Oil & Gas and Power Generation

In Oil & Gas and Power Generation plants, metal components are exposed to aggressive environments that drive various forms of corrosion. The service conditions make reliable surface protection essential to maintaining equipment integrity and operational safety.

IndustryEquipmentTypical corrosion phenomena
Oil refineriesAmine Systems Chimneys
CO₂ Strippers Crude/Vacuum Distillation Desalters Flare Drums Fractionators
Heat Exchangers
Pipes
Slug Catchers
Tanks Wet Gas Equipment		Acid gas corrosion Acidic condensation corrosion
Atmospheric corrosion Carbonic acid corrosion Chloride stress corrosion cracking (SCC)
Erosion-corrosion
High-temperature corrosion
Hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC)
Internal corrosion Naphthenic acid corrosion
Pitting corrosion
Sulfur corrosion
Power plantsCFB Boilers
Chimneys
Heat Exchangers
PC Fired Boilers
Quench Towers
SCR Reactor
SDA Chambers
Waste Heat Boilers		Acidic condensation corrosion
Ammonium bisulfate corrosion
Ash corrosion
Erosion-corrosion Fireside corrosion Fouling-induced corrosion
Galvanic corrosion High-temperature corrosion
Stress corrosion cracking (SCC)
Sulfur-induced corrosion
Water-side corrosion