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Topics Covered
Background
Laboratory Facilities
Accreditations
Corrosion Testing
Other Services
Background
The Exova Corrosion Centre, based in Dudley, UK, is one of the world’s leading laboratories in the testing of pipeline materials for the Oil and Gas industry. In particular, the Exova Corrosion Centre specialises in qualification testing of materials for use in sour service (Hydrogen Sulphide) environments.
Laboratory Facilities
- Conventional sour test laboratory
- Large-scale sour pipe testing laboratory
- High Pressure/High Temperature autoclaves rated to 200 bar and 200°C
- Electrochemical Testing
- Hydrogen permeation measurement
Accreditations
- Quality system in accordance with ISO 17025
- UKAS accreditation for Four Point Bend testing
- UKAS accreditation for sour tests including:
- - NACE TM0177 Sulphide Stress Cracking
- - NACE TM0284 Hydrogen Induced Cracking
- - OTI 95 635 Full Ring Test
Corrosion Testing
- NACE TM0177 Sulphide Stress Cracking
- Accelerated Corrosion Testing
- Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Copper-Copper Sulphate 16% Sulphuric Acid
- Copper-Copper Sulphate 50% Sulphuric Acid
- Crevice Corrosion
- Critical Pitting Temperature Test
- End Grain Pitting
- Ferric Sulphate – Sulphuric Acid (Nickel Alloys)
- Ferric Sulphate – Sulphuric Acid
- Fluid Resistance
- Full Ring Test (OTI 95 635)
- Galvanic Corrosion Test
- HIC Test
- High Temperature High Pressure Environmental Test
- Hydrogen Charging
- Hydrogen Embrittlement Test
- Hydrogen Permeation Monitoring
- Inhibitor Testing
- Intergranular Attack
- Nitric Acid
- Oxalic Acid Test
- Pitting Test
- Preferential Weld Corrosion Test
- SCC Test (Bend)
- SCC Test (C Ring)
- SCC Test (DCB)
- SCC Test (Four Point Bend)
- SCC Test (Tensile)
- SOHIC Test
Other Services
- Metallurgical Failure Analysis
Source: Exova
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