Maintaining asset integrity

Bradbury, John; 01/08/2011

Much of the current concern in the North Sea over ageing installations revolves around fabric maintenance and the battle to keep platforms profitable in the face of declining asset integrity.
Corrosion is gradually weakening the integrity of North Sea platforms that were built 20 or more years ago which are now working well beyond their original design lives.

Article details

PR Aug 2011 - p28-31.pdf

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Journal title: Petroleum Review

Publisher: Energy Institute

Keywords: Corrosion

Countries: North Sea -

Subjects: Safety, Asset Integrity, Management and commerce, Asset management, Maintenance, Management systems