2. OBJECTIVES
• Know how dissolved oxygen will cause corrosion
• Sharing hot to monitor dissolved oxygen
• Sharing mitigation of dissolved oxygen especially by oxygen scavenger
• Field cases study
4. DISSOLVED OXYGEN : GENERAL INFORMATION
• Oxygen not common found in the reservoir, the
concentration usually below 20 ppb (0.02 ppm).This
concentration is very low compare to dissolved oxygen in
the seawater (sea graph beside)
• Oxygen may ingress to the production water through
leaking in the topside or when mixed with other liquid
that already contain oxygen.
5. DISSOLVED OXYGEN EFFECT TO CORROSION RATE (1)
• Dissolved oxygen (DO) in water
can cause destructive oxygen
corrosion to metal pipes and
process equipment
• Corrosion caused by DO is more
severe than corrosion by CO2
and H2S at similar concentration
6. DISSOLVED OXYGEN EFFECT TO CORROSION RATE (2)
• Corrosion rate will increase when
temperature increase and with
additional others corrosive
dissolved gas such as CO2 and
H2S.
• If the allowable corrosion rate is
less than 5 mpy, the DO shall be
maintained below 45 ppb
• The common specification for DO is
less than 20 ppb.
8. MONITORING
DO could be measured using oxymeter or using
rapid onsite test kit such as Chemetric
Rapid test principle : reaction between DO with
reagent will create change of color. Darker color
indicate higher DO. The formed color compare to
standard comparator.
Important during conduct rapid test:
• Shall be onsite, cannot take sample to the lab
• Shall avoid contact with open air
12. CONTROL
1. Avoid leaking at any facilities
2. Use blanketing nitrogen
3. Use mechanical method such as stripper or deaerator.
4. Work principle of deaerator is by evaporate dissolved oxygen at temperature below
100 oC and at vacuum condition. Deaerator could decrease DO below 50 ppb.
5. Using chemical treatment : oxygen scavenger
13. OXYGEN SCAVENGER (OS)
• OS is chemical that react stoichiometric with DO.The reaction is usually irreversible. For
example of reaction :
2Na2SO3 + O2 2Na2SO4
• More DO require more OS
• OS may not efficient to decrease DO above 1000 ppb (1 ppm).
• OS could decrease DO to < 10 ppb
14. TYPES OF OS
Actual/Field dosage will
depend on temperature
and DO level
At low level of DO, the
dosage of OS per part O2
will be higher
Field dosage could be 10
– 50x of theoretical
dosage.
16. TREATMENT METHOD
• OS injected continually to once through production system or batching at closed system.
• At close system with batching method, residual of OS shall be monitor regularly.
• OS is and oxidator that may react with other chemicals and lead to decrease the
efficiency for both OS and others chemicals. It is important to keep the dosage and
injection point to avoid incompatibility issue.
18. OXYGEN INGRESS
Injection
Point CI Washtank
Watertank
Shipping
Tank
Corrosion
coupon
• Corrosion rate at Alpha GS still
high even injection corrosion
inhibitor increased
• Corrosion rate is > 20 mpy
meanwhile the specification < 5
mpy
19. WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS
Sampling Point Wash Tank Alpha
GS Level 13’10”
Suction Water Pump
Alpha GS
Suction Water
Pump Alpha GS
Date Analyze 7 Sept 7 Sept 15 Sept
CO2 ( ppm ) 40 60 40
SO3 ( ppm ) 6.5 6 4.5
H2S ( ppm ) n.d n.d n.d
SRB ( coll / cc ) 100 100 n.a
Temperature ( oF ) 130 134 n.a
O2 ( ppb ) 20 50 >100
20. WHY DO INCREASE AT WATER TANK ?
At watertank, water flow through
goose neck called water leg.
Waterleg not fully close
Hypothesis : oxygen from open
air ingress to the water through
this gap
Open
21. RECOMENDATION
• Close the gap
• Inject Oxygen Scavenger at inlet watertank
RESULT AFTER OS INJECTION
• DO decrease to 20-30 ppb
• Corrosion rate decrease < 10 mpy
22. PLUGGING OS
• MEG (monoethylene glycol) injected continuously
to avoid hydrate at gas field.
• Return MEG recovery at topside and the recovered
MEG injected back to the wellhead.
• Sulphite type Oxygen Scavenger injected
continuously to maintain oxygen level at MEG
below 20 ppb).
MEG Tank
Subsea
Wellhead
23. PLUGGING FOUND
• Every 2-4 weeks the injection point was plugged
• The deposit is sulphite salt and MEG.
• The OS may not compatible with the
temperature, pressure or MEG itself.
• Propose to change the type of OS from sulphite
to carbohydrazide type
• No plugging issue after chemical replacement.
24. OXYGEN STRIPPER - DEAERATOR
• Produced water used as injection
water
• Oxygen scavenger injected at
dosage 50 ppm upstream of
stripper
• DO outlet stripper < 20 ppb
• But why DO outlet water tank >
100 ppb ?
Produced
Water
Water Tank
O2 Stripper
To Injection
Well
OS
25. OXYGEN STRIPPER - DEAERATOR
• Some gaps found in the roof of
water tank
• Relocate the flow direction of
stripper and OS
• OS dosage decrease to 5 ppm
• DO downstream of OS injection
point < 10 ppb
Produced
Water
Water Tank
To Injection
Well
O2 Stripper
OS
27. SUMMARY
• Dissolved oxygen is one of corrosive agent and more aggressive than CO2 and H2S
• Dissolved oxygen usually increase when water contact with the open air.
• Dissolved oxygen may decrease using mechanical or chemical method
• Oxygen scavenger is chemical that react stoichiometric with the dissolved oxygen
• The effectiveness of OS depend on temperature, concentration, others process and field
condition.