Open AccessPrevention of Reservoir Interior Discoloration
Author(s) -
Karin Arnold
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/776967
Subject(s) - contamination , welding , environmental science , metallurgy , materials science , ecology , biology
Contamination is anathema in reservoir production. Some of the contamination is a result of welding and some appears after welding but existed before. Oxygen was documented to be a major contributor to discoloration in welding. This study demonstrates that it can be controlled and that some of the informal cleaning processes contribute to contamination