Faculty
Yolanda De-Abreu
Lecturer of Materials and Corrosion
Engineering Expertise:
Metallurgical engineering
Corrosion Resistance Alloys
Materials for oil and gas production
CO2 corrosion assessment for oil and gas production
Failure analysis
Materials for sour service production
High density brine effects on Corrosion Resistant Alloys
Seawater corrosion
Erosion modeling
Sand Detection
Subsea Engineering Experience:
Research is focused in the area of electrochemistry and has worked with Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Corrosion for Oil & Gas facilities.
Materials selection for :
- casing,
- production tubing,
- Downhole equipment,
- umbilicals,
- wellhead,
- manifolds,
- jumpers,
- subsea control modules
High rate gas production erosion modeling, sand detection, design approaches for erosion prevention in subsea production