By the end of this course, participants will:

• Understand the scope and structure of API 571 and its role in asset integrity.
• Identify damage mechanisms affecting pressure vessels, piping, tanks, and other fixed equipment.
• Learn corrosion fundamentals and how process conditions influence degradation.
• Apply API 571 knowledge to inspection planning, RBI, and fitness-for-service evaluations.
• Select appropriate materials and corrosion mitigation techniques for different environments.
• Interpret case studies and failure analysis reports to prevent recurrence.

• Inspection Engineers and Integrity Specialists
• Corrosion Engineers
• Materials Engineers
• Maintenance & Reliability Engineers
• Process Engineers involved in design and troubleshooting
• QA/QC professionals and asset integrity managers in oil & gas, petrochemical, and power sectors

• Interactive lectures with diagrams and real-world examples.
• Case studies of corrosion failures and mitigation strategies.
• Group exercises on identifying damage mechanisms and selecting inspection techniques.
• Daily quizzes and a final assessment.
• Capstone project: Develop a corrosion management plan for a refinery unit.

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Corrosion and API 571 Overview

• Introduction to corrosion science: electrochemical principles, oxidation, passivation.
• API 571 structure and classification of damage mechanisms.
• Relationship with API 510, API 570, API 653, and RBI (API 580/581).
• Factors influencing corrosion: temperature, pressure, fluid chemistry.
• Workshop: Identify common corrosion types in refinery units.
• Quiz 1

DAY 2

General Damage Mechanisms

• Uniform corrosion and localized corrosion (pitting, crevice).
• Galvanic corrosion and environmental cracking (SCC, HIC, SOHIC).
• Erosion, erosion-corrosion, and cavitation.
• Mechanical damage: fatigue, brittle fracture, creep.
• Case Study: Failure analysis of piping due to SCC.
• Quiz 2

DAY 3

Refinery-Specific Damage Mechanisms

• High-temperature corrosion: sulfidation, carburization, oxidation.
• Hydrogen damage: HIC, blistering, hydrogen embrittlement.
• Polythionic acid stress corrosion cracking.
• Naphthenic acid corrosion and high-temperature sulfidation.
• Workshop: Map damage mechanisms to process units (FCC, hydrotreater, crude unit).
• Quiz 3

DAY 4

Inspection, Monitoring & Mitigation

• Inspection techniques: UT, RT, MT/PT, PMI, hardness testing.
• Advanced NDE: MFL, eddy current, acoustic emission.
• Corrosion monitoring: coupons, probes, online sensors.
• Mitigation strategies: coatings, inhibitors, cathodic protection, material upgrades.
• Exercise: Develop inspection plan for a high-risk vessel.
• Quiz 4

DAY 5

Integration with RBI & Capstone

• Linking API 571 to RBI methodology (API 580/581).
• Fitness-for-service considerations (API 579).
• Documentation and reporting best practices.
• Capstone Project: Corrosion management plan for a refinery unit (damage mechanism identification, inspection strategy, mitigation).
• Final assessment and wrap-up.

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration