Brian Westbrook: Background, Education and Work History
2009 - 2011
Developing Ecopal and other technologies for sale. See www.tyrereclamation.com.
2005 - 2008
Private Research & Development programme reducing car tyres to bio-diesel, petrol,
kerosene and carbon powder - see www.tyrereclamation.com.
2004-2005
Engineering Maintenance
1990 – 2004
Company Name: Pollution Systems International
Position Details: Self Employed in the business of oil pollution
maintenance and pollution control.
Project Engineering, Maintenance Planning
1977 – 1990
Company Name: Engen Oil Refinery, Tara Road, Bluff, Durban
Position Details: Team Leader:
§Planning / preventative and planned maintenance
§Vibration Analysis – I.R.D America
§H.F.acid handling – Mobil U.S.A
§Scaffold inspector – S.G.B
§Boiler inspection – STEIN MULLER
§Laser Alignment – OPTILINE§T.E.L /T.M.L –Octel
§General Rotating Equipment Maintenance
§Acting Supervisor (intermittent)§Assignments at Mobil Oil Abroad
§Health and Safety
§Training apprentices
§Shutdown planning and maintenance
1966 - 1979
SA Military Service
Rank: Sergeant Instructor
Position Detail: Weapon, shooting and drill instructor, air supply, driving and maintenance
Education
1965 – 1970:
Technikon, Umbilo, Durban, South Africa
Qualification: NTC31962-1965
High School Attended: Grosvenor Boys’ High School, Bluff, Durban
Qualification: Junior CertificateInstitution:
Almeda College and UniversityCity: Idaho.
USAQualification: Bsc.Me
Completed: 2004
Brian’s first position at the Mobil Oil Refinery was at the “combination” unit, which consisted of:
(1) The F.F.C.Unit
(2) The Vacuum Unit
(3) The Pre treater Unit
(4) The Viscbreaker Unit
(5) The boiler and compressor unit.
Brian then went to the “Lube“ plant from the commissioning onwards for a few years:
(1) M.E.K. Unit
(2) The furfural unit
(3) The boiler unit
(4) The compressor unit
(5) The tank farm area.
He moved to the B.T.X. Unit from the commissioning onwards for a number of years. This also included the wax plant and gas bottling.
The next move was to the north complex unit for a number of years before going to the asphalt and sulphur unit, after which he went to the O.M.&S for a few years. At the same time he worked at Island View which is the depot for export via shipping and drum filling.
Brian returned to “s.a.f.o.r.” - the lube plant there to take over the maintenance crew, where he not only over saw the general running of the plant maintenance but planned the maintenance as well.
From there Brian then went to the “alky” unit to assist with the commissioning of the same. However, He was first sent to the U.S.A. on an assignment to observe how to run a plant with such a hazardous substance, and on returning he worked there for a number of years before going back to the “combo” unit to oversee the general running of the maintenance crew.
In all of the above units Brian was part of a crew to oversee the general running of the shutdowns, with the exception of the B.T.X. unit, where he was responsible for the total planning of the shutdown as well as the organising of the maintenance crew who did the work, from the shutting down to the commissioning of the unit on start up. (This was the only time that a shutdown was completed before time and without any comebacks.)
As an artisan Brian was to see to the general maintenance as well as the repairs of any breakdowns. And as a leading artisan/supervisor he was to oversee the workers who did the repairs as well as plan the daily work; this was done on a daily basis. He was also responsible for the purchasing of spares for the running of the plant.
Brian instituted a preventative maintenance plan that brought the daily breakdown to nil breakdown for 5 years.
