Michael was retained by an international consultancy to assist in a study involving a nickel plant upgrade in Vietnam.

Michael was retained to assist the Coogee Methanol Plant on potential reactor lining damage.

Fred assisted Coogee Methanol Plant staff with shut-down works supervision and inspection.

Fred was again involved with further Westgate Bridge expansion joint replacement installation and welding supervision for a local fabricator.

Michael again visited Worsley Alumina to assist in forensic advice on lining attack in one of their calciners.  This coincided with RefMet making a substantial proposal for a strategic materials audit of their calciner plant.

Paul Travelled to Batam, Indonesia, for BHP Billiton Petroleum’s Macedon Proejct to meet with McDermott to kick-off the fabrication of subsea equipment.  Paul also met with the Marine Welding group to discuss the development of the offshore pipeline welding procedures.

Michael discovered this beer in August, just as the Winter was ending, but that did not impair his enjoyment.  Montieth’s Doppelbock Winter Ale is a throwback to classic Bavarian Ales, originating in the 1600’s.  The full malty flavour is the result of the use of 4 different premium malts, producing a beer with a delicious dark red colour, with a hint of bitterness.  The Ale is characterised by a rich smooth taste, followed with a rounded body and a long finish.  The beer contains traditional ‘Hallertau’ hops, typical of the German Bock type beers, the name means ‘double-bock’.  The final gravity is about 16 ‘points’ with an alcohol of 6%, giving the beer a near ideal combination of drinkability and strength.  In simple terms, it is a strong heavy tasting beer, just right for cool days, but only if not over chilled, or the balance is lost.

Enjoy,

Michael

Michael and Fred assisted Sibelco with third party condition assessment of a lime kiln.

Michael again assisted Worsley Alumina, this time for an assessment of the condition of their #3 Lurgi style Fluid bed calciner, scheduled for a March 2012 shutdown.

Michael was also retained by Iluka Resources at Capel, to provide third party assessment of some kiln shotcreting trials at site.

Coming into summer it is always good to have a beer that drinks well whilst icy cold.  A recent discovery is the Cricketer’s Arms Lager.  It is available nationally by your favourite bottleshop, and also available in Singapore, Kowloon, and the UK (always good to know).

Cricketers Arms Lager is made with sun dried Australian malt and infused with Amarillo hops which impart a wonderful citrus character to the aroma and flavour.  It is not a particularly strong lager at 4.6%, but drinks well.

Cheers Paul

RefMet commenced an inspection assignment with Tek-Ocean for the Huski Lewan project.  Howard is overseeing the manufacture of completion tooling at the Cameron facility in Deer Park.

Fred is providing engineering inspection and Fitness for Service work at the Mobil Altona Refinery as part of their 2011 maintenance shut down.

Michael presented a technical paper (co-authored with Paul), at the annual Feuerfest Kolloquium in Aachen, Germany after completing an assignment for Worsley Alumina regarding their #4 calciner shut.