Prominent Metallurgist joins Equity’s Materials Engineering Group

After more than 30 years with Imperial Oil Limited, a Canadian affiliate of ExxonMobil, as Senior Engineering Advisor for Materials, Corrosion and Inspection, Andy Gysbers now brings his years of experience to the Materials Engineering Group at Equity Engineering.

Mr. Gysbers worked with Imperial Oil in a variety of roles related to materials, corrosion and inspection of petroleum refining, oils sands upgrading and downstream distribution (tanks and piping) systems. He retired as a Senior Engineering Advisor with worldwide corporate recognition as a troubleshooter and systems developer for these technical areas. Mr. Gysbers was one of the initial developers of corporate Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) techniques starting in the early 90’s and has focused on developing tools and systems for use at plant levels to facilitate consistent application of degradation assessments, RBI, thickness data analysis and inspection processes.

He was primary materials consultant for every major project for the last 20 years for Imperial Oil, selecting materials and performing NPQC for a wide variety of unit revamps and grass root refinery units. In addition, all above ground storage tank inspections and assessments were subject to his review and acceptance in his role as expert for the organization. Through active participation with NACE International STG 34, he has led several task groups and activities in developing standards for refining industry corrosion detection and prevention.