3340 Guidelines for the management of microbiologically influenced corrosion in oil and gas production

Overview:

The guidelines for the management of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) have been developed with corrosion engineering staff on operational oil and gas production facilities in mind. Consequently, a working knowledge of corrosion science and technology has been assumed. No such prior knowledge of microbiological matters, however, has been expected. Instead, the intention has been to present salient microbiological information in a way that aids understanding rather than confuses by using unexplained microbiological terminology. This has been achieved in two ways. Firstly, at the end of each appropriate section in the text a short summary section is presented which outlines the key points of the section in a very condensed style. Secondly, a glossary of terminology appears in section 8. Words or concepts that appear in the text in bold blue type face are explained in the glossary.