2011 Course Syllabus
Each day will run from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, with a series of six 1-hour lectures separated by 30-min breaks and an hour break for lunch. The break periods will allow time for question/answer sessions and informal discussions with the instructors on any corrosion problem of interest.
A copy of the lecture notes will be supplied.
Day 1
- Introduction to Corrosion in Oil & Gas Industry
- Introduction to Electrochemistry
- Electrolytes
- Electrified Interface
- Thermodynamics of Corrosion
- Nernst Equation
- Pourbaix Diagram
- Kinetics of Corrosion
- Activation kinetics / Tafel Equation
- Mixed Potential Theory
- Polarization Curves
- Concentration Polarization
- Corrosion Testing
- Potentiodynamic polarization
- Polarization resistance
- EIS
- Testing considerations
- Non-electrochemical methods
Day 2
- Oil/Gas Corrosion
- CO2 corrosion
- H2S corrosion basics
- Corrosion by organic acids
- Effect of surface scales and inhibition
- Effect of multiphase flow
Day 3
- Corrosion Phenomenology
- Galvanic corrosion
- Ohmic potential drops
- Passivity
- Localized corrosion
- Environmental cracking
- Corrosion Control
- Coatings
- Inhibitors
- Cathodic protection
- Materials selection
- Special environments
- Microbial induced corrosion
- Atmospheric corrosion
- Oxidation
- Rebar corrrosion