October 2006

Paul made a flying trip to Darwin to review the condition of the subsea tree running tools, risers and completions equipment at the Upstream Petroleum yard in Pinelands.  The equipment had recently been used offshore to complete a well at the AED Oil Pty Ltd Puffin field in the Timor Sea and was to be returned to the owner of the equipment, Coogee Resources Ltd.  Paul was acting as the independent certifier for the equipment and was charged with the responsibility of ensuring the equipment was returned in a suitable working condition

RefMet, with Carmagen Engineering Inc (New Jersey USA), successfully ran a three-day training course on the Design, Inspection and Maintenance of Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks to API 650/653 at the Alcoa Western Australia training centre in Fairbridge.  The small training centre close to the Pinjarra Alumina Refinery made for a relaxing setting for Carmagen’s David Thornton to present the course to 25 Alcoa, Hatch and Attar engineers.  Everyone completed the course with a good understanding of the design considerations important when building, inspecting and maintaining the 600+ tanks across the three Alcoa sites in Western Australia.