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ICorr North-West Branch Hosts Joint Event with the Institute of Asset Management (IOM)
ICorr NW Branch held a joint meeting with the Institute of Asset Management at the University of Manchester on 1st April 2025. The event explored the theme of infrastructure asset failures, with speakers presenting various case studies—particularly highlighting the...
ICorr North-East Updates
The NE Branch Programme for 2025 has also been agreed with 3 technical evenings planned and 2 social events. Presenters will be announced once confirmed. Late July/early August – Summer Social. 11th September - Technical Evening with AGM 13th November - Technical...
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...
Aberdeen Branch Updates
In the past 2 months, the Aberdeen Branch has provided 2 excellent presentations showcasing the changing world of Inspection. On Tuesday 25th March they welcomed a well-attended talk on Digital Approaches to Enhance Integrity Management by Kevin McDonald (Sonomatic)....
World Corrosion Awareness Day 2025
CED Teesside Event - Celebrating ‘Innovation and Collaboration’ in Corrosion Engineering. On 24th April 2025, a broad spectrum of corrosion professionals came together at the Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre (NZIIC) for the INSTITUTE OF CORROSION - Corrosion...
Young ICorr Updates
We have now finished assembling the Young ICorr Committee, so as Chair I’d like to first welcome and introduce all of the Young ICorr Committee members: Joshua Owen, Izabela Gajewska; Alyshia; Ben Hudson; Danny Burkle; Kaivalya Borwankar; Lauren Sayer and Harry...
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H.G. Cole Award 2025
The Institute is delighted to announce that Brian Wyatt will be presented with the H.G. Cole Award at the 2025 ICorr Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held at the Henry Royce Institute in Manchester on Tuesday 4th November. The H.G. Cole Award is the highest...
1st UK-China Corrosion Summit Report
The very first UK-China Corrosion Summit, jointly organised by the Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) and the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection (CSCP), was held in Manchester on 3–4 September 2025. The meeting gathered leading academics, practitioners, and...
2025 – Aberdeen Annual Corrosion Forum (ACF)
On 26th August 2025 the Aberdeen Branch again successfully held its annual corrosion awareness event at the Palm Court Hotel with key sponsor Automa. The Aberdeen branch has been active for more than 40yrs now and has been providing awareness training since before...
Industry News
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...
New Best Practices for Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) Monitoring Released – CUI RP 101
A new set of best practices created specifically for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical industries has been released on 
18th December 2024, giving guidance on the deployment, usage, inspection strategies and maintenance of Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) monitoring...
Shell and Equinor to Create the UK’s Largest Independent Oil and Gas Company
London − Equinor UK Ltd and Shell U.K. Limited are to combine their UK offshore oil and gas assets and expertise to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer. The incorporated joint venture (IJV) will be set up to sustain...
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Ask The Expert
Ask the Expert
The questions in this issue feature pipeline corrosion and how to decide whether a full repaint or sport repair is required for a failed vessel lining Question: What is Top of the Line Corrosion? When would you expect this, and how do you mitigate against it? BK...
Ask The Expert – Issue 165
Question: Under what types of exterior atmospheric exposure (other than marine) is it necessary to test for soluble salts before maintenance painting? Â PS Answer: The effect of soluble salt contamination on protective paint systems is well documented in terms of the...
Ask the Expect – Issue 165
The questions in this issue feature preventing corrosion of rebars in concrete and when to test for salt contamination of a substrate before painting. Question: What is the best way to prevent corrosion of reinforcing bars in concrete? CL Answer: By far the best way...
Fellows Corner
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...
Fellow’s Corner
This series of articles is intended to highlight industry-wide engineering experiences, practical opinions and guidance, to provide improved awareness for the wider public, and focussed advice for practicing technologists. The series is prepared by ICorr Fellows who...