CORRODERE
A brief introduction to the Corrosion
Management Concept and its
application benefits
By: Ali Morshed (PhD, MSc, CEng, DIC)
Corrosion Management (CM) is a
rather new concept and process whose
international advent could be traced
back to the publication of the UK Energy
Institute’s book (Ref. 01) on the subject in
May 2008 and the NACE International’s
first CM book (Ref. 02) in 2012.
Beginning with the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry it gradually
became evident that the corrosion engineering discipline by itself could
not efficiently control and mitigate corrosion and that another tool or
process was crucially required to complement the existing corrosion
engineering measures. Thus, corrosion management was born and has
gradually become an indispensable constituent of an increasing
number of asset integrity management systems (AIMS) worldwide.
Since the early 2000s, continuous efforts to offer a more comprehensive
asset integrity management approach or view has so far resulted in two
internationally recognized asset corrosion management models:
1. The UK HSE Corrosion Management Model
2. The Morshed Corrosion Management Model (MCMM)
According to the MCMM the corrosion management concept can be
defined as:
“The process of reviewing the required integrity management
measures, regular monitoring of their performance, and the
assessment of their effectiveness post-commissioning.”
Corrosion management applications can render an existing AIMS
more effective, efficient and risk-based. However, its two most
important benefits are the enhancement of the corrosion failure
pre-emption capability of an organisation and the optimisation of the
associated corrosion and integrity costs.
Such significant application benefits has rendered corrosion
management a fundamental component of any existing AIMS; thus,
demands for corrosion management services such as training and
consultancy have been increasing constantly over the recent years
within both the hydrocarbon and the non-hydrocarbon industries.
Therefore, it is beneficial to attend a CM training course such as the
Corrodere Academy’s online CM course to be able to take advantage
of the CM concept’s numerous benefits.
Although, the hydrocarbon industry is regarded as the birthplace of
the CM concept; nevertheless, it is equally applicable in any other
industry where corrosion is a major integrity threat. Tools such as:
corrosion control matrices, corrosion key performance indicators and
the asset corrosion control document are widely used in both
hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon industries.
In general, industries which greatly benefit from such a training course
include, but are not limited to:
Hydrocarbon (upstream, midstream and downstream)
Marine
Military
Nuclear
Water and waste water management
Power and utilities
CM application benefits are numerous and include:
1. Enhanced asset integrity and extended asset and equipment
design life.
2. Improved (site) personnel safety and environmental protection.
3. Enhanced teamwork, communication and reporting.
4. Increased corrosion failure pre-emption capability across
the organisation.
5. Optimised corrosion and integrity costs.
6. Increased production and operation times and reduced number
of unplanned shutdowns.
References
1. Energy Institute, Guidance for Corrosion Management in Oil
and Gas Production and Processing (London, United Kingdom:
Energy Institute, 2008).
2. Morshed, A., An Introduction to Asset Corrosion Management in
the Oil and Gas Industry (Houston, TX: NACE International, 2012).
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16 JUNE 2020
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