Alberto Bazzoni - Director - Materials & Corrosion Expert

over 25 years’ industry experience in materials and corrosion engineering in subsea, offshore and onshore oil & gas industry, upstream sector, working for major oil companies, epci contractors and consultancies in several projects world-wide

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leading and advisory roles across all project phases

design: from feasibility to conceptual, front end engineering and detail design

execution: procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning

operation: integrity and corrosion management, fitness-for-service assessment

subsea repair requalification and life extension

covering all upstream and midstream assets: subsea pipelines, SPS, risers; well completion; umbilicals, rigid and flexibles flowlines; onland pipeline systems; topside, floating and onland plant processing facilities.

industrial corrosion engineering: corrosion studies, corrosion assessment and corrosion modelling using industry and in-house developed models; corrosion design and mitigation to industry standards
metallurgy and materials engineering: material selection and specification; requirements, limitations and qualification for severe application (sour service, deepwater, arctic); metallurgy, fracture mechanics and welding
subsea & pipelines: SPS, risers and linepipe requirements, offshore installation and welding, fracture control, fatigue welds, hydrogen and stress corrosion cracking, strain-based design and ECA requirements
well completion: downhole well completion corrosion, material selection and technologies
processing facilities: onshore and offshore topside processing and utility facilities, FPSO, LNG, storage tanks
cathodic protection & coatings: cathodic protection design and specification; non-metallics material solution, insulation requirements, anticorrosion coatings and field joint coating
asset integrity & life extension: corrosion management, corrosion monitoring, corrosion risk assessment and risk-based inspection, in-line-inspection and pigging technologies, direct assessment, fit-for-service
tender, procurement, fabrication: purchase materials specification and installation contracts; material requisition, technical bid evaluation, support to procurement services and follow-up for project execution
technical authority & advisory roles: acting on behalf of Client during design, procurement, execution; drafting engineering standards for various operators; independent engineer’s review
failure analysis & root-cause investigation: technical advisor for materials and corrosion related failures in arbitrations and insurance claims