- UCAS course code
- F205
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Master of Engineering (MEng)
MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Textiles Technology
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Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: F205 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
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Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Course unit details:
Corrosion Control for Oilfield and Renewable Energy
| Unit code | MATS43602 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 15 |
| Unit level | Level 7 |
| 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.
Aims
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.
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
(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.
Intellectual skills
(a) Predict oilfield corrosion rates employing pertinent environmental parameters and equations/models.
(b) Calculate corrosion inhibition efficiency and availability.
Practical skills
(i) Prepare slides for a technical presentation
Transferable skills and personal qualities
(j) Justify technical arguments in a clear fashion.
(k) Use appropriate vocabulary to answer technical questions.
(I) Operate as an effective team member.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| 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
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Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 30 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 120 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert Lindsay | Unit coordinator |