Cathodic Protection Services
Full-Scale Corrosion Protection for Your Assets
At ICPS, we provide pre-integrated solutions for cathodic protection corrosion control systems. Our services extend to both existing and new infrastructure.
In each project, we achieve the following for our clients:
- Cost-effective corrosion-protection solutions
- Significant extensions of the lifespan of critical assets
- Operational efficiencies
- Increased personnel safety
- Environmental preservation & protection
Cathodic Protection Design & Supply
ICPS offers comprehensive technical support for all cathodic protection and related corrosion problems. We work with both impressed current cathodic protection systems and sacrificial anode cathodic protection systems. Our flexible services encompass everything required for project success, from site surveys and system design to installation, handover, and ongoing maintenance and monitoring.
Provided annually, bi-Annually, or on a customized schedule.
Includes design, supply, installation, and maintenance.
Includes design, supply, installation, and maintenance.
Design, installation, design review, monitoring, and evaluation provided.
Identification, failure analysis, mitigation, and ongoing planning inspection programs included.
Cathodic Protection for Structures
We provide oil and gas gathering, sales transmission, and distribution pipelines of all diameters and lengths. ICPS has experience in various soil conditions, from aggressive to mildly corrosive conditions.
Water Distribution Piping Systems
Bare steel and coated floors for large (30m +) tanks and smaller diameter tank bottoms. We provide the design, supply, installation, and periodic monitoring.
Service station tankage, process plant storage tanks, day tanks for backup generators, etc. We provide the design, supply and installation, and monitoring during compliance surveys or general audits.
Existing and new drill casings. We provide the design, supply, installation, and periodic monitoring.
We provide the design, supply and installation, and monitoring for compliance surveys or general audits.
We provide impressed current or sacrificial anodes design, supply and installation, and monitoring during compliance surveys or general audits.
External corrosion protection systems can be designed and applied to a large variety of structures as described above by the ICPS team. Our design incorporates operational needs and foundational design to significantly extend the lifespan of various types and sizes of tanks.
Specialty Testing
We have access to a wide variety of test equipment that allows us to conduct specialty testing and troubleshooting.
This includes:
- pipeline current measurement (up to NPS20 OD)
- internal current flow analysis
- complex interference testing
- HDD Bore Testing
We also partner with industry professionals for custom and specialized testing related to external coating evaluation and remediation.
ICPS has an extensive background related to Internal Current Transfer (ICT) failures at insulated joints resulting from the operation of cathodic protection systems. This is a unique cathodic protection interference problem that is becoming more prevalent throughout the Oil and Gas production industry, and ICPS is well situated to help with the mitigation and inspection of corrosion losses.
What is Cathodic Protection?
Cathodic protection is the electrochemical manipulation of the natural corrosion processes. Since metal surfaces are prone to corrosion, especially when exposed to soil, maintaining the design metal in the cathodic (negative) voltage range eliminates corrosion on the design metal. A sacrificial metal is used as an anodic (positive) material, thereby sacrificing the anode material in the corrosion process. Corrosion weakens the integrity of the metal, creating structural risks for the entire infrastructure system, which can result in environmental risks, safety hazards, and the loss of assets for clients. Cathodic protection eliminates or reduces the corrosion rate to a negligible level by means of this electrochemical control.