Abstract
In the oil production, water and acidic gases, i.e., H2S and CO2, are co-produced with the oil. The acidic gases are known to associate with a variety of corrosion damage to the surface facilities leading to costly failures. Also, the acidic gases cause a reduction in the service life of equipment. Corrosion of API L80 tubular carbon steel in sweet media (in the presence of CO2 gas) was investigated using the linear polarization resistance meter. Experiments using API L80 tubular carbon steel material were carried out in a stagnant flow condition with different ratios of produced water to crude oil at relatively high temperatures (60 degrees C up to 90 degrees C). The pressure was about 200 psi (13.8 bar) of CO2, and the experiments were carried out using a high pressure vessel namely an autoclave cell. Under those experimental conditions, results indicated that at a temperature of 60 degrees C, the corrosion rate for carbon steel L80 increased as water-cut ratio increased. Also, the results showed that at higher temperature than 60 degrees C, the formation of iron carbonate scale on the surface of the steel was observed to increase. Consequently, the corrosion rate of the L80 carbon steel was observed to decrease.