Review on Corrosion Inhibitors for Oil and Gas Corrosion Issues

Abstract

The pipeline system in the oil and gas industry is the heart for transportation of crude and refined petroleum. Nevertheless, continuous exposure of the pipeline surfaces to impurities and sources of corrosion such as sulfur and chromate is totally unavoidable. Vast employment of commercial corrosion inhibitors to minimize the corrosion is being restrained due to toxicity towards the environment. The emergence of “green” chemistry has led to the use of plant extracts and fruit wastes which have proven to be good corrosion inhibitors. This paper aims to provide insight into carrying out further investigation under this research theme for accurate inhibition efficiency measurement.

Keywords

• corrosion
• mechanism of corrosion
• sources of corrosion
• commercial corrosion inhibitor
• green-based corrosion inhibitor