TPi July 2019

Using HinderRust to prevent rust in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project

and will increase as the pipe proceeds towards the Italian landfall. The TAP pipeline route will head in a south-westerly direction in the Adriatic Sea to Italy. The maximum water depth along the route is 820m. The offshore pipeline is 105 km long, has a design pressure of 145 barg and has a constant internal diameter of 871mm. Testing Before being chosen for corrosion control, HinderRust underwent extensive testing to ensure the product could be easily removed from the pipe termination heads and that the application of the product did not compromise the field joint coating application, welding and non-destructive testing processes. Product testing was performed in Ploiesti, Romania. The first step of the test consisted of applying by brush HinderRust R2.0 on six 36" 34mm-thick pieces of bare pipe and a slotted pipe where a coating of three layers of polyethylene (3LPE) were present. The application was done on the cutback areas on the internal surface, external surface and on the square cut bevels of the pup pieces. On the slotted joint, the application was done on the area not covered by 3LPE coating and on 25mm of the

Fluoramics’ rust-stopping product, HinderRust R2.0, was recently awarded a critical role in stopping rust on the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline will bring gas into Europe from new sources.

The need for corrosion control The steel used for the onshore and offshore pipeline project needed rust protection while waiting for installation. The ability to selectively remove the rust protection product without any residual contamination was critical to the product selection as the pipe termination ends needed to be prepped and welded during installation. Fluoramics’ HinderRust R2.0 is removable by high-pressure washing and met all of the requested product specifications. The pipeline The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is a pipeline in the Southern Gas Corridor that will bring gas from new sources in the Caspian region to Western and South Eastern Europe. The

871 km pipeline will connect to existing gas networks and start in Greece, cross Albania and the Adriatic Sea and come ashore in southern Italy, allowing gas to flow directly from the Caspian basin into European markets. The offshore pipeline system across the Adriatic Sea consists of an approximately 105-km-long offshore pipeline, with landfalls in both Albania and Italy. The Italian pipeline landfall will be on the coast between San Foca and Torre Specchia Ruggeri in the municipality of Melendugno, while the Albanian landfall area is located northwest of Fier. The starting point for the offshore TAP pipeline will be at the Albanian landfall

HinderRust applied to pipe termination ends

HinderRust applied to slotted pipe

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