Alireza Bahadori, PhD, CEng, MIChemE, CPEng, MIEAust, RPEQ, NER is a research staff member in the School of Environment, Science and Engineering at Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia, and managing director and CEO of Australian Oil and Gas Services, Pty. Ltd. He received his PhD from Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. During the past twenty years, Dr. Bahadori has held various process and petroleum engineering positions and was involved in many large-scale oil and gas projects. His multiple books have been published by multiple major publishers, including Elsevier. He is Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Chartered Member of Institution of Chemical Engineers, London, UK (MIChemE). Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and Chartered Member of Institution of Engineers Australia, Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), Registered Chartered Engineer of Engineering Council of United Kingdom and Engineers Australia's National Engineering Register (NER).
Extensively illustrated and comprising 830 pages the book provides detailed guidance on the selection and application of coatings and linings and is described as a `must-have' training tool. --Plastics Information Direct, January 2015 This book is a great contribution to the corrosion literature in the crucial area of the coating, painting and lining in the oil and gas industries. It offers a full coverage of key topics in the corrosion protection with special focus on oil and gas industries, as well as covering some topics rarely discussed and hard to find in the literature. The book provides an excellent access to a number of design guidelines and operating procedures, which makes it a standalone reference for coating, painting and lining in the oil and gas industries and an excellent textbook for graduate programs on this subject. The complex details of the coating, painting and lining in the oil and gas industries are fully addressed in a straightforward fashion that makes the book appealing to all parties who are involved in the oil and gas corrosion protection projects . --Dr. S. R. Gomari, Teesside University, UK