EFC Working Party 15: Corrosion in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries

Mission

 

Objectives

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 No 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

 

Publications 

Books

• EFC Book 40 "Requirements for cooling water systems"
   
• EFC Book 42 "Collection of Selected Papers"
   
• NEW: EFC Book 46 "Amine Unit Corrosion Survey", 2nd edition (September 2021)
   
• EFC Book 55 "Corrosion under insulation", 3rd edition (August 2020)
  
  

WP 15 Refinery Corrosion Atlas

Below you will find some corrosion failure cases from the refinery and process industries.
These documents are only given for information and do not engage EFC.

• Failure case n°1: High temperature corrosion of a first stage reactor of a hydrocracking unit

• Failure case n°2: Chloride stress corrosion cracking of a H2S stripping tower in a hydodesulfurisation unit

• Failure case n°3: Creep and cracks in a hydodesulfurisation unit

• Failure case n°4: Chloride stress corrosion cracking of mounting hardware in a FCC

• Failure case n°5: Metal dusting corrosion of a furnace tube in reforming unit

• Failure case n°6: Sulfidation in an atmospheric distillation unit

• Failure case n°7: HF stress corrosion cracking in an alkylation unit

• Failure case n°8: Carbonate stress corrosion cracking in an FCC unit

If you would like to add other failure cases, you can complete the enclosed file and send it to Francois Ropital email: Contact

Previous Activities

 

ExcerptS From last WP Business meeting minutes

Minutes of the 29 August 2023 meeting and Appendices (size: 14 MB) 

Minutes of the 30 March 2023 meeting and Appendices (size: 40 MB) 

Minutes of the 1 September 2022 meeting and Appendices (size: 16 MB)

Minutes of the 24 March 2022 meeting and Appendices (size: 24.4 MB)

Minutes of the 23 September 2021 meeting  and Appendices (size: 28.4 MB)

Minutes of the 23 March 2021 meeting and Appendices (size: 15.9 MB)

Minutes of the 9 September 2020 meeting and Appendices (size: 15.5 MB)

Minutes of the 11 September 2019 meeting and Appendices (size: 16.5 MB)

Minutes of the 10 April 2019 meeting and Appendices (size: 18.5 MB)

Minutes of the 11 September 2018 meeting and Appendices (size: 5 MB)

Minutes of the 3 May 2018 meeting and Appendices (size: 20 MB)

Minutes of the 6 September 2017 meeting and Appendices (size: 1.5 MB)

Minutes of the 13 April 2017 meeting and Appendices (size: 12 MB)

Minutes of the 13 September 2016 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 26 April 2016 meeting and Appendices (size: 10 MB)

Minutes of the 9 September 2015 meeting incl. Appendices

Minutes of the 14 April 2015 meeting and Appendices (size: 8 MB)

Minutes of the 9 September 2014 meeting

Minutes of the 8 April 2014 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 5 September 2013 meeting incl. Appendices

Minutes of the 9 April 2013 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 12 September 2012 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 26 April 2012 meeting and Appendices (size: 13 MB)

Minutes of the 7 September 2011 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 14 April 2011 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 25 November 2010 meeting

Minutes of the 15 September 2010 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 22 June 2010 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 9 September 2009 meeting and Appendices

Minutes of the 23 April 2009 meeting, Appendices 1-5 , Appendices 6-10

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