FOURTH WORLD PETROLEUM CONGRESS: Protection of Pipe Lines and Refinery Equipment Discussed in Corrosion Section Available to Purchase

Over 3,000 scientists, technologists and industrialists attended the 1955 World Petroleum Congress, held in Rome, Italy, from June 6 to 17. Delegates representing 45 countries read papers covering all aspects of the petroleum industry, including geology and geophysics, drilling and production, oil processing, the production of chemicals from petroleum, the composition of petroleum, utilisation of petroleum products, and other more general subjects. Abstracts of papers included in the corrosion section are given below, and these discuss problems of graphite formation, the occlusion of hydrogen, static electricity, and corrosion inhibition in refinery equipment.