Vision:

The Working Party meetings objectives are:

• Information Exchange
  - Sharing of refinery materials /corrosion/inspection experiences by operating company representatives.

• Forum for Technology
  - Sharing materials/ corrosion/ protection/ monitoring information by providers, users, R&D.

• Scientific exchange
  - Sharing materials/ corrosion/ protection scientific works.

• Development of documents, guidelines, publications related to corrosion in the refinery industry.

Strategy Plan:

• Survey of corrosion problems in refinery industry

The group will collect information first on hydrotreatment and hydrocracling units, then processes as FCC, Catalytic reforming, Distillation, Sulfur plant, Alkylation, Sour water stripper will be considered. Guideline and publication will be issued.

• Corrosion under insulation (new EFC Guideline N ^o 55)

• Failure cases presentations and discussions

• Corrosion resistant materials

              Presentation and discussion on new CRA materials for refinery application.

• Corrosion by sour waters (SSC, SOHIC)

• Inhibitors

• Monitoring of corrosion

• Inspection

Date and place of meetings

One spring meeting: it will be on April 23 ^th 2009 in Vienna, Austria
One annual meeting during EUROCORR Congress 2009,  6 - 10 September 2009 in Nice, France

Excerpt of last meeting minutes

Minutes of the 8 September 2008 meeting , and Appendices

Minutes of the 15 April 2008 meeting , and Appendices

Minutes of the 13 September 2007 meeting , and Appendices  

Minutes of the 26 April 2007 meeting , Appendices 1-5 , Appendix 6 , Appendices 7-10  

Minutes of the 26 September 2006 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 31 March 2006 meeting , Appendices 1-4 , Appendices 5-8 , Appendices 9-13  

Minutes of the 6 September 2005 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 17-18 March 2005 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 15 September 2004 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 8-9 March 2004 meeting ,  Appendices 1-7 , Appendices 8-11 and Appendix Literature 

Agenda of forthcoming meetings

WP15 Spring Meeting on April 23 ^th 2009 in Vienna, Austria . The agenda is in preparation.
WP15 Annual Meeting during EUROCORR Congress 2009,  6 - 10 September 2009 in Nice, France.

Publications

• EFC Publication No. 55 'Corrosion under insulation'
    
  
• EFC Publication No. 46 'Amine Unit Corrosion Survey'
    
  
• EFC Publication No. 42 'Collection of Selected Papers' 
    
  
• EFC Publication No. 40 'Requirements for cooling water systems'
   
  

Dr. Francois ROPITAL
Institut Francais du Pétrole, IFP
Applied Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Direction
Materials Department
B.P. 3
69390 Vernaison
France

Tel: 0033-4-78 02 20 16
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