Materials & Welding Challenges for Offshore Oil & Gas Industries

What are the Goals?

This Materials & Welding Challenges for Offshore Oil & Gas Industries training course focuses on the best- and worst-case scenarios with respect to Oil and Gas, metallurgy, welding and corrosion issues and improves the attributes as listed below:

• This training course is designed to increase knowledge base of the participants with respect to the above titled issues
• Make them aware of various materials used in Offshore O&G environments and associated welding engineering challenges
• Make them aware of 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
• At the end, apply the right design, materials engineering to the best interest of the organization & projects related to O&G engineering

Who is this Training Course for?

The target audience would be:

• Welding Personnel
• Metallurgy Personnel
• Inspection Personnel
• Equipment Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers and Planners
• Design Engineers
• Service Company Representatives

Daily Agenda

Day One: 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

Day Two: Introduction to Guidelines for Materials Selection for Offshore O&G Production Equipment (Continuation)

• 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

Day Three: Materials for Offshore O&G Environments, Metallurgy and Welding Issues 

• Duplex Stainless Steels
• Introduction to Duplex Stainless Steel
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Super Austenitic Stainless Steels
• Introduction,
• Physical Metallurgy
• Welding Considerations
• Super Austenitic vs Duplex Stainless Steel
• Design and Fabrication Pros and Cons
• Duplex Stainless Steels
• Introduction to Duplex Stainless Steel
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Super Austenitic Stainless Steels
• Introduction,
• Physical Metallurgy
• Welding Considerations
• Super Austenitic vs Duplex Stainless Steel
• Design and Fabrication Pros and Cons
• Weldable Super Martensitic Stainless Steels
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences

Day Four: Materials for Offshore O&G Environments, Metallurgy and Welding Issues (Continuation) 

• Nickel Alloys
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Clad Steels
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Nickel Alloys
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Clad Steels
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Martensitic (13Cr) Stainless Steels
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Nickel Alloys
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Clad Steels
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Martensitic (13Cr) Stainless Steels
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Precipitation Hard-enable Stainless Steels
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences

Day Five: Materials for Offshore O&G Environments, Metallurgy and Welding Issues (Continuation) & Corrosion, Service Experiences, Failure Analysis 

• Austenitic Stainless Steels
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences
• Titanium Alloys
• Introduction
• Metallurgy
• Welding Issues
• Case Histories, Application Experiences