Course unit details:
Corrosion Control for Oilfield and Renewable Energy
Unit code | MATS66602 |
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Credit rating | 15 |
Unit level | FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This unit provides engineering knowledge of oilfield corrosion. Students will learn about the mechanisms underpinning relevant corrosion, as well as other degradation processes, along with practical approaches to minimise facility degradation. Specific topics include: types of oilfield equipment; sweet/sour corrosion; seawater corrosion; scaling; erosion; corrosion prediction; corrosion inhibition; corrosion management; failure analysis.
Aims
Students will learn about the mechanisms underpinning relevant corrosion phenomena, as well as other degradation processes, along with practical approaches to minimise material/component degradation. Specific topics include:
- Sweet & Sour Corrosion;
- Erosion & Scaling;
- Corrosion Prediction;
- Corrosion Inhibition;
- Corrosion Management & Failure Analysis.
In addition, the unit will provide you with the opportunity to develop your team work and technical presentation skills through an assessed case study concerning pipeline design.
Learning outcomes
A greater depth of the learning outcomes will be covered in the following sections:
- Knowledge and understanding
- Intellectual skills
- Practical skills
- Transferable skills and personal qualities
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures and online activity, including guest lectures to increase industrial relevance; Case Studies, including group activity (preparation and delivery of 15 min presentation); Tutorials
Knowledge and understanding
- Outline the economic/societal importance of oil and gas production
- Describe oil/gas sources, along with materials, equipment and processes employed during their extraction.
- Explain the factors that determine internal/external oilfield corrosion.
- Discuss other important oilfield degradation processes.
- Evaluate approaches to controlling/managing oilfield corrosion and other degradation phenomena.
- Review corrosion inhibitor mechanisms and their practical application.
Intellectual skills
- Calculate corrosion inhibition efficiency and availability.
- Predict oilfield corrosion rates employing pertinent environmental parameters and equations/models.
Practical skills
Prepare slides for a technical presentation
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- Use appropriate vocabulary to answer technical questions.
- Operate as an effective team member.
- Justify technical arguments in a clear fashion.
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Written exam | 70% |
Written assignment (inc essay) | 10% |
Oral assessment/presentation | 20% |
Feedback methods
Feedback given (written and verbal)
Recommended reading
Various chapters of Vol.4 of Shreir’s Corrosion, 4th edition, including:
4.25 Introduction to Control of Corrosion by Environmental Modification
4.26 Chemical Treating in Oil and Gas Production
4.41 Management of Corrosion in the Oil and Gas Industry
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Lectures | 30 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 120 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Robert Lindsay | Unit coordinator |