Zerust Oil & Gas Achievement Timeline

1970

NTIC, the parent company of Zerust Oil & Gas, was founded in 1970 in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. Then known as Northern Instruments, Inc.

1993

In 1993, Northern Instruments changed its corporate name by merging into a wholly owned subsidiary, Northern Technologies International Corporation (NTIC).

2001

NACE-01190

Synergism in Corrosion Protection Systems With Inhibitors

Author(s): E. Ya. Lyublinski

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2001

NACE-01189

Creation and Application of Volatile Inhibitors

Author(s): D.A. Kubik and E. Ya. Lyublinski

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2003

NACE-03719

New Corrosion Protection Methods for Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures

Author(s): Prof. Efim Ya. Lyublinski, Dr. Donald A. Kubik, Eng. Ronnie A. Singh

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2003

NACE-03486

Efficiency of Combined Corrosion Protection Methods Including VCI

Author(s): Prof. Efim Ya. Lyublinski, Dr. Donald A. Kubik

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2004

NACE-04264

Cost and Other Benefits of Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors (VCI) Compared to Legacy Packaging Methods That Prevail in Military Applications

Author(s): James Henderson, and Ronnie Singh

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2008

NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony for NTIC

2012

Winner of the MP Readers’ Choice NACE Corrosion Innovation of the Year award for Zerust Flange Saver®

Recipient(s): Efim Lyublinski, Northern Technologies International Corp. -Beachwood, Ohio, U.S.A.; Marcelo Schultz, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ronnie Singh, Zerust Corrosion Prevention SA - Sorocaba, Brazil; Keiji Uemura, Zerust-NIC (Taiwan) Corp. - Taipei, Taiwan

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2012

Winner of the MP Readers’ Choice NACE Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award for Zerust ReCAST-R™

Recipient(s): Efim Lyublinski, Northern Technologies International Corp. - Beachwood, Ohio, U.S.A.; Marcelo Schultz, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; Ronnie Singh, Zerust Corrosion Prevention SA - Sorocaba, Brazil

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2013

Corrosion Protection of Tank Product Side Bottoms

Author(s): E. Ya. Lyublinski, Yu. I. Kuznetsov, Marcelo Schultz, and Yefim Vaks

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2017

Awarded EVOLEN’s Innovation Award for the energy, oil and gas related industries for Zerust® Inhibitor Fusion (ZIF) Tape

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2018

NACE-2018-11567

Methodologies to Evaluate Compatibility Between Cathodic Protection and Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors for Tank Bottom Applications

Author(s): Sujay Math (Zerust Oil and Gas) | Pavan K. Shukla (Southwest Research Institute)

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2018

NACE-2018-11189

Application of Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor to Prevent Internal Corrosion in Pipelines

Author(s): Leigh Gendron (Enbridge Pipelines) | Kelly Baker (Zerust Oil & Gas) | Terry Natale (Zerust Oil & Gas)

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2019

NACE-2019-12787

Galvanic Anode Cathodic Protection System Performance in the Presence of Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors for Aboveground Storage Tank Application

Author(s): Sujay Math (Zerust Oil and Gas) | Pavan K. Shukla (Savannah River National Laboratory)

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2019

NACE-2019-13133

Investigations on Cathodic Protection Current Diversion to Carrier Pipe With VCI Gel Annulus Fill in Cased Pipelines

Author(s): Sujay Math (Zerust Oil and Gas) | Pavan K. Shukla (Savannah River National Laboratory)

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2019

50th Anniversary of NTIC

2020

NACE-C2020-14927

Oxygen Evolution from the MMO Anode Cathodic Protection System and its Effect on the Corrosion of the Soil-Side Bottom Plate of an Above Ground Storage Tank

Author(s): Sujay Math (Zerust Oil and Gas) | Pavan K. Shukla (Savannah River National Laboratory) | Terry Natale (Zerust Oil and Gas)

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