Corrosion Short Courses: Corrosion Management in the Oil and Gas Industry, presented by NACE certified Corrosion Specialist , WebCorr Corrosion Consulting Services

Corrosion Management in the Oil & Gas Industry

Course Overview

Corrosion management is the part of the overall management system that develops, implements, reviews and maintains the corrosion management policy and strategy and includes a clear set of corrosion management system requirements. This 2-day course covers best industry practices for the management of corrosion in the oil and gas industry with the objectives of:

(1) reducing the number of corrosion related hydrocarbon releases and other safety related and environmentally damaging outcomes;
(2) identifying good practices for setting up an optimal corrosion management scheme, and

(3) providing an overview of the top corrosion threats to production and processing facilities
downstream of the wells.

This corrosion course is available for in-house training, online and distance learning worldwide. It can also be customized to meet the specific needs of your organization.

Course Outline

1 Introduction to Corrosion Management
1.1 Overview of Top Corrosion Threats and Their Mitigation Methods

1.1.1 CO2 corrosion

1.1.2 H2S corrosion and cracking

1.1.3 O2 corrosion of seawater and water injection systems

1.1.4 Microbially influenced and dead leg corrosion

1.1.5 Galvanic corrosion

1.1.6 Weld corrosion

1.1.7 Grooving corrosion of pipelines

1.1.8 Crevice and flange face corrosion

1.1.9 External corrosion

1.1.10 Corrosion under insulation

1.1.11 Stress corrosion cracking

1.1.12 Erosion and erosioncorrosion

1.1.13 Fatigue and fretting

1.1.14 Acid corrosion and Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME)
1.2 Corrosion Engineering (CE) vs Corrosion Management (CM)

   1.3 Why Manage Corrosion
   1.4 Structured Framework for Corrosion Management
   1.5 Risk Control Systems
2 Corrosion Management Policy and Strategy
   2.1 Purpose
   2.2 Scope
   2.3 Expectations

2.4 Best Practice

3 Corrosion Management Organisations
   3.1 Purpose
   3.2 Scope
   3.3 Team Members
   3.4 Control, Communication, Competence and Co-operation

4 Corrosion Management Planning & Implementation
   4.1 Purpose
   4.2 Scope
   4.3 Existing Assets or New Build
   4.4 Corrosion Risk Assessment
   4.5 Risk Based Inspection (RBI)
   4.6 Planning
   4.7 Implementation
   4.8 Data Gathering & Storage
   4.9 Data Analysis
   4.10 Reporting
   4.11 Corrective Action
5 Monitoring and Measuring Performance
   5.1 Purpose
   5.2 Scope
   5.3 Responsibility
   5.4 Frequency
   5.5 Setting Performance Measures
   5.6 Proactive and Reactive Measurement of Performance
6 Review Performance
   6.1 Purpose
   6.2 Scope

   6.3 Frequency
   6.4 Corrective Action
   6.5 Review Procedures
7 Audits
   7.1 Purpose
   7.2 Scope

7.3 Responsibility
7.4 Current Best Practice

8 Conclusions on Framework Methodology
9 Examples of Risk Control Systems and Associated Activity Assessments
10 Sample Checklist For Assessment Of Corrosion Management System For Offshore
Processing Facilities
11 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
12 End-of-Course Exam

Who Should Attend

Oil and gas facility owners and operators, managers of operations, safety, engineering and maintenance functions, asset integrity engineers and those who wish to become involved in corrosion management.

Successful completion of this corrosion course helps participants prepare for their NACE certification examinations at the Corrosion Technician, Corrosion Technologist, Senior Corrosion Technologist and Corrosion Specialist levels.

Registration for This Corrosion Course

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In-House Training Corrosion Courses/On-Site Training Corrosion Courses

If you are concerned with corrosion in your business, in-house training or on-site training is a great solution to train a group of employees from design, production, operation, quality assurance, inspection and maintenance, and technical sales and support on corrosion control and corrosion prevention technology. The contents of all our corrosion courses can be customized to fit your organization's needs.

There is no limit to the number of participants required for in-house training corrosion courses or on-site training corrosion courses. We conduct the in-house or on-site training corrosion courses at your company's premises worldwide and at a time convenient to your company.

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Corrosion Course-On-Demand

All our publicly scheduled corrosion short courses are conducted once a year. However, you do not need to wait for one year if you have missed any of the publicly scheduled corrosion courses as we have this unique corrosion course-on-demand scheme: we will conduct the course just for you on an one-on-one basis at a time and in a location convenient to you. This option costs significantly less than a full-scale in-house training program.

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Online and Distance Learning Corrosion Courses

All our corrosion short courses are available for online or offline distance learning. You can start an online course at any time and learn at your own comfortable pace, whenever and wherever you are. You have around-the-clock access to interactive and media-rich course materials, virtual labs, course instructions, course assignments, and course assessments. Discussions and questions related to the corrosion courses are posted on the website or exchanged through email for a period up to 12 months. Video conferencing or instant messaging can also be arranged for discussions of course topics. For those who do not have ready access to internet, we can send you our online course materials on a CD-ROM or DVD or USB memory stick for offline learning.

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Corrosion Course-On-Webex

Webex is hosted by Cisco, a product purpose-built for real-time web communications. If you are an existing user of Webex, or if you are willing to experience the power of Webex, we can conduct the course for you over Webex with audio and video presentations and interactions with the course instructor and other course attendees in real-time. It is just like the physical classroom settings that everyone can interact with each other. Your questions are answered in real time by our instructor.

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PowerPoint Slides and Test Banks for Trainers, Instructors, Tutors, University Lecturers and Professors

If you are involved in teaching or training, you may wish to purchase a complete set of the trainer's package for this training course. The trainer's package comes complete with ready-to-use PowerPoint slides (fully editable) and test bank (with answer keys). These ready-to-use PowerPoint slides contain high quality color photographs, illustrations, animations, audio and video clips. The test bank contains questions in four categories: (1) true or false, (2) multiple choice, (3) calculation, and (4) reasoning and open-ended discussions. The trainer's package is suitable for in-house training and university teaching. This is exactly the same package that WebCorr uses to deliver our current training course.

The one-time lump sum fee allows your organization to use the training package and also modify it. For example, your organization may modify the course contents and re-name/re-brand the course under your organization’s name. WebCorr only retains the copyright of the original PowerPoint slides and test bank.

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