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BP gives $1 million for UAA lab to study metals corrosion

Anchorage Daily News online -- ENTIRE COST: Funds aimed at work on pipeline problems.

By MIKE DUNHAM
Anchorage Daily News

Published: February 6th, 2012 10:19 PM
Last Modified: February 6th, 2012 10:19 PM

BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. announced Monday that it was donating $1 million to the University of Alaska Anchorage to help create a lab to study the effects of corrosion on pipe metals.

The gift will pay for the entire BP Asset Integrity and Corrosion Lab, according to Matt Cullin, who will be the director of the new facility. The money will also help cover some of the first year's operational expenses.

"It's a really quite a nice gift," said Cullin, a UAA assistant professor of mechanical engineering.

The relatively low cost for the lab, less than $1 million, is due to its location in a building that already

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335d1 All-Star Author Virginia Posts:547 Points:404,550 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2012 6:47:12 AM Ignore 335d1 Report Abuse Besides pipes, corrosion affects a lot of our infrastructure, like bridges, roads, buildings.
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doggod Champion Author Anchorage Posts:1,062 Points:387,235 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2012 5:47:30 PM Ignore doggod Report Abuse BP gives money to UAA to study pipeline corrosion? You'd think this is something they would have already studied to death themselves since it's right in the core of their business ... as part owners of Alyeska Pipeline. Seems a little late now, what with the line in its declining years. There must be more to this story than we're getting from what looks like Mike Dunham's rewrite of a BP press release.
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