For the first time, the 9% Ni steel is being used in CO injection units in floating production storage offloading vessels. Pipe joints welded with nickel-based superalloy 625 as the filler metal present difficulties in ultrasonic inspection owing to the sonic attenuation and deviation caused by the anisotropic and coarse-grained weld metal. This study aims to conduct a probability of detection (POD) to evaluate the discontinuity detection reliability in 9% Ni steel arc welded joints. The inspections were performed using ultrasonic phased array transducers with transversal and longitudinal waves, by using both a conventional wedge formed of Rexolite® and an adapted wedge filled with water to simulate the immersion inspection. POD curves were developed using the hit/miss and â vs a models. The inspection performed with transversal waves detected much fewer discontinuities than that performed with longitudinal waves. Furthermore, inspection performed with longitudinal waves after weld metal cap pass removal exhibited much more reliability in 9% Ni steel welded joints. The obtained POD curves were shown to be a suitable tool to evaluate the inspection of 9% Ni steel welded joints, as they confirmed that the best inspection procedure involves a combination of three different phased array ultrasonic testing configurations.
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