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And water wash has been used for decades out there, yet many refiners continue to struggle and experience corrosion failures, tube leaks across these systems and shorten life.

In fact, there was a recent survey done by AMPP that revealed that still only 50% of these overhead systems are attaining the success that the customers think they should.

At Baker Hughes, we combine this corrosion expertise, process modeling, field experience, digital monitoring technologies, and just our field teams out there to help refiners improve that reliability.

and to maximize the value of their assets.

And I know the people that are listening to this episode, we have refiners all over the world that are listening to this, and I'm sure... several of them are probably experiencing the same kind of problem.

So if they want to find out more information about what we talked about today, or even how Baker Hughes can help them in their operations, is there a specific place they can go to to find out more?

Yeah, so there's two documents that I would highly recommend getting a hold of, and they were both published with AMPP, Association for Materials Performance and Protection.

The first one is titled Considering Mass Transfer in Refinery Crude Distillation Overhead Water Wash.

With that in mind, today's conversation is going to be about looking ahead to the future.

What technologies are delivering real value today in twenty twenty-six? What skills will future professionals need? And how can the industry best prepare for its next generation of challenges? To discuss that, we've got three AMPP ambassadors joining us whose experience spans data science, AI, cathodic protection, workforce development, training, and global engineering leadership.

Will each of you please introduce yourselves? Just start with your full name, your employer, and where it is that you're based in the world.

Paola, ladies first, let's begin with you.

Why is this topic is so important? Because most corrosion courses are intended for universities and colleges.

There are some courses for specific industries organized by AMPP, the Association for Materials Protection and Performance, and EFC, European Federation of Corrosion.

However, it's not enough.

I would like to share my experience in corrosion education in industry, specifically in oil and petrochemical industry.