, three premier institutes:
CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMET-MTL), Ottawa, Canada; Ohio
University, Athens, Ohio, US; and University of Leeds, Leeds, UK have jointly developed this
R&D proposal. The description of R&D is described in the following paragraphs. Appendices I,
II, and III provide a description of the capabilities of the institutes.
Agreement in principle to join this consortium project is provided in Appendix IV.
For further information please contact:
Prof. Srdjan Nesic
Prof. of Chemical Engineering
Director, Institute for
Corrosion and Multiphase
Flow Technology
Ohio University
342 West State St.
Athens, OH 45701
USA
Tel: 1-740-593-9945 (direct)
Tel: 1-740-593-0283 (switch)
Tel: 1-740-591-4418 (cell)
Fax: 1-740-593 9949
Email: nesic@ohio.edu |
Prof. Anne Neville
Corrosion and Surface
Engineering Research Group
School of Mechanical
Engineering
University of Leeds
Leeds LS 2 9JT
ENGLAND
Tel: 44 (0) 113 343 6812
Fax: 44 (0) 113 242 4611
E mail a.neville@leeds.ac.uk
|
Dr. Sankara Papavinasam
Senior Research Scientist
CANMET Materials Technology
Laboratory
568 Booth St.
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1
CANADA
Tel: 1-613-947-3603
Fax: 1-613-992-8735
Email: spapavin@nrcan.gc.ca |
