Cathodic Protection System in Oil and Gas Exploration Industry

Course Info

Length: 2 Weeks

City: Kuala Lumpur

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Feb-10-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-12-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-11-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-10-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

Dates in Other Venues

  • Dec-30-2024

    London

  • Jan-13-2025

    London

  • Feb-10-2025

    Singapore

  • Feb-10-2025

    Istanbul

  • Feb-10-2025

    Paris

  • Feb-10-2025

    Barcelona

  • Feb-10-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Feb-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Mar-24-2025

    London

  • Apr-14-2025

    Dubai

  • May-12-2025

    Barcelona

  • May-12-2025

    Amsterdam

  • May-12-2025

    Paris

  • May-12-2025

    Istanbul

  • May-12-2025

    Singapore

  • May-12-2025

    London

  • June-23-2025

    Dubai

  • July-14-2025

    London

  • Aug-11-2025

    Dubai

  • Aug-11-2025

    Paris

  • Aug-11-2025

    Barcelona

  • Aug-11-2025

    Istanbul

  • Aug-11-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-11-2025

    Singapore

  • Sep-22-2025

    London

  • Oct-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Nov-10-2025

    Barcelona

  • Nov-10-2025

    Paris

  • Nov-10-2025

    Singapore

  • Nov-10-2025

    Istanbul

  • Nov-10-2025

    London

  • Nov-10-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-22-2025

    Dubai

Course Details

Course Outline

10 days course

 

Significance of Corrosion Control
 
  • Corrosion - Largest Single Cause of Plant Failure
  • Economic Effects
  • Environmental Effects
  • Safety Effects
  • Corrosion Management Preventive Strategies
  • Cost of Corrosion
  • Case Study: Catastrophic Corrosion Accidents

 

Corrosion & Its Control

 

  • Requirements for Corrosion to Occur
  • Metallurgical Factors
  • Forms of Corrosion
  • Corrosion Control Methods
  • Material Selection
  • Environmental Modification
  • Protective Coatings
  • Cathodic Protection

 

Corrosive Environments & Construction of Materials 
 
  • Atmospheric Environments
  • Marine atmospheres
  • Industrial Atmospheres
  • Underground Environments
  • Concrete Structure Environment
  • Corrosion Properties of Carbon Steels
  • Corrosion Properties of Cast Iron
  • Corrosion Properties of Stainless Steels
  • Corrosion Resistance Properties of Aluminum
  • Corrosion Properties of Copper
  • Corrosion Properties of Nickle

 

Fundamentals of Cathodic Protection Systems
 
  • Galvanic Series
  • General Application of Cathodic Protection
  • Economic Considerations
  • Industry Standard & Codes
  • Principle of CPS
  • The Cathodic Protection Cell
  • Methods of Applying Cathodic Protection
  • Sacrificial Cathodic Protection System
  • Impressed-Current Cathodic Protection System
  • Advantages of SCPS
  • Disadvantages SCPS
  • Advantages ICCP
  • Disadvantages ICCP
  • CPS Selection
  • Basic Requirements for Cathodic Protection
  • Principles Of Cathodic Protection
  • Cathodic Protection Criteria
  • Current Rectifiers/DC Power Source
  • Applicable NACE Standard for Cathodic Protection Systems

 

 

Cathodic Protection Systems and Coatings
 
  • Role of Protective Coating in CPS
  • Selection Factors
  • Coating Defects
  • Coating Efficiency
  • Overvoltage
  • Cathodic Disbondment
  • Commonly used Coating in Conjunction with CPS

 

Cathodic Protection System Design
 
  • Design Factors
  • Electrolyte resistivity survey
  • Electrolyte pH survey
  • Structure versus electrolyte potential survey
  • Current requirement
  • Coating resistance
  • Protective current required
  • Sacrificial anode (galvanic) cathodic protection design
  • Impressed current cathodic protection system design
  • Soil resistivity
  • Current requirement test
  • Typical CPS Design Parameters
  • pH TESTING PROCEDURES
  • Current Requirement Testing

 

Anodes & Rectifiers
 
  • Anode Selection
  • Current output
  • Driving Potential
  • Anode life
  • Anode Shape & Dimension
  • Anode Material Cost
  • Anode Efficiency
  • Galvanic Anode Types
  • Current Requirements for ICCP System
  • Anode Materials for ICCP
  • Anode Backfilling
  • Installation of Sacrificial Anodes
  • Anode Vent Piping
  • Impressed Current Anode Beds
  • Quality Control and Quality Assurance
  • Impressed Current Rectifiers/DC Power Source

 

Practicing & Construction of Cathodic Protection System
 
  • Components of Cathodic Protection Systems
  • Essential Components
  • Isolating joints
  • Junction Boxes
  • Test stations, measuring points and coupons
  • Sleeve pipe
  • Thermite Weld
  • Earthing Systems
  • Line current measurement
  • Pipe Sleeves/Casings
  • Concrete Encased Pipe
  • Cathodic Protection Vessels & Tank Internals Vessels & Tank
  • Tanks for Storage of Chemicals
  • Water Circulating Systems
  • Heat exchangers (tube and shell)
  • Water box coatings
  • Submarine pipelines
  • Construction of Cathodic Protection Systems

 

Instrumentation & Safety Aspects
 
  • Alkalinity
  • Hydrogen Evolution
  • Chloride Evolution
  • Installation Adjacent to Telecommunication Services
  • Installation Adjacent to Railway Signal & Protection Circuits
  • Interaction at Discontinuities in Cathodically Protected Structures
  • Installation at Jetties & Ships
  • Danger of Electric Shock
  • Installations on Immersed Structures
  • Installations for the Internal Protection of Plant
  • Fault Conditions in Electricity Power Systems
  • Stray Current Corrosion
  • High Impedance Voltmeter
  • Reference Cells (Half Cells) Reference Cells

 

Corrosion Management Systems
 
  • Oilfield Cathodic Protection Systems
  • Corrosion Economy
  • Corrosion Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Asset Integrity and Corrosion Management
  • Corrosion Data Management

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