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Corrosion Control in the Oil and Gas Industry

 
  June 02, 2014  
     
 
CfPA-The Center for Professional Advancement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
15-17 September 2014


Who Should Attend
The course is designed essentially for those professionals employed by companies engaged in oil and gas production, as well as those with specialist functions such as:

  • Process Engineers 
  • Inspection Personnel
  • Mechanical Engineers 
  • Material Selection Personnel
  • R&D 
  • Corrosion Control Personnel
  • Plant Contractors 
  • Safety Officers
  • Insurance Assessors

Staff of service companies providing corrosion inhibitors and overall corrosion services should find the course beneficial, as well as companies or manufacturers of marketing materials, coatings and equipment for cathodic protection, inspection (NDT) and corrosion monitoring.

Description
Corrosion problems have always presented a severe challenge to oil and gas producing operations. Operators plan for long periods of continuous production with maintenance scheduled for the prescribed shutdown periods. Unfortunately, corrosion does not always respect these schedules, resulting in severe economic penalties due to loss of product. In addition, the risk of pollution and hazards to safety are other important reasons for adequate corrosion engineering. Governmental legislation concerning oil and gas extraction is becoming more stringent in order to minimize these risks. Furthermore, corrosion hazards have intensified with extraction in deeper waters and in more hostile environments. Innovations aimed at reducing offshore field development costs involving reductions in platform weight, increasing use of satellite wells and subsea manifolds require specific attention to corrosion prevention.

The course considers external protection using corrosion resistant materials, coatings, and cathodic protection. The importance of internal corrosion and its prevention will be examined with emphasis on material selection, coatings and use of corrosion inhibitors. The contribution of inspection (nondestructive testing), and corrosion monitoring to the overall operation will be considered in detail. Corrosion problems concerning “risers” and subsea-lines will be considered together with methods for protection.

Various corrosion-oriented software, including “material selection” will be demonstrated and available for use by participants.

 
 
Organized by: CfPA-The Center for Professional Advancement
Invited Speakers: Colin F. Britton, FICorr, MRSC; Independent Corrosion Consultant

Colin F. Britton is an independent corrosion consultant. Mr. Britton has over fifty years experience in corrosion activity ranging from nuclear corrosion R & D (carried out at the Harwell Laboratory of the UK Atomic Energy Authority) to problem solving in industrial plants on a worldwide basis. His work has involved corrosion audits of plants, corrosion control systems, corrosion failure analysis, corrosion monitoring/inspection and design for offshore oil and gas projects.

Colin Britton joined the Nondestructive Testing Center (set up in 1966) at the Harwell Laboratory arising from industrial problems related to the inspection and monitoring of corrosion damage. He was a member of the Secretariat of the ‘Hoar’ Inquiry (reported in 1970) commissioned by the UK Government to examine, (a) the cost of corrosion damage in the UK, and, (b) existing facilities for the training of corrosion engineers and incorporation of corrosion training in other training disciplines.

Colin Britton is a Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion (I Corr) in the UK and is a member of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE International). He is a NACE Registered Corrosion Specialist (No. 14965) and a NACE Registered Instructor for the NACE Basics training course. He is a Past Chairman of both the ICorr/NACE Task Group on Corrosion Monitoring and the NACE UK Section Board of Governors. Colin Britton is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has published many papers on corrosion control and engineering, and has lectured widely on these subjects. He authored the chapter ‘Corrosion Monitoring and Inspection’ in all editions of the textbook Corrosion, edited by Dr. L. Shreir et. al., published by Butterworth Heinemann (UK).
 
Deadline for Abstracts: n/a
 
Registration: Please click here for registration information.
E-mail: sberg@cfpa.com
 
   
 
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