Record Attendance at Corrosion
Technology Week 2007

Corrosion Technology Week 2007, sponsored by the Technical Coordination Committee (TCC) of NACE International, attracted its largest attendance ever with 632 registrants.

NACE International's home city, Houston, Texas, played host to a work week filled with technical committee meetings, networking, and special events including an opening reception and the Rap & Rye event. Here are just a few of the many highlights from the annual work week for the technical committees:

TG 370, Pipeline Corrosion Management, is working on a new corrosion management standard for pipelines.

TEG 367X, Pipeline Industry: Corrosion Awareness, discussed approaches for leveraging information in the Cost of Corrosion Study in ways that reach new audiences.

TG 315, Pipelines (Liquid Petroleum): Internal Corrosion--Direct Assessment, put the finishing touches on their draft standard, which is now ready to go out for ballot.

TG 360, Piping Systems: Review of SP0169-2007 (formerly RP0169), ìControl of External Corrosion on Underground or Submerged Metallic Piping Systems,î conducted a full-day meeting where they discussed changes that are being considered for NACE SP0169 (formerly RP0169).

STG 34, Petroleum Refining and Gas Processing, worked with the American Petroleum Institute (API) Subcommittee on Corrosion and Materials to schedule task group meetings for STG 34 and API so that members of both groups could attend appropriate meetings.

TEG 205X, Refining Industry Information Exchange, had a daylong information exchange. Later in the day they combined with TEG 207X--Corrosion in Gas Treatment. This meeting is instrumental in producing new REFIN*COR material.

TEG 206X conducted two Refining State-of-the-Art Sessions on Closing the Gap Between Materials and Corrosion Engineering and New Construction Projects and Real-Time Corrosion Life Assessment and Corrosion Modeling.

TG 257 discussed developments and plans for the Computerized Environmental Cracking Database, which helps users select materials for oil and gas environments based on chemical composition and testing results for that material.

TG 340, Offshore Coating Condition Assessment for Maintenance Planning, discussed plans for their new proposed standard.

Thanks to all for making Corrosion Technology Week 2007 such a success. Please mark your calendars for next year's CTW 2008, September 14-18, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. See you there!

A Look Back at Corrosion Technology Week 2007

Enjoy this visual voyage back to the Opening Reception on Monday, September 17, at Corrosion Technology Week 2007 at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, Texas. If you weren't there, you missed an excellent opportunity to meet new NACE members and exhibitors and reconnect with old friends and associates. If you were there, then you know these photos are a bit blurry because the room had just enough light to prevent the flash from working properly.