A
panel discussion on the Role of Corrosion within the context of Risk,
Reliability, Integrity Management, Verification, Regulation, Litigation,
etc.
Binder Singh -Deepwater Corrosion Services-
Introduction and Overview - Aspects of Corrosion and Risk
Ben Poblete- Lloyd's Register
Overview Risk and Corrosion- With emphasis on Concepts, Regulation and how
to best quantify Risk
Tony Poulassichidis- Dow Chemicals
Focus on Reliability per onshore chemical fixed plant-
with a Risk based case Study
George Smith -ABS Consulting
Focus on Offshore In Service Inspection - Risk based case study
Biographicals
BINDER
SINGH- Senior Corrosion Engineer -Deepwater Corrosion Services/Houston
BEng
,
MS
, PhD
(Mechanical & Corrosion Engineering)
Liverpool
and UMIST
England
,
UK
Chartered Engineer,
Texas
PE.
Over
20 years experience with Materials & Corrosion mainly
offshore/marine/power Industries in the
UK
and
USA
. Present focus predominantly
Gulf of Mexico
corrosion projects
BEN POBLETE-
Senior Risk Management Specialist- Lloyd’s Register/Houston
BASc-
Chemical
Engineering
University
of
Toronto
/
Canada
M
Phil -Loss Prevention & Hazard Control Loughborough /
UK
P
Eng –
Canada
Over
18 years experience, responsibilities included - Risk & Safety
Management per life cycle phases for onshore, offshore and subsea
facilities. Presently
providing strategic risk management services across many Industries,
including certification of major offshore oil and gas developments GOM and
Worldwide.
TONY - POULASSICHIDIS - Reliability
Engineer -Dow Chemicals/Freeport
MS
Corrosion Engineering,
Florida
Atlantic
University
Diploma
-Chemical Engineering from NTU
Athens
,
Greece
.
Texas
PE
Over
12 years experience within the oil and gas industry including corrosion
consulting, chemical engineering, and both the development and application
of risk-based inspection for Refinery, Petrochemical plant, and Pipelines.
GEORGE SMITH-
Senior Consultant ABS
Consulting/
Houston
BS
and MS Degrees from
UK
Universities. Over 15 years experience with offshore assets, covering
pressure systems and structures. Knowledge
gained for both
North Sea
, Gulf of
Mexico
and worldwide. Heavily
involved with risk based integrity management for new and mature assets-
shallow and deepwater. Considerable experience
pertaining to -Materials, Corrosion, Process, Coatings and life
extension within RBI, Classification, and Regulatory framework.
