Materials of Construction for Oil & Gas Industries(Specifications, Standards & UNS Systems for Materials & Alloys)

Description

This course explores all of major categories of materials while offering detailed guidance on material selection for the various service environments encountered in oil refineries and petrochemical plants. In any process plant in oil and gas industry like Refinery, Petrochemical plant etc. the process equipments, piping and tanks form the vital part of the installation. The success or failure of any of such process plants depends on whether the correct materials are used for manufacturing these equipments. The materials must be suitable for the required process, the corrosive conditions, temperature considerations etc, and should last the expected design life. This should be achieved at the optimum cost keeping in view safety and reliability considerations and meeting the codes and standards for the materials.

The theme throughout the course will be focused on how to put the right material in the right place in the right way. Practical guidelines in selection of materials against many forms of corrosion will be presented. The participants also will understand the basic metallurgy of iron-carbon and other complex alloy systems and predict their physical, chemical and mechanical properties, so that one may be adequately equipped to select and specify the most appropriate alloy grade for a particular engineering application. The attendee is treated to the major ASTM specifications and selection of their common equivalents in BS, JIS,DIN specifications, including Do’s and Don't in selecting material substitutes. The course also covers methodology of the Unified Numbering System and Index to UNS Designations by Base Elements.

Objective

On completion of this course the trainee/s will be competent in:

• Main factors in deciding the suitable material for a given service
• Various metals, alloys their applications and limitations
• Factors governing material choice :corrosion, temperature, and other factors
• Materials for pressure vessels, storage tanks and piping
• Specific considerations for materials in oil and gas industries
• Materials for critical applications-Sour service, Caustic service, Hydrogen service
• Materials for resistant to Sulphidation - McNomy curves
• Materials for High temperature Hydrgen attack-Nelson curves
• Codes and standards in material selections
• NACE MR 175 and NACE MR 103
• Typical ASTM specifications and grades
• Selection of alternative materials. Do’s and Don't in selecting material substitutes
• Unified Numbering System for materials & alloys
• Use of UNS designations
• Cross reference of UNS and ASTM designations

Who should Attend

This course is ideally suited for professionals in oil and gas industries (Process engineers, designers, technical managers, quality control personnel, corrosion engineers) and all those involved in materials selection and evaluation of materials for petroleum, petrochemical industries. The inspection persons and maintenance engineers in oil and gas industries will find this course quite useful in their day to day working.