The Concept of Research, Modelling, and Lab Studies to Improve the Effectiveness of Corrosion Management Systems A. Almathami, Baker Hughes, a GE company Dhahran Technology Center Al-Khobar 31952 Saudi Arabia M. Hoegerl Baker Hughes, a GE company Dhahran Technology Center Al-Khobar 31952 Saudi Arabia A. Al suwaij Baker Hughes, a GE company Dhahran Technology Center Al-Khobar 31952 Saudi Arabia T. Hafiz Baker Hughes, a GE company Dhahran Technology Center Al-Khobar 31952 Saudi Arabia M. Al Aljishi Baker Hughes, a GE company Dhahran Technology Center Al-Khobar 31952 Saudi Arabia ABSTRACT Corrosion management systems (CMS) have been developed for a variety of oil and gas assets. Improper implementation of CMS, by not adequately identifying and assessing possible corrosion root causes and risks during the Integrity Review Process, is one of the main reasons for corrosion failures. Life cycle management and continuous improvement often depends only on learning from asset failures, which cannot fully comprehend and evaluate complex root causes of typically complex corrosion processes. In this work, we suggest and present an improved scheme of CMS with the additional element of external R&D studies, to achieve the highest level of reliability. Targeted research on selected key issues and investigative studies go beyond typical failure analysis. Findings and results of these studies should be implemented in the CMS and the documentation updated accordingly. 1 Paper No. 10848 ©2018 by NACE International. Requests for permission to publish this manuscript in any form, in part or in whole, must be in writing to NACE International, Publications Division, 15835 Park Ten Place, Houston, Texas 77084. The material presented and the views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author(s) and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association.