Maintaining the aging infrastructure such as underground pipelines is a challenge to the oil and gas industry worldwide. Understanding why and how cathodic protection works or fails can help the operator formulate appropriate strategy in managing the pipeline corrosion problems. This five-day course covers both the fundamentals and practices in designing, operating, and maintaining cathodic protection of underground pipelines. An overview of the NACE standard on “Pipeline External Corrosion Direct Assessment Methodology” will also be presented.
At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
Drawing a simple model of a Cathodic Protection cell and name the different elements.
Naming 2 types of Cathodic Protection Systems design.
Cathodic Protection System Design
Explaining the relationship between Coatings and Cathodic protection.
Naming and describing 2 different testing methods used to test Cathodic Protection.
Understanding terminology commonly used when discussing Cathodic Protection.
Designers and anyone who is interested in cathodic protection technology for corrosion prevention.
Facility owners and users who are concerned with corrosion.
Technicians and maintenance personnel.
Engineers and technologists.