Ascension’s upstream technologies include support dealing with the mitigation of corrosion in field applications such as pipelines, down hole equipment and infrastructure. Corrosion can be a killer in the oil fields. Oil and gas experts have identified Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) as a main threat to their equipment. MIC is responsible for up to 50 percent of all corrosion damage, with an estimated price tag of US $1.5 trillion a year globally. Ascension’s bonded coatings have been on the forefront of the fight against corrosion for over 15 years.