PEOPLE IN INDUSTRY
Panorama of centralised jet pump facility in Dullingari, just near the SA and QLD border in the Cooper Basin.
A jolly good fellow Recently appointed Fellow of Engineers Australia James Czornohalan speaks to The Australian Pipeliner about his personal history in the pipeline industry, experience with the association, and how he climbed the leadership ranks.
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ngineers Australia is the trusted voice of the engineering profession and the global home for engineering experts recognised for their contributions to shaping the built world. Becoming a Fellow is an elevation in the ranks to the highest level of Engineers Australia membership appointment. It carries with it a recognition of eminence within the profession. Fellows are deemed experienced, knowledgeable and invaluable to the global engineering community, and their expertise makes a difference to the profession and its next generation of practitioners. In 2021, James Czornohalan was recognised as a Fellow of Engineers Australia. Czornohalan has over 20 years of oil and gas pipeline experience across design, operation, integrity, safety and construction. He has designed several pipelines including upstream flow lines and trunk lines, midstream transmission pipelines and downstream pipelines, having also spent several years in pipeline operations and integrity with Epic Energy and Santos. He is now a senior associate/consulting engineer at Advisian. As part of the Worley Group, Advisian is deeply committed to resolving the world’s energy, resource and infrastructure challenges. Closely affiliated with the APGA, Advisian is a proud member of the APGA Research and Standards Committee.
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James Czornohalan, Fellow, Engineers Australia.
“Engineering is the basis of the enviable safety record enjoyed by the Australian pipeline industry,” says Czornohalan, who first entered the industries as a vacationer for Engineering and Water Supply Department (now SA Water) in the early 1990s. The Australian Pipeliner | March 2022
“When I look back, I am amazed at the scope they gave me: checking drawings, witnessing pressure tests, project engineering and running site meetings. I really loved it.” As a graduate, Czornohalan worked at Epic Energy for six years. “I was very fortunate to work for some
