Abstract
External corrosion is one of the major defects for oil and gas pipes. Multiple repair techniques are used for repairing such pipes, which have different environmental effects. In this study, the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach has been used to investigate the environmental impacts of four commonly used repair techniques. The techniques are fillet welded patch (FWP), weld buildup (WB), mechanical clamp (MC), and non-metallic composite overwrap (NCO). The repair processes based on guidelines from repair standards are carried out on a defected pipe specimen and experimental data required for LCA are collected. The paper conducts a cradle-to-gate LCA study using SimaPro software. Six environmental impact categories are used for the comparison of repair processes. The results for a repair life of ten years indicate that non-metallic composite overwrap has the highest whereas the fillet welded patch has the lowest environmental impacts.
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