Cathodic protection for Kuwait oil company

Citation

(2002), "Cathodic protection for Kuwait oil company", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 49 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2002.12849dab.009

Cathodic protection for Kuwait oil company

Cathodic protection for Kuwait oil company

BAC Corrosion Control has been awarded a specialist sub-contract by Daelim Industrial Co. of Korea for the design, supply, testing and commissioning of a cathodic protection system for one of the Kuwait Oil Company's northern oilfield gathering centres, which Daelim is upgrading. The new system is to protect new facilities and boost the existing cathodic protection.

The project, at the GG-15 gathering centre about 50km from Kuwait City, involved a site survey of the centre comprising storage tank facilities, oil wells, flowlines, manifolds and desalinating/dehydration plant to ascertain existing conditions. From the results BAC were able to determine locations for the new cathodic protection equipment and confirm the design requirements.

Subsequently, BAC prepared a detailed design, supplied and shipped the required materials. Installation supervision, testing and commissioning of the cathodic protection system are to follow. The design, based on a 25/30-year life, is for an ICCP system with a vertically drilled borehole groundbed and graphite anodes.

This, and other works in Kuwait, are carried out in conjunction with BAC's local agent Mazidi Procurement & Project Management Co. WLL of Safat, Kuwait.

Details available from: BAC Corrosion Control. Tel: +44 (0)1952 290321; Fax: +44 (0)1952 290325; E-mail: tony.gerrard@ bacgroup.com; Web site: www.bacgroup.com