New Energy Institute workshop on Corrosion Management

New Energy Institute workshop on Corrosion Management
29-30 June 2010 - Aberdeen

As part of their new technical training programme the Energy Institute (EI) is running a workshop on Corrosion Management Essentials in Aberdeen on the 29-30 June 2010. The workshop will describe the model process of Corrosion Management for the upstream oil and gas sector and is based on the EI publication ‘Guidance for corrosion management in oil and gas production and processing’.

Development of the guidance was directed by the cross-industry Corrosion Management Working Group (CMWG), convened by Oil and Gas UK in 2007, to address concerns relating to degradation of ageing offshore production facilities due to corrosion and the need to improve related management processes.  The CMWG included participants from the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the work was managed and funded as part of the EI’s Technical work programme. The publication provides the general principles and requirements for improving the management of corrosion in oil and gas production and processing, and draws and expands upon a previous report issued by the HSE in 2001. It is regarded as the most important document for describing good practice corrosion management processes for the oil and gas sector and aims to assist companies in maintaining asset integrity and compliance with corporate health safety and environmental requirements.

The corrosion management workshop will provide practical advice for successful implementation of a corrosion management policy using practical examples of corrosion threats and mitigation methods. Delegates who attend the training course will learn about the model process of corrosion management and how this fits into the wider safety framework and helps to comply with safety legislation. They will also obtain practical knowledge of methods of implementation and system maintenance.

The course is run by Mike Pursell, who has over forty years experience in the oil and gas sector. Mike has worked on corrosion and integrity management for Amoco, Marathon, Shell, ConocoPhillips and BP.  He was the editing author of the EI guidance document, and is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion and a NACE Certified Corrosion Specialist.

To reserve a place on the course, contact Will Sadler for details at  HYPERLINK “mailto:wsadler@energyinst.org” wsadler@energyinst.org or +44 (0)20 7467 7135

For further information about EI publications on corrosion, including ‘Guidance for corrosion management in oil and gas production and processing’ and two handy pocket-sized reference books for on-site personnel (‘Corrosion threats handbook’ and the newly published ‘External corrosion awareness handbook’), visit the EI’s publication website at  HYPERLINK “http://www.energypublishing.org” www.energypublishing.org