Overview of National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)

This week’s post takes up right where last week’s post left off in our discussion on Corrosion Management and Control (CM&C) Management Systems. As I have said previously, this information is based off a series of articles I did on PEI&R MS, which you can reference here. Here are the next four...

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Because of widespread interest in the proposed revision in progress to NACE International standard SP0169 (formerly RP0169), "Control of External Corrosion on Underground or Submerged Metallic Piping Systems," NACE is sponsoring an information-gathering session to explore opinions and technical data.

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Since the publication of NACE MR0175/ISO 15156, "Petroleum and natural gas industries- Materials for use in H2S-containing environments in oil and gas production," in December 2003, the ISO Maintenance Panel set up to maintain this widely used standard and the Oversight Committee, NACE Task Group (TG) 299, has reviewed and approved 15 proposals for change to the standard.

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NACE International has approved two highly anticipated standards dedicated to the control of internal pipeline corrosion.

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Dr. David Wang, Shell Oil Company, reviewed the status of PERF project 95-11, Advanced Acoustic Emission for On-Stream Inspection, with NACE task group T-3L-14 (acoustic emission), at the Corrosion '97' conference in New Orleans, LA, on March 10, 1997. This project is still open to membership.

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AET is a powerful, non-intrusive inspection technique to verify the structural integrity of pressure vessels, spheres, high-temperature reactors and piping, coke drums, above-ground storage tanks, cryogenic storage tanks, and more.

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If you perform any type of inspection, plan or prioritize inspection, replacement or design of equipment in HF service you may be interested in the following NACE international resource, NACE Technical Committee report 5A171, "Materials for Receiving, Handling, and Storing Hydrofluoric Acid."

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Task Group T-1G-24 on Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Pipe and Accessories in Oilfield Service is working on a test method for evaluating the compatibility of FRP tubulars in oilfield environments. They hope to submit a draft for ballot shortly. To vote on this draft, join Unit Committee T-1G.

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It can be difficult to keep specifications up to date and to understand what pitfalls can drive your specifications out of compliance. Register for the Johns Manville and ASTM free webinar and learn how to properly interpret material standards when specifying insulation.

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NACE International today released the "International Measures of Prevention, Application and Economics of Corrosion Technology (IMPACT)" study, in which it estimates the global cost of corrosion to be US$2.5 trillion, equivalent to roughly 3.4 percent of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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Bringing its courses to members and customers in the Middle East and surrounding regions, NACE International today announced it will open a new training facility in Dubai, UAE. The new training center will feature two classrooms offering NACE International’s most popular courses and the NACE Institute’s most in-demand certifications.

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NACE International announces the commencement of its new global study on costs related to corrosion, an initiative to determine the financial and societal impact of corrosion on industry sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, utilities, transportation, and government.

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