Corrosion inhibition approach of oil production systems in offshore oilfields

Abstract

AbstractSynthesis and modification of imidazoline were carried out based on review of the corrosion inhibitor development and application for oilfields. A series of imidazoline compounds were synthesised through the solvent dewatering and vacuum dewatering methods. After reaction of imidazoline with ethane oxide, the produced compound was used to react with halogen hydrocarbon and polyphosphoric acid respectively. Finally an agent with performance of corrosion‐inhibition, sterilisation and anti‐scaling was obtained. The structures of the compounds were characterised by the Fourier transformation infrared spectrum. The relationships between corrosion inhibition effectiveness of the compounds and their structures were investigated so as to determine the structure of a novel corrosion inhibitor. The selected corrosion inhibitor was evaluated by a series of experiments to understand the characteristics of imidazoline derivative and some major factors associated with oil production in the oilfields of China. The experimental results showed that this corrosion inhibitor has outstanding performance of corrosion inhibition and sterilization, and is suitable for corrosion inhibition of the oil abstraction systems with high water‐content in the offshore oilfields.