IS 15659 : Part 2 : 2006 Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries - External Coatings for Burried or Submerged Pipelines Used in Pipeline Transportation of Gas and Liquid Hydrocarbons - Part 2 : Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coatings

1 Scope

This standard (Part 2) specifies the requirements forqualification, application, testing and handling ofmaterials for plant application of single layer FusionBonded Epoxy (FBE) coatings applied externally forthe corrosion protection of bare steel for use in pipelinetransportation systems for the petroleum and naturalgas industries.

High temperature coatings with a glass transition ofabove 120�C or FBE primer coatings for three or multilayerpolyethylene or polypropylene coatings are notcovered by this standard.

NOTE - Pipes coated in accordance with this standard are considered suitable to further protection by means of cathodicprotection.

2 References

The following standards contain provisions whichthrough reference in this text, constitute provisions ofthis standard. At the time of publication, the editionsindicated were valid. All standards are subject torevision and parties to agreements based on thisstandard are encouraged to investigate the possibilityof applying the most recent editions of the standardsindicated below: