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Working Party « CATHODIC PROTECTION » (EFC WP 16)

Minutes of the 19th Meeting

September 3rd, 2013 Estoril Congress Center

Estoril, Portugal

1 Welcome, Apologies. The meeting was opened at 10 a.m. by the Chairman, Jérôme Crouzillac (Bac, France), who shortly presented the Working Party for the new attendants. Anne-Marie Grolleau (DCNS Cherbourg, France) also attended the meeting as vice-person as agreed last year during the last meeting in Turkey. Sylvain Fontaine (GRTgaz, France) accepted to be the secretary for this meeting. After the usual apologies for the people who could not attend the meeting and the attendance list for those who could, the intended agenda as depicted in the invitation started the session (see annex 1). 20 people attended the meeting, representing 12 countries.

Attendees:

Jérôme Crouzillac (Chairman EFC WP 16, BAC, France), Anne-Marie Grolleau (vice-chair), DCNS, France), Marcel Roche (President of CEFRACOR, France), Simone Brasil (Executive Director ABRACO, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Denise Freitas (ABRACO, Brazil), Adrian Gomila (Guldager Electrosis, Spain), Sylvain Fontaine (GRTgaz, France), Linda Goldberg (NACE International, USA), Hans-Gerhard Köpf (FKKS Cert Gmbh, Germany), Markus Büchler (SGK, Switzerland), Elisabeth Fleury (GDF SUEZ, France), Dr. Ing. Jerzy Sibila (Corrstop Company, Poland), A. Denis (Bac, France), Ingvild Asbjørsen (Statoil, Norway), Salim Debbache (Technip, France), Krešimir Kekez (PA-EL, Croatia), Dr. Fumio Kajiyama (Tokyo Gas Co, Japan), Patrick Hivert (Pipeline Services, USA), Ian Godson (Infacorr Consulting, Australia), Zita Lourenço (Zetacorr, P).

Apologies:

Ulrich Recht (Germany), Maria Elena Afonso (PDVSA – Intevep, Venezuela), Christian Thomsen (BAC, Denmark), Simone Tremolada (Industrie De Nora, Italy), Ken Lax (Corrosion and consult, UK), Pr. Lazzari (Politecnico Milano, Italy), Ian Merchant (Technip, UK), Dr. Ayodele Okunola (Statoil, Norway), Harald Osvoll (Force Technology, Norway), Jean-Pierre Pautasso (DGA, France), Neil Summers (Abriox, UK), Jorge Coelho (Petrobras, Brazil), Michael Surkein (ExxonMobil Development, USA), Peter Frenz (DVGW, Germany), David Kroon (Corrpro, USA), Jose Saviano (Comgas, Brazil), Pr. Dr. Ali Fuat Cakir (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey), Pr. Dr. Erwin Baumgartner (Carinthian University, Austria).

The present minutes of meeting are sent to the attendants and to those who were not able to attend this time. They are also sent to those who attended the recent previous meetings and to other potentially interested colleagues.

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2 EFC WP16 business: Work programme for 2012 – 2015, Website (including use of “restricted area”)

The updated detailed action plan for 2012-2015 of EFC WP16 as registered by EFC STAC has been presented (see annex 2).

One of the main objectives of the WP 16 is to organize sessions during the Eurocorrs. This year a general session on “Cathodic protection” WP 16 presenting 12 papers was organised on Wednesday 4th and a joint session on “Corrosion in concrete and Cathodic Protection” presenting 3 papers was co-organised with WP 11 (“Corrosion in concrete”) and WP 16 (“Cathodic protection”) on Wednesday 4th afternoon. In addition, 14 papers were presented for the WP 13 (“Corrosion in oil and gas”).

J. Crouzillac reminded different work items in force with WP 16 (see annex 2) :

1. WP meetings.

2. EFC WP 16 sessions during Eurocorr congress.

3. Cooperation with other WPs e.g. Joint Sessions at EUROCORR.

4. Maintenance of a WP page on the new www.EFCWEB.org website.

5. Contributions to the EFC Newsletter.

6. Organisation of EFC Workshops/Courses/Meetings.

7. Organisation of Collaborative Research or Testing Programmes.

8. E.U. Projects formulated in your Working Parties.

9. Participation in the Development of Standards.

10. Preparation of Publications for the EFC Series of Books.

11. Brief Summary of Activity during the last year

It was reminded that the other major objectives of EFC WP16 are:

12. Follow-up of progress and support in Certification of CP personnel, services or companies in Europe, especially consecutive to the publication of EN 15257 (CP – Competence levels and certification of CP personnel).

13. Publication of a “Best of” collecting selected papers presented at previous Eurocorrs.

J. Crouzillac reminded that, like for all other EFC Working Parties, EFC WP16 update a Web page (http://www.efcweb.org/Working+Parties/WP+16.html) on the EFC website (http://www.efcweb.org/). Each EFC official member is able to download documents on this website. This website has a public EFC WP 16 open to each official EFC member and a restricted area devoted only to official EFC WP 16 members. A specific “username” and “password” is necessary to be connected to this restricted area. “Username” and “password” are given by the WP 16 chairman (on demand).

Note 1 All these documents shall be kept confidential.

Nota 2 The advantage for WP 16 members to have this restricted area allows to share document while preventing them being spread out anywhere. In addition, any document can be uploaded in this restricted area to share it only with WP 16 members.

AM Grolleau reminded conditions to be an EFC member: to be a member of a national society which is also EFC member. J. Crouzillac reminded different work items in force with WP 16.

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3 Approval of the minutes of the 18th meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey, on September 11th 2012.

The minutes were approved without any modification.

The minutes will be available on the public page of WP16 on the EFC website, without annexes (to be kept on the “restricted area”).

4 Exchange of information on certification in the field of cathodic protection

4.1 Project on ISO standard (ISO TC156 WG10)

Marcel Roche presented an updated document about the situation around the world about certification of personnel in cathodic protection (see annex 3).

He explained differences between the European system which works according to EN 15257 and the American one with the Nace system. Both are not equivalent:

- Nace is not based on EN ISO 17024,

- Nace has 4 levels,

- Nace has no formal application sectors,

- Nace does not operate practical examination except for level 1.

In Europe, accreditation according to EN ISO 17024 allows to have the equivalence between all certification bodies.

Today, The European certification system brought about 1500 certifications; the Nace one about 5000 certifications.

M. Roche requested to L. Goldberg to send him two tables:

- one table defining numbers of Nace certified CP operators for all levels,

- one table defining numbers of Nace certified CP operators for all levels only for people who are still active in CP.

M. Roche explained that there is an active work item in ISO TC 156 WG 10 to write an ISO standard about certification and cathodic protection levels. This standard shall be in accordance with EN ISO 17024 requirements. ISO TC 156 WG 10 is writing a new standard based on EN 15257, as the proposal for adoption of EN 15257 standard as an ISO standard has not been agreed.

J. Sibila informed that Poland has an active certification body. M. Roche asked M. Sibila to send him as soon as possible the numbers of certified CP operators and more detailed information about this certification body. M. Roche would like to update his table of certified CP operators in Europe.

M. Roche pointed also out that it seems there is no certification body in Scandinavian countries as Nace certification is certainly commonly applied. I. Godson pointed also out that Nace certification is certainly commonly applied in Australia.

L. Goldberg presented Nace certification (see annex 4).

All certifications are administered and managed by the NACE International Institute created in July 2013.

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Nace has certification courses and training programs and certification bodies all around the world. They are not necessary dedicated to cathodic protection.

L. Goldberg confirmed that Nace will contribute to ISO TC 156 WG 10 work. M. Roche pointed out that Nace certification is not fully in accordance with EN ISO 17024 requirements.

M. Buchler pointed out that a certification standard should define requirements for CP certification and how CP operator competences should be checked.

4.2 CEN TC 219 WG 1 & 3 activities

CEN TC 219 WG 1 deals with cathodic protection of metallic structures which are buried or immersed and WG 3 deals with cathodic protection of metallic structure in sea water.

S. Fontaine presented a summary of CEN TC 219 WG 1 activities (see annex 5).

CEN TC 219 WG 1 is working to transform EN 12954 into two different standards:

- Preliminary Work Item for EN 12954-1 : Cathodic protection – General principles,

- Preliminary Work Item for EN 12954-2 : Cathodic protection - Pipelines applications.

But this depends on the revision of ISO 15589-1. If this standard is adopted by CEN, it will replace PWI for EN 12954-2. Then PWI for EN 12954-1 will replace EN 12954.

CEN TC 219 WG 1 has written EN 15280 that will be edited by the end of September. This standard deals with a.c. corrosion on pipelines. It will be used in ISO TC 156 WG 10 as data for a project on the same purpose.

CEN TC 219 WG 1 has written the EN 16299 about “cathodic protection of external surfaces of above ground storage tank bases in contact with soil or foundations”. This standard has been edited in 2013. Annex 5 gives all standards written by CEN TC 219 and also projects for the future in CEN TC 219 WG 1. M. Roche also presented standards written by CEN TC 219 WG 3, based on annex 5. 4.3 Main activities in Spain A. Gomila presented the main purposes dealt in Spain (see annex 6). His presentation focused on :

- Potential measurement techniques of buried pipelines in presence of stray currents, - Cathodic protection of large hot water storage tanks.

5 Project of an EFC Publication on “Corrosion Management of Pipelines” This document written with the contribution of WP 13 has been edited.

6 Exchanges about Eurocorr and Ceocor EFC and Ceocor were founded int the 50’s. At the beginning, EFC was very academic : many European academic companies were EFC members at the beginning. Now there are more industrial companies.

WP 16 was created in the 80’s.

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Ceocor is involved in buried pipelines only. Ceocor is a small and dynamic group, with a “high level of technical information”. Ceocor is afraid to be “swallowed” by the EFC. Very much different topics are dealt in EFC and in Ceocor.

In Europe, there are not so many companies to allow two European associations about cathodic protection and corrosion.

Cathodic protection is dealt within the EFC only through the WP 16.

M. Buchler pointed out that Ceocor writes recommendations in catholic protection. For instance, a new WG has been created in 2012 for the Eoff measurement.

It seems that Ceocor in Europe, such as Cefracor in France, are cathodic protection association that are very active in writing recommendations, more than the EFC WP 16. But the three committees work in parallel on the same topics. It would be may be more relevant if the EFC WP 16 and the Ceocor could work more actively together.

In addition, Ceocor recommendations are only accessible to Ceocor members, while EFC WP 16 work always results in writing “Green Books” that anyone can buy.

M. Buchler and J. Crouzillac agreed to try to organise a single congress between Ceocor and EFC WP 16. WGs should be merged to work in the same way in “a single association”.

For information, the next Ceocor congress will be organised in Weimar (Germany) from 19th to 21st May 2014.

7 Project of an EFC Publication on the “Best of” of the papers published at the Eurocorrs on CP.

This project consists in preparing a publication for the EFC Series of Books (“Green books”) constituted of the best papers presented at the previous Eurocorr’s. The major problem is that papers at Eurocorr’s are not really thoroughly reviewed and approved by the EFC before their presentation at the conferences. A selection is therefore necessary, together with some modifications and updates for the selected papers.

The approval of the authors to have their papers published in the green book as well as their help to update and put the article under the appropriate quality and format for publication is needed.

J. Crouzillac requested members (preferably outside France !) to help them select and set up a shortlist of papers to be edited. Volunteers below expressed they were ready to be included in this WG :

- Krešimir Kekez (Croatia),

- Simone Brasil (Brazil),

- Salin Debache (France),

- Jerzy Sibila (Poland),

- Adrian Gomila (Spain),

- Eric Agel (France).

8 Other topics Krešimir Kekez inquired if there is a country in Europe where a law make mandatory to install a cathodic protection system on above ground storage. He explained that, in Croatia cathodic protection on an above ground structure is not mandatory by any law. This is never done and Krešimir Kekez has no mean to convince designers to take it into account.

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Members confirmed that in France and in Switzerland no law makes it mandatory. In Spain, a law makes it mandatory when the storage is built with two walls, but not mandatory when it is built only with one wall.

9 Next meeting and events. The next business meeting of EFC WP16 will be organised during Eurocorr 2014 in Pisa, Italy (Sept. 8th – 12th, 2014).

Abstracts for the CP session to be organised in Eurocorr 2014 are welcomed on the dedicated website by Feb. 14.

There will be a particular focus an CP for sea water structures as it has been planned to organized a joint session withe the Marine Committee (WP9).

S. FONTAINE J. CROUZILLAC Secretary EFC WP 16 Chairman 6 annexes.

Chairman Vice Chairman SecretaryJérôme Crouzillac Anne Marie Grolleau Sylvain Fontaine

WP16 "Cathodic Protection" 19th meeting

Eurocorr’2013, Estoril, PortugalTuesday, September 3rd , 2013, from 10.00 to 12.50

Estoril Congress Center

Welcome, apologies, attendance list. Approval of the minutes of the 18th meeting in Istanbul, Turkey (Eurocorr’2012) on Sept. 11th, 2012 (before loading on public EFC Web site).EFC WP16 business: Work programme for 2012 – 2015.WP16 Website, conditions to reach the “restricted area”Update on standardisation in the field of Cathodic Protection Progress on implementation of EN 15257 on "Cathodic protection (Marcel

Roche) Nace Certification for Cathodic Protection (organisation of each level,

number of certificate for each level……) – Linda Goldberg (NACE) Project of ISO standard (ISO TC156 WG10) (Marcel Roche) CEN TC 219 WG 1 activities – Sylvain Fontaine (GRT Gaz) – Convenor WG1 CEN TC 219 WG 3 activities – Marcel Roche (Total Technology specialists) –

Convenor WG3

WP16 "Cathodic Protection“ ‐ 19th meetingEurocorr’2013, Estoril, Portugal

Agenda (1st part)

Information on the progress of EFC WP13 “Oil & Gas” for preparing a document on “Corrosion Management of Pipelines”.Discussion on project of an EFC Publication on the “State of the Art Report for the assessment of CP of buried pipelines” (possible co‐operation with CEOCOR Commission 2).Status on the project of an EFC Publication on the “Best of” of the papers published at the Eurocorr’s on CP – Jerome CROUZILLACMain subject discussed in France – Sylvain FONTAINE (GRT Gaz) – PresidentFrench CP commission in CefracorTwo main subject discussed in Spain ‐ Adrián Gomila Guldager ElectrólisisOther technical topics proposed by attendants and free discussion.Next meeting (during Eurocorr’2014 at Pisa, Italy, 8 – 12 Sept., 2014).


Agenda (2nd part)

Programme of technical sessions organised at Eurocorr’2013 dealing with Cathodic Protection

General session on Cathodic ProtectionWednesday 4th from 09:30 to 15 (12 papers) ‐ Room D1‐D2 Session on “Cathodic Protection in Concrete”:Wednesday 4th from 16:10 to 17:10 (3 papers) – Room D1‐D2


Agenda

EFC WP WORK PROGRAMME PROFORMA (SEPTEMBER 2013 - AUGUST 2015)

Working Party No. and Title: EFC WP16 – Cathodic Protection

MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS 1. Follow-up of progress and support in Certification of CP personnel / companies in Europe,

consecutive to the publication of EN 15257 (CP – Competence levels and certification of CP personnel).

2. Publication of a “Best of” collecting some papers presented at previous Eurocorr’s. 3. Exchange of information and recommendations for CP measurements and coating surveys

techniques for buried pipelines

DETAILED MEASURES BY WHICH THE ABOVE OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACHIEVED (Please complete, as appropriate, using continuation pages if necessary)

No. Type of Activity Target Date(s) 1

WP Meetings (state expected attendance levels & business/technical split) The group meets once a year during the Eurocorr conferences. There are about 10 to 25 attendants. The business/technical split is about 50/50.

1 Sessions at EUROCORR (identify special topics): CP Sessions will be systematically organised by WP16 during Eurocorr conferences (Generally from 30 to 80 attendants during the session). Usually 10 to 20 papers are presented.

2 Cooperation with other WPs e.g. Joint Sessions at EUROCORR (give details): In addition to general issues on CP and applications on buried structures treated in WP16 sessions, there are sometimes joint sessions with WP 9 (marine), WP 11 (concrete) or WP13 (Oil & Gas), depending on the proposed abstracts.

3 Maintenance of a WP page on the new www.EFCWEB.org website: The working group gives the history, the objectives and activities. Confirmed Minutes of Meeting are given (one year after the meetings). The “restricted area”, now in operation, will be reinforced.

4 Contributions to the EFC Newsletter: A contribution to the EFC Newsletter is foreseen on description of the European standard for Certification of CP personnel and its application in various countries.

5 Organisation of EFC Workshops/Courses/Meetings, etc (give details): EFC WP16 supports workshops such as the Aix-en-Provence conferences organised by CEFRACOR (EFC Events). The next one will be on June 24-26, 2014.

6 Organisation of Collaborative Research or Testing Programmes (give details) Although the group could promote collaborative research and testing programs, there is nothing done or expected at this time regarding this matter for the 3 next years.

7 E.U. Projects formulated in your Working Parties (give details) No action expected but EFC WP16 could contribute to a preparation of project for Pipeline Integrity.

8 Participation in the Development of Standards (give details) EFC WP16 has been at the origin of the launching of the EN 15257 published end 2006. No direct participation to standardisation work carried out by the various WGs of CEN and ISO on CP, but information on the progress is given during the WP16 meetings (Contribution to harmonisation of EN and ISO standards).

9 Preparation of Publications for the EFC Series of Books (give details) “Best of” collecting some papers presented at previous Eurocorr’s. “Handbook for preparation to training and certification of CP personnel” established if possible with CEOCOR Commission 2 (but no progress todate). “CP measurements and coating surveys techniques for buried pipelines”. To be confirmed.

10 Other(s) (please specify)

Training courses preparing for CP certification organised in the various European countries by Training Centres agreed by the Certification bodies will be put on the appropriate section of the EFC Website.

Brief Summary of Activity during the last year Very low activity except for the organisation of CP sessions at Eurocorr’2012.

A Vice-chairman has been nominated (Anne Marie Grolleau, France).

Brief

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EFC WP16 ‐ 19th meeting, Estoril, Sept. 3, 2013

CERTIFICATION IN THE FIELD OF CATHODIC PROTECTION

UPDATING

Marcel ROCHEPast Chairman of EFC WP16

Certification was the first topic addressed by the European Federation of Corrosion Working Party 16 on Cathodic Protection (EFC WP16) when launched in 1998

EFC WP16 Report on "Qualification and Certification in the field of Cathodic Protection: Present situation and possible European scheme" issued in May 2001 (on www.efcweb.org)

Launching of CEN TC219 WG5 at the end of 2000 to prepare a standard on “Qualification and Certification of Operators in the field of Cathodic Protection”

After edition of EN 15257 on Dec. 2006, EFC WP16 have decided to follow‐up the progress in the various countries in Europe and abroad

A table giving the cumulated number of certificates per competence level and application sector in all countries is periodically updated

EFC WP16 and Certification in CP

Title of document: "Competence levels and certification of cathodicprotection personnel“

In conformity with EN ISO/EN 17024 (General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons)

"Framework" allowing independent national Certification Bodies to operate. Possible “Delegated Bodies”

Training mandatory but defined by Certification Bodies Agreement of Examination Centres and Training Centres by the Certification Bodies.

4 possible Application Sectors (Land, Marine, Concrete and Internal of apparatuses – Annex A)

3 possible levels of competence (with precisely detailed definition of the tasks – Annex B)

The EN 15257

The EN 15257 Formal examination for levels 1 and 2: theoretical ("Common‐Core" and "Specific" to application sector) and practical (application sector).

Competence Assessment for level 3 based either on Committee Assessment or formal examination.

Specific requirements apply for transition periods (limited to 5 years) when new Certification Bodies are launched.

Minimum experience necessary for full certification.

"Provisional certification” when experience is not sufficient.

Validity period of Certification: 5 years, renewal after 5 years, re‐certification after 10 years.

5‐year Systematic Review organised by CEN in 2011: Confirmation decided (9 votes, against 3 for revision).

Equivalence of CP certification schemes There is official equivalence between the various European Certification bodies applying EN 15257 schemes only through formal Accreditation of each of these bodies by a notified Accreditation body

The MLA (Mutual Lateral Agreement) system, implemented by the EA (European co‐operation for Accreditation) which gathers the national Accreditation bodies, allows this equivalence

(http://www.european‐accreditation.org/) There is no equivalence between EN 15257 and the NACE scheme, the main differences being that NACE scheme: Is not based on EN ISO/EN 17024 Has 4 competence levels Has no formal application sectors Does not operate practical examination except for level 1

Germany (Hans‐Gerhard Köpf) Certification of personnel in application of EN 15257 has progressed very quickly since 2008.

Training by TAW (Technische Akademie Wuppertal) for buried structures and TAE (Technische Akademie Esslingen) for concrete structures.

Certification operated by FKKS Cert, accredited by DAkkS

Switzerland (Markus Büchler) Certification of personnel in application of EN 15257 since 2008. Training by SGK Certification by S Cert (Swiss Certification Body for Construction Products), accredited by SAS.

Present situation in European countries

Present situation in European countries Italy (Luciano Lazzari)

Certification of personnel in application of EN 15257 , operated by CICPND, accredited by Accredia

Training managed by APCE, operated by POLIMI for concrete level 2.

UK (Brian Wyatt) CP of Steel in Concrete complying with EN 15257 has an important development due to the requirement by the business sector, including UK Highways Agency.

UK are implementing EN 15257 and migrating to existing former certificate holders during recertification process.

Netherlands (Arien van Dijk) EN 15257 not fully implemented (no requirements for experience)

Present situation in European countries Slovakia (Maros Melis)

Certification body: VUZ (Výskumný ústav zváračský ), Priemyselný inštitút, Bratislava, accredited by SNAS

Fully observe the requirements of EN 15257 Application sector « Buried and immersed structures » only up to now, for the 3 competence levels

Examination centre and approved Training centre: Education Centre of SPP in Žilina

Spain (Joan Soldevila) Spain launch CPPC (Cathodic Protection Personnel Certification) only for Buried sector. The Certification Body to be the Association of gas Companies, SEDIGAS, in compliance with EN ISO/IEC 17024.

FranceConseil Français de la Protection Cathodique), department of CEFRACOR, created in 1996, first certificate delivered in 2000 by AFNOR Certification on the basis of AFNOR standardsCFPC apply EN 15257 since 2009.4 application Sectors: Land, Seawater, Concrete, Internal Surfaces. 4 competence levels: 1S, 1, 2 et 3 (1S Seawater introduced in 2010 for divers) Operational also in English for Level 3 for all sectors, and levels 1 and 2 for Seawater


Directly operated by CEFRACOR CERTIFICATION from July 2011.

Accreditation by COFRACin preparation.

Concrete Application Sector presently preparing Level 1

France Land Application Sector:

Examination Centre : Compiègne (GRTGaz) Seawater Application Sector:

Training and Examination Centre implemented in Brest at IFREMER with the financial support of local authorities, operated by Institut de la Corrosion.

Facilities comprise: a laboratory, flowing seawater tanks allowing measurements on small samples and a size one instrumented steel structure, a part of harbour equipped with ICCP system


Comparison of Certification systemsCountries France Germany Italy Netherlands UK Switzerland Spain Slovakia USA

Technical Organization

Entity

CFPC,Department of CEFRACOR

(Centre Français de

l’Anticorrosion)

FKKS(FachverbandKathodischerKorrosionssch

utz)

APCE(Association for the Protection from Electrolytic

Corrosions)

Dutch committee of experts for

the certification

of CP personnel

I Corr(Institute of Corrosion)

In preparation by Working Group CPPC (Certificacion del Personnal en Proteccion Catodica)

? NACE International (National

Association of Corrosion Engineers)

Certification Body

(only for CP)

CEFRACOR Certification(AFNOR

Compétencebefore July

2011)

FKKS Cert Icorr ‐ NACE

Training entities

GRTGaz, JC. Marec, Institut de la Corrosion, …

Kiwa Training ? GSK

Certification Body

(not only for CP)

CiCPnD(Centro Italiano

diCoordinamentoper le Prove Non Destruttive)

DEKRA S‐Cert AG(Certification of building products)

VÚZ (Výskumný

ústav zváračský –Priemyselný Inštitút)

NACE

Compliance with ISO 17024

Yes Yes Yes Not fully ? Yes Yes No

Reference CP standard

EN 15257 EN 15257 EN 15257 Not fully EN 15257(transition)

EN 15257 EN 15257 No

Accreditation In preparation Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No

Accreditation Body

COFRAC DAkkS Accredia SAS SNAS

Competencelevel

Application sector France Germany Italy Netherlands UK Switzerland Slovakia Total Europe NACE

Worldwide

Date of information Aug. 2013 Aug. 2012 Sept. 2011 Aug. 2013 Oct. 2010 Aug. 2013 Aug. 2012 ‐ Sept. 2013

1S

Land 3309 (level 1)

Seawater 17 (17) 17

total 17 (17) 17 3309 (level 1)

1

Land 322 (181) 19 76 122 152 102 76 869 ? (level 2)Seawater 28 (26) 28 ? (level 2)Concrete 4 36 1 41Internals 0total 350 (207) 23 76 122 188 103 76 938 1451 (level 2)

2

Land 139 (122) 64 95 64 36 28 35 461 303 (level 3)Seawater 16 (16) 16Concrete 12 11 16 39Internals 0total 155 (138) 76 106 64 36 44 35 516 303 (level 3)

3

Land 15 (15) 10 44 1 5 2 5 85 467 (level 4)Seawater 9 (9) 2 9 5 25Concrete 3 (3) 3 3 8 2 19Internals 1 (1) 2 3 4 2 12total 28 (28) 17 59 1 22 6 5 141 467 (level 4)

All All 550 (390) 116 241 187 246 153 116 1612 5540

Cumulated (or present) number of certificates

The question has been raised on the establishment of an ISO standard which could harmonise the European, NACE and eventually other schemes (Brazil, etc) in Certification of CP personnel.

On the proposal of DIN (Germany, Peter Frenz), ISO TC 156 WG 10 has launched in 2012 a New Work Item Proposal on Certification of Cathodic Protection Personnel according to Vienna Agreement with CEN TC219 lead.

ISO project ISO/TC156 N 5468 has been accepted for tentative adoption of EN 15257:2006.

Finally, the work has been launched by ISO TC 156 WG 10 (Convenor Marküs Büchler). 1st meeting in Berlin on June 11 – 12, 2013; second meeting in Estoril on Sept. 5

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CEN TC 219 WG 1 activities

Eurocorr 2013Estoril – PortugalWorking Party 16 meetingSeptember 3rd, 2013 S. Fontaine



EN 12954:2001 :• Revision in force,

• To be split into two standards :• EN 12954-1 : Cathodic protection – General principles,

• EN 12954-2 : Cathodic protection - Pipelines applications,

• Depending on revision of ISO 15589-1 by ISO TC 67 SC 2 WG 11-1 :• If revision of ISO 15589-1 transformed in EN :

EN 12954-1 = EN 12954,

EN 12954-2 : project stopped,

• If revision of 15589-1 not transformed in EN : EN 12954 EN 12954-1 + EN 12954-2.



EN 15280 :• New standard to be edited in the few weeks,• Replace CEN/XP TS 15280,• Document written by :

• Pipeline operators,• Railway operators,• Power lines operators ,

• Define an a.c. criteria, based on what was written in TS 15280 agreement between pipeline, railway and power line operators,

• Document used a data for an equivalent work in ISO TC 156 WG 10, on request of Japanese delegation in this WG.



EN 16299 :• Cathodic protection of external surfaces of above ground

storage tank bases in contact with soil or foundations,

• New standard edited in 2013,

• Gives rules to implement a CP system for existing and for new storage tanks,

• Gives rules to carry out CP evaluation on storage tanks.

Additional purpose


EN 50162 (annex D) :• Cenelec standard,

• It is discussed this annex is too conservative :• Based on field experience, d.c. current can go throughout a

coupon more than 3,6 s during the worst hour.

Standards written by CEN TC 219


CEN/TS 14038-1:2005 : electrochemical realkalisation and chloride extraction treatments for reinforced concrete,

CEN/TS 14038-2 : cancelled ????, EN 12068:1999 : External organic coatings for the corrosion protection

of buried or immersed steel pipelines used in conjunction with cathodicprotection,

EN 12473:2000 : General principles of cathodic protection in sea water, EN 12474:2001 : Cathodic protection of submarine pipelines, EN 12495:2000 : Cathodic protection for fixed steel offshore structures, EN ISO 12496: 2013 : Galvanic anodes for cathodic protection in sea

water and saline mud, EN 12499:2003 : Internal cathodic protection of metallic structures, EN 12696:2012 : Cathodic protection of steel in concrete, EN 12954: 2001 : Cathodic protection of buried or immersed metallic

structures - General principles and application for pipelines.

Standards written by CEN TC 219


EN 13173:2001 : Cathodic protection for steel offshore floating structures,

EN ISO 13174:2013 : Cathodic protection of harbour installations, EN 13509:2003 : Cathodic protection measurement techniques, EN 13636:2004 : Cathodic protection of buried metallic tanks and

related piping, EN 14505:2005 : Cathodic protection of complex structures, EN 15112:2006 : External cathodic protection of well casings, EN 15257:2007 : Cathodic protection — Competence levels and

certification of cathodic protection personnel, EN 15280:2013 : EN 16299:2013 : Cathodic protection of external surfaces of

above ground storage tank bases in contact with soil or foundations.

Other work : participation in revision of ISO 15589-1 and ISO 15589-2 (some members belonging to both WGs).

Standards written by CENELEC


EN 50162:2005 : Protection against corrosion by stray current from direct current systems.

Future projects for CEN TC 219


N°00219035 : cathodic protection of internal surfaces of tanks containing sea water,

N°00219040 : Internal cathodic protection for oil, gas and the process industries.

N°00219043 : EN 12954-1 : Cathodic protection –General principles,

N°00219044 : EN 12954-2 : Cathodic protection -Pipelines applications.

Thank you for your attention.

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Cathodic ProtectionMost interesting techniques used by

Guldager in Spain

Adrián GomilaGuldager Electrólisis

EUROCORR Estoril 2013 WP16 Cathodic Protection

19th meeting business

[email protected]

1. Potential measurement techniques of buried pipelines in presence of stray currents

o Use of Coupons (External potential test probe)

o Accuracy in measurements with MiniLog2

2. Cathodic protection of large hot water storage tanks


Currents from remote foreign sources

Not fluctuating with time, e.g. protective currents, equalizing or cell currents

Intensive measurement techniqueExternal potential test probes

Fluctuating with time, e.g. from d.c. traction systems, d.c. industrial plants, telluric current

Special off potential measurementsIntensive measurement techniqueExternal potential test probes

Currents from nearby foreign sources

Not fluctuating with time, e.g. protective currents, equalizing or cell currents

External potential test probes

Fluctuating with time, e.g. from d.c. traction systems or d.c. industrial plants

Special off potential measurementsExternal potential test probes

EN 13509


EN 13509

• 1993: First installation of external potential test probes in GAS NATURAL pipelines. •20 years of coupon measurement recordings: ON pipe-to-soil potential OFF coupon potential Idc in coupons

• More than 10 years using Weilekes MiniLog Dataloggers

Use of Coupons


EN 13509Use of Coupons coupon located near the pipe at the same surrounding soil coupon permanently connected to the pipe (like a coating defect) reference electrode near the coupon When switching OFF: no equalizing currents at the couponWhen switching OFF: no stray currents at the couponWhen switching OFF: the potential of the coupon is near to the IR free potential of the coupon.


EN 13509Measurements accuracy using MiniLog2

MiniLogMiniLog2 + MiniCoup


EN 13509Measurements accuracy using MiniLog2

• pipe-to-soil potential of the coupon recorded every 1 millisecond after the switch OFF to obtain the depolarization curve in full detail• Using the MiniLog2 “Mini-Coup” application which allows to obtain separated and independent d.c. and a.c. potential and current curves selecting the more likable reading frequency for the OFF potential.

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Between Depolarization

2 msec to 0,8 sec 364 mV3 msec to 0,8 sec 314 mV20 msec to 0,8 sec 205 mVUoff: -1,052 V

2 msec OFF disconnection

Uon: -3 V

Uoff: -0,688 V0,8 sec after OFF

disconnectionUoff: -0,885 V30 msec OFF disconnection

Uoff: -1,002 V3 msec OFF

disconnection

Coupon nº 10S=1 cm2

δ=10,300 A/m2

Pipe year 2010ρ=3.024 Ω.cm

Whit classical OFF measurements the coupon seems not protected

1. Potential measurement techniques

Uon

Max Uoff = -0,854

Idc

Iac

Coupon nº 10S=1 cm2

δ=10,300 A/m2

Pipe year 2010ρ=3.024 Ω.cm

MiniCoup

The Coupon nº 10 is well protected

1. Potential measurement techniques

Wilson Walton


Corrosion in waterstorage tanks

Wilson Walton

Corrosion after coatingdisbonding


Corrosion of AISI 316 stainless steel

Wilson Walton

Corrosion after a year of operation


Wilson Walton

CP of a very corroded existing tank

After rehabilitation, cemented and installation of

cathodic protection

Correct manhole

It´s necessary to weld the brackets and install the

insulators for the anodes installation

Performance Guarantee


Wilson Walton

Beforecathodic protection

2 years after theinstallation of the

cathodic protectionsystem

CP of an existing tank



Wilson Walton

EN 12499 good current distribution

CP of new tanks




CP system maintenance and warranty during the first year: included in the CP system cost

“Maintenance Contract” from the first year: to maintain the corrosion warranty

After 10 years, changing the anodes and CP “Maintenance Contract”: indefinitely corrosion warranty.


From 1976 more than 2.500 water tanks have been protected by GULDAGER in Spain.A large number of them are still in service


Documents

Working Party « CATHODIC PROTECTION » (EFC WP 16)efcweb.org/efcweb_media/Mom+Estoril+19th+meeting+EFC+WP16.pdf · Working Party « CATHODIC PROTECTION » (EFC WP 16) ... 13. Publication