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--- METTS the Company
--- Structure, Directors
& Associates
--- Our Associated US Company
--- Our Associated Australian Company
--- Contact Details
--- METTS the Company
M.E.T.T.S. Pty. Ltd.
(Mine and Engineering, Technical and Training Services),
Consulting Engineers, Resource & Infrastructure Development
M.E.T.T.S. Pty. Ltd. (ACN 050 710 015) is an Australian private company, registered in New South Wales.
The company is concerned with:
Activities have been concentrated in Australia and South East Asia (with particular reference to the Philippines), where packaged power plant concepts are being developed to utilise local mixed fuels in environmentally responsible ways. A major proposal was prepared in 1993/4 for the management of Cebu's solid wastes with power generation from those wastes. The project attracted promises of funding from equipment vendors, and a development bank, as well conditional support from Australian Government agencies. The project went into limbo when difficulties were encountered with finding a site with secure title for the plant.
The company is dedicated to the integration of research with industrial development. An example of this type of activity was M.E.T.T.S.'s management and leadership of a major industrial research project that involved the combustion of natural gas at elevated temperatures. The project was called Radiant Tube Technology. Other participants were, The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ceramics) and The Australian Gas Light Company (gas technology). The project has attracted considerable funding from the Australian Government's Energy Research and Development Corporation
With respect to waste disposal, M.E.T.T.S. favours combustion systems that produce clean emissions, whilst providing useful energy recovery. Fluidised Bed Combustors (of the atmospheric bubbling variety) are viewed as being a proved technology that offers the possibility of utilising many of the low specific energy bio-fuels and indigenous fossil fuels. Reasonable energy conversion efficiencies can be obtained using such technologies, with minimum environmental damage. The operation and maintenance of such units and the associated generation equipment, can be carried out by local technicians and engineers after short training courses.
With reference to Cebu, Philippines, a combustor of 36MW(e) capacity was designed to run of domestic wastes supplemented by local coal. The advantages of such a unit would be that it will provide an environmentally acceptable end depository for local garbage, produce a significant amount of electrical power and will supply a market for those local coals that are not suitable for traditional power plant firing.
Presently M.E.T.T.S. has two proposals before
Philippine power groups. These are to retrofit generating plant
with modern clean coal combustion units to extend the operating
of the plants, and provide emissions that meet the new environmental
standards. The technology chosen for these proposed conversions
is Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion (CFBC), which is an advance
on the Atmospheric Fluidised Bed Combustion, as was proposed for
the Cebu waste fired units.
The concepts being applied in the Cebu project
were developed by the directors of M.E.T.T.S. Dr. Mike Clarke,
the managing director, has experience in waste fuels and fuel
supplementation, whilst Mr. Richard Stevenson, Director-Asia (who
is partially based in Manila) has expertise in the South East
Asian energy industry. M.E.T.T.S. through its project development
activities has access to a number of major Australian engineering
companies who can provide the technical know-how to ensure that
the technology that is used will work and is appropriate to the
clients' needs. M.E.T.T.S. personnel can assist with marrying
technologies from different sources and developing associated
personnel training programmes.
METTS is an Associate Member of the Australia-Philippine Business
Council (http://www.apbc.org.au).
--- Structure, Directors & Associates
The structure of M.E.T.T.S. is that it is a private company owned by its two directors (Stevenson and Wilcox). Expertise additional and outside that held by the directors is supplied by associates of the company. The associates include engineers (nuclear, chemical, biochemical, civil, electrical and mechanical).
--- Our Associated US Company
Pacific Power Partners LLC
Email: pacificpower@webzone.net
Pacific Power Partners LLC (PPP), is an Tulsa,
Oklahoma based engineering/management consultancy of which Dr.
Michael Clarke is a V-P. The company has been marketing new &
used gas turbine generating plant into Asia. The Company President
is Thomas Warlick, and the second V-P is Mr. George Thomas. Mr.
Warlick is a management consultant, and Mr. Thomas is a mechanical
engineer with vast experience in power generation.
PPP has an agreement with a US Gas-to-Liquids
(GTL) technology group to market their technology. The technology
being offered is a means of converting natural gas into very clean
liquid fuels, and wax precursors to value added lubricants. PPP
initially became interested in GTL technology regarding its inclusion
into the Philippine oil refineries, for the utilisation of their
refinery coke.
METTS/PPP have some economically viable schemes for combining GTL plant with power generation. Given the lack of activity in S. E. Asia, we are actively looking for other sites for the combined technology.
--- Our Associated Australian Company
Tecniskill Co-operation Pty. Ltd (ACN 061 630 313)
Facilitation Engineers, Sydney
Tecniskill has established its reputation by
providing a thoroughly professional service to its many clients
in industry. Those industries include: construction, power, wastes
management, food processing, manufacturing and the petrochemical
industry. The company has also provided its services to government
departments (including Defence), and authorities (including Sydney
Water).
Tecniskill's major involvement is in planning/co-ordination
of projects; from their design, to construction, and commissioning.
Tecniskill has major fabrication facilities that complement its
project work. The company is also involved in environmental protection
as it relates to industry. Tecniskill applies an effective quality
control system based on AS 3901. ISO 9001 and AS 2990 Cat. A.
Tecniskill and its CEO, Fritz Kilcher, have
co-operated with M.E.T.T.S. on numerous projects. Tecniskill provides
a implementation and personnel back-up to M.E.T.T.S. project design
work.
Email: tecniskill@engineer.com
--- Contact Details
Dr. Michael Clarke
METTS Principal Shareholder and Advisor
Address: METTS Registered Office, Suite 209, 20 Malt Street,
Fortitude Valley (Brisbane), QLD 4006, Australia
Phone: +61-7-9357 3873
Fax: +61-7-3257 3140
Email: metts@zeta.org.au
Jack Wilcox
METTS Director
Email: jwilcox@iprimus.com.au
Richard Stevenson
METTS Director
Email: RStevens60@aol.com
Paul Wagner
METTS Administration & Publications Officer, Sydney.
Phone/Fax (AH): +61-2-9356 3204
Fax: +61-7-3257 3140
Email: dpwagner546@hotmail.com
Douglas Ebeling
METTS Associate, Nuclear Technology, Mechanical & Electrical
Engineering
Address: 15 Blackbutt Ave, Pennant Hills, N.S.W. 2120, Australia
Phone: +61-2-9484 3943
Fax: +61-7-3257 3140
Email: dougeb@sydney.dialix.com.au
Eng. Jack Keefe
METTS Associate, ADB Liaison, Civil Engineering
Address: c/- Columbian Philippines, GPO Box 624, Manila 1099,
Philippines
Phone / Fax: +63-2-526 7569
Email: jackkeefe@usa.net
Fritz Kilcher
METTS Associate, Waste Management and Construction
CEO, Tecniskill Co-operation
C/- Tecniskill, Sydney
Tel: +61-2-9757 1974
Fax: +61-2-9757 1975
Email: tecniskill@engineer.com