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CEOCOR 2025 CONGRESS – ANCONA, ITALY – Call for papers
CEOCOR is the European society that has been studying and reporting on corrosion and protection of buried pipelines for some 50 years. It covers pipelines carrying drinking water, waste water, oil and gas, transmission and distribution, internals and externals. Its...
President Handover
Dear Members, The Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) is very pleased to announce the successful election of Dr Yunnan Gao as its New President and Dr Anthony Setiadi as its New Vice President at its AGM held in Neville Hall, Newcastle on 13 November 2024. Dr Yunnan Gao...
Institute of Corrosion 2024 AGM at Neville Hall
“The Institute offers its many congratulations to our newly elected President – Dr Yunnan Gao”
At the AGM of November 13th held at NE Branch, Stephen Tate passed on the Presidency of ICorr to Yunnan Gao and Yunnan passed on the Vice-Presidency to Anthony Setiadi.
Yunnan brings a wealth of experience to ICorr in many areas of Corrosion Management and has the full support of Council and employer bp.
Anthony also joins with considerable experience in many areas including renewables and Offshore Wind in his extensive work with Wood Thilsted. Together our new Team will move forward with renewed success.
ICorr President and Vice President visit to TUV Shanghai
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Join Us for ICorr’s 2024 AGM and Offshore Wind Technical Program
Attend ICorr’s 2024 AGM and Offshore Wind Program in Newcastle. A day packed with insights, networking, and a grand evening reception.
ICorr and University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) Collaboration Meeting in London
On Sunday 28th April 2024, the President (Stephen Tate) and Vice President (Yunnan Gao) had the greatest pleasure in meeting up with the delegation from University of Science and Technology Beijing, USTB, https://en.ustb.edu.cn/ the foremost University in China for...
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ICorr Midlands Update
Annual General Meeting, DNV Facility Visit and AI Webinar on Corrosion Inspection. The UK Midlands branch officially commenced its 2025 activities with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 28th April, attended by ICorr President Dr. Yunnan Gao. Annual General...
London Updates
The branch held a technical meeting together with TWI on 10th April, when Mr John Thomson, Director – SeaShield, Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd., presented “An innovative approach to offshore, subsea pipeline field joint protection.” John has worked for Winn &...
ICorr India Update
ICorr India is pleased to share that the branch has an exciting year of technical engagement ahead. We have curated a list of distinguished speakers who will deliver expert talks in our upcoming technical sessions, covering a broad range of topics relevant to...
Industry News
Note for Readers
ICorr were privileged to be invited to Portcullis House in Westminster adjacent to the Houses of Parliament for a special themed event on the topic of ‘Reuse, Renew, or Replace?’ The following series of articles are presented in the same order as presented to the...
Ask the Expert – Enhancing Corrosion Inspection through UAV technology
Enhancing Corrosion Inspection through UAV technology by Stephanie Okoye, B-Eng, MSc, CEng, AMPP, MICorr Meet the Author Stephanie Okoye Stephanie is a Chartered Senior Corrosion Engineer with over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas sector. Currently with...
Solution for CUPS Corrosion: The RedLineIPS SmartPad System - Cogbill Construction of Texas U.S.A
The RedLineIPS SmartPad System, from Cogbill Construction of Texas U.S.A., is a patent-pending Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) solution specifically engineered to address Corrosion Under Pipe Supports (CUPS) at coastal and offshore facilities in the petrochemical and...
Innovative Products
Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd announce the launch new pipeline coating
Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd have introduced a new product to the Denso product line, Denso Bore-Wrap™, pipeline coating. According to the company, Denso Bore-Wrap is an abrasion resistant Outerwrap (ARO) which has outstanding performance against impact, gouge,...
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Question: When should you use corrosion resistant alloys in upstream production? CM Answer: This is a wonderfully simple question that does not have a simple answer. Corrosion Resistant Alloys can be an excellent material choice for combatting corrosion and they are...
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The questions in this issue feature insulated stainless steel pipework, and transporting CO2 Question: Should 304 stainless steel pipework be coated prior to insulation? CM Answer: Corrosion under insulation in austenitic stainless steel manifests itself in the form...
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The question in this issue features the type of coating needed for the internal protection of an above ground storage tank. Question: What type of generic coating is required to protect the inside of a tank containing a liquid with pH ranging from 2-13, and operating...
Fellows Corner
Fellow’s Corner – A Career as a Cathodic Protection Engineer
This series of articles is intended to highlight industry wide engineering experiences, practical opinions, guidance, and focused advice to practising technologists. The series is written by ICorr Fellows who have made significant contributions to the field of...
Basics of passive fire protection
Carbon steel is widely used a construction material of choice for buildings due to its inherent strength. Steel columns, trusses, girders and beams are the critical building components, failure of which usually leads to progressive collapse of the local and global...
Fellow’s Corner
This series of articles is intended to highlight industry wide engineering experiences, practical opinions and guidance, to allow improved awareness for the wider public and focused advice to practicing technologists. The series is written by ICorr Fellows who have...