Ammonite Corrosion Engineering and Cormetrics Ltd. provide corrosion engineering and consulting services to oil and gas companies. They have over 300 years of combined experience in corrosion management. Services include Risk-Based Inspection programs, materials selection, failure analysis, and specialized laboratory testing to evaluate corrosion prevention chemicals and monitor corrosion. They have numerous oil and gas clients across Canada.

1. Ammonite Corrosion Engineering Inc.
and
Cormetrics Ltd.
Bay 6, 1815 27th Avenue N.E.
Calgary, Alberta T2E 7E1
Phone: (403) 208-7889
Fax: (403) 547-4571
www.ammonite-corrosion.com 1

2. Introduction
Ammonite Corrosion Engineering represents over 300 years of corrosion
engineering experience in the oil and gas industry, with extensive
experience in upstream, downstream, onshore and offshore facilities.
Ammonite Corrosion Engineering Inc. provides a comprehensive service in
the field of corrosion management and integrity management to the oil
and gas industry. We were founded in 1998 and have recently expanded
our operations to support the increasing activity in the oil and gas
industry. We are active supporters of NACE International and participate
in both organizational and technical activities of this important
association.
Established in 1977 Cormetrics Ltd. and its partner Ammonite Corrosion
Engineering Inc. have a team of experts in corrosion; metallurgy; and oil
and gas processes that provide our clients with failure analyses services in
addition to a full service corrosion inhibitor testing laboratory.
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3. Vision
Our vision is to improve the safety and reliability of oil and gas
facilities and pipelines.
One of our major aims in accomplishing our vision is to mentor
junior engineers and technologists in the discipline of corrosion
engineering and integrity management and prepare them for a
career as a corrosion specialist.
We are able to provide clients with cost-effective programs and
innovative solutions through the use of our senior specialists and
team of energetic junior and intermediate engineering staff.
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4. Corrosion Impact
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5. Corrosion Impact
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6. Services & Support
Training
QA/QC support services to
oil and gas industry Inspectors(API 510, 570, and 653)
Integrity manuals for oil and
gas pipelines, processing Corrosion failure analysis
facilities, and refineries. Ammonite Corrosion (Cormetrics lab)
Engineering Inc.
Inspection plans for:
Oil and gas pipelines processing Support to Operations
facilities and refineries including regarding interpretation of
use of risk-based inspection inspection results and
guidelines and implementation of corrosion prevention.
inspection databases.
Engineering guidelines and Materials selection, corrosion
standards for oil and gas prevention best practices, coating
offshore and onshore field and selection, corrosion inhibitor,
plant operations, pressure chemical program design.
equipment and pipeline design. Troubleshooting and consulting,
Corrosion monitoring design.
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7. Typical Projects
 Provide materials selection and corrosion engineering support to a
greenfield oil and gas Upgrading facility. Prepare Equipment Integrity
manuals and implement an equipment integrity inspection database for
their Operations. Provide support to their corrosion monitoring and
process chemical programs.
 Update a major refinery's corrosion monitoring and inspection plans and
integrate into their corrosion control manuals.
 Provide support to corrosion studies and Risk-based Inspection program
implementation for a major oil and gas company’s facilities across
Canada.
 Conduct a survey of current research initiatives and projects that are
being carried out by industry, universities, and others regarding the use
of water in the oilsands industry.
 Support ongoing integrity management operations for Canada's east
coast offshore facilities including two FPSOs, fixed leg platforms and a
gravity based structure. Lead RBI equipment and piping reassessments
for some of these facilities.
 Provide corrosion engineering support towards the development of
downhole tubular products for heavy oil recovery.
 Provide downhole corrosion engineering support for major SAGD
projects.
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8. Typical Pipeline Projects
 Provide Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment
(ICDA) services for major pipeline operators.
 Create and review integrity management
programs and program manuals for upstream,
midstream and downstream pipeline systems.
 Create and review pipeline operation and
maintenance programs and manuals, and
assist in scheduling maintenance activities on
pipeline systems.
 Provide Integrity assessment of storage tank
terminals and their associated pipelines.
 Provide sour service assessment of oil and gas
facilities to ensure compliance with NACE
MR0175/ISO15156
 Write and approve welding specifications and
procedures for major oil and gas facilities.
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9. Ammonite Client List
 Alberta Envirofuels  Nexen Canada Ltd.
 BA Energy  Noetic Engineering
 Cenovus Energy  NRC
 CNRL  Pembina Pipeline Corporation
 Codeco  PennWest
 Conoco-Phillips  Petrobank
 Crescent Point  Provident Energy
 Devon Energy  SemCams
 Enbridge  Shell Canada
 Encana  Shell Chemical
 ExxonMobil  Spectra Energy
 Harvest Energy (KNOC)  Suncor Energy
 Husky Energy  Syncrude Canada
 InterPipeline Fund  Synenco Energy
 Legacy Oil and Gas  Tenaris
 Lloyds Register  Total
 Weatherford
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10. Cormetrics Capabilities
Cormetrics specialized areas of expertise includes the following services:
 Electrochemical testing utilizing pressurized stirred autoclaves and
Rotating Cylinder Electrode (RCE) apparatus
– Corrosion inhibitor evaluations
– Materials testing (alloys, galvanic couples, pitting potentials)
– Simulations for process corrosion rate
– Customized experiments
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11. Cormetrics Capabilities (cont.)
 Pipeline /Equipment failure analysis
– Identify corrosion mechanism
– Review operating history and parameters
– Analysis of system operating characteristics
– Review of mitigation programs
– Recommendations for follow up activities
 Review of field system corrosion mitigation and monitoring practices
– Chemical program guidance
– Microbiological services
 Laboratory services
– Corrosion coupon analysis
– Crude corrosivity testing (ASTM G205)
– Customized lab testing
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12. Specialty Laboratory Projects
 Optimization of chemical control programs
 Selection of cost effective chemicals and integration of multi-chemical
programs
 Improving water quality in secondary recovery
 Improving understanding of brackish water corrosion
 Development of monitoring programs
 Development of data management programs
 Develop and Implement field or company chemical standards
Cormetrics Ltd.
(403) 258-2853 Fax: (403) 291-1423
#4 –2280 39th Avenue N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 6P7
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13. Cormetrics Client List
 Chemical companies  SemCAMS
 Cenovus  Suncor
 CNRL  Taqa
 Connacher  Trilogy
 ConocoPhillips
 Daylight Energy
 Devon
 Enbridge
 Encana
 Enerplus
 Legacy Oil and Gas
 Nexen
 Orion
 Pembina Pipelines
 PennWest
 Second Wave Petroleum
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14. Summary
Ammonite Corrosion Engineering has implemented integrity management
programs for a number of clients. This includes facilitating the RBI
assessments, setting up and integrating the information into an inspection
database, and maintaining the quality of data.
We have also participated in the materials selection, coatings selection,
standard/specification review, chemical treatment program selection, and
corrosion monitoring requirements for a number of clients during early
design, detailed engineering, and construction stages of oil and gas facilities
and pipelines.
Cormetrics Ltd. has served the oil and gas industry for over 35 years,
providing research and development and consulting services to assist
petroleum producing and transmission companies in problem solving in the
areas of chemical programs and corrosion prevention.
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