MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Textiles Technology / Course details

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. 

The unit aims to deliver an engineering knowledge of oilfield corrosion.  It introduces corrosion processes, the selection of engineering materials, chemical treatment and corrosion management, with particular emphasis on the corrosion design of oilfield facilities.

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

(a)    Outline the economic/societal importance of oil and gas production.

(b)    Describe oil/gas sources, along with materials, equipment and processes employed during their extraction.

(c)     Explain the factors that determine internal/external oilfield corrosion.

(d)    Discuss other important oilfield degradation processes.

(e)    Evaluate approaches to controlling/managing oilfield corrosion and other degradation phenomena.

(f)     Review corrosion inhibitor mechanisms and their practical application.

(a)    Predict oilfield corrosion rates employing pertinent environmental parameters and equations/models.

(b)    Calculate corrosion inhibition efficiency and availability.

               (i)      Prepare slides for a technical presentation

(j)    Justify technical arguments in a clear fashion.

(k)    Use appropriate vocabulary to answer technical questions.

(I)     Operate as an effective team member.

Feedback given (written and verbal)

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

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