The organization as a whole will gain new knowledge and a set of skills that will help them to significantly enhance their MIC control and mitigation. 

The organization's gains will include:

• Improved (site) personnel safety and environmental protection.
• Enhanced bacterial monitoring and assessment
• Increased MIC control and mitigation.
• Optimised MIC costs through more efficient use of chemicals, monitoring systems and inspections.
• Improved reservoir protection and decreased the likelihood of reservoir souring and plugging.

By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

• Appreciate the MIC deterioration mechanisms encountered in the upstream oil and gas industry
• Appreciate the basic required conditions for bacterial growth
• Design and utilise various bacterial and MIC monitoring techniques
• Implement various MIC mitigation solutions
• Utilise corrosion management for improved MIC control and mitigation

This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but those who will greatly benefit include:

• Corrosion & Integrity Engineers
• Production & Operation Engineers
• Inspection Engineers
• Repair & Maintenance Engineers
• Coating & CP Engineers
• Asset Project Engineers & Asset Managers
• Chemical Treatment Specialists
• Corrosion Monitoring Systems Specialists & Lab Technicians

The teaching will be done via PowerPoint slides containing text, tables, plots, pictures, etc. The teaching will be interactive; that is, on a regular basis the participants will be asked to participate in an ongoing topic, discussion or challenge. Past MIC case studies will be presented throughout the training course to promote best international practices while simultaneously discouraging integrity practices that had resulted in impairing asset integrity in various projects. The training course will end with a short assessment to further help all the participants to remember all the important subjects, concepts, and practices discussed throughout the course.

Day1

 MIC Background in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

• introductions (trainer, scope, objectives, and references)
• Training Course Objectives, Attributes and Scope
• Training Course Structure and Content
• Corrosion and Corrosion Engineering in the upstream oil and gas industry
• MIC in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
• Microorganisms and Bacterial Types in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
• Bacterial Nutrition and Growth Conditions

Day2

 Bacterial and MIC Basics

• Bacterial Metabolism
• Biofilm Basics
• Introduction to SRB and its Deterioration Mechanisms
• Predominant MIC Mechanisms and Their Repercussions in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
• Bacterial Problems: Seawater Injection Systems
• Bacterial Problems: Firewater Systems
• Bacterial Monitoring
• Bacterial Analysis Techniques: Traditional and Molecular Microbiological Methods (MMM)

Day3

MIC Detection, Assessment and Mitigation

• MIC Mitigation Process
• Water Removal
• Biociding - Oxidising and Non-Oxidising Chemicals
• Nitrate Treatment
• MIC and Design, Materials Selection, Coatings and CP

Day4

MIC and Corrosion Management Concept

• Integrity and Integrity Management Concepts
• The Classical Integrity Management View
• Corrosion Management Background in the UK's Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
• Corrosion Management and Integrity Management Measure Concepts
• Corrosion Control Matrices and Corrosion Key Performance Indicators

Day5

Enhanced MIC Mitigation Through Corrosion Management Applications

• Improved MIC Mitigation Through Corrosion Management Applications
• MIC and Inspections
• MIC and Corrosion Monitoring and Fluid Sampling
• MIC and Management Requirements
• MIC and RBI
• Introduction to MIC Mitigation in SWIS
• Review of MIC Models
• Conclusions & Recommendations

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.