Introduction:
Offshore Oil and Gas industries always operate in a highly demanding environment. Materials Selection, Welding & Corrosion challenges are immense and require excellent knowledge and expertise.
This course is an extensive, in-depth 5-day course on welding, metallurgy, and corrosion aspects of various materials used in Offshore Oil and gas Industries and is targeted to develop the skills in handling these underlined issues. This course discusses in great detail, various alloys, their metallurgical properties, design requirements as per the construction codes, welding practices, damage mechanisms, mitigation in offshore oil and gas production environments. It narrates materials selection criteria, welding problems, corrosion requirements, and the best ways to achieve the best results under most demanding offshore oil and gas production environments
Targeted Groups:
- Welding Personnel
- Metallurgy Personnel
- Inspection Personnel
- Equipment Engineers
- Maintenance Engineers and Planners
- Design Engineers
- Service Company Representatives
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
- Understand the various materials used in Offshore O&G environments and associated welding engineering challenges
- Learn about the corrosion issues in Offshore O&G environments and associated Life Cycle engineering challenges
- Get familiarized with the world-class engineering standards. e.g., NACE, EEMUA, ASME / ASTM, Norsok, Various Leading Oil and Gas Design / Materials Selection Standards
- Apply the right design, materials engineering to the best interest of the organization & projects related to O&G engineering
Targeted Competencies:
- World-class engineering standards
- ISO 21457-2010-principles
- Full understanding of the materials for Offshore O&G Environments, Metallurgy and Welding Issues
Course Content:
Unit 1: Introduction to Guidelines for Materials Selection for Offshore O&G Production Equipment:
- EEMUA Publication 194, Guidelines for materials selection and corrosion control for subsea oil and gas production equipment
- ISO 21457-2010-Materials selection and Corrosion Control for Oil and Gas Production System
- Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industries — Materials for use in H2S-containing environments in oil and gas production
- NACE MR 0175-ISO 15156, 2015
- Norsok M001
Unit 2: Materials for Offshore O&G Environments, Metallurgy and Welding Issues:
- Duplex Stainless Steels:
- Introduction to Duplex Stainless Steel
- Metallurgy
- Welding Issues
Unit 3: Super Austenitic Stainless Steels:
- Physical Metallurgy
- Welding Considerations
- Super Austenitic vs. Duplex Stainless Steel
- Design and Fabrication Pros and Cons
- Weldable Super Martensitic Stainless Steels
- Metallurgy
- Welding Issues
Unit 4: Nickel Alloys:
- Metallurgy
- Welding Issues
Unit 5: Clad Steels:
- Metallurgy
- Welding Issues
Unit 6: Martensitic (13Cr) Stainless Steels:
- Metallurgy
- Welding Issues
Unit 7: Precipitation Hard-enable Stainless Steels:
- Metallurgy
- Welding Issues
Unit 8: Austenitic Stainless Steels:
- Metallurgy
- Welding Issues
Unit 9: Titanium Alloys:
- Metallurgy
- Welding Issues
