Control in Industrial Settings

  • T. R. Jack
  • D. W. S. Westlake
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Part of the Biotechnology Handbooks book series (BTHA, volume 8)

Abstract

The main concern of the oil and gas industry is the protection from corrosion of carbon steel in extensive production, transportation, and processing facilities. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent annually to minimize economic and environmental effects attributed to corrosion. The importance of microorganisms in corrosion has been recognized for more than half a century. In the 1930s pioneering work by Von Wolzogen Kuhr and Van der Klugt (1934) identified the cause of acceleration of anaerobic external corrosion on unprotected pipe in wet soil as the action of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). This and subsequent observations confirming this relationship formed the basis for the oil and gas industry’s interest in developing techniques for the detection, enumeration, and control of SRB. The wide range of detrimental microbial activities occurring in oil-field and water handling facilities in the 1940s are summarized in a pamphlet published by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (TPC Publication 3, 1976). The control of undesirable microbial activity in industrial processes continues to this day.

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Cathodic Protection Industrial Setting Microbiologically Influence Corrosion Biocide Product Biocide Application 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • T. R. Jack
    • 1
  • D. W. S. Westlake
    • 2
  1. 1.Novacor Research & Technology CorporationCalgaryCanada
  2. 2.Westec Microbes Ltd.VictoriaCanada

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