How Does a System Become Vulnerable to MIC

The late David White has been quoted as saying Microbiologically influenced corrosion is industrial venereal disease it s expensive, everybody has it and nobody wants to talk about it . If you ask any one who has been involved in MIC assessment for an industry, he can tell you stories for hours about how he has tried first to convince the industry about (I) the importance of corrosion treatment, and (2) the involvement of some bugs in corrosion. I personally believe that what happened in Alaska s Prudhoe Bay is an alert for all people who are involved in design, operation and maintenance do not underestimate bugs  

This chapter will deal mainly with the problem of MIC recognition. In other words, we want to know what factors can be taken as indicators of MIC, principally independent of the system itself. So, what we are presenting in this chapter can be applied to systems such as pipelines, cooling systems, ballast tanks, hydrants and the like. 

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