January 8, 2013
Joint Meeting with NACE at HESS Club
Corrosion Offshore – It’s a Battle Out There
5:30 PM – Social Hour
6:15 PM – Dinner
7:15 PM – Speaker – Charles Speed, SBM Offshore
Location:
HESS (Houston Engineering and Scientific Society)
5430 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX
Map to HESS
Corrosion Offshore – It’s a Battle Out There
Presentation Summary: This presentation shares a number of corrosion related failures that designers and engineers working in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry need to be aware of so these failures will not be continually repeated.
Originally from Montreal, Canada, Charlie first worked in the aerospace and nondestructive testing industries. For the last 30 years Charlie has provided materials, corrosion, inspection (MCI) engineering and chemical support for the Gulf of Mexico operations of major oil companies (Exxon, Mobil & Shell).
Charlie is Past Chair of the New Orleans Section of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT); Past Chair for NACE, The Corrosion Society in New Orleans and Lafayette and a member of API, SPE, ASM and the Gideon’s International. Currently Charlie is the Vice Chair of the NACE New Orleans www.nace.org/nola where he is the Program Chair and Webmaster.