Material Selection for Oil and Gas Plant

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
03 May 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
30 Aug 2026 Istanbul, Turkey $ 4,500 Register
25 Oct 2026 Jeddah, KSA $ 4,500 Register

Material Selection for Oil and Gas Plant

Introduction

The petroleum and chemical industries contain a wide variety of corrosive environments. Oil and gas production operations consume a tremendous amount of iron and steel pipe, tubing, pumps, and valves. Proper selection of materials is most effective in achieving low-cost reliability as metallic corrosion is costly. The aim of the course will be focused on selecting the correct material for specific environmental purposes. This course gives an understanding to the basics of metallurgy, engineering materials, properties, mechanical behavior, failure mechanisms, and material selection methodology and stages. It will also introduce fundamentals of corrosion, metallurgical concepts that are needed to understand types of corrosion, inspection, maintenance requirements, and proper corrosion protection methods. Furthermore, materials selection considerations for various forms of corrosion will also be presented.

Objectives

    By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

    • Understand the importance of material selection.
    • Understand the basic concepts of metallurgy, corrosion, materials engineering, and material selection.
    • Understand the effects of heat, water, stress, and other effects on materials.
    • Gain knowledge on how to select materials for what applications.

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations.

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for engineers and related professionals in the oil and gas production industries. It is intended for personnel with limited backgrounds in chemistry, metallurgy, and corrosion. It is intended to learn about material selection, metallurgy, the effect of heat, corrosion, repeated stress, and other effects.

Course Outline

Introduction to Metallurgy

Crystal structure, Phase diagrams, Phase transformations, T-T-T and C-C-T diagrams, Heat treatment of steels and how it affects microstructure, Strengthening mechanisms, Mechanical properties of metals and alloys,

Yield strength, tensile strength, hardness, creep strength, fatigue strength, impact strength, and fracture toughness, Ductile and brittle fracture, Fatigue, creep, and wear failure mechanisms, and prevention.

Welding Metallurgy

Characteristics of weld solidification, weld microstructure, and defects.

Corrosion Principles

Chemical and corrosive environments, Different forms of corrosion, Mechanisms, recognition, and prevention, Pipeline cathodic protection™, Principles, types, advantages, and disadvantages, Inhibitors, and coatings in pipelines, Maintenance Requirements.

Materials Engineering

Carbon, alloy, and high strength low alloy steels, Microstructure characteristics and mechanical properties of pipeline steels, Cast irons, Stainless steels types,

Austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, and precipitation hardening,

High-performance stainless steel, Duplex, and austenitic grades, Non-ferrous metals and non-metals in oil and gas industry, Non-ferrous metals: (copper, titanium, aluminum, and nickel alloys), Non-metals: (ceramics, fiberglass, polymers, and plastics).

Materials Selection

Materials selection methodology and stages, Selection of materials using codes and standards, Material selection considerations for various forms of corrosion, Test and design considerations, Metallurgical considerations, Selection guidelines for corrosion-resistant alloys.

Failure Analysis Technique

Inspection procedures: destructive tests, non-destructive tests, and microstructure.

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