Synopsis

Corrosion Engineer plays a vital role which responsible for asset integrity of the entire system through effective corrosion  management. One year study led by Ms Elaine Bowman, 2016 (Past President for NACE International) as reported in National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), International Measures of Prevention, Application and Economics of Corrosion Technology (IMPACT) Study indicate that global cost of corrosion estimated about US$2.5 trillion which is equivalent to 3.4 % of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). On the other hand, savings of cost of corrosion (between US$375 and $875 billion annually) to be achieved through application of effective Corrosion Management System (CMS) or Corrosion Management Framework (CMF).

Harsh environmental conditions impose on assets (topsides and pipelines) which eventually lead to degradation of materials via process called as ‘CORROSION’. Degradation of overall assets in oil and gas industry mainly refer to the corrosion process due to affecting parameters such as materials, environment, pressure, temperature, etc which eventually lead to different credible type of corrosion threats (such as CO2/H2S corrosion, Organic Corrosion, Corrosion Under Insulation, Stress Corrosion Cracking, Microbiologically Induced Corrosion, etc).

A significant impact of corrosion in the area of safety, reliability and also on the performance of the assets will eventually have huge effect on the economy of a country.

Therefore, it is the accountability of a corrosion engineer for determining the absolute suitable type of corrosion mitigation or barrier (such as Protective Coating, Corrosion Inhibition, Cathodic Protection, etc) for the entire asset (topside and pipeline).

Time is a crucial factor which affects the effectiveness in managing the integrity of the overall assets as Corrosion Engineer need to review different types of documents such as monitoring, inspection, risk, etc. Thus, a specific tool is indeed needed for the implementation of CMF for the management of topside assets and pipelines.

This talk gives an overview on generic corrosion threats found in assets (topside and pipeline) (oil and gas industry) which is found to be one of the important or critical factor in managing the overall assets. Corrosion Loop associated for different process system will be presented. Finally, it is believed that application of CMF tool for oil and gas industry particularly for topside assets and pipelines with objectives of achieving efficient corrosion management deliverables will eventually lead to cost effectiveness and safe operation (in line with the mission of NACE which is to protect people, assets and the environment from corrosion) of the entire assets (topside platforms and pipelines).
Some case studies and lesson learned will be shared.  


About The Speakers

Kamila Ab Hamid has more than 6 years of experience in oil and gas industry particularly in the area of  Asset Integrity mainly on corrosion analysis, materials selection, Risk Based Inspection (RBI), Fitness For Service (FFS). Graduated from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 2010 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Materials) (Honours). She has been appointed as Materials and Corrosion with Synergy Asset Integrity Management (SAIM) . She had gained experiences in handling almost 20 projects mainly covers the niche area on corrosion analysis, materials selection, Corrosion Design Basis Memorandum, Corrosion Management Plan, failure analysis. Then, in 2014, she had been offered to be employed under Bureau Veritas (M) Sdn Bhd as Materials, Corrosion and Inspection (MCI) Engineer under supervision of Dr. Hassan Malik. She has responsibility on working with Petronas Carigali Sarawak Operations (SKO) on Fitness for Service (FFS) for pipelines and also supporting for other projects (BC Petroleum on RBI, failure investigation study).

Currently, employed under Wood Group Kenny Sdn Bhd as Materials and Corrosion Engineer for Brunei Shell Project (BSP) for Corrosion Management Framework (CMF) and also supporting other projects (for TALISMAN).Working in WGK under supervision of Dr Andrew Spowage together with huge multidisciplinary teams across the company, she had gain lots of technical knowledge and experiences which made herself established and well versed as a MC engineer. Her main aim is to share her knowledge in the area of asset integrity as well as to gain help/supervision from various expertises’ which has made her one of the competent Materials and Corrosion Engineer.