The World Corrosion Organization has designated April 24, 2012 as Corrosion Awareness Day

Corrosion Awareness Day is to highlight the estimated $2.2 trillion annual cost of corrosion worldwide (3 to 4% of GDP of industrialized countries) reflecting in part many decision-makers in industry and government not fully understanding the consequences of corrosion and how critical it is to control it. However, the potential to reduce that cost by [...]

MATCOR introduces the Deep Anode System – Durammo™

The Durammo™ Deep Anode System represents the culmination of 35 years of MATCOR continuous wire deep anode system engineering experience.  There is simply no better deep anode ground bed system available.  Durammo™ systems are built to last: MMO anode technology offers significantly longer life than comparable conventional discreet anode systems reducing the time between anode [...]

Stretching, Staffing and Pipeline Integrity Management

According to MATCOR’s Nick Judd, Houston-based corrosion engineer, “The company used to pick up less than 200 miles a year in pipeline integrity management (PIM) projects. Today, we are already doing more PIM; we’re growing to serve much more, and it’s no stretch to say we’ve got the capabilities.” In deploying a broader range of [...]

San Bruno one year on…Consumers will be asked to help pay for billions in gas pipeline upgrades needed after Bay Area blast.

Three of California’s largest utilities are asking customers to help pay for nearly $4 billion in pipeline safety projects needed after last year’s deadly San Bruno disaster. Power companies and private operators across the nation are racing to improve the safety of about 150,000 miles of natural gas pipelines built before 1970 — about half [...]

Coal scrubbers are corroding

Ohio pollution controls are showing wear after as little as a year. Coal-fired power plants across the country are being checked for corrosion problems on billions of dollars’ worth of equipment that is supposed to cut air pollution. And the results from three power companies in Ohio show that the  scrubbers are corroding at a [...]

AC-Induced Corrosion – It’s a Real Threat

Pipeline operators beware: AC-induced corrosion is threatening your newer pipelines. This is the finding from numerous pipeline integrity investigators whether it be smart pig indications or direct assessment evaluations.  Astoundingly, pipelines with outstanding coating and cathodic protection systems are showing evidence of AC corrosion – and in some cases, quite severe. In the United States [...]

The MATCOR team Welcomes Corrosion Technician, Gary Streit.

Doylestown, PA (April 25) MATCOR, Inc., a full service provider of global provider of corrosion and cathodic protection products, engineering, systems and solutions announced another addition to the MATCOR corrosion operations team, Gary Streit. Streit will join the highly regarded and professional MATCOR corrosion and pipeline integrity team, based at the Houston, TX field office. Streit [...]

MATCOR expands its corrosion & cathodic protection team

Doylestown, PA (April 11) MATCOR, Inc., a full service provider of global cathodic protection products, engineering, systems and solutions announced today a new addition to the MATCOR corrosion operations team, Royce Cox. Cox joins MATCOR with a wealth of cathodic protection and corrosion knowledge and experience.  Cox has received industry recognition in system testing, troubleshooting, [...]

Good Question: Are Our Pipelines Safe?

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — When flames shot out of a natural gas pipeline in Minneapolis, a lot of us started to wonder about the pipelines beneath our own homes. Is it safe? How do we know? “Our pipeline system is generally safe, that doesn’t mean there aren’t risk in running our pipeline system,” said Oliver Moghissi, [...]

MATCOR Unveils New Identity at NACE CORROSION 2011 Conference

MATCOR, Inc. a full-service provider of cathodic protection systems and solutions around the world, announced today an updated brand identity and tagline Integrity that Works. MATCOR is an established leader in the corrosion community and has a   rich heritage of innovation lasting almost four decades.  MATCOR is known for its innovative approach to designing and [...]