Incident Report Subject: Reinforcing Wire Corrosion in Flexible Pipe for SubSea Risers Date of Email report: Wed 29/09/2010 Report Detail: The HSE has published the results of a survey commissioned to assess the amount of literature available regarding the corrosion of reinforcing armour wires in the annuli, i.e. between the internal and outer sheaths, of flexible pipes. Three conditions were examined: undamaged, damaged,and damaged and repaired. The survey was set up following a number of in-service incidents with flexible pipe.
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