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Market Vertical: Energy: Oil & Gas

Track: Oil & Gas Refining
Symposia Session

Corrosion, Fatigue, and External Stress Cracking Under Thermal Insulations

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Central
Location: 370 EF

Thermally insulated assets are prone to degradations such as Corrosion under insulation (CUI), Corrosion Fatigue, and Insulation Driven Stress corrosion cracking (SCC). In addition to degradations, the moisture absorption in thermal insulation results in the increased thermal losses leading to process in-efficiencies and Increased carbon footprints. This symposium invites original and impactful work around the degradation and performance issues in thermally insulated systems. The abstract submissions and papers can include (but not limited) original research work, case studies, new technologies addressing the inspection, monitoring and mitigation of the degradation mechanisms and thermal losses.

Presentations:

  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Central
    Case of external SCC of type 304 stainless steel under insulation in natural gas plant.

    Presenting Author: toshiyuki sunaba – Kabushiki Kaisha INPEX

  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Central
    An Investigation of CUI Behaviors of Carbon Steel via Experimental Testing and RBI Methodology

    Presenting Author: Ahmad Rana – Integrity Products & Supplies Inc.

    Co-Presenter: Joel Chapman – Antea Canada Inc.

  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Central
    Modeling of Thermal Cycling on Water Accumulation for Corrosion Under Insulation

    Presenting Author: Zhenjin Zhu – Altamira - US, LLC

    Co-Presenter: TK Akins – Altamira

  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Central
    Stress corrosion cracking on carbon steel pipelines a look into testing methods

    Presenting Author: Ricky Seto – Rockwool International A/S

  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Central
    Predictive CUI Management with Remote Monitoring – Recent Use Cases

    Presenting Author: Freddie Talbot – Corrosion Radar

  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Central
    Mitigating Corrosion Under Insulation and Mechanical Degradation in High-Temperature Systems Using Novel Multifunctional Thermal Coatings

    Presenting Author: Farhad Raeisi – Detectica Inc