Williams Pipeline - Tahiti Gas Export Line
GATE determined the risks and mitigation of risk associated with wet parking and flooding of a gas export pipeline with unfiltered seawater. The key concerns are corrosion due to microbes, oxygen corrosion, and drying to prevent hydrate formation when the pipe goes into service.
Three options were presented to the client based on industry experience, available technology, and system parameters with associated risks and limitations of each.
