External Corrosion Control
CorrMagnet's continuing education program is accredited by the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC).
This unique online course presents methodologies and tools to effectively and economically control external corrosion of oil and gas industry's production, transmission, storage, and distribution infrastructures. It describes how selection of appropriate coatings (mainline and field-applied) and on-time installation and maintenance of cathodic protection (CP) minimizes risk due to external corrosion and stress-corrosion cracking (SCC). The course also covers international standards/best practices including NACE external corrosion direct assessment (ECDA), NACE SCC direct assessment (SCCDA), NACE cathodic protection design, CSA standards on coatings, and ISO standards on coatings and CP, as well as regulatory requirements in Canada and the USA to control external corrosion and SCC.
Who should attend?
- All who are interested in controlling external corrosion in the oil and gas industry
- New corrosion professionals in the oil and gas industry
- Experienced non-corrosion professionals in the oil and gas industry.
- All who want to earn Professional Development Hours (PDH) and Continuing Education Units (CDU)
- Engineers and technical persons generally need certain number of PDH and CDU to maintain their professional degrees
- CorrMagnet is one of the EIC's Quality Learning Providers.
Fee includes
- "Corrosion Control in the Oil and Gas Industry", S. Papavinasam, Elsevier (2013), eBook ISBN: 9780123973061, 1,020 pages.
- PDF version of technical presentations
- 1-year access to the recording of the presentations and discussions.
- Registration of Continuing Education Unit (CEU) with EIC
- CEU can assist professionals in maintaining their license
- 1 CEU is equivalent to 10 professional development hours (PDH).
Course Discussion schedule (See Events page for a particular course schedule)
- Monday to Friday
- 30 minutes per day.
- Course hours indicated in the Events page are in Eastern Time Zone (New York Time Zone). To calculate the course hours in your time zone,
click: timeanddate.com
Learning outcome
Upon completion of the course the participants will be able to:
- Distinguish various coatings and their properties
- Understand different failure mechanisms of coatings
- Differentiate different external corrosion damage mechanisms (CDM)
- Understand information (data) required to assess external corrosion
- Assess external corrosion threats
- Implement appropriate above-ground surveys
- Establish frequency and location of inspection (Non-destructive testing [NDT] and inline inspection [ILI])
- Recognize the impact of accessories and other activities on external corrosion
- Compare and contrast external corrosion rates, remaining wall thickness, or percentage wall loss from different techniques (model, above-ground surveys, NDT, and ILI)
- Comprehend requirements of various standards, best practices, and regulations on external corrosion control.
- Receive official record of their earned CEU and PDH.
End of course evaluation
- Assignment written by participants using actual field data
- Ability of participants to identify and collect data
- Ontime submission of assignment (Assignments are due within 30-days from the date of completion of the course).
Course contents
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Factors influencing external corrosion and SCC |
Materials |
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Soil characteristics |
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Pipeline operating conditions |
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External corrosion mitigation strategies |
Coatings
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Insulators |
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Cathodic protection |
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Mechanisms and models |
Coating damage mechanisms |
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Corrosion damage mechanisms (CDM) |
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Prediction of corrosion rate considering all CDM |
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4 |
Monitoring and Inspection |
Above ground monitoring techniques |
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Inline inspection |
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Below ground inspection |
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5 |
Case studies* |
Asphalt/Coal tar protected pipeline |
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Polyethylene tape protected pipeline |
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Fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE) protected pipeline |
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3-layer coating protected pipeline |
*May be presented by owner/operator.
Course fee
| Category | Fee, US $ (includes 5 % GST)/participant/course | Action |
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| Regular registration | 1,044.75 | Register |
| Early bird registration (One month before class starts) | 992.25 | Register |
| Special registration . (Book is not included). | 199.50 | Register |
| Private Course registration | 0 | Register |
Registration deadlines
- Regular registration form should be received by CorrMagnet Consulting Inc., at least one week prior to the start of first class of the course
- Early bird registration form should be received by CorrMagnet Consulting Inc., at least one month prior to the start of first class of the course.
Withdrawal and cancellation policies
- Withdrawal request must be submitted by email to: office@corrmagnet.com at least one week prior to the commencement of first class. All refunds are subject to an administration fee of US $50.
- No refund of registration fee after the course has started.
- Minimum system requirements for participating the "online training" are described in the following sections.
Internet Connection
- High-Speed Connection (LAN, DSL, cable) preferred, minimum 512 Kbps during peak usage.
Audio
- Computer must be equipped with a soundcard.
Communication Hardware
- Option 1 (preferred): Headset or Headphones.
- Option 2: Speakers connected to your computer.
Operating System
- Computer must be equipped with a soundcard or
- Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7.4, 10.8.
Web Browser
- Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- Google Chrome
- Safari 2.x
Additional requirements
- Adobe Flash Player 10.3 or higher .