DIMERCAPTOTHIADIAZOLES TO PREVENT CORROSION OF MILD STEEL BY ACID GASES IN OIL AND GAS PRODUCTS

• Main Authors: JOVANCICEVIC, VLADIMIR, RAMACHANDRAN, SUNDER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.09.2015
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLICMATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASSC23 AND AT LEAST ONEPROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25; NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE

Corrosion inhibitor compositions containing at least one sulfur compound and/or at least one aqueous-soluble salt of a sulfur compound inhibit or prevent mild steel corrosion by an acid gas such carbon dioxide (C02) and/or hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in oil and gas production processes. The sulfur compound may be a compound comprising at least three sulfur atoms, at least one of which is a thioether functional group. One suitable, but non-limiting, sulfur compound having at least three carbon atoms is 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole and salts thereof. The pH of the corrosion inhibitor composition may be optionally adjusted to be within about 5 to about 10 using an alkali metal hydroxide and/or an amine.