Monitoring concept for polymer pipes
Society of Petroleum Engineers 2016-2017 SPE Romanian Section Technical Program
SPE Romanian Section Symposium: “Human Factors in Barrier Thinking” Technical Presentation: 3rd
“Monitoring concept for polymer pipes” of April 2017, OMV Petrom SA - ICPT Cȃmpina, Romania
Ambrosie Şerban, Chemical Engineer, Young Professional, OMV Petrom SA Abstract: Produced fluids in natural gas and oil industry are transported through pipelines. These can be made from different types of materials (steel, stainless steel, plastic materials). According to the “OMV Standard for Pipeline Material Selection Onshore”, different types of plastic pipes can be used for the deployment in the field under the requirement of regular monitoring regarding the permeation of hydrocarbons. Generally, the pipelines are installed either directly in the ground (direct contact to the ground) or as a liner in a casing pipe or a protective pipe. Depending on the composition of the transported fluids, these may contain hazardous substances such as: benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene (aromatic BTEX) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in different concentrations. In time there were situations in which permeation/diffusion of these hazardous substances through the pipe wall was suspected. Starting from this supposition, TECH Center & LAB (Austria) and ICPT Câmpina (România) agreed on a "Monitoring Concept for Polymer Pipes". This is based on a WEG Specification (issued by TUV experts) which require soil and groundwater monitoring and determination of the hydrocarbons in the pipe wall as methods for monitoring. It will be presented the procedure for monitoring plastic pipes and the results of first two monitoring campaigns of HDPE pipes installed in the Petrom fields in order to check the penetration depth of the hydrocarbons in the pipe wall. Biography: Ambrosie Şerban graduated Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry Engineering. He started work for OMV Petrom in 2010. Since then he has been involved in several research projects within the laboratory. He is in charge of gas chromatography analyses and in 2016 he became the Project Manager for “Monitoring concept for polymer pipes”.
SPE Romanian Section Symposium: “Human Factors in Barrier Thinking” Technical Presentation: 3rd
“Monitoring concept for polymer pipes” of April 2017, OMV Petrom SA - ICPT Cȃmpina, Romania
Ambrosie Şerban, Chemical Engineer, Young Professional, OMV Petrom SA Abstract: Produced fluids in natural gas and oil industry are transported through pipelines. These can be made from different types of materials (steel, stainless steel, plastic materials). According to the “OMV Standard for Pipeline Material Selection Onshore”, different types of plastic pipes can be used for the deployment in the field under the requirement of regular monitoring regarding the permeation of hydrocarbons. Generally, the pipelines are installed either directly in the ground (direct contact to the ground) or as a liner in a casing pipe or a protective pipe. Depending on the composition of the transported fluids, these may contain hazardous substances such as: benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene (aromatic BTEX) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in different concentrations. In time there were situations in which permeation/diffusion of these hazardous substances through the pipe wall was suspected. Starting from this supposition, TECH Center & LAB (Austria) and ICPT Câmpina (România) agreed on a "Monitoring Concept for Polymer Pipes". This is based on a WEG Specification (issued by TUV experts) which require soil and groundwater monitoring and determination of the hydrocarbons in the pipe wall as methods for monitoring. It will be presented the procedure for monitoring plastic pipes and the results of first two monitoring campaigns of HDPE pipes installed in the Petrom fields in order to check the penetration depth of the hydrocarbons in the pipe wall. Biography: Ambrosie Şerban graduated Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry Engineering. He started work for OMV Petrom in 2010. Since then he has been involved in several research projects within the laboratory. He is in charge of gas chromatography analyses and in 2016 he became the Project Manager for “Monitoring concept for polymer pipes”.
