Oil And Gas Pipeline Corrosion Monitoring and Prevention Techniquies in The Niger Delta Region, Nigeria: A Review

Abstract

Corrosion monitoring and prevention has remained a subject of engineering concerns and investigation for over hundreds of years. Causing an annual lost estimate of 10% of global materials, consuming over 42 billion dollars within the developed nations and depleting the economics of developing countries.  This has made corrosion management and prevention a major concern within the oil and gas industry as well as in the pipeline management and its operational setting. The deployment of corrosion monitoring techniques changes across pipelines wall by reason of operational conditions and the environment. In this review, corrosion mechanisms and several types of corrosion monitoring and preventions techniques were considered with a recommended approaches adopted by major oil and gas firms in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in corrosion monitoring and its prevention.