...Jianfei Yu; Li Jiang; Fuxing Gan Purpose This paper aims to study the corrosion behavior of carbon steel and stainless steel in white oil with naphthenic acid under high temperature. Design/methodology/approach The weight‐loss method and surface analysis were used to study the corrosion...

...Ding‐Rong Qu; Yu‐Gui Zheng; Xiu Jiang; Wei Ke Purpose The objective of the present work was to study the influence of chemical compositions of five naphthenic acids (NAs) extracted from Liaohe crude oil on their corrosivity. Design/methodology/approach Fourier‐transform infrared spectrometry...

...Mohammad Ghassem Mahjani; Jaber Neshati; Hashem Parvaneh Masiha; Majid Jafarian Purpose This paper aims to estimate the corrosion rate of the carbon steel in crude oil using the electrochemical noise (EN) analysis technique. Design/methodology/approach EN measurements and electrochemical...

... CATS International Ltd, of Southport, has recently helped the Bunduq Oil Company Ltd, of Abu Dhabi, to reduce an inspection and maintenance shut-down period from four weeks to one week and so minimise disruption of supplies to its customers in the Arabian Gulf. Bunduq is a Japanese-owned...