Corrosion constitutes not just a technical problem in the oil and gas industry, but a business risk impacting safety, reliability, and integrity of asset value in the economy. The Cathodic Protection System in Oil and Gas Exploration Industry Training Course is an Imperial Corporate Training Institute course aimed at those charged with responsibility for the manageability and the maintenance of pipelines, storage tanks, offshore structures and other assets. This advanced course will present strategic and corporate level thinking and approaches to cathodic protection (CP) systems in such a way that operations can be conducted safely, efficiently, and in an economically viable manner.
The course fundamentals to deeper technical and management issues with regard to CP. This course will include and provide knowledge on CP system design and performance and regulatory aspects while also providing the necessary competency to make operational decisions at a high enough level to propose ultimate control of corrosion related risks while understanding the relationship between engineering and company executive roles. Thereby, the essence of the course is to help leaders and managers in oil and gas companies to privilege data to improve operational resiliency and asset life cycle through corrosion mitigation.
Objectives:
The primary objectives of this training course are:
- To broaden the corporate understanding of the cathodic protection process and its use in exploration and production facilities.
- To identify corrosion threats and learn strategic corrosion mitigation approaches for high-value oil and gas assets.
- To enhance understanding of design principles and monitoring systems in impressed current and sacrificial anode CP systems.
- To assess the effect of corrosion on financial performance and obtain cost-effective CP solutions that fit the corporate budget.
- To facilitate decisions in respect to compliance, inspection and maintenance management.
- To align cathodic protection programs with HSE and sustainability goals.
- To develop the capacity to audit, assess, and improve existing CP systems in offshore and onshore operations.
Target Audience
This course is tailored for professionals in the oil and gas sector who play a role in corrosion control, maintenance, operations, and strategic asset management, including:
- Corrosion Engineers and Specialists
- Pipeline Integrity Managers
- Oil and Gas Maintenance Supervisors
- Inspection and QA/QC Engineers
- Project Engineers and Technical Managers
- HSE and Compliance Officers
- Asset Integrity and Risk Management Teams
- Operations Executives and Facility Managers
- Professionals in drilling, exploration, and production divisions
- Senior Executives seeking to improve asset protection strategies