NACE Corrosion Control in the Refining Industry - 23 to 27 November 2009

Twenty six people attended the first NACE Corrosion Control in the Refining Industry course in South Africa at the SAPREF Training Centre in Durban from 23 to 27 November 2009. NACE are in the process of introducing Certification for this course and thus this class was not examined, however, all the students will be able to sit the examination when the Certification is set up. The Instructor was Ray Quinter from Philadelphia in the U.S.A. Ray has more than forty years experience of the operations and consequential corrosion problems in the refining industry and he did an excellent job imparting his knowledge and experience to all the students. Neil Webb also gave a presentation on the use of cathodic protection. A big thank you goes to SAPREF for providing the venue, and the lunches and refreshments. The attendees on the class were:

Johan Roland Bezuidenhout          Southey Contracting (Pty) Ltd.

Craig Botha                                 SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Brett Campbell                             SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Chantal Dowling                            Private

Gabriel Philani Dube                      SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Sivuyile Funani                              PetroSA

Asanda Gatyeni                             PetroSA

Ludwe Geza                                  PetroSA

Geneve Johnson                            Southey Contracting (Pty) Ltd.

Frederik Kotze                               Southey Contracting (Pty) Ltd.

John McEwan                                 CorrISA

Mark Meyer                                   SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Charl Orsmond                              Megchem Engineering & Drafting Services

Harriraman Padayachee                  SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Louis Pretorius                               Corrocoat SA (Pty) Ltd.

Kopano Trevors Ramantele              Water Utilities Corporation Botswana

Philip Roux                                     SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Godfrey Shezi                                 SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Gideon Slabbert                              Mintek

Naren Sukaih                                  SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Gus Usswald                                   SAPREF (Pty) Ltd.

Ludovic van der Ross                       Buckman Africa Pty Ltd.

Brett Watson                                   Paradigm Projects (Pty) Ltd.

Neil Webb                                       Isinyithi Cathodic Protection

Muzdalifah Zakaria                           Engen

Gcinamasiko Zulu                             Engen