Abstract
Coating is usually applied as a primary corrosion control measure for buried oil and gas pipelines. Quiteoften, cathodic protection system is also applied in conjunction with coating to compensate for theanticipated imperfection/defects that may occur in the coating system during its application and servicelife.
Upon completion of buried pipelines installation, most operators do not know the importance andadvantages of regular coating integrity survey of their buried/submerged facilities. They pay little or noattention to the condition of the coating ignoring the fact that coatings will always deteriorate.This paper thereby discusses the importanceof conducting regular integrity survey of buried oil and gaspipelines with practical analysis based on previous field experience.
