About Cormetrics: Petroleum Industry Consulting Services
Cormetrics Limited was established in 1977 by Joseph Boivin. It has served the oil and gas industry for over two decades providing research and development and consulting services to assist petroleum producing and transmission companies in problem solving in the areas of chemical programs and corrosion prevention.
In February of 2005 Cormetrics Limited added various laboratory corrosion testing; such as electrochemical corrosion inhibitor evaluation to the Cormetrics Limited portfolio of services. Check out our corrosion testing page to view our complete list of services.
The mission of Cormetrics Limited is to act as a resource for the petroleum industry to minimize common production problems such as corrosion, bacteria, water quality and solids deposition. We will solve our clients’ technical issues through laboratory testing and by applying our technical knowledge and broad experience base. Our dedication and enthusiasm ensures that we always give 100% to each and every one of our customers.
Joe Boivin - President
39 years experience in petroleum industry chemical and corrosion programs
30 years providing chemical and corrosion consulting services
experience working in all phases of industry (oil company corrosion technologist, sales and technical functions with several oilfield chemical firms, project manager of university research groups, and independent consulting)
expertise in program optimization troubleshooting, and cost reduction
very strong background in microbiological investigations and problem solving
experienced in failure analysis, corrosion studies, inhibitor evaluations, and monitoring program design
experience in gas plant, refinery, gas production, and water handling facilities
extensive knowledge of pipeline integrity issues – upstream and transmission
development of hydrogenase test for microbiological corrosion
authored/co-authored 38 papers for conferences, books, and technical journals
Project Manager for petroleum microbiology research at the University of Calgary
Set up NACE Technical Practices Committee T1 D-41 (Oil Industry Biocides)
Developed training courses in petroleum microbiology and seawater injection
Spearheaded development of computer software for risk assessment
Lindsay Webb - Laboratory Manager
Obtained Chemical Technology Diploma from SAIT in 1999
Over six years of laboratory experience
Spent five years working in a quality assurance laboratory performing gas chromatography and ion chromatography
Lab Manager at Cormetrics Limited since February of 2005 performing over 300 corrosion inhibitor evaluations and various corrosivity testing
"Ninth Annual Short Course on Corrosion", Penn State University -July 2005
NACE Basic Corrosion Course-October 2006