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    Corrosion oe Management Testing and Inspection in the Oil & Gas Industry INSTITUTE OF Ceonwosisn dy - Mee L Si ae eee ans Sa ee eta ee > LL oe eee Pages SX G raeto g , a COURSE LIST , ee Bi Painting Inspector P Yaad) Insulation Inspector Ben Fireproofing Inspector CA See nuree ie tects De Ace eet ue sce BOOK ONLINE +44 114 399 5720 Get qualified today with including final exams! eee tad to discuss your education requirements with the (eee ee ate) ene aten eee eee Ey) da ee Ed ee ees ee ae Ps Sees eo ate Seo eee Ed See ten nae es To see the full prospectus of courses available at the ornare er) C corrodere academy ce ens on 01282 732234 or email meena@corrodere.com 2 March/ Apel 2021 wirwleot.org Contents Issue 160 March/April 2021 4 The President Writes 4 Inettte News 10 Industry News 14 Latest erature 15 Innovative Products 16 AsktheExpert 7 Fellow'sComer 19 ‘echnical Article INSTITUTE OF Cecskiosion 27 Techical Article Institute News The President Writes How quictly time fies by this is alleady my second ‘column which | feel reflects hhow much is going on within your Institute, Tm certainly ‘energised by all the act | seehappening, some ofwhich Mummansetere The now year got off to a ‘great start with our regular ‘quater, meeting of the fil Council on the 3rd Febeuay Several important topics wore discussed reauting ina decision to vest some of our cash reserves in a managed portioio and the approval ‘of a new approach to delver ur cathodic protection (CP) tring Al of our CP courses have or are curenty being updated, and are compliant with I$0-15257. Our CP taining i now bocked through the Corrosion Prevention Associaton (CPA) and details can be found on the oer website. We ako havea brand new CP tring centre a the offices, (of Corrosion Control Senices Limited (CCSL) in Telford. | would lke to thankthe CPA, CCSL, Bran Watt, Chris Spence, Chris Wozencroft and ll the members of our CP Governance Boat (CPCB) fo thei hard werk in binging this to fruton. During March, a personal highlight for me was being able to deliver the Presidents Address. Tradttoally his has been done i person ata regular ‘meeting ofthe London Branch but this year twas its meting de to covit9restctions. Whitt’ fusing not to beable to eatin person, 3 postive outcome was that we had a arge attendance from as far afield 235 the USA and Inca. Ths has made me reflect on how we do some of ‘ur moetings once we are fee Kom the resbctions and Vd welcome at Improve. Many ofthese relate to improving our membership database and website to allow you to update changes to your personal deta yourself and improved ways of paying for taining couses and fee. Im aeady in ‘iscusion on these ideas and plan to inti an mprewement projet tO ‘addres them. Tharkyou foryourinput, please keep itcoming hist was preparing for my President's Adress, | reviewed some of our ‘membership ad digtal data. Our membership continues to grow asthe above graph shows. This is really encouraging ~ and the graph does not even include our sustaining company members. | was particulary struck by the fact that 30% of our members are now from ‘outside the UK and that we have significant representation inthe Middle East, This hasled to some preliminary discussions on how we can support those of you who do note inthe UK - more to come on this, hope. We are getting “noticed” on social media and now have over 8,600 followers on out two Linkedin sts ~ not bad when you consider we had 2010 February 2020! Hopely you'll have found some of our blogs on ‘social media both intresting and informative if you have ay ideas for topies we should incide, juste me know, Untinexttime, thoughts you have on ths using the email address below. Since we created tis new email address, Ive been delighted with the ‘messages Ive received and some of the great ideas for how we can From the Editor Bul Hedges, Institute of Corrosion President mall: president@lcorr.org Welcome to another issue of Corosion Management. The locks have changed, Spring has fall anived, and lockdown is being eased, so the outlooks now lot better for our industry an for you, the members cofiCont The theme ofthis sue is “Testing and Inspection” and | have two very Interesting ares on this topic wthin the Ol and Gas indus, for you, Te fistlooks a corsion testing inthe lnboratory, compared wth that in the field, and how ths canbe improved, fom Danny Burke, a member ‘ofthe winning tam ina previous Young Engineer Programm. Second, there i an article looking atthe use of Smart pigging technology for the inspection of small diameter pipes, fom an establshed company speciasinginthisafea, Thethidaricle ks atthe ottenignored subject ‘ofabrasive type, and how itcanaffect the outcome of surface preparation ina maintenance painting project. "hope la covering your interests in corosion protection and mitigation in these pages, but am happy to receive readers’ comments, oF suggestions, or other aroas. Also remember you can submit technical {questions fr answer by our expats | can be contacted at, bianpce@ aol.com Brian Goldie, Consulting Editor 4 Mareh/Apei 2021 worweor.org Corrosion Science Division (CSD) UR Evans Award 2021 Tee Ge areata ee eae eet Ser ene eee pees Say ee ety co roaches and has proncered roscoe serene eee eee for eens ee rr Se ee ee eed Deke rece tiusrutcoe areee rene ere er Teele et aed ae eee oe Tet eee ute of ements ee eee ee eta ee ne eee ee Seen es ere tet eee er ree eater pear stot tourer penny Protection by Corrosion Engineering Division (CED) ‘CED Working Day and Symposium on ‘Managing Corrosion In low-Carbon Energy Technologies’, Wednesday 28 April 2021, ‘online Zoom meeting. This one-day meeting isthe bts n a series of recent working days of the CED. This years meting f also a designated EFC meeting, nd will be wide ranging and cover many aspects of managing corrosion in Low ‘Carbon Energy Technologies. er theta, the meeting vl breakup to the indhacial CED werking groups. The 2021 PaulMlnyre Award wlaso be presented ater the momng lectures For infomation on becoming involved wth CED working partis please see the CED web site oF contact the Chai of CED, Nick Sat (ick smmat@jacobs.com). A detaed leat onthe event, which ao includes registation form, inchudedinthismagazine. Science Council ICorr suppor the Science Counc’ natve on diversity in science and engineering. Fr kuther deta se, wow ciencecouncl org Supporting diversity in science and engineering ‘Young ICorr corrosion presentation competition, 1 side, ‘3 Minutes, Outstanding ideas! Can you present your research ora topic as an elevator pitch in just 3 minutes, and would you ike the opportunity to share your Corrsion elated research and demonstate your presentation ‘ils? at as THESIS in * COMPETITION mw Then enter the Young ICon “Thesis in 3 Minutes Competition’ tehave a chance of winning a £100 book voucher. Submit your abstract to inloyoungicort@gmal.com by the 20th of Apri to enter (max 100 words). Participants from industy ae aso welcome to presenta topic/ project. The online event wil be held Thursdoy 29th Apt 2021 ‘Sp (BST), Rogistation at wwrw.eventite.co.uk/e/thesisin-3 minutes competion tickets 145673402067 This event sun in collaboration with the European Federation ‘of Corrosion and Word Corrosion Organisation to recognise Corrosion Awareness Day 202 DED ioc Ee Power Snitching Surge Currents Ccathodoeoltor Features } that responds instant, protecting personnel and equipment against @atex BCE 2a Central Fox 205-3334513 wurmceorcorg March/Apri 2021.5 ‘ustro Cathode leoator* ‘needed tor eathods protection, AG Fut Currents Lgntning Protection augeton of nduced AC Voages xx Derek Hoskins A Tribute to Colin 9 August 1928 - 11 January 2021 Frederick Britton, LRSC, FlCorr, Finst. Pet. 1 June 1931 - 18 January 2021 eal cag ‘ere ecling th rons Plague for service to Kar. Detek was bom in Ramsgate then the famiy moved and he went ‘tw schoolin Waton on Thames, He had sever jobs beforejoning Plastic Coatings Limited wiere he stayed for 34 years. Dring this tie eve eters wih isan, wotingin ata, ‘and finaly Guldlord. He was widowed in {2¥0ur ougtp Aten ndPhipcnisewm heared ‘Suein1984 where together wih hertwosons Kevin and Ne, they _spent 36 yeas together in West Blt. ‘After Derek retired as MD of Pastic Coatings, he had several He also changed from being just a member of the Insite of Corrosion to being an active member of the London Branch, “where he helped organise the many social actives overa number ‘ofyears. He was made an Honorary Lfe Member oflCorrin 2002. INSTITUTE OF Visit us on our website CORROSION ronsocial media for all the latest news Owww.icorr.org Wwww.twitter.com/instofcorrosion El www.linkedin.com/groups/4308333/ [iwww.facebook.com/icorradmin/ © www.instagram.com/institute_of_corrosion/ 6 Morch/ApA 2021 worwcorcorg Branch News Aberdeen Branch Following on from the very succestl lunchtime webinar sti covering Pipline Coatings, ings and Cathodic Protection Safty Considerations, with MCF, the branch held &s annual joint tochical meeting with the Energy Instn on 26 january 2021 on the theme of, Comtosion Under Insulation wy are we stiltalking about this? ‘There were thee excellent speakers for this Event - Rebecca Alison (OGTC- Oi and Gas Technology Centre), Wenne Onueghu (El AHI = Energy nsttte Aberdeen Highlands and Islands) and fm McNab (1S ceancering Irtemational Services. Rebecca Alison discussed the results rom 2 recent suvey by Corrosion Radar which ‘showed that over 95% ofthe OSG Industy fet that management of Corrosion under insulation (CU) was not cunenty adequate, and should be updated or racially rarsfrmed. She noted some industy fact denied the survey: (© CUI incurs 40 ~ 60% of the process plant maintenance costs within the UK CContiertal Sef (UKCS), anc costs the UK £28 illon evey yea rising oan estimated £4 lion globally. Enissneeducion 8 GOT. sas © CULis one of the maj causes. of accidens in the oll and gas industy since 1984, out of 137 major ol and gas accidents reported within the EU, over 20% have been associted with CUI The key components of a CUI strategy are Prediction, ‘Monitoring and Detection «8 Prediction using data & digital analytics for continuous monitoring to ident where twill occu ‘¢ Monitoring using sensorsto detect moisture and eaty signs ofcorosion| sing retofited and costeffectve instrumentation ‘on Late Life and Beownfot Stes, '¢ Detection deploying automated and efciert inspection techniques, “though thereisaneedto push for more investmentin new technologies, ‘Aggoalwas set 4 years ago by OGIC to eliminate a CU lures in Ol and ‘Gas fields by 2026 but sofa itearnot be said that any significant progress toward this goal fas been made. OGTC welcomed the resurrection of the industries CUI Forum with Henrik Andersen, Mater, Corrosion & Inspection Laad at Shell UK United as ts cai, and which hopefully asan industry, new ways of working and use of Manayemert of Change (MOC) to push through new technlogles can be found, YWorne Onuegbu briefly explained CU asthe exterralearosion of pipeworkand vessels that occurs beneath insulation following ingress of wate and corosive contaminants. There are several Industry ‘uidelines and recorrmended practices hich have boen developed, the most prominent being: AP RP 583 - CUI and Freproofing, NACE P0198 2017, EFC WPI3 WPIS, and El Guidelines for Design, irstallation and management of Thermal suai systems CUI presents so many challenges due to the many fhctors and parometers Correston under ston an ongoing sue. oe Involved namely, temperature, moisture and contaminants, plsinspecion techniques, maintenance requtements and cost. For temperature alone, ‘carbon see srs sues rom-AC to 175C(mainlyintherange, 20-1200), and for CRA materials between 20C and 200°C, commonly manifesting Inthe form of chloride sresscoresion racking and/or localised chloride iting (uress well coated). The moisture or water can be fom rfl, steam dacharge, condensation or sweating. Contaminants incre the Corrosiveness of the water which comes mainly from the surounding atmospheric / marine ervicorment, and are often trapped within the ‘nsulton materials themseWes. About 20% of pipework falure and maintenance costs since 1994 xe {due to CUI, 50 there s goed jstifiation to pursue solutions. When tying to investigate CUI the exertal condition of the dadsing can indicate ‘obvious issues fits dsturbed or broken but often intact insulation has to be removed to investigate and reveal corrosion beneath the covering, ‘which has been indicated by other detection technique, leks or alam "Nonvintrasve methods of inspection (NI) such as Radiography RAD), long Range Ultasonic Testing (URUT), Pulsed Eddy Curent (PEC) and, Guided Wave UT, may be used but they llhave their tations, detection capabily, varying speed and cost, with sometimes inconsistent resuits and indivi interpretation issues. RAD in pticuar can be a show and hazardous operation requiing scaffolding and containment of the test areas. LRUT is more ofa screening tool to indicate genera areas where insulation should bestpped of, and (PEC) wll detect goss defects but is ‘ots0.go0d on minor defects ‘Worne summarise that for effective management of CUL, the process, ‘an be broken down nto stuctured approach of vestigation, anaiyss, assesenent and mitigation. The asvesment process must rite the areas considering cial and historical data to focus programmes of work according to the probability of fale folowed by Insulation removal, ‘ether fll or parti. The CUI Mitigation Strategy involves defring the inspection scope, cevakiation technique, and periodicity of inspection and coverage. This stepped approach summarises cure indus thinking Jim McNab then described Focused Stress Conceaton Tomography (FST) which isa specialised irspectontecrigue for insdated ppsines snd beng developed ‘by Spier Hunter Utd in association with Cosmeering withing emOGTe: The reniecin ogy tamale sng SCT tecteogy wheretyan operator wea he inspection oo and was over he known line of tured ppeine wien operation, Is magnetometer based an absorbs or inne to te magnet eld anges Entei emnente sod cls tv nd tre rer REA Sess Concrtraton Zones 628). Of line ana f the coleced data shows 52 locaton, severly pipeline roe and depot rl. SCT isa Breed verso of tao SCT techralogy designed fo foes the mogetoretes and hil them om ‘terol moet ifunces, The objectives of hs tecnoly ar ack ‘crening and eal ine data teptation A cae dy showed the evasion ofan unpiggble pipetine which had erie located high stress concantation zones. DCWG casing inspection aso ndcatod focal cet defects Tho carsion unr tho canting wos revened to hve spread some Tm along the pipe past the dlc The FSCT Probe can be mourted ona pipe sng abracelet ame Gr oad hare ut which ed ver a marked i By te peter in aval or crcufrental rections on pipes nary erento, ‘Tisha fr boon texeon "to 20" ameter samples slong wha Sm (eter pressr esl anon dation cies to SS Trerneuty developed probes wggeied to PS an as bon tse in operational ORG emiorment Feta Terminal Cre and St Fergus Ga Pont alton ner Petead, Eu sil eites eee Cla gain nays order to develop iors based cn real CUL famnples rane the tecrique, and gan asrane. Fe objectives Se therefore to deters he ators ofthe tetralogy tems of maxarum nation thickness, posible Standoff ofthe probes, and worcororg March/ Apel 2021.7 SCT robe muse on termaty insulated 5 tn, {determining how different insdation materials or jacket typesinfuence the resus (On Tuesday 23rd February 2021, Rob Hardy of Tracerco gave an infrmitve presentation to the Branch lusting a successful cossover of ‘medical technologies to the il and Gas Sector. Robert holds a masters degree i from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and has more than 10 year’ experience managing commercial operations in the nondestructive testing market, with knowledge of computer tomogyaphy and nuclear magnetic resorance techniques, Robat joined Tracerco fn 2019 to focus on the development othe Discovery™ Subsea CT scanning service inEuope, Middle Est, Aca and Australia cheesy TTacerco's inspection senices ate now used globally subsea to provide ‘operator with assurance othe integrity of thei assets andto diagnose ow abnocaiies, Tracerco have developed the Discovery unt, which is a diagnostics rttumentfor pipelines designed to detect wal loss, conosion, and bull up such as hycate, sand, asphaltene, sale or wax. It can be deployed on live piggable and un piggable pipelines, without any inteuption to reduction, oF the need for pipeline modfications, Unike atlematve technologies such as tltasonic and pulsed eddy currentmethods tha is, requie expensive subsea concrete coating removal, this method provides, a high-resolution image of pipeline contents and pipe wall thickness, enabling pipeline integrity flaws and flow assurance consitions to be accurately wsalised Thounitis deployedusinga Remotely Operated Vehicle(ROVIandclamped around the pipe. ReaHime communications allow instant szessment of ipeline conditions and diferent versions are avaiable based on pipe dameter and depth of deployment. The Computerised Tomography (CT) technique used by the Discover nts analogous tothe medical scanning sed in hospitals wth 2 few adaptations to tak it subsea. When the CT 18 Mareh/Apri 2021 woreorcorg beam passes through a material the beam is weekened accorcng to is deny, wich is known as the atlenuation corficiert of the mater Multiple tne of ste measurements across the tems to be scanned bud up a picture known as a “Tomogyam’ which is created by computer reconstruction modes, formation about the pipeline wal thickness and integttyiscollectedin one scan, and complet picture ofthe pipeline can be fedintoirtegrty pipeline management systems ferinspecion The technology is tly non-ntusve, and with prepecjet calitaton, ncrete oF polymer, with No coating damage orintererence with production. Thiscanbe performed water depths upto 10,000 feet ands capableoscanning6 1026.5" pipe ‘ODs using awerk dass ROV. Features inthe Tomooyams canbe identiied bbycomparing with Bras of known defects, but for extraordinary project challenges, calbrations canbe cariad ou cn representative samples. 1 can sean through any coating, such a8 fob discussed the principles of collection of itegtly / comosion| subsea and various NOT principles deployed with the Discovery CT Scanner. In order to assess pipeline integty and ensure efficient production of zcets overtime, cleld professionals are sometimes faced with Raving to perfom pipeline inspection where pigging snotan option ordeemedto0 ky. Previously inspecting appelinefrom the cuside wasa verycostyand ‘often an nelfectivehighrsk operation Thistoolallows online inspection of the pipe om the ouside without removing the protective weight coating, Several case studies were presented to demonstrate how accurate the technique's atidentiving aspects of pipe sructze integrand geomet, andwall thickness mapping was shown through concree weight coatings Crcinarly the vast majrty of concrete pipe seabed inspections requre rect contact with the pipeline motal ater removal of concrete. CCT Scanning facitates sections being taken through pigaybacked lines and pipe bundles, accurately mapping thet internal posioring and misalignments. The technique is ideal for these types of agnosis as. nota the inner pipe cannot be inspected without dss assembly and the anni area canbe seen in deta can expose intemal pipes which ray have buckled and movedto the walofthe outer pipe and pickup ust foemationirsde the bottom of the pipe casing, The technique easly creates images of interal and exteral dis bonded coatings and can alo be used to identfy corosion under insulation ‘without the need fr removal or destructive testing, Item and extemal comosion is ready idertifed along with pipe wall hining, postions of weldments and ary wall thickness losses through erosion The technique ‘an aso identify thermal expansion elects and even fague, as intemal pipes can move out tothe wal ofthe carer pipe maybe trough damage toccantales, Images which are blued dang the seanrevea vibration of the inner pipes dung flow. One of the main uses for the technology isin flow assurance and characterization ara locaion of blockages. About 50-80% of remediation ‘atlersusually alist ime due to lack of information and wrong strategy to dear the product, The scans can characterize the densities of the blockages and therefore determine ifthe build ups are aephalten, sand seale hycate or wax. Conversely, identiyng the absence of blockages. lecovery suena agate Ye aphy "Seeing is believing’ ‘The second technical presentation of 2021 was held on 1th Februaryandfeatzedatalkbyay Warner, romDakyandElectrical, who discussed, DC Decouples - Why Are They Needed? and Improving Speed and Accuracy of CIPS Measurements with PRX Decouples Pipelines and storage tanks are commonly bonded to electrical ‘earthing systems to reduce the elects of unwanted AC voltage and fohtring hits onthe structure. For example, AC mitigation systems provide a path to earth to reduce induced AC fom nearby high voltage AC power lines as wel as protecting against AC fats and ightring, Ago, electrical equipment connected to the structure must be electrically earthed to mest electrical ‘code safety requirements. Each of these comectons to cath frovdes a path for cathodic protection (CP) curent to low fom the anode bed backto the reife, Thus, inakitiono protecting the structure, the CP sjstem protects the earthing sytem and ‘everything else to whichits eactically bonded. Protecting abare matal eating sjstom requires much more curentthan protecting ‘2coated pipeline ardin many such cases CP ystems arent able tomaintainadequatepotenta for corrsion contr. The solution i torstallC decouples in series wth the bonding connections allows operators to modiy thee inhibition strategy thus reducing the ‘expensive disposal ofan ervitorentally untiendly oduct with huge cost savings. Developments in the market forthe instument ae in ‘Fast, ‘Sceering’ with eal time datato find points ofinteest. Full duration scans can then be applied ot automatically tiggeted wherever an anomaly i cetied to detail and diagnose the features, The latest information about branch events can be found on the diay [page ofthis magazine and at: htps// wu icoerong/events/ category! berdoorrbxanchVlst/ All Aberdeen events fboth presentations and assodated QA) are recorded and may be founda hips://wwwtlinkedin.com/in/aberdeer icon! ICorr Fellow receives prestigeous NACE award Dr Sadegh Fania, Senior Principal Materials Engineer EMEA, McDermott, has been awarded the 2021 NACE Technical ‘Achievement Award for his contributions to NACE activites, Sadeghi a requ attendee at London branch meetings and was 2 presenter and judge during the 2021 YEP programme. He aso made conference room space avaiable at McDermott’ ofa: for the prelocklown technical face to face presentations for YEP, ‘Congratulations Sadegh and thank you forall yur ongoing support to London Branch andto Comin genera q % INSTITUTE OF (@ CORROSION S FOR ALL THE LATEST CORROSION INDUSTRY JOBS VISIT THE ICORR JOB BOARD SAA mci lgs] era ae CE PEO re SO accu eae eg between the cathodicall-protected structure and the earthing systems. Decouplers ate designed to block CP current while allowing steady tate AC, AC faults, and lightning cument to pass ffeey. This allows the CPsjstem to focus on protecting jst the Pipe, as t was designed to do, whe the pipe remain safely ‘earthed. The preseraton included a brief description of solid slate DC decoupler devices and het operation and reviewed the ‘common applications for decouplers wed in conjunction wih Jay aso described some of the challenges often encourtred with obtaining accurate CP potentials on protected structures ding interupted suneys. Capactos, which are essential ‘components of decouplers used with AC mitigation systems, ‘can in some sitations influence instant off measurements and lead the operator toward incorect conclusions. The influence of ‘decouple capactance on instantoffmeasurement response was ‘explained and several fed instalation examples were presented inwhich PCRX camouflage technology was ued to overcome the ‘capacitive effects curing interrupted surveys. ‘After many interesting questions ffom the audience, the chair tharked Jay for his informative tk. ‘The branch AGM was held prior tothe March meeting which by tuaiton was the President’ talk. At the AGM, the branch chai, Ben Moorhouse discussed the performance ofthe branch ove the past yea and sid that though the pandemic had prevented the in-person evening meeting from taking place the branch had ‘sucessully moved ts tecrical presentations to online event, “This was deemed vey success asi allowed the branch to have inrrationallybased speakers, and abo attendees fom outside the UK. It was hoped to resume the normal meetings a the worwccor.org March/Aprt12021. 9 entrunspompege 9 Lancaster Hall hotel forthe 2021/2022, # networking ‘was an important part of the branch actvty. The posstiliy of aso stearing the presentations onine, 0 that interested norsUK members could. join in was being explored. The tteasuerteportedthat costs, since Apel lt year had been vitualy 220, ane that forthe branch financial year 2019/2020, approximately [£6500 which included a sarplus of £3,100 fem the 2019 Christmas lunch was ‘efundedtoheadotice. The secretary reported that we tad gained to supporting company members. The ‘meeting fished with the hair proposing the branch ‘committee (which was, Unchanged) for ths year, and tis was agreed by the members present, Bill Hedges then delvered is Presidents tak on ‘yea decouplers the developments within the Institute and plans forthe future, He desorbed the history and the workings of the Insitute, its governance stucture and its membership prolile, ncuding the types of indvidual and ‘company membership and invoxuced. the new Corporate membership css, which is being tiled by BP. There are ‘urrenty about 1,650 individual members which has been increasing over the lst 3 years, 26 Gold sustaining company and 102 other sustaining member companies, There ia ve 0 recuit and retain members, and Bl highlighted the benefits to be gained from being a member, including networking, careor ‘development, reputation and collaboration and rancialbenefts, and explored these features in deta. He then moved on to the ‘aes of curent actviy, digital modemisation with increased ‘social media presence, improvements tothe webste, increased and improved taining programmes and ou global partnerships, {and again explored these topicsin deta. Bil then explained the ‘@temalcrivers which were affecting ou industry, and of couse ‘cur members, and frished wth arequest for membersto become more ioved This presentation was wal received by the 65 attendees, Both these presentations have been uploaded to the Corr webste, and can be viewed at hitps:// wuwieorcorg/london/ Ful deta of fture branch events can be found on the diary page of the magazine, and on the Corr website, mst of Coroson resident ‘ttre 10 March/Aprt2021 wrw.cor.org Indust News ry The Engineering Counc has updated its Guidance on Sustairabiliy, which now avalable on its webste The Guidance is reviewed periodical, and this etion inudes the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, cafes its deftin cf sustainable development, and emphasizes the importance of tengineerstaking a proaciverole, also highlights theimportance ‘of deaigningin sastainabily fom the stat, emphasises the inter comectedness of envicrmental challenges and solutiors, the rale of regeneration and restoration, and consideration of the holelfecyde including safe disposal ‘According to Alasdair Coates CEng FICE MCHT CMIOSH, CEO of the Engineering Counel, Sustainable development Is an increasingly important isue for society and the engineering profession works to meetthe challenge ofthe climate emergency. Engineers and technicians have a key leadership and influencing rolein working towards staat, increasingly s pactof mult ‘scipinary tame that indude nor-enginees, and Uwough work that crosses national boundaries, This updated Guidance on Sustaiabily suppor individual engineers in achieving sustainable development trough engineering, aswel asholpingprofesionallreqstered engineers ~Chattred Engjnees, Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technicians to meot thet professional obligations. This Guidance sets out six principles to guide engineering professionals in integrating understanding of te enwonmentand Sistainabilily nt al aspects hee work 1. Contribute to bulding a sustainable society, present and future 2. Apply professional and responsible judgomont and take 2 leadershiproleon sstainabity 3. Do more than just comply with legion and codes: be Prepared to challenge the status quo 4. Use resources eicienty and effectively 5, Seekmultiple ews to solve sustainability challenges 6, Manage isk to minimise adverse impact and maximise benefit to people and he envicement The fll Guidance on Sustainability leat, alongwith acorwersert wallet card of the sb principles, can be downloaded fee from, wwwcenge.org.ub/susainabily Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) The léth OEEC wil take place at Amsterdam RAL on Tuesday 26 and, Wednesday 27 October 2021. There wil be a physical exibtion and content programme combined with an online event. Bookings are now been taken for stands and there ae ako networking ‘opportunites. For more information, go to hitps//mwwofshore energy ba/ofshore-energy-2021/ This course, organised by Fleming Events, is endorsed by the Institute of Consion and wil inude an understanding ofthe key characteristics of CUI, examples of etical CU alures, elements of reliable CUI management, design considerations insulation ‘9stems and coatings, and direct and indirect detection and rmenitoring technology, The experienced trainers, Dr Clare Watt (KacferIsoliertechnik GmbH) and Or Steve Peterson (rbeadie Consultants Utd) wilalso dscuss the published guidance, and the btestinonation status and projec, There wilalso be interactive casestudy sessions Further detals can be found on the ICoer webste and at wen ering events For all the latest news, events and debates join us on Linked reo The American Concrete Insttute and the J isterationat Concrete Repair Institute have published an updated “Guide to the Code for Assessment, Repait and Rehabilitation of ising Concrete Stuctres.” The guide is intended to provide profesional: with the knowedge, kill and judgment to interpret and propery Use the ACI 562, "Code Recuirements fe ‘Assessment, Ropar and Rohabilttion of Eising Concrete Sructures.” “This updated guide has three main components: «Easy chapter navigation for ty and understanding ofthe relative portions of AC 562 Code; ‘An Appendix 8, providing an overal view of the new ACI 563, *Specications fr Rpair of Concrete in Buldings"; Project examples ilstating the process of carving out a concrete bucing assesement, repair, rehabiltstion or strengthening project from Inception through completion. ‘The guide is avaiable in both printed and digital formats. For more Information vst concrete.org/store ori. org <7 ‘The second edition of the Paint Inpectr’s Feld Guide, Is now avalable direct ffom ‘the publishers, TAC Sheen. The new guide features new images and updated tot reflecting the changes in industy gractice ‘andstandards, since the astedion. ‘Tho guide has been written by Lee Wikon, _an inspector with mary yea’ of experience in the field and offers guidance and _asstance to protective coating inspectors, specifiers, owners, psining contactors, or individual interested in the inspection of protective coatings application. tis intended 8 a practical inspection aid forthe Inspector wt in the fl providing vital information on inspection methods, general good pabting practice, and experience point, whilst its format allows Itto be camid in the inspectors pocket, and could be vial tothe sucoess of protective coating projects The information inthis handbook concerns the general duties and responsilies of painting and coating inpectors andi intended toenhance their performance. tis notintended asa substute for formal inspection tiring and certification. Akhough corosion is not just applicable to ste! this handbook focuses mainly onthe corrosion of steel duet the general use oth material by indy “The cos of single copy is, €145, and discounts ae avaiable for ‘mutiple purchases. Further information, and to order 2 copy, go to tps//wetgcsheen.com/en/preduct/the-paintrspector field guide new/ pgp Tae Aerts Visit the ICorr website for all the latest news INSTITUTE OF CORROSION wrmccorcorg March/Apr12021 11 reo Long-Term Protection for Jetty Piles at Ullapool Harbour According to Winn & Coales (Denso) ther Seashield™ sytemswerespectied to protect the jetty piles at Utapoo! Harbour in the Scottsh Highlands, due toan extensive track ecord of providing longterm corrosion protedion 10 movie stnctures The contractor used a combination of the SeaShield 2000FD™ on the ples and SeaShiad 70™ sjstoms on the supporting cressbeams onthe structure For the piles, the system consisted ‘of, 3 petrltum paste with corrosion Inhibitor, 2 tape wrap consisting of synthetic fibre cloth impregnated with a [petrolatum compound and backed with HOPE fm, and an outer HOPE jacket, ‘which washydraulallytersionedbelore boing secured. Forthe cressbaams, the system was petrolatum paste, apriing ‘mastic to fil voids and joints etc, to provide a smooth surface for tape wrap, ‘and frlly 2 esin impregnated lass fibre outer wrap, ‘According o AlzoNobel, they have supplied powder coatings for the interior of potable water pipes as pat of major infrastructure projectin China. The agreoment wit Guangdong Walorinvotes| providing Rescoat R2 coatings forthe Pearl River Data water fesource allocation project, the largest investment in a water

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