Asset Integrity & Corrosion Management in Oil & Gas
Most producing assets in the Gulf and Africa are past the mid-point of their design life. Between an ageing asset and a loss of containment stands only one thing: an integrity management system that is actually managed — not a filing cabinet of overdue inspections.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
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The infrastructure that produces most of the world’s hydrocarbons was designed decades ago; the corrosion working on it never stops. This programme builds the discipline that keeps ageing plant defensible: an asset integrity framework aligned with ISO 55000 asset-management practice; the damage mechanisms that matter in oil and gas service — CO2 and H2S corrosion, corrosion under insulation, microbiologically influenced corrosion, fatigue and cracking; inspection strategy grounded in the API 510, API 570 and API 653 codes for pressure vessels, piping and storage tanks, prioritised through risk-based inspection; fitness-for-service thinking for degraded equipment and the life-extension case for plant approaching design limits; and the control toolbox — materials selection, chemical inhibition, cathodic protection and coatings — deployed as a managed programme with corrosion loops, integrity operating windows and KPIs the leadership team actually reviews. Participants leave able to build, run or audit an integrity management system and to argue its budget with evidence. Cohorts run across the Middle East and Africa — Dubai, Dammam, Doha, Muscat, Lagos, Luanda — and live online.
What you will do
Who attends
Integrity, inspection and corrosion engineers; maintenance and reliability managers; plant and operations managers who own ageing assets; process safety professionals; and engineers in national and international operators, contractors and inspection bodies across oil and gas, petrochemicals and mining.
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.The integrity management framework
- From inspection department to integrity system: scope, accountabilities and governance
- ISO 55000 asset-management practice applied to hydrocarbon plant
- Integrity operating windows: turning limits into live operating discipline
II.Damage mechanisms in oil & gas service
- CO2 and H2S corrosion: prediction, morphology and monitoring
- Corrosion under insulation and microbiologically influenced corrosion — the hidden attackers
- Cracking, fatigue and erosion: where mechanical damage outruns chemistry
III.Inspection strategy & risk-based inspection
- API 510, API 570 and API 653 — what the inspection codes for vessels, piping and tanks require and assume
- Building an RBI programme: probability, consequence and inspection planning
- Non-destructive examination: choosing techniques for the mechanism you hunt
IV.Fitness for service & life extension
- Assessing degraded equipment: when to run, repair, derate or retire
- The ageing-asset dossier: evidence that supports continued operation
- Managing change on old plant: repairs, modifications and temporary equipment
V.Corrosion control as a managed programme
- Materials selection and the corrosion allowance decision
- Chemical inhibition, cathodic protection and coatings — and how each is monitored
- Corrosion loops, KPIs and the integrity review the leadership team attends
Frequently asked
Who should attend the asset integrity and corrosion management course?
It is designed for integrity, inspection and corrosion engineers; maintenance and reliability managers; plant and operations managers who own ageing assets; process safety professionals; and engineers in national and international operators, contractors and inspection bodies across oil and gas, petrochemicals and mining.
Which standards and codes does the programme draw on?
The integrity framework is aligned with ISO 55000 asset-management practice, and inspection strategy is grounded in the API 510, API 570 and API 653 codes for pressure vessels, piping and storage tanks, prioritised through risk-based inspection. This is a training programme in applying those codes — it does not itself confer an API or ISO certification.
What will participants be able to do afterwards?
Participants leave able to build, run or audit an integrity management system — with corrosion loops, integrity operating windows and KPIs the leadership team actually reviews — to apply fitness-for-service reasoning to degraded equipment, to build the life-extension case for ageing plant, and to argue the integrity budget with evidence.
Where does the course run, and can it be delivered in-house?
Cohorts run across the Middle East and Africa — Dubai, Dammam, Doha, Muscat, Lagos, Luanda — and live online, in English and French. In-house editions can be tailored to your own asset base; sessions follow a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request, and fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by engineers and managers who have held operating, maintenance, safety and project accountability in oil and gas, mining and power, and who hold the technical and safety qualifications they teach towards. They bring plant, field and project experience into the room, across the full lifecycle from exploration to closure.
What the bench brings
- Offshore construction, drilling and FPSO safety
- Recognised oil and gas safety certificates
- Permit-to-work, commissioning and turnaround safety
- Incident investigation and fire safety
- Electrical installation design, supervision and maintenance
- Equipment inspection and lifting-equipment safety
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Manufacturing & industry · Telecom · Oil & gas
Regions: the Middle East · Europe · Asia
How they teach
- Plant, field and project case studies
- Incident and emergency scenario exercises
- Group exercises on real technical decisions
- Exam-style knowledge checks and quizzes
- A personal action plan
Cohorts are kept small so every exercise is worked on the participants’ own situations — in person or live virtual.
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