DIN Standards Committee Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries
DIN EN ISO 16440
Petroleum and natural gas industries - Pipeline transportation systems - Design, construction and maintenance of steel cased pipelines (ISO 16440:2016); German version EN ISO 16440:2016
Erdöl- und Erdgasindustrie - Rohrleitungs-Transportsysteme - Planung, Bau und Instandhaltung von Rohrleitungen in Mantelrohren (ISO 16440:2016); Deutsche Fassung EN ISO 16440:2016
Overview
This document specifies requirements, including corrosion protection, for the design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of steel-cased pipelines for pipeline transportation systems in the petroleum and natural gas industries in accordance with ISO 13623. Steel casings can be used for mechanical protection of pipelines at crossings, such as at roads and railways and the installation of a casing at a highway, railway, or other crossing can be required by the permitting agency or pipeline operator. This document does not imply that utilization of casings is mandatory or necessary. This document does not imply that cased crossings, whether electrically isolated or electrically shorted, contribute to corrosion of a carrier pipe within a cased crossing. However, cased crossings can adversely affect the integrity of the carrier pipe by shielding cathodic protection (CP) current to the carrier pipe or reducing the CP effectiveness on the carrier pipe in the vicinity of the casing. Their use is not recommended unless required by load considerations, unstable soil conditions, or when their use is dictated by sound engineering practices. For Germany, Working Committee NA 109-00-02 AA "Fernleitungssysteme - Spiegelausschuss zu ISO/TC 67/SC 2" ("Pipeline transportation systems - Mirror Committee of ISO/TC 67/SC 2") at DIN Standards Committee Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries (NÖG) has participated in the preparation of this standard.
Responsible national committee
NA 109-00-02 AA - Pipeline transportation systems - Mirror committee of ISO/TC 67/SC 2
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 12 - Oil and gas industries including lower carbon energy.