The paper discusses how the US Navy and NSRP SP-3 panel are working together to reduce the cost of painting Navy ships. In addition to describing the various entities and how they interact, the paper summarizes several recent initiatives such as the acceptability of flash rust on hydroblasted surfaces, implementation of single coat tank coatings, retention of pre-construction primers, humidity control during tank painting and paperless QA processes.
Keywords:
corrosion inhibition,
flowline corrosion,
oilfield chemistry,
riser corrosion,
corrosion management,
coating,
nsrp-us navy initiative,
relative humidity,
pipeline corrosion,
us government
Subjects:
Production Chemistry, Metallurgy and Biology,
Pipelines, Flowlines and Risers,
Professionalism, Training, and Education,
Information Management and Systems,
Materials and corrosion,
Well Integrity,
Subsurface corrosion (tubing, casing, completion equipment, conductor),
Corrosion inhibition and management (including H2S and CO2)
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2009. The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
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