Serving as a senior LNG, FLNG, and hydrocarbon-processing consultant with more than 30 years of experience in chemical engineering, this chemical engineering, refining, and LNG systems expert specializes in refining operations, natural gas liquids (NGL) processing, gas processing systems, LNG technologies, and engineering consulting involving complex energy infrastructure developments across domestic and international markets. Areas of expertise include Pre-FEED and FEED engineering, project management consulting (PMC), commissioning support, startup operations, operational troubleshooting, risk prevention, operations readiness consulting, tolling agreements, owner/client operational integration, and development of production and operations information systems for industrial energy facilities. The expert has participated in major LNG, FLNG, refining, and gas-processing projects throughout the United States, Norway, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America, with professional responsibilities involving engineering management, operational analysis, technical consulting, and high-level troubleshooting for hydrocarbon-processing and LNG infrastructure systems. Educational attainment includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Professional leadership responsibilities have included service as a subject matter expert, Engineering Manager, Senior Consultant, and technical lead for LNG and FLNG projects involving design evaluation, commissioning, operational readiness, process troubleshooting, and industrial project execution. The expert’s work has involved support of facilities projects during conceptual planning, FEED and Pre-FEED development, commissioning, startup, revamp operations, and owner/operator integration activities associated with LNG receiving terminals, gas-processing facilities, and refining infrastructure. Additional experience includes management of LNG operational planning groups, process engineering and laboratory staffing oversight, development of operations control requirements studies, hazard and risk analyses, pressure safety valve and relief-system evaluations, and technical assessments involving LNG design and operational performance. The expert has also led value-added redesign efforts for major LNG projects, evaluated engineering “showstopper” concerns for LNG facility developments, negotiated utility-related gas supply and pressure requirements, and coordinated troubleshooting and revamp activities involving operational LNG facilities and gas-processing systems. Major project involvement has included Cameron LNG, Mozambique LNG, Cove Point LNG, Atlantic LNG, Peru LNG, Woodfibre LNG, StatOil Tanzania FLNG, Singapore LNG receiving facilities, Brunei LNG, PT Badak LNG, and LNG developments involving Sempra, Saipem, Foster Wheeler, WorleyParsons, and other international energy organizations.

Extensive consulting and technical advisory experience includes operational troubleshooting, assessment of process-engineering performance, commissioning and startup analysis, and evaluation of operational and technical issues affecting refining, LNG, FLNG, and hydrocarbon-processing systems. Additional project involvement includes development and delivery of a five-day FLNG course presented to industry professionals in Singapore, research involving floating LNG technologies and ultra-compact LNG systems, investigatory simulations related to commissioning of micro-LNG facilities, and consulting regarding LNG receiving terminals, gas-conditioning operations, and owner/client operational integration strategies. The expert has also participated in operational-control studies, tolling agreement analysis, virtual NG/LNG fiscal tracking evaluations, production-information systems development, and operations-readiness consulting involving major industrial energy facilities. Professional activities include LNG systems consulting, engineering-management support, commissioning and startup advisory services, hydrocarbon-processing troubleshooting, operational risk analysis, and technical evaluations involving refining systems, LNG infrastructure, gas-processing operations, FLNG technologies, and integrated industrial energy projects.