Offshore Infrastructure
Structures and equipment submerged in or exposed to the marine environment are subjected to particularly aggressive conditions: chloride-rich seawater, tidal zone, biofilm, galvanic currents and mechanical fatigue. Corrosion protection of offshore infrastructure is a strategic issue, both economically and environmentally. As a European leader in this field, the French Corrosion Institute offers end-to-end expertise, from design through to in-service monitoring.
Our missions
- Assess the corrosion resistance of materials under natural or simulated marine conditions.
- Develop and adapt protection methods: coatings, cathodic protection, innovative materials.
- Support industry in the design and monitoring of cathodic protection systems.
- Provide real-time monitoring of corrosion and environmental parameters for offshore infrastructure.
Our services
- Participation in collaborative and European R&D projects
- Technical consultancy and support: material selection, design and monitoring of cathodic protection, failure analysis
- Corrosion and cathodic protection tests in natural seawater (from laboratory to full-scale tests)
- Ageing of coatings and elastomers in natural seawater
- Real-time corrosion and environmental sensor solutions: open-circuit potential, galvanic currents, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, chlorine… up to 500 simultaneous channels with remote acquisition. Self-contained system for collecting corrosivity data in the world’s seas
- Training in marine corrosion and cathodic protection, preparation for ISO 15257 examinations (levels 1 to 4)
