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This course offers a thorough introduction to corrosion, covering its causes, identification, monitoring, and control. It features hands-on experiments, case studies, and open discussions. The intended audience includes technicians, sales personnel, inspectors, managers, and engineers. Key learning objectives encompass the definition of corrosion and its economic, environmental, and safety impacts, as well as the basics of electrochemistry, oxidation-reduction reactions, corrosion processes, corrosive environments, forms of corrosion, control strategies, and inspection and monitoring techniques.

This core training course is for professionals who implement and manage pipeline integrity programs to address time-dependent deterioration threats in liquid and gas systems. It teaches participants to interpret integrity data, conduct system-wide integrity assessments, identify and evaluate threats, quantify risk, understand CFR 49 integrity requirements, and develop remediation, repair, risk management, and integrity management plans that optimize maintenance and support informed decisions by company management.

The In-Line Inspection (ILI) course explains the benefits of ILI for pipeline integrity, covering technology selection based on operating conditions and operational issues, as well as data evaluation for fitness-for-service assessments. Aimed at those managing pipeline integrity programs, it teaches participants to collect and interpret ILI data, understand standards and best practices, select appropriate ILI technologies, manage operator and service-provider responsibilities and safety, and use ILI findings to verify integrity, plan remediation, and optimize maintenance.

This certification is for professionals responsible for identifying, locating, and controlling corrosion in refinery environments, where saltwater exposure and hazardous chemicals pose severe degradation risks. It covers refinery-specific corrosion mechanisms, corrosive environments, and lifecycle control methods, from material selection and design through protective coatings, cathodic and anodic protection, and environmental modification, plus monitoring techniques using inspection, electrochemical methods, water chemistry, and deposit analysis.

The Conference tackles key challenges in asset integrity and reliability through expert sessions on risk assessment, incident investigation, audit techniques, and operational readiness. With dedicated tracks on well integrity, pipeline risks, new technologies, and PSM implementation, the conference provides executives, engineers, and operations staff with strategic frameworks for maintaining asset integrity across the process industries.

The course focuses on controlling metallic corrosion using protective coatings as the primary barrier, supplemented by cathodic protection (CP). It covers the selection, specification, application, testing, and inspection of coatings used with CP. Aimed at managers, engineers, field staff, and technicians, it revisits corrosion and CP fundamentals, explains the synergistic relationship between coatings and CP, and trains participants to select, assess, and troubleshoot coating systems and their failure modes in CP-protected structures.

The event shares experiences and knowledge gained in the operation and maintenance of oil terminals, aiming to make oil ports safer, more efficient, cleaner, and more competitive. It also provides a platform to disseminate new technologies and showcase specialized products and services to maritime, port, and oil sectors in Latin America and globally.

The XCORROSION Summit 2026 in Medellín brings together international experts to present the latest innovations in corrosion prevention and control. With a strong emphasis on sustainability and circular economy principles, the summit focuses on corrosion engineering and asset integrity challenges in the energy and manufacturing sectors, while fostering high-level knowledge exchange and new business opportunities.

The conference will bring together leading electrochemistry researchers to discuss energy conversion and storage, corrosion, electroanalysis, sensors, advanced electrochemical materials, environmental and industrial applications, molecular and bioelectrochemistry, and fundamental electrochemical science.

This certification prepares professionals to design, install, and maintain cathodic protection systems by mastering advanced theoretical concepts, design calculations, and practical field applications. It is aimed at experienced individuals responsible for protecting assets such as pipelines, tanks, and concrete structures from corrosion using both galvanic and impressed current systems. Certified specialists demonstrate leadership in corrosion analysis, regulatory compliance, and knowledge sharing, ensuring asset integrity and the successful implementation of CP technologies.

This course focuses on in-service inspection and maintenance planning for fixed offshore structures, with an emphasis on corrosion control and integrity management. Participants learn to assess platform corrosion-control systems, apply test methods, identify safety risks and critical areas, understand data-collection systems and platform types, and evaluate key protection systems, including coatings, splash-zone systems, and cathodic protection.

This two-day event brings together industry specialists, engineers, inspectors, and technology providers to address corrosion protection across pipelines, structures, and industrial assets. The forum covers cutting-edge coating technologies, real-world case studies, regulatory frameworks, and inspection best practices, providing a dynamic platform for technical networking and professional development in asset integrity and maintenance.

This course focuses on AC, DC, and telluric interference, teaching participants to identify causes and effects, test for interference, and perform calculations to predict AC interference. Through lectures, discussions, in-class experiments, case studies, and group exercises, experienced CP practitioners learn to describe parasitic current effects, recognize coating types, detect stray, AC, and telluric currents, and design mitigation and monitoring strategies to address harmful AC/DC interference on metallic structures.

This training course, covering corrosion basics and zinc coating principles, process parameters, duplex systems, and quality inspection, provides comprehensive galvanizing expertise. It includes key Brazilian, ASTM, and ISO standards, combining theory and practical assessment, and concludes with a professional certification.

This comprehensive course covers hot-dip galvanizing, including its corrosion-protection mechanisms, lifecycle durability, and duplex-system coatings. Participants will master surface preparation, layer-thickness measurement, and inspection techniques in accordance with ABNT, ISO, and ASTM standards, enabling them to accurately identify defects, perform sampling, and implement rigorous quality assurance.

This conference on corrosion, integrity, coatings, and anticorrosive protection brings together experts, companies, and researchers to discuss innovation, performance, sustainability, and industrial challenges, with a strong focus on inspection, cathodic protection, advanced materials, and qualified technical networking.