ICorr Midlands - Webinar on Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) Management
2024-12-12 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
ICorr Midlands Branch, sponsored by CorrosionRADAR, is hosting an insightful webinar on “Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) and its Predictive Management”.
This session offers valuable insights into why Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) remains a persistent challenge for the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry, and explores how predictive management strategies can address these issues effectively.
Hear from Ian Coleman, Site Mechanical Discipline Leader at Dow, and Philip Yule, CorrosionRADAR’s Business Development Manager for the Americas, as they share their expertise and insights during this in-depth discussion.
By attending, you’ll also have the chance to:
– Earn CPD Credits
– Get your questions answered by industry experts
Submit your questions in the comments for a chance to have them addressed during the session.
Date: 12th December 2024
Time: 14:00 GMT
Registration: Link
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London Branch Meeting - Esteban Amirante “Implementation Of A Digital Twin For An Offshore Structure”.
2025-01-09 18:00 | Lancaster hall Hotel, 35 Craven Terrace, London W2 3EL, 35 Craven Terrace, London, W2 3EL, United Kingdom
Talk: Esteban Amirante – “Implementation Of A Digital Twin For An Offshore Structure”
Arrival: 18:00 – 18:30 (Refreshments will be provided)Presentation: 19.30 – 19.30Apres Presentation: 19:30 – 20:00 (or later)Venue: The York Room, Lancaster Hall Hotel35 Craven TerraceLondonW2 3EL
Abstract The Digital Twin for an offshore structure represents a revolution in asset management, far beyond simple 3D digitalization. This innovation promises to transform how assets are managed and decisions are made. The Digital Twin provides a digital replica of an offshore asset, enhancing clarity and efficiency in managing corrosion control systems.
Current corrosion data management is plagued by fragmented data and time-consuming processes. The Digital Twin addresses these issues by offering a comprehensive, color-coded visual representation of the asset, where green indicates expected conditions and red signals the need for attention. This tool goes beyond visualization; it integrates survey data and predicts future performance, ensuring timely intervention and maintenance.
Key features include monitoring sacrificial anode depletion, remaining life, and mass. The Digital Twin plans anode replacements and predicts protection potentials across the entire structure, moving beyond limited survey locations. It aligns with the asset’s lifespan, requiring minimal updates and providing systematic monitoring.
Additionally, the Digital Twin serves as an early warning system, predicting anomalies before they occur. It can simulate and explore various scenarios, empowering departments to make informed decisions based on predicted outcomes. This not only streamlines workflows but also unleashes significant cost savings and time efficiency.
In essence, the Digital Twin is an innovative partner, enhancing decision-making and mitigating risks. It represents a leap into the future where operations are optimized, and decisions are bold and informed. Welcome to the era of the Digital Twin, where innovation meets intuition.
Biography:
Esteban earned degrees in mechanical engineering and a master’s in business administration, enabling a successful career in developing new businesses. As International Business Development Manager at CM BEASY LTD, he fosters a double-digit annual growth through global expansion of the UK firm’s industry-leading offerings and solutions. Leveraging his technical expertise and commercial acumen, he builds international partnerships and spearheads the development of new products tailored to customer priorities. His leadership on defence projects worldwide showcases BEASY’s British technology innovation, working in many programmes.
Qualifications:

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, MBA

North West Branch Social Event
2025-01-14 18:00 - 20:00
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Corrosion Mechanisms in Stainless Steel
2025-01-15 10:00 - 16:00
ONLINE COURSE
Corrosion causes plant shutdowns, waste
of valuable resources, loss or contamination maintenance, expensive over design and jeopardises safety. This course addresses the various corrosion mechanisms which can occur when using stainless steel materials in various industries. Real-life case studies and solutions from our vast experience in Failure Analysis will be presented.
Course cost: £325 + VAT for members, £375 + VAT for non members
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ICorr India Branch Event
2025-01-28 16:00 - 17:30
Start Time: 4:00 PM (Indian Standard Time)Online Presentation OnlyRegistration link:
Event is Free of Charge to Attend, Prior Registration is Required. .
Talk 200 Years of CP and OPCSpeaker: Professor Paul Lambert Mott MacDonald
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A "Neat" Solution: How Whisky-Inspired Fabric Maintenance Keeps Offshore Oil & Gas Assets in Top Shape
2025-01-28 17:30 - 20:00 | The Net Zero Technology Centre, Queens Road, Aberdeen, The Net Zero Technology Centre Queens Road, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Joint Meeting with Energy Institute
(Evening Event) ~ Energy Institute Hosting
Company: Asset One
Speaker: Roy Milne
17:30 arrival for 18:00 to 20:00
In-person (hosted by EI)

Venue: The Net Zero Technology Centre
Queens Road Aberdeen

Central Scotland Event
2025-01-29 18:00 - 20:00
Technical Talk: Deep Optimization for Cathodic Protection: Advanced Technology

North East Branch - Tour of Newcastle Castle Keep
2025-01-30 08:00 - 17:00

Southwest and Wales Event
2025-01-30 08:00 - 17:00
Tackling Bracket Corrosion in Marine Boiler Superheaters: Challenges and Solutions

Corrosion performance of wire and arc additive manufactured 316L stainless steel with and without stress-relief heat treatment.
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North West Branch - Committee Meeting
2025-02-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-08 18:00 - 21:00
In person event

London Branch Event - Technical Talk
2025-02-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Lancaster hall Hotel, 35 Craven Terrace, London W2 3EL, 35 Craven Terrace, London, W2 3EL, United Kingdom
The London Branch of the Institute of Corrosion would like to invite you to the February 2025 meeting.
The meeting will be held on the 13th of February 2025 at:
The York Room, Lancaster Hall Hotel35 Craven TerraceLondonW2 3EL
Door opens at 18:00 for talk to begin at 18:30.
This month’s talk is:
Dr. Mohammad Seyed Hosseini “Lesson-Learned from a Root-Cause Failure Analysis Conducted on a Subsea Sour Gas Pipeline”.
Full details can be found here

North West Branch - YEP Case Study Day
2025-02-19 08:00 - 17:00

South Wales and South-West Branch event
2025-02-20 18:00 - 20:00
More information to follow – In Person Event

Phased Array PA-CAT - Online
2025-02-25 15:00 - 18:00
Joint Event with BINDT
Speaker: Paul Holloway

Central Scotland Event
2025-02-26 18:00 - 21:00
Cost-effective corrosion protection using two-pack epoxy coatings in an aerosol and protecting nozzles and flange faces, using alternatives to hand coating

Fundamentals of Corrosion for Engineers Course at Corrosion House
2025-03-03 09:00 - 2025-03-07 17:00
Venue: Northampton
More information to follow

London Branch - Chairman Talk
2025-03-13 18:00 - 21:00
The London Branch of the Institute of Corrosion would like to invite you to the March 2025 meeting.
The London Branch AGM will take place at 18:15 followed by a talk by Paul Brooks current Institute of Corrosion London Branch Chair.
The meeting will be held on the 13th of March 2025 at:
The York Room, Lancaster Hall Hotel35 Craven TerraceLondonW2 3EL
Door opens at 18:00.
This month’s talk is:
London Branch Chair Paul Brooks “Work / Life Balance”.
Full details can be found here

Digital Approaches to Enhance Integrity Management - Online
2025-03-25 18:00 - 19:30
ICorr Technical Event
(Evening Event)
Company: Sonomatics
Speaker: Kevin McDonald
Synopsis: Integrity management of equipment relies heavily on inspection to ensure the asset remains fit for service. Inspection can take several forms, each requiring planning to ensure the inspection is efficient and effective plus analysis to ensure the most informed integrity management decisions are reached. Sonomatic have developed and regularly deploy a suite of software tools to enhance each stage of the integrity management process.
In the pre-inspection planning phase, digital tools – such as a digital twin or similar component model – can be used to better visualize inspection plans and to keep an accurate record of requested inspection locations. This model can then be deployed during an inspection campaign allowing data to be populated to facilitate easy visualization for multiple stakeholders. Data would remain within the model for evaluation and analysis which, again, allows easy explanation and presentation to stakeholders.
Post-inspection evaluation using digital tools can extract maximal value from inspection data providing significant enhancements to most current processes. Crucial to the integrity management process are calculations on corrosion rates and remaining life estimates. However, when there is a large catalogue of previous inspection data there is often little consideration given beyond the two most recent results. A digital approach, where all inspection history can be housed in an easily accessible platform, allows the use of corrosion rate calculation using a longer-term statistical trend. This makes use of all previous data and provides the most representative corrosion rate possible. In addition, when calculating corrosion rates, emphasis is generally placed solely on changes to the minimum values. When more expansive inspection data has been recorded, such as a corrosion map, it is rare that growth of other corrosion features of a shallower depth than the minimum is considered but this is often where corrosion growth is most pronounced. To assess such trends, an accurate like-for-like comparison is essential, looking at areas common to both inspection campaigns; digital tools are crucial in assisting with this analysis.
Crucial to this topic is quality data that is representative of the current state of the inspected component. Sonomatic’s digital tools house propriety algorithms that can differentiate between internal corrosion, external corrosion and inclusions as well as providing insights into potential coating breakdown.
This talk will cover Sonomatic’s extensive experience in types of analysis described above.

Central Scotland Event
2025-03-28 18:00 - 21:00
Topic: Linings and PFP (Cementitious or Epoxy)
In-person Event

AMPP Annual Conference + YEP Leadership Programme 2025
2025-04-06 09:00 - 2025-04-10 17:00
Venue: Nashville, TN
More information to follow

Wales and South-West Branch Event
2025-04-09 18:00 - 21:00
TBC –

London Branch event - John Thomson of Denso, on "Field Joint Coatings
2025-04-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Lancaster hall Hotel, 35 Craven Terrace, London W2 3EL, 35 Craven Terrace, London, W2 3EL, United Kingdom
The London Branch of the Institute of Corrosion would like to invite you to the April 2025 meeting.
The meeting will be held on the 10th of April 2025 at:
The York Room, Lancaster Hall Hotel35 Craven TerraceLondonW2 3EL
Door opens at 18:00.
This month’s talk is:
John Thomson “A NOVEL FIELD JOINT COATING SYSTEM FOR OFFSHORE PIPELAY”.
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Midlands Branch Event
2025-04-16 17:00
Webinar in series ‘AI in Corrosion’. Speaker – Kashif Salim, Abyss Solutions, Australia
Online event

5pm UK – 6pm UK

World Corrosion Awareness Day
2025-04-24 08:00 - 17:00

Midland Branch Event
2025-04-28 14:00 - 16:30
Join ICORR Midlands for in-person site visit of the DNV Loughborough lab facilities and AGMEvent Programme:
13:30 – 14:00: Arrival14:00 – 15:00: Lab Tour15:00 – 16:00: Presentations (Case Studies)16:00 – 16:30: AGM
Please RSVP latest by 23rd April 2025 by email to: Uzma.Anjum@dnv.com
Places limited to 30 members and is on First Come First Serve Basis
In spite of well managed design, construction, operation and maintenance activities, there are often numerous factors which can lead to a failure of assets within the energy industry. Determining the technical root cause of such incidents is often only part of the story, with inadequate materials and mechanical knowledge, unsatisfactory management of change processes, and inefficient organisational communication often contributory factors.
What to Expect:
The DNV Integrity Advisory team based in Loughborough (dnv.com) has a broad range of experience relating to failure investigations, engineering studies, and risk management in the energy industry and related sectors. Having recently completed refurbishment of their materials laboratory, they would like to invite ICORR members to attend a tour of these facilities, alongside a presentation providing an overview of their experiences helping clients to understand the primary cause of a range of failure case studies from the renewable, hydrocarbon and electricity industries.
Light refreshments (tea, coffee etc.) will be provided on arrival and during breaks. No PPE is required. Parking is available on the premises.
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MCF Various: Awaiting details from MCF
2025-04-29
In-Person
Venue: (in Aberdeen)
Venue: Joint Meeting with MCF (All Day)
Organiser: Marine Corrosion Forum

Central Scotland Event
2025-04-30 18:00 - 21:00
Topic: Selection of internal coatings for pressure vessels
In-person Event

UAE Branch Event - Online Event
2025-05-06 17:45
18:00 (GST, GMT+4) Hrs on Tuesday 6th May, 2025
Registration for the Event
Event is FREE to Attend
Event Programme: All times are GST (Gulf Standard Time, GMT+4)
17:45 – 18:00 Webinar Login / Set-Up.18:00 – 18:15 ICorr Introduction, 18:15 – 19:00 Technical Presentation19:00 – 19:15 Q&A Session, 19:15 – 19:30 Closing Remarks
Speaker: Sarah Bagnall
R-TECH Materials (South Wales, The United Kingdom)
Topic: Failure Analysis – An Insight into Forensic Investigation:Failure Mechanisms and Prevention
Abstract:When engineering plant, equipment or components fail in service the consequence can have the potential to be catastrophic for human safety and well-being, the environment and / or continuity of operations. On a lower level, the effect of such occurrences can include the requirement to reschedule production, execution of emergency repairs and missed customer deliveries. The impact of plant failures is undoubtedly negative for plant operators, however, determining the root cause of such failures presents an opportunity to learn from the experience. Adopting such a philosophy is critical to the continual improvement of plant safety, performance, availability, and reliability, whilst reducing maintenance costs. Conducting an effective Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigation provides the opportunity to understand and critically analyse all of the factors that have contributed towards a plant failure. Failure analysis is an essential tool that can be used within an RCA investigation to characterise defects that have caused or contributed to a plant failure event. Determining and understanding the failure mode is critical to being able to deduce the root cause of the failure. When a material fails, it leaves behind a trail of evidence, which can be pieced together to determine the cause of failure. In this presentation, the necessary steps for a materials failure analysis are discussed along with failure mechanisms which may be encountered within the oil and gas industry. Case studies relevant to the industry will also be presented.
About the Presenter:Sarah is a materials engineer and Chartered Engineer specialising in failure analysis particularly for the petrochemical, oil & gas, and power generation industries. With over 700 failure investigations conducted, Sarah has broad experience with a wide range of engineering components, metallic and non-metallic materials, and industries. Sarah has extensive expertise in corrosion of a wide range of materials, particularly for the chemical processing and petrochemical industries. Over the last 10 years, Sarah has developed specialist expertise in the corrosion and thermal degradation of austenitic stainless steels. Sarah is also the Chair of the Wales & South West England branch for the Institute of Corrosion.
We Look Forward to your Attendance.

London Branch - May Social Event
2025-05-08 14:30 - 21:00
Places are limited and Booking is Essential if people want to attend either of the walks. PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK

Event Timing: 8 May 2025 2:30 pm to 4:00pm & 5:45pm to 9:00pm

Event Address:

Event 1: High Gate Cemetery, Swain’s Ln, London N6 6PJ at 2:30pm &

Event 2: Meet outside Edgware Road U/G station (District/Circle Line), Chapel Street, NW1, by the statue of the window cleaner at 5:45pm. The walk ends with a dinner at “The Mitre” Lancaster Gate.
Note: The May social event is only open to ICorr London branch members and their partners.
Highgate Cemetery FlyerBlue Badge Walk Flyer
