Internal Corrosion Management - A Best Practice

Paper ID: C2025-00364 ABSTRACT: Over the years the oil and gas industry has encountered corrosion phenomena in their internal processes. Dominant corrosion mechanisms include CO2- , H2S, organic acid, microbial and O2 corrosion as well as many others. These phenomena have been widely studied and methods for control have been developed and improved. In operations this has led to a common strategy for corrosion management that is linked to other work processes focused on control of integrity and process safety.
This document aims to provide a structured overview of corrosion management in line with industry practice for Internal process streams. It outlines the process of corrosion management with references to industry standards and guidelines. The process describes corrosion management as part of process safety and asset integrity management based on a robust materials selection, barrier management and IOW control. With emerging new industries developing this approach can be considered a best practice for which the key elements can be adopted in new industries like CCS and Hydrogen.
This paper aims to bring together the work procedures from industry and linking it to corrosion management with the inclusion of standards to provide clarity and guidance for application into the wider industry.