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Discovered in 2006, Chim Sao, formerly Blackbird, is located on Block 12W and 12E in 377 feet (115
meters) of water, around 248 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, offshore Vietnam.
The Chim Sao wellhead platform (WHP) jacket has been loaded out and in place in July 2010 and to
commence production on July 1, 2011.
Viet My (Swagelok Vietnam) was supplying Fittings (SS316), Tubing (SS316/316L) and Valves (SS316)
for this project.
We were told after Chim Sao wellhead platform was put in place 4 -5 months later external corrosion
stain occurs on Instrument tray, Bracket, Bolts and Nuts, Fitting, Tubing and Valves, sizes ¼” , 3/8”, ½”
and 1” in instrumentation system:
We were contacted to help provide feedback on the corrosion and suggestion to address this issue.
Our team consists of Mr. Prapas Lamphuoc- Sales Account Manager, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thien-Sales
Engineer visited the platform on February, 15th 2011.
Upon arrival at the Offshore Platform we were met by Mr. Gerry and was brief about what we can do and
what he need from us regarding visual inspection. He assigned Mr. Dat -Mechanical Engineer, PTSC
M&C and Mr. Viet - Technical Engineer, PV Trans (Premier Oil’s sub-contractor) to go with us around the
platform.
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We spent a total of half a day onboard Chim Sao WHP and we inspected the following areas:
2. Fittings and tubing are SS316, why did green color stain appear on surface. They understand
green color stain only appear on copper material.
3. Is there some solution that we can recommend to them to prevent reoccurrence, or at least inhibit
reoccurrence to some degree?
Investigation Methods
Visual inspection of the corrosion component at Chim Sao wellhead platform. Photos were taken on for
component before and after wiping with clean cloth. Our focuses are on Tubing, Tube Fitting and Valves
Observation
Summary
1. Brown color stain were found on fittings, tubing and valves surface which are located at
the Chemical Injection line and Hydraulic line. To determine whether the stains are actual
corrosion wipe the stains. Some component surface stain disappear, but some stain remain
(reduce).
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Picture 3. Chemical injection Line – SS316 material fitting and fitting ½” & 1” Before wipe
Picture 4. Chemical injection Line – SS316 material fitting and fitting ½” & 1” After wipe
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Hydraulic lines are located at high levels which are difficult access without ladder or scaffolding. As
such we were not able to clean the component and show the differences.
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2. Green color stain were found on fittings and tubing surfaces of the Water Injection line only.
We wipe the stain with clean cloth. We found the stain to be more difficult to remove.
However those stain that was remove show dark gray surface.
Location- Water Injection Line (first and second level above sea wa
Picture 11. Water Injection system, Green Color stain on Tubing and Fitting
Picture 12. Water Injection system, Green Color stain on Tubing and Fitting
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Picture 13. Green Color Stain on tubing (Material?) and fitting (Monel) 3/8” OD
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Picture 16. Water Injection line tubing (material?) and fitting (Monel) ½” OD Before wipe
Picture 17. Water Injection line tubing (material?) and fitting (Monel) ½” OD After wipe
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Picture 18. Green Color Stain on tubing (Material?) and fitting (Monel) ½” OD Before wipe
Picture 19. Green Color Stain tubing (Material?) and fitting (Monel) ½” OD Before wipe
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Picture 20. Green Color Stain on tubing (Material?) fitting (Monel) ½” OD After wipe
1. We confirm that both Chemical Injection line and Hydraulic Line are of SS316/SS316L (Sandvik
print on the tubing surface and Swagelok marking on Tube Fittings). However, the Water Injection
line tubing cannot be confirmed as we cannot see any printing on the tubing surface. We suspect
the fittings are Monel material, an alloy of nickel and copper. You can tell from the marking of the
parts, for example, the nuts marked Swagelok-MSNA are nuts made from Monel and have heat
code SNA. It is typical for Monel to develop a greenish scale.
Monel does not necessarily have the best resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion resistance.
Since we are not sure what materials were used for the tubing, we suggest you check your record
to identify the material used. Cleaning is recommended, please see suggestion below.
Alternatively, you may want to look at Alloys 6Mo and 2507 which are better corrosion resistant to
seawater environment.
2. The "Brown Color rusted" on Chemical Injection line and Hydraulic line (SS316 parts) were most
likely contaminated with iron that may have come from different sources, for example, cutting,
grinding, and blasting of structural parts of the platform. As soon as "free iron" accumulates on a
stainless steel surface, it will oxidizes to form a brownish deposit, giving the stainless steel a
rusted appearance.
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Cleaning
It is very important that stainless steel be kept clean. Regular cleansing with water is important,
and if the cleansing is done with seawater than a fresh water rinse is recommended. The
customer should consider cleaning the tubing and fittings. There are many cleaning products in
the market . Please refer to British Stainless Steel Association recommendation for Stainless
Steel as below:
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This report is written by Prapas Lamphuoc, Nguyen Duc Thien, Andrew BT Wong
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