Corrosion Short Courses: External Pipeline Integrity Assessment and Composite Repairs, presented by NACE certified Corrosion Specialist , WebCorr Corrosion Consulting Services.

External Pipeline Integrity Assessment and Composite Repairs

Course Overview

corrosion short courses: pipeline external corrosion Pipelines play an extremely important role throughout the world as a means of transporting gases and liquids over long distances from their sources to the ultimate consumers. Given the implications of pipeline failures and the role that external corrosion plays in these failures, it is apparent that proper corrosion control can have a major impact on the safety, environmental preservation, and the economics of pipeline operation. This 5-day course covers various forms of external pipeline corrosion, external corrosion direct assessment methods, and pipeline composite repairs.

This 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

1.1 External corrosion of oil and natural gas pipelines
      1.1.1 Introduction to Pipeline Integrity
      1.1.2 The threats and impacts of external corrosion of oil and natural
                 gas pipelines
      1.1.3 Statistics on corrosion related accident reports on natural gas transmission
                and distribution pipelines
1.2 Regulations and standards
1.3 Chemical and tensile requirements of common long seam welded line pipe steels
1.4 The corrosion behavior of pipeline steels in soils, waters and atmosphere
1.5 External corrosion failure modes and mechanisms in underground environments
       1.5.1 Basic requirements of a corrosion cell
       1.5.2 Concentration cell corrosion
       1.5.3 Differential aeration cell corrosion
       1.5.4 Galvanic corrosion
       1.5.5 Active-passive cell corrosion
       1.5.6 Cathode to anode area effect
       1.5.7 Exercise/practical

2.1 Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
       2.1.1 Magnitude of MIC on external corrosion of pipelines
       2.1.2 Classification of bacteria in underground environment
       2.1.3 aerobic bacteria
       2.1.4 anaerobic bacteria
       2.1.5 obligate aerobic bacteria
       2.1.6 Mechanisms of MIC
2.2 MIC Inspection and testing
       2.2.1 Field testing of MIC
       2.2.2 Lab testing of MIC
2.3 Stray current corrosion
       2.3.1 Definition
       2.3.2 Sources of stray current that affects pipeline corrosion
       2.3.3 AC corrosion
2.4 Exercise/practical session

3.1 Stress corrosion cracking of pipeline steels
       3.1.1 Definition
       3.1.2 High pH SCC
       3.1.3 neutral pH SCC
       3.1.4 Stages of SCC
3.2 Underground environments that cause SCC of pipeline steels
3.3 Groundwater containing CO2
3.4 Effect of CP and coatings on SCC of pipeline steels
3.5 Effect of soil property on SCC
3.6 Effect of welding methods on the susceptibility of line pipe steels to SCC
3.7 Effect of tensile stress on SCC of gas transmission pipeline

4.1 Prevention and Mitigation of Corrosion and SCC
       4.1.1 Cathodic protection
       4.1.2 Coatings
4.2 Detection of Corrosion and SCC
      4.2.1 Hydrostatic Testing
      4.2.2 Direct Assessment
      4.2.3 In-line inspection
4.3 Integrity Assessment Methods
      4.3.1 Indirect inspections: DCVG, ACVG, CIS

5.1 External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA)
5.2 A detailed look at NACE standard on ECDA
5.3 Coating damage and corrosion depth measurements
5.4 Assessment of ECDA Effectiveness

5.5 Emerging Advanced Technologies for Pipeline Integrity Assessment

      5.5.1 Long Range Ultrasonic Testing (LRUT) or Guide Wave Ultrasonic Testing (GWUT)
                5.5.1.1 Definition: What is LRUT
                5.5.1.2 Conventional UT vs. LRUT
                5.5.1.3 How LRUT works
                5.5.1.4 Advantages and limitations of LRUT
                5.5.1.5 Application examples
      5.5.2 Cathodic Protection Current Measurement from inside the pipeline
                5.5.2.1 Introduction to CPCM technology
                5.5.2.2 Conventional CP current measurement methods vs. CPCM
                5.5.2.3 How CPCM works
                5.5.2.4 Advantages and limitations of CPCM
                5.5.2.5 Application examples

6.1 Remaining life calculations
6.2 Root cause determination
6.3 Defect assessment standards: ISO and ASME codes
6.4 Composite repairs for pipework
6.5 Mandatory materials qualification
6.6 Design calculations
6.6.1 Design of Type A repairs
6.6.2 Design of Type B repairs

7.1 Composite vs metal materials
7.2 Installation considerations
7.3 Installer qualification
7.4 Case studies

7.5 Modeling and prediction of external corrosion of underground pipelines
7.6 End of course examination

Who Should Attend

Engineers and technologists who are in charge of pipeline integrity program
Technicians and maintenance personnel who deal with pipeline inspection, assessment, maintenance and repair.
Facility owners and users who are concerned with external corrosion of pipelines

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

Registration for This Corrosion Course

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In-House Training Corrosion Courses

If you are concerned with corrosion in your business, in-house 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 corrosion courses can be customized to fit your organization's needs.

There is no minimum or maximum number of participants required for in-house training corrosion courses. We conduct the in-house training corrosion course at your company's premises and at a time convenient to your company. Requests for in-house training corrosion courses from overseas countries are also welcome.

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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 corrosion courses can be conducted through online or distance learning. An username and password will be emailed to course participants for accessing the online course materials. Alternatively, a CD-ROM containing the same online course material or a master hard copy of corrosion course notes can be sent to your organization. Instructions, course assignments, discussions and questions related to the corrosion courses are posted on the website. Free email support for online courses is provided for a period up to 12 months. A Certificate of Completion will be issued to participants who pass the online test with a score of 70% and above.

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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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