Open AccessAlternatives to Steel Pipes in the Oil and Gas Industry
Author(s) -
Andrey A. Tolmachev,
Svetlana V. Tolmacheva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/459/3/032060
Subject(s) - polyethylene , petroleum engineering , bearing (navigation) , materials science , fossil fuel , petroleum industry , environmental science , metallurgy , composite material , waste management , engineering , environmental engineering , computer science , artificial intelligence
One of the reasons why polyethylene pipes were not widely used in the oil field was their low (compared to steel equivalents) bearing capacity and, as a result, low working pressure of the transported medium (no more than 2.5 MPa). But thanks to the research of oil and gas companies, a technology has been developed to manufacture polyethylene pipes for oil and gas fields that will be able to withstand the operating pressure of the transported product up to 4.0 MPa inclusive.