Laboratory Excellence and AccreditationCorrosion Monitoring in Production and Process Operations
Corrosion is managed on the evidence of monitoring, and monitoring badly placed or badly interpreted produces confidence without protection. This course covers doing it well. Delegates work through the corrosion mechanisms that occur in production and process service, then through the monitoring techniques available: weight loss coupons, electrical resistance and linear polarisation probes, ultrasonic thickness measurement, hydrogen flux and chemical analysis of process fluids. Location selection is treated as the decisive variable, since a probe in the wrong place measures nothing useful. The course covers inhibitor programmes and their verification, and closes on turning monitoring data into an inspection and integrity decision.
Course objectives
- Identify the corrosion mechanisms present in production and process service
- Select monitoring techniques appropriate to the mechanism
- Place coupons and probes where they will measure something useful
- Interpret weight loss, resistance and polarisation data
- Use fluid analysis and hydrogen flux as corrosion indicators
- Verify that an inhibitor programme is actually working
- Convert monitoring data into an inspection and integrity decision
Who should attend
- Corrosion and integrity engineers
- Production and process engineers
- Laboratory staff analysing process fluids
- Inspection and maintenance personnel
- Chemical treatment and inhibitor specialists
Course outline
- 01Corrosion mechanisms in production service
- 02Weight loss coupons
- 03Electrical resistance and linear polarisation probes
- 04Ultrasonic thickness measurement
- 05Hydrogen flux and process fluid analysis
- 06Location selection as the decisive variable
- 07Inhibitor programmes and verifying them
- 08From monitoring data to an integrity decision
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September to 2 October 2026 | Gaborone, Botswana | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 5 to 9 October 2026 | Maputo, Mozambique | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 16 to 20 November 2026 | Port Louis, Mauritius | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 1 to 5 February 2027 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 1 to 5 March 2027 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 8 to 12 March 2027 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |