INTERNAL CORROSION
AND ITS CONTROL IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
Why: This training program is an extensive and
dynamic five day course that covers the best
practices for assessing, controlling and monitoring
corrosion for all E&P subsurface and surface
installations including pipelines.
What: The course is geared to provide enough
knowledge on the fundamentals of implementing,
monitoring, and maintaining an internal corrosion
control program as part of an overall Integrity
Management Program. It is an advanced level course
focusing on internal corrosion control for oil, natural
gas and water handling installations including: wells,
flowlines, pipelines, surface equipment, and
compression plants. A methodology for internal
corrosion assessment is presented. The participant
will learn to identify corrosion severity areas along the
production system, as well as how production
characteristics and flow velocities influence the
corrosion severity of the installations. Additionally,
participants will learn a field method for estimating the
amount of water, flow velocities and flow regimes in
wet gas pipelines.
Any person interested in improving their knowledge of
corrosion control and mechanisms throughout the oil
and gas industry, including but not limited to:
Engineers, Managers, Supervisors, Technicians,
Inspectors, and Salespersons.
Instructor: Carlos A. Palacios T., Ph.D., M.Sc
NACE International Corrosion Technologist
NACE International Instructor for Internal Corrosion
(Basic and Advanced).
Professor of Corrosion Engineering at the University
of Tulsa.
Professor of Mechanics of Materials at the University
of Tulsa.
Professor of Internal Corrosion, Basic Corrosion,
Corrosion Inhibition at the UNEXPO – Experimental
University Antonio José de Sucre – Puerto Ordaz,
Venezuela.
Professor of Corrosion in the Oil and Gas Industry –
University Oriente – Venezuela.
Basic Corrosion and Corrosion in the Oil and Gas
Industry – Courses taught as a private consultant in
Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico and US.
Excellent theoretical and practical background in
corrosion, especially in the oil/gas production and
transmission, with 25 years experience in the subject
of Corrosion.
Twenty years of work experience on oil/gas producing
fields with responsibilities mainly on internal
corrosion/erosion/chemical treatment/material
selection / water treatment / oil treatment, for subsurface and surface equipment including gas/oil
transmission pipelines, gas/oil treatment facilities, well
tubing and pumping equipment, artificial lift systems
and oil/gas process equipment.
Experience in the development and implementation of
Mechanical Integrity Systems. Dr. Palacios developed
a methodology for Managing Corrosion and
Mechanical Integrity for oilfield static equipment
installations.
Dr. Palacios has additional experience in:
 Corrosion Monitoring Selection, Optimization and
Training.
 Strategies for Mechanical Integrity Maintenance
Programs for Pipelines, Tanks and Pressure
Vessels, including Utilities and Fire Control
Systems
 Inspection Strategies: HOW, WHERE, WHAT to
Inspect.
 Pipeline Cleaning Strategies with Regular Pigs
and Gel Pigs.
 Writing of Mechanical Integrity, Inspection and
Corrosion Related Procedures.
 Development of Training Plans for Personnel
 Evaluation, Selection and Optimization of
Chemical Treatment Programs.
 Development and implementation of Chemical
Management Systems.
Has performed oil/gas field corrosion assessments
and corrosion control recommendations for
companies such as Ecopetrol in Colombia for all
their fields, Pluspetrol in Peru for the Camisea
Project.
Has experience treating oil field facilities for
asphaltenes, and some experience with demulsifying
and paraffin control.
Background includes studies on multiphase flow
effects on corrosion inhibition, on CO2 corrosion,
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erosion/corrosion.
Has instructed and continues to teach courses on
Fluid Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Heat
Transfer, Asphaltene Control, and Corrosion and
Corrosion Control at many levels, Corrosion
Inhibitors, Mechanical Integrity.
President of the Venezuela Corrosion Association,
Director for the NACE Foundation; involved with the
development of NACE ICDA for Wet-Gas.
Authored approximately forty (40) papers presented in
national and international congresses and in refereed
journals. See NACE/SPE/ASME
Where:
Prague, Czech Republic – Venue to
Be announced
Dates:
July 1- July 5, 2013
Course Duration: 7:30 to 14:30
Lunch Break: 11:30 – 12:30
Break: 9:30 am to 10:00
CLASS OUTLINE AND DAILY SCHEDULE
DAY 1 – INTRODUCTION TO CORROSION
Definition
Cost of Corrosion
Electrochemistry
Basics of Electrochemistry
Electrochemical Cell
Thermodynamics
Pourbaix Diagrams
Area Effects
Passivity
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
Atmospheric
Underground
Liquid
High Temperature
Pressures
Fluid Hydrodynamics and its importance in
Internal Corrosion
TYPES OF CORROSION
DAY 2 - TYPES OF CORROSION - CONT
Internal – External Corrosion, Uniform, Galvanic,
Localized Corrosion, Pitting, Flow Induced Corrosion,
CO2 Corrosion, H2S Corrosion, Stress Corrosion
Cracking, Hydrogen Induced Corrosion, Intergranular
Corrosion, Corrosion Fatigue, etc.
DESCRIPTION OF CORROSION MONITORING
SYSTEMS AND INSPECTION TECHNIQUES:
A. A complete description of the advantages and
disadvantages of each type of monitoring
system, objectives and limitations.
B. A complete description of the advantages and
disadvantages of each type of inspection
technique, objectives and limitations.
DAY 3 - DESCRIPTION OF CORROSION
MECHANISMS AND ITS CONTROL THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION SYSTEM
In this section of the course the participant will take a
journey through the entire Oil and Gas Producing and
Processing Industry. There will be a complete
description on the types of corrosion that can be
present, and corrosion control strategies and
description of the best corrosion monitoring and
inspection technique.
Reservoir: The importance of reservoir
Characterization in Corrosion
Assessment/Management and Control
Wells: Looking at all the oil production methods and
understanding how to assess corrosion and tips for
failure analysis. Best practices for corrosion control.
Effect of scales, asphaltenes, parafines in corrosion
and flow assurance.
Well tubing, Well Heads: Understanding the flow
hydrodynamics and effects of flow pattern to assess
corrosion. Best practices for corrosion control via
chemical treatment and/or material selection.
Advantages and disadvantages, cost analysis.
Flow lines, Gathering Pipelines and Transmission
Pipelines: Identification of most common types of
corrosion. Understanding the hydrodynamics of the
flow in this systems and how they affect corrosion.
Effects of single (oil or gas or water), two-phase (gas
and liquid) and multiphase flow on corrosion of these
pipelines.
A quick field method for assessing the corrosion and
liquid formation within gas pipelines.
Overview of Internal and External corrosion control
measures.
Flow Station Equipment (Separators, Pumps,
Scrubbers, Tanks): Identification of most common
types of corrosion. Understanding the hydrodynamics
of the flow in these systems and how they affect
corrosion. How asphaltenes, scales and parafines
affect the operation of equipment and thus affect
corrosion and flow assurance.
Overview of Internal and External corrosion control
measures.
Compressing Stations: Assessing corrosion on
compressor stations. A method for determining the
amount of water formed and thus assessing
corrosion.
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Gas treatment facilities (Amine Plants, Dehydration
Plants, Gas Processing Plants):
An overview of corrosion assessment on these plants
and control measures.
DAY 4 - CORROSION ASSESSMENT METHODS OVERVIEW
1. Learning how to use a field methodology for
determining the internal corrosive severity in
wet gas pipelines as functions of flow
velocities, flow pattern and determining the
amount of water within the pipeline.
2. Learn how to perform Corrosion Rate
Estimations and thus estimate remnant life.
3. Learn the use of a six step methodology
based in Risk Analysis (RBA) for assessing
and managing corrosion. The participant will
be exposed to the RBA fundamental concepts
and methodology and the use of software to
perform Risk Based Analysis.
4. Understanding Asset Mechanical Integrity
UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
FOR CORROSION AND INTEGRITY
1. Description of the NACE/API/ASME Standards that
are applicable for mechanical integrity assessment:
1. NACE: SP0169, MR 0175/ISO15156,
SP0106-2006, RP049704-2004, etc.
2. API 1160, 579, 580
3. ASME B31.4, 31.8S, ASME G31.8,
RSTRENG
DAY 5 - UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS FOR CORROSION AND INTEGRITY CONT
2.
Detailed description of NACE ECDA (External
Corrosion Direct Assessment Techniques),
SCCDA (Stress Corrosion Cracking Direct
Assessment) and NACE ICDA (Internal Corrosion
Direct Assessment) for Dry Gas, Wet Gas and
Liquids.
3.
Class exercise. Field example for assessing
corrosion and performance of the complete
analysis regarding: Assessment, Control, Types of
Corrosion, Chemical Treatment, etc.
4.
Discussion of exercise.
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Houston, TX 77098
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