London Branch Online Event - Moisture Resistant Overcoats - advances in damage tolerance and barrier properties Please join us for this online presentation by Dr. Jeff Rogozinski of Sherwin-Williams who will discuss an advanced FBE (fusion bonded epoxy) technology called MRO (Moisture Resistant Overcoat.)  This exciting, new concept is quickly gaining traction with end users all […]

About the Talk This talk will present the basic function of solid-state DC decouplers used in conjunction with cathodic protection (CP) systems and their common pipeline applications, including AC Mitigation and isolation joint protection. In addition, this talk will review some of the challenges often encountered with obtaining accurate CP potentials on protected structures during […]

The President's Talk As President Bill will provide an update on the current state of the Institute, key activities and the benefits of membership. Dr. Bill Hedges Bill is an independent corrosion consultant and the President of the Institute of Corrosion (ICorr).  He has a B.Sc. in chemistry and a Ph.D. in electrochemistry (lithium batteries) […]

Optimizing impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) anode sled locations for offshore jacket structure retrofits. Presenter: Dr Matthew Taylor (Deepwater Corrosion Services, Inc.) Synopsis: Choosing anode sled locations is a critical step in the ICCP retrofit design process. Typically, a CP engineer locates sleds based on site plans, experience, intuition, and some simple equations evaluating “remoteness” criteria. […]

The November technical talk will be on “Lessons Learned from 40 years in Corrosion Protection”, by Alex Garner, Corrosion Services Ltd. This is planned to be held on the 11th at the Lancaster House Hotel, Bayswater, London, with the meeting starting at 18.00. The presentation will focus on the highs, with brief mentions of the […]

January 13, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm “Life extension of offshore platforms, through retrofit CP design assisted by modelling’’ - Talk by Dr Paolo Marcassoli, Cathodic Protection and Inspections Manager at Cescor, and Istvan Bartha, Independent Subsea Consultant. Thousands of permanent offshore structures for oil and gas production in the world, including steel […]

“A diversified approach to utilizing volatile corrosion Inhibitors (VCI)’’ – Talk by Philip Low, European/Middle East/GCC Business Development Manager, Zerust Oil & Gas. The presentation will shed light on various approaches using volatile corrosion inhibitors (VCI’) technology in mitigating corrosion on pipelines, pipeline casing protection and above ground storage  tanks. Finally, a novel methodology for […]

The March technical talk,“Flint Water Crisis – Corrosion, Management and Politics”, by Dr Ben Moorhouse.The meeting will be held at the Lancaster Hall Hotel, 35 Craven Terrace, London W2 3EL, and streamed online for those who can not attend in person. The town Flint, Michigan suffered one of the worst water crisis in the United […]

In-person and online meeting An insight into development and testing of pipeline steels at ArcelorMittal; covering metallurgy, welding and properties testing This presentation will give some examples of work performed at ArcelorMittal Global R&D research centre in Ghent (Belgium) for linepipe steels from coil. The work is designed to give modern linepipe steels the required […]

"Electrical Hazards on Pipelines" talk given by Pat Lydon of IACS Corrosion Engineering Ltd. Dr Patrick Lydon will review  the risks to pipeline integrity associated with A.C. interference and D.C stray current corrosion including hazards associated with welding on pipelines. The presentation will include photographic evidence from incidents that have occurred on projects.Pat will discuss […]