Saudi Aramco Plays Role in World Corrosion Meet in U.S. City

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 10, SPA -- The second annual meeting of the
World Corrosion Organization (WCO) was held in this U.S. city
recently, in conjunction with the annual National Association of
Corrosion Engineers Conference and Exhibition.


Ghadyer A. Al-Shammari, general supervisor of the Abqaiq Plants
Operations Engineering Division, represented the Saudi Council of
Engineers (SCE) at the meeting. SCE is a general member and also a
member of the Board of Administrators of the WCO and represented
Saudi Arabia.


SCE was elected to the Board of Administrators for its third
consecutive term. The organization proposed 24 April each year as
World Corrosion Awareness Day, according to a press release of Saudi
Aramco.


The WCO is a nonprofit organization based in New York. It is
applying for accreditation by the United Nations as a nongovernmental
organization. Its mission is to promote education and best practices
in corrosion control for the benefit of society, preservation of
resources and protection of the environment.

--SPA