Equipment Material Selection Requirements
Equipment Material Selection Requirements
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I have to build a material selection work instruction for a petroleum company.
The philosophy is this work instruction is that we have to select the material of a specific equipment(pipeline, pipe, pump, valve, pressure vessel...) knowing the operating conditions of this equipment (temperature, pressure, fluid contents...): what is the appropriate material to select?
I have read the material selection NORSOK M-001 but I didn't find a lot of details about what I am looking for.
I would like to know if there is other references and documents treating this topic in detail?
Regards,
The philosophy is this work instruction is that we have to select the material of a specific equipment(pipeline, pipe, pump, valve, pressure vessel...) knowing the operating conditions of this equipment (temperature, pressure, fluid contents...): what is the appropriate material to select?
I have read the material selection NORSOK M-001 but I didn't find a lot of details about what I am looking for.
I would like to know if there is other references and documents treating this topic in detail?
Regards,





RE: Equipment Material Selection Requirements
Major oil companies have these guides, and they really are not very long, until you get to the rules and exceptions and special cases.
This is very involved.
I suggest that you start with a list of all of the equipment that you are wanting to work with. Then you need to work on various services for each, next would be what you currently use (along with design codes and construction and testing rules).
Then you can start thinking about possible alternates.
This is a career long task.
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P.E. Metallurgy, Plymouth Tube
RE: Equipment Material Selection Requirements
I am new in the petroleum field and this is a challenge that I have to achieve. I have searched a lot but I didn't found specific documentation about those recommendations.
RE: Equipment Material Selection Requirements
RE: Equipment Material Selection Requirements
Steve Jones
Corrosion Management Consultant
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