Corrosion
About the course
Course duration: 3 days
For several decades, crude oil has played a fundamental role in industrial development and economic activity. Advances in crude production processes have improved efficiency, while safety remains a priority. Significant efforts have therefore been devoted to properly designing production and transportation systems that must operate under a wide range of field conditions.
Corrosion represents one of the most serious threats to the service life of facilities and pipelines, with the potential to drastically shorten operational lifespan. Once leakage occurs, the consequences can be severe—ranging from safety hazards and environmental damage to substantial economic losses. Consequently, corrosion control must be a key consideration throughout all stages of crude oil production and transportation.
Designed for
This course is particularly tailored for petroleum production engineers, laboratory personnel, field operators, system designers, and anyone seeking practical experience in this field, including researchers or managers who want to understand technical issues that support effective decision-making.
Course objectives
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of corrosion phenomena
- Identify forms of corrosion and parameters affecting corrosion to recognize potential threats
- Gain insight into modeling of CO₂, H₂S, CO₂/H₂S corrosion and microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC)
- Design cost-effective, efficient, and reliable mitigation strategies that maintain production targets and extend equipment service life while complying with environmental regulations
- Conduct Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) considering both probability and consequence of failure
- Define evaluation criteria and calculate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to corrosion, scaling, and produced water treatment
Course Content
- Introduction to corrosion
- Parameters affecting corrosion
- Forms of corrosion
- Corrosion of multiphase flow pipelines – impact of crude oil
- Gas pipelines corrosion
- Strategies for preventing metal corrosion
- Modeling of CO₂ corrosion
- Modeling of H₂S corrosion
- Modeling of combined CO₂/H₂S corrosion
- Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
Course delivery method
The course consists of lectures supported by worked examples and case studies. Participants are encouraged to bring their own examples for in-class discussion and analysis.
Instructor
Snežana Šević holds a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, with over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Her expertise includes diagnosing issues arising from produced fluid properties, conducting risk analyses, recommending flow assurance and corrosion management programs, and modeling, simulation, and optimization of production systems.
She has worked with PM Lucas d.o.o., NIS–Gazprom Neft, and Qimica Apollo (Mexico) and has participated in more than 50 projects across Serbia, Mexico, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Dr. Šević has authored over 30 scientific and technical papers, a book titled The Impact of Formation Water on Oil and Gas Production and Transportation, and has supervised numerous undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral theses. She was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer (2018–2019) and a member of the SPE E-Mentoring Program for five years.