Effect of Gas Flaring on Corrosion of Metals (Mild Steel and Copper)

The effect of gas flaring on the rate of corrosion of metals within Egi kingdom was investigated in this work. Surface water which has been exposed to gas flares, was taken from Ogbogu flow station in the Egi kingdom of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State Nigeria, and was used for this experiment. The procedure involved soaking one set of the coupons of mild steel and copper in the water taken from the gas flow station and another set in distilled water and kept for 14 days; after which the metals were removed and weighed for weight loss as a result of the corrosive effect of both water. This process was repeated for 56 days and various data obtained was analyzed using empirical correlation. Matlab was used for computation and simulation. At day 42, corrosion rate for the flare zone water and distilled water were for mild steel 3.332cm/days and 2.666cm/days and copper 2.562cm/days and 2.277cm/days respectively. The result obtained showed a higher rate of corrosion for water taken from within the flare zone of Ogbogu Flow station than distilled water.