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Shell project completed
AJ Mayr Engineering successfully completed a major project for Shell that will lead to the production of more environmentally friendly fuels.
The company was commissioned to build two pre-fabricated petrochemical processing units for Shell in a project that saw employment during construction jump from 60 to 250 skilled workers.
AJ Mayr, based at Tomago, near the port of Newcastle in the Hunter Valley of NSW, Australia, won the contract to build the benzine reduction units, which were shipped by ocean-going barges to Clyde in Sydney and Geelong in Victoria.
Oil companies were upgrading facilities across Australia in line with a Federal Government deadline of January 1, 2006 to supply cleaner petrol and diesel.
The final cost of the contract between AJ Mayr and Shell was confidential.
“The complexity and scope of this project showed the Hunter has the skilled workforce and ingenuity to carry out any project,” AJ Mayr Chief Executive Officer Bruce Hall said.
“Oil refinery upgrades of this magnitude in the past had generally been carried out on site.
“By building a series of modules for both the Geelong and Clyde refineries in our yards and shipping them to their final destinations, many logistical and safety issues associated with construction within a working refinery were overcome.”
The Shell contract wasn’t the first major project for the local company.
At its Tomago site, AJ Mayr has built air separation units and cryogenic storage vessels for delivery across Australia and the region, including an oxygen plant for Lihir Gold in Papua New Guinea. It has also constructed projects for delivery across South East Asia and into Pakistan.
It played a major role in construction of BHP Billiton’s domestic and export stackers at Mount Arthur in the Hunter and was involved in the massive Spencer Street railway station project in Melbourne. It has also constructed storage vessels for BOC Gas sites across Australia.
The company has also undertaken extensive work and maintenance at the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney.
While AJ Mayr’s workforce peaked at more than 250 during the Shell project, human resources are fluid in line with projects being undertaken.
The company, founded in 1971, is headed by the company’s owner Kumar Perumal.
Interviews, picture opportunities and project pictures available.
More information:
Graham Storer (public relations consultant)
+61 2 4933 1843
0427 331843
graham@gscomms.com.au
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Work on the Shell project underway at A J Mayr Tomago work yards.
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