SPSE owns and operates 3 pipelines starting in the South of France, 2 ending in Germany, and the third one in the center of France. The pipelines are 24", 34" and 40" in diameter. The longest line is 769km long.
A pipeline is a lump of steel in the ground – it’s going to corrode at some point – the question is how do we detect corrosion and mitigate it? Well we can’t, we can only find sites of potential corrosion.
Denis Grimshaw of Jotun Power Coatings looks at why fusion bond epoxy (FBE) is not a universal solution for corrosion protection.
External corrosion cause most pipeline failure, so a protective coating and effective cathodic protection is key.
GE’s PII Pipeline Solutions business is well known in the industry for continuously rethinking and reshaping technology to satisfy evolving customer needs.