ISO/TC 115/SC 3/WG 1 - Joint TC 115/SC 3-TC 67/SC 6 WG : Centrifugal pumps for petroleum and natural gas industries

ISO 17348:2016 provides guidelines and requirements for material selection of both seamless casing and tubing, and downhole equipment for CO2 gas injection and gas production wells with high pressure and high CO2 content environments [higher than 10 % (molar) of CO2 and 1 MPa CO2 partial pressure]. Oil production wells are not covered in this International Standard. This International Standard only considers materials compatibility with the environment. Guidance is given for the following: - corrosion evaluation; - materials selection; - corrosion control. ISO 17348:2016 is aimed at high CO2 content wells, where the threat of low pH and CO2 corrosion is greatest. However, many aspects are equally applicable to environments containing lower CO2 concentrations. Materials selection is influenced by many factors and synergies and should be performed by either materials or corrosion engineer.

ISO 17349:2016 contains provisions for design of topside facilities for offshore plants handling CO2-rich streams at high pressures; i.e. CO2 molar concentration above 10 %. The surface systems include usual offshore process unit operations, as shown in Figure 1. ISO 17349:2016 is applicable only to topside facilities of fixed and floating oil and gas production offshore units up to the last barrier, such as an ESDV. Subsea production systems and Cryogenic CO2 separation are not covered.

ISO 17945:2015 establishes material requirements for resistance to SSC in sour petroleum refining and related processing environments containing H2S either as a gas or dissolved in an aqueous (liquid water) phase with or without the presence of hydrocarbon. This International Standard does not include and is not intended to include design specifications. Other forms of wet H2S cracking, environmental cracking, corrosion, and other modes of failure are outside the scope of this International Standard. It is intended to be used by refiners, equipment manufacturers, engineering contractors, and construction contractors. Specifically, this International Standard is directed at the prevention of SSC of equipment (including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping, valve bodies, and pump and compressor cases) and components used in the refining industry. Prevention of SSC in carbon steel categorized under P-No. 1 in Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) is addressed by requiring compliance with NACE SP0472. ISO 17945:2015 applies to all components of equipment exposed to sour refinery environments (see Clause 6) where failure by SSC would (1) compromise the integrity of the pressure-containment system, (2) prevent the basic function of the equipment, and/or (3) prevent the equipment from being restored to an operating condition while continuing to contain pressure.