October 2007

In his position as President of the Australian branch of the Institute of Refractories Engineers, Michael attended the Annual conference of Manufacturing Skills Australia, the Industry Training board with relevance to the Training of Refractory Installers.  The conference was attended by both the Minister and Shadow minister for education and Training, and highlighted the different approach from the two main parties.

Paul conducted a corrosion and materials study for the Roc Oil China Zhao Dong Extended Reach Area project.  The study consisted of the review of corrosion conditions and selection of materials of construction of the process equipment on-board two weld head casing platforms that are bridge-linked to a central pipeline terminal platform.  The work also included the selection of materials for some of the brown-field updates to the Zhao Dong platform.