Fields General Department

To

Chairman Assist. For Opers.

From

Deputy Opers Gen. Mgr.

Date

Subject

31 March 2012

Fields Gen. Mgr.

Deputy Fields Gen. Mgr.

Pages

5 including this page

First quarter Cathodic protection systems for all QPC Facilities

Ref. to the above mentioned subject, attached for your reference is the
cathodic protection measurements for external structure through First
quarter 2012 found as attached table and charts.

I)

Observation
1)External Cathodic protection systems

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1)- For external surface CP systems found problem with insulation

flanges and T/R specially at all karama water flood and Bany Suaf
pipelines.
11)Internal cathodic protection systems

- For internal surface CP systems of water flood tanks found many

problem with layers of crude oil in W/F tanks obstacles the impressed
current flow (memo dated 3/1/2012).
II)

Recommendations

- It is highly recommended to contact projects Dept to finalize all

outstanding systems that not handed over and systems leakage
Specially all karama water flood and Bany suaf pipelines.

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- For future projects, we forced to change internal CP systems of W/F

tanks from impressed to sacrificial anode system.
This system exist and already under evaluation and install in bottom
tanks of Heba W/F. Also, it is applied @ and all tanks at QPC.

This is for your consideration and action as necessary.

Regards,,,,,

________________________
Surface Facilities Gen. Mgr.

_____________________
Deputy Fields Gen. Mgr.

__________________
Fields Gen. Mgr.

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Last Status summary of QPC

External cathodic protection systems through March 201
S/N

System name

Protection limit
1200- : 850-

1
2
3

shipping line qarun-dahshour ''16

Dahshour plant
Q-New receiving area

1178- : 1125770 - : 5601200- :1177-

Yosef-2&Yosef-4

770-

Heba-200 manifold p/l

960-- : 777-

E.Baharia shipping line

5600-- : 5420-

Heba shipping line

1134- : 948-

E.Azhaar-1x underground pipeline

627-

10

E.Azhaar-2 underground pipeline

718-

11

shipping lines karama qarun "10

6230- : 5360-

12

Q-storage tanks (55000)

476- : 260-

13

Q-Utilities tanks & buried pipelines

-455 : -593

14

East baharia water flood

1753- : 1760-

15

Heba Water flood

1081-:1051-

16

East Ras-badran

17

CPF Fire tanks

18

Storage tanks (20000bbl)

435-

19

Samra 2 water flood

1260-

20

Samra 3 water flood

450-

21

ND water flood

1230- : 956-

Repaired But sy
leakage(petroj

22

Yomna water flood

1100- : 870-

OK But system leakag

23

Heba 100 underground pipeline

No CP syste

24

Heba 400 underground pipeline

968- : 735-

Repaired

25

YOSEF-8 underground pipeline

1060-

OK

26

Yomna oil & gas pipeline to cpf

840- : 834-

Repaired

27

Hamra trunk line 8

1126- :980-

OK

28
29

Samra trunk line 8

Main trunk line 10

1150- : 1100-940- : 879

30

''East baharia water injector p/l 8

1200- : 1196-

OK
OK
OK

31

''Heba water injector p/l 8

1200- : 1194-

OK

32

Gas piplines 6'' GAPCO Q.CPF

33

Aqsa-KSW trunk line "10

400-

34

W/F" KSW

384-

All sacrificial anodes and internal surface will be inspected during the traditional
maintenance and cleaning plan for all QPC tanks and vessels.
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Remarks

OK
Repaired
OK
Need check and repair
flanges and T
Repaired
Repaired

OK
Need check and repair
flanges and T
Need check and repair
flanges and T
Repaired

Need check and repair

flanges and T

Repaired (system le

OK Not handed ove

leakage (petro
Not handed over

Not handed over (p

Need check and repair
flanges and T
Repaired But sy
leakage(petroj

Not handed over (p

NO CP syste
Not handed over (p

Need check and repair

flanges and T