RefMet said goodbye to Tim Kemsley, whose contract with J. P. Kenny, through RefMet, came to an end. Tim has decided to pursue other interests, and we wish him well, and thank him for his endeavours on RefMet’s behalf.
At the same time, we welcomed Howard McKinney, who joins us part-time, to act as third party inspector for BHP Billiton Petroleum at Cameron, Deer Park.
Michael attended a pyrometallurgical conference at the Swinburne University of Technology, presenting a paper on Refractories Engineering. Over 100 scientists and engineers attended over the two days of the conference. He was also invited to join an expert panel to discuss the effects of the minerals/resource sectors of a proposed Carbon Tax. The photo below shows him (far right) during Prof. Geoff Brooks opening remarks for the panel forum.
RefMet has been retained (for a third time) to provide Refractory services to Nyrstar’s Hobart smelter in the planning stages for their October 2010 shutdown/repair.
BHP Billiton Petroleum has requested assistance with field corrosion issues. RefMet has allocated some of Paul’s time for this ongoing investigation into commissioning corrosion damage.
RefMet are coming to the end of the CFA Southern Training Ground upgrade works, with final punchlist items completed and commissioning commenced.
BHP Billiton Petroleum appointed RefMet as their third party inspectors for the supply of rental Drilling tools for the proposed Macedon development in the ‘Ocean Epoch’ field.
Michael attended the international SiC conference (ICSCRM) in Nuremburg, and the CERAMITEC Trade fair in Munich.
Paul was engaged by Nexus Energy to investigate the failure of stud bolts in subsea service.
Paul commenced work on the Oilsearch Limited – Kutubu Offloading Pipeline Upgrade
RefMet was retained by a legal firm to provide expert witness services for an action in Queensland concerning Refractory failures.
Michael was part of the organising committee for the joint AFI-IRE conference held at the MCG immediately after the AFL Grand Final. Some 350 engineers attended the 3 day event. He also co-authored a technical paper and was a session chairman for the Plenary paper given by Senator Steve Fielding, and contributed as a presenter himself during the successful training day conducted after the conference proper. The picture below shows Michael presenting a commemorative gift to the Senator, after his thought provoking presentation.
Paul spent 6 weeks in Europe as part of his assignment to assist ESSO with a cooler coating system development and the training of the Scottish application company, Pressurelink.
Michael gave a training seminar to Foundry apprentices. This event was sponsored by Foseco. He also gave a presentation to the Victorian chapter of the Foundry institute on the launch of the 2009 Foundry conference to be held in September 2009 at the MCG. This conference will be run jointly with the Institute of Refractories Engineers, of which he is a Past President.
Paul spent 3 weeks in Europe as part of his J. P. Kenny assignment to assist ESSO. Paul was involved with pre-production planning meetings with Vilmar in Romania, Walther in Germany and Corus Linepipe (Hartlepool), Bifab (BurntIsland) and PressureLink (Forfar) in the UK.
BHP Billiton Petroleum retained RefMet to act as their third party inspection agent for the proposed refurbishment of Wellhead/completion Rental tools for the Pyrenees development off Dampier.
Paul carried out a third party verification of drilling equipment for the AED South Puffin drilling program. The work involved the review of quality records to ensure the requirements of NOPSA are met prior to approval of the drilling safety case.
BHP Billiton Petroleum retained RefMet to act as their third party inspection agent for the proposed refurbishment of Drilling Rental tools for their Pyrenees development off Dampier.
Paul supported to Nexus Energy Longtom development with weld procedure reviews, and the witness of the welder qualification program in Western Australia.