Bio
Bob Franco, president of Franco Corrosion Consulting, LLC, has 50 years of experience in corrosion control. Franco Corrosion Consulting offers consulting in corrosion mitigation, corrosion threat assessments, risk-based inspection planning, materials selection for upstream oil and gas production operations, and new developments.
Bob has a BS and MS in Metallurgical Engineering, and is a registered professional engineer in N.J. and CA. Bob retired from ExxonMobil in 2012 where he held the highest technical position in Materials & Corrosion activities for upstream operations. Bob worked for ExxonMobil for more than 43 years in corrosion control and materials selection (17 years in refining and chemical operations, and 26 years in upstream operations, including corrosion control in downhole, facilities, oil, gas and water pipelines).
Bob has numerous teaching awards from ExxonMobil and is the principal author of the 3rd edition of Corrosion Control in Petroleum Production, which will be available for sale through NACE International.
- Bob Franco – mr.corrosion@yahoo.com