Corrosion is probably the greatest challenge facing the oil and gas industry and leads to expensive production interruptions and delays. Corrosion is estimated to cost the $279 billion p.a. of which $8.4 billion p.a. relates to corrosion costs in oil and gas transmission pipelines. Microbial Induced Corrosion (MIC) and its treatment is an important component of this overall problem and the ability to prevent and treat corrosion is vital to ensure continued production from aging oil and gas facilities. The current industry solution is to flush the pipeline with massive doses of detergent and biocides which present both handling and environmental hazards and difficulties in terms of measuring effectiveness.

Giltech has been exploring how its technologies can be applied within this sector and, following extremely positive discussions with a number of the major oil companies, has identified an application for a pig mounted corrosion treatment based on our CorGlaes® technology that allows operators to monitor and treat bacteria induced corrosion with the following benefits:

• Safer for operators and the environment
• Targeted only where treatment is needed
• More effective against bacteria
• Residual, long-lasting protection

CorGlaes® technology is a more cost effective anti-corrosion treatment for energy operators, being intrinsically more efficient and negating the need for system shutdowns

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