NEW TECH OFFERS OIL AD GAS SECTOR NEW WAYS OF MANAGING THE CORROSIVE EFFECTS OF AGEING
August 1st, 2017
A smarter approach to asset integrity is proving to be the cost-effective answer to corrosion and erosion in ageing oil and gas assets. Indeed, the global oil and gas industry is maintaining a sharp focus on costs as operators grapple with ‘end or extend’ decisions over the commercial life of ageing assets in a lower-for-longer oil price environment.
These conditions cast a spotlight on asset integrity management (AIM) in general and, in particular, on both the detection of corrosion and erosion, as well as the optimisation of proactive inspection and ...
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