Workshop Overview
The course is designed for personnel who require a thorough understanding of corrosion, coupled with an overview of methods of prevention, inspection use of instrumentation and monitoring. Candidates will gain an appreciation on practical survey techniques to assess the condition of their structures on ships, offshore installations or a part of the infrastructure i.e. buildings, pipelines and general plant. The course will highlight tools, references, legislation & safety issues and outline problems with the increasing effects of litigation and arbitration.
Comprehensive CASE STUDIES outlining real time failures, their assessment and remedial actions undertaken will also be covered during the course.
Facilitator Profile
The Course Facilitator is the Managing Partner of Lithgow Associates. Lithgow Associates are Independent Corrosion Consultants specialising in Failure Analysis, Litigation & Arbitration, Material Selection and Education and Training Services.
He was the founder of Trainers and Peer of the internationally recognised NACE USA -Coating Inspection and Certification Programme. He is a Visiting Lecturer for the MSc Material Science Course– Coatings - Imperial College London. He currently co-ordinates the Lifetime Management of Materials (previously National Corrosion Service) Help and Advice service on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and Industry. He has also undergone CUBS (Cardiff University Bond Solon) Expert Witness Training. Additionally, he is President of the International Institute of Marine Surveying and Joint Founder of The Institute of Maritime Conservation.
Some of Peter’s main projects have been:
Responsible for selecting the materials for the renovation of the Albert Memorial London, surveying and reporting on some 500,000m2 of failed coating applied to 4 VLCC’s tanks for a middle eastern ship-owner and undertaking an Audit and developing a long term (12 year) maintenance painting strategy to a Far Eastern oil company owning some 230 offshore structures. Investigating a major coating failure of vessel linings (GOSP’s - 20 in number) for Aramco. He was retained as a Consultant to the Exxon Chad-Cameroon Pipeline project evaluating and advising on all aspects of the material selection and inspection of the pipeline coatings.
He is currently involved and retained as an expert on a 300million US$ litigation case on behalf of a major oil operator also a 150 million US$ arbitration to be fought in the International Court of Arbitration Geneva.
His impressive Clients List includes:
Oil & Gas Companies
Exxon Mobil (Canada UK USA Nigeria)
BP (UK)
Amoco (USA & UK)
Total France
Petronas Malaysia
Brunei Shell Petroleum
Shell (Holland, Germany UK Et Al,)
Aramco Saudi Arabia
QGPC Qatar
NIGC Iran
SECWA Australia
Pipelines
Perth Dampier Gas Pipeline Austrailia 600km (SECWA)
Chad Cameroon Oil Pipeline (Exxon) 1800Km
Kashmir Line (Pakistan) 700Km
Iran – various (2000km) NIGC
Marine
Star Cruise Asia
KOTC
Wavespec
Fischer
Chevron
Numerous others
Governments
United Kingdom
Bermuda
Germany
UAE
Iran
New Zealand
USA
Who Should Attend
Corrosion Engineers | Maintenance Engineers | Inspection Engineers | Offshore Operations Engineers | HSE Engineers | Marine Survey Engineers | Marine Superintendents | Port Engineers | Pipeline Operators | Insurance & Legal Personnel | Shipbuilding / Repair Staff and anyone involved in Corrosion
