Refining Metallurgical and Corrosion Engineering Expert

Technical Consultant #2127

Over 30 years of metallurgical and corrosion engineering experience in the petroleum refining industry.
Developed new standards and applied technology such as risk-based inspection (API 581) and Fitness for Service evaluation (API 579).
Damage mechanisms, sulfidation, wet H₂S cracking, creep, HTHA, fire assessment.
IOWs and CCDs, corrosion reviews, and fitness-for-service )FFS_ assessment.
Failure analysis, fire damage assessments.

Undisclosed Company, Metallurigical-Corrsion Inspection Expert, Present

Active in writing API standards and NACE standards for over twenty years.
Metallurgical Engineer at Exxon Research and Exxon Engineering in refining, including assignments at Baytown and Bayway refineries.
Provided central engineering advice and applied research and development for refining damage mechanisms.
Helped support BP's worldwide refineries and actively involved in industry groups to develop industry standards.
Extensive consulting experience specializing in refining materials and corrosion issues.
Assisted M&M Engineering (Hartford Steam and Boiler) combined with Structural Integrity consulting.
Provided consulting services to Equity Engineering Group for refining and petrochemical industry focusing on materials corrosion issues and RBI (Risk-Based Inspection) and FFS as Cofounder and Vice President.

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Academic and Professional Affiliations

Active in developing several API and NACE standards.
Charter member of the API/ASME 579 committee and is currently task group chairman for Part 7 (hydrogen blistering/HIC/SOHIC), and is a member of Part 11 fire damage, and Part 10 creep damage and Part 3 Brittle Fracture.
Taught the API 579 course for 10 years.
Past chairman of the API 571 Damage task group and has taught the API 571 course for 8 years.
Member of the API 581 API RBI API 584 IOW, and API 941 HTHA committees.
Original author of API 939-C Sulfidation and is now Vice Chair of that committee revising API 939-C. Chairman of the API 945 Amine SCC committee.
Vice chairmanship of API 970 CCDs.
Vice chair of the NACE SP02-96 committee on wet H2S cracking for the past two updates and is vice chair of NACE TG 176 Sulfidation in hydroprocessing units.
Organized workshops for API and NACE on HTHA, Cr-Mo cracking, Sulfidation, and wet H2S Cracking

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