12 May 2003
New Chief for CSIRO Petroleum Resources
Professor Beverley Ronalds has commenced her appointment as Chief of CSIRO's Petroleum Resources Division."Professor Ronalds has a distinguished career, both in research and in the application of that research to solving industry problems," says CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Geoff Garrett.
Former Director and Woodside Chair with the University of Western Australia's School of Oil and Gas Engineering, Professor Ronalds has extensive industry experience including design, installation and operations support for fixed and floating offshore platforms, in the Australian North West Shelf, the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
CSIRO Petroleum is a significant provider of research, technology and associated services within the global petroleum industry, employing about 150 staff operating across three sites, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.
"The Division has strong capability in the area of exploration and production and has also expanded its research effort into gas, gas processing and clean fuels, to reflect the changing priorities and the evolution of the oil and gas industry," says Dr Garrett.
"The Division has also expanded globally through research collaborations; from South-East Asia (Petronas) and China, to Europe (TNO) and North and South America (Alberta Research Council, Petrobras)."
CSIRO Petroleum has its headquarters at the Australian Resources Research Centre (ARRC) in Western Australia . a major initiative of the WA Government, CSIRO and Curtin University of Technology.
ARRC - developed in conjunction with the petroleum and mining industries - has more than 200 scientific and technical staff and focuses on collaboration with Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs), universities, resource companies and suppliers.
ARRC's international oil and gas research and development capability has been further consolidated by the recent (Feb) signing of the Global Energy Research Alliance, of which CSIRO Petroleum is a participant.
Professor Ronalds' research interests include offshore structural reliability and production facilities selection, having worked with engineering companies such as Kvaerner Earl and Wright, Ove Arup and Hardcastle and Richards.
Professor Ronalds becomes the second Chief of CSIRO Petroleum since it was created in 1994, the inaugural Chief being Dr Adrian Williams. Mr Greg Thill has been acting in the position for the past twelve months.
Dr Garrett said that Professor Ronalds brings considerable practical expertise and experience to the position.
"CSIRO is fortunate to have someone of Professor Ronald's calibre taking up this challenging and very exciting role, we look forward to working with her."
"I would also like to thank Mr Greg Thill for the significant contribution he has made to managing the Division over these last twelve months," added Dr Garrett.
For further Information contact:Dorothy Albrecht
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