Mr. Stephen Anderson is Vice President and a Senior Materials Scientist with over twenty years of industrial experience. This includes ten years of research and development experience in the pulp and paper, arms and explosives industry. For the past ten years, Mr. Anderson has specialized in asset management, mechanical integrity, and risk assessments of refinery and chemical plant equipment and the development of innovative inspection and maintenance programs for a variety of facilities. Mr. Anderson is an accomplished manager who has been at the forefront of the development and implementation of risk based inspection programs, has published many papers on the subject and has been an invited speaker at numerous international conferences. His experience includes the inspection, condition assessment, fitness-for-service and remaining useful life evaluation of refinery and petrochemical equipment. Additional experience includes litigation support, software development, corrosion control, metallurgical failure analysis, materials selection, materials testing and the monitoring and analysis of vessel and piping circuit corrosion data.

Mr. Shelby has over twenty years in oil and gas production experience with major operating companies. He also has over six years experience in process design and project management for oil and gas production and processing facilities in both onshore and offshore. Expertise lies in the areas of production facilities, gas treating, gas processing, equipment design, and project management. Experience in gas plant areas included project management and design review for grass roots cryogenic expander gas plant, and revising existing absorption type gas plants, including amine treating, dehydration and fractionation.

Phillip Nidd is a Canadian citizen who resides in Houston, Texas. He has in excess of 30 years of experience in the pipeline integrity business, having served both as an operating pipeline company employee and an independent pipeline integrity consultant during this time period.

In his present position as Director- Pipeline Integrity and Special Projects with APTECH Engineering Phil is responsible for APTECH pipeline integrity consulting services, pipeline litigation related projects and APTECH initiatives relating to project information management.

As a recognized expert in the field of pipeline integrity, Mr. Nidd has traveled extensively for technical meetings and has performed project consulting in Russia, Ecuador, Argentina, USA and Canada, acting as the pipeline integrity consultant or technical manager on the following selected major projects:

• 20” Alberta Oil Sands Pipeline rehabilitation program (Canada)- 1991-1996
  
• 20” Platte pipeline rehabilitation program (USA) - 1996- 2002.
  
• Olympic Pipeline rehabilitation program – (USA) 2001- 2004)
  
• OCP construction quality assessment program (Ecuador) - 2003)
  
• OCP pipeline performance testing program (Ecuador) - 2004
  
• MarkWest Pipeline Litigation Project - 2006

In addition Phil has authored or co-authored a number of papers. These include the subjects of "On Line Inspection Evaluation, Maintaining Integrity on High Pressure Gas Lines", "On-Line Pull Test Evaluation, Hard Spots in Pipeline Steel, "An approach to Pipeline Integrity Assessment", "Clock Spring Repair Sleeves and Pipeline Rehabilitation" and "Evaluation of Pipeline Integrity Using Instrumented Pigging Tools."

Mr. Cory W J Sutherland is the Director of Operations and Engineering for the Petrochemical Office located in Houston. Mr. Sutherland holds a B.Sc. Degree in Metallurgical Engineering and is a Licensed Professional Engineer (PEng.) in both the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Ontario. Mr. Sutherland also holds an API 653 Aboveground Storage Tank Certificate. 

Mr. Sutherland’s direct services and scope of work include failure analyses, fire damage assessment, on-site inspection and inspection planning services, fitness-for-service studies, risk based inspection analysis, and metallurgical consulting (i.e. welding and material selection) and corrosion studies, and training lectures within the following primary industries: oil and gas; pulp and paper, power generation, aerospace. 

Mr. Sutherland has worked on numerous “on-site” projects within Canada, China, Mexico, the UAE and the United States. In addition, he has also performed work for clients based in several other locations throughout the world.

Mr. Hall has a 35 year career working with the oil refining and offshore, power, and chemical industries, dealing with a wide range of asset management and availability improvement issue. His career has included participation in large scale efforts to integrate plant condition monitoring, anomaly detection, maintenance management, and plant forecasting programs into web-based asset management decision support systems; development of numerous plant reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM) and life cycle cost models using both simulation and expected value based applications; development of reliability centered and risked-based maintenance programs; and management of the development, maintenance, and application of computer applications designed to address plant RAM and cost issues.

Mr. Barrera has extensive expertise working as a Process Safety Management (PSM) Mechanical Integrity Consultant. His experience includes upgrading, developing, and implementing of PSM programs and technical writing procedures. His expertise includes the implementation of testing processes, documentation requirements, and follow-up of PSM Audits/Assessments to ensure compliance with OSHA 29CFR 1910.119. This involves critical shutdowns, safety relief valves, fire protection systems, and the basic PSM Program.
Mr. Barrera is skilled in coordinating mechanical integrity inspections, which include the logistics, testing, and documentation of vessels, piping, and tanks. He has also performed risk based inspection analysis, equipment reliability assessments, and incident investigations. In addition he has directed the maintenance and inspection activities of contractors. His background also includes extensive expertise in all facets of corrosion mitigation. Mr. Barrera is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

Mr. Bill Witte has over 20 years experience in the pipeline and pipeline coating industry, specializing in integrity management, coatings, and rehabilitation of pipelines around the world. He has implemented application training programs for foreign affiliates in Europe, Southeast Asia, South Africa, and United Arab Emirates. He has supervised and trained the field application crew for many projects as well as writing specifications and qualifying coatings for a variety of clients. He also served as consultant to Carboline Company, Corrpro Companies, Inc., Corinth Pipeworks, Brown & Root and Flour Daniel on the use of 100% solids elastometric urethanes, high solids VOC compliant coating for use as tank coatings and linings, pipe coating and failure analysis.

Mr. Towers has over 30 years of diverse experience in the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of crude oil, gas, chemical and products pipeline transportation systems onshore and offshore in the USA (specializing in cold regions), Canada, Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakstan. His experience includes pipeline design, construction, start up, operation and maintenance, control systems, communications, safety and emergency response, environmental compliance, procurement and cost estimating. Mr. Towers also has experience with salt dome storage facilities. Mr. Towers has attended the Texas A&M Oil Spill Prevention and Control Training in Galveston, Texas and Environmental Protection Regulatory Compliance Training at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He has been responsible for conducting oil spill drills on the Trans Alaska Pipeline and on the CPC Pipeline at the Volga River crossing in Russia. He has also been trained and Licensed by Gosgortechnazor of Russia in compliance with Russian Safety Laws. Mr. Towers has been a consultant on major gas pipeline projects in the arctic regions of the United States, Canada and Russia. He is familiar with pipeline regulations in these countries.

Mr. Hung Tran is currently Process Specialist and has assisted in development and implementation of APTECH’s RDMIP software and procedures, inspection review and risk analysis. Experience in process condition, consequence modeling, and risk associated with a wide range of equipment in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry.

Murali Krishnia Akku. Proficiency in the use and application of software programs HYSYS, HEXTRAN, PROII, HTFS and MathCAD. In-depth understanding and knowledge of gas pipeline design, including compressors. Knowledge and understanding of P&IDs, PFD, Energy and Material balance calculations. Design and simulation of various units of Distillation columns using HYSYS.

Richard B. Allsup. Experience in the petrochemical industry supporting mechanical integrity and reliability, optimizing equipment performance, metallurgical evaluation and failure analysis of process equipment. Root cause analysis of equipment failures and the design and implementation of corrective actions. Implementation of inspection technology. Risk based inspection technology and software development.

Tu Q. Bui. Expertise in the area of nondestructive examination (NDE) for 2 years, working in a variety of areas, such as shipyards and chemical, nuclear, and power plants, the field of magnetic particle testing (MT). Experience with other NDE techniques such as Ultrasonic Shearwave (UTSH) Flaw Detection, Penetrate Testing (PT) techniques, Ultrasonic (UT) thickness readings, oxide measurements, visual examinations, and hardness testing.

Donald Christie is a certified API-510 Inspector and a skilled Nondestructive testing expert (Level II) whose education and professional experience have enabled him to excel as an inspector and in developing techniques. Mr. Christie has extensive experience in petrochemical and maritime inspections, as well as risk based inspection implementation. He is also experienced in the areas of field metallurgy, replication techniques, and laser-scanning of vessels.

Arun R. Kurlekar has experience as a Materials/Corrosion Engineer in failure analysis and material selection (metals, non-metals and coatings); material, processes and paint specification; mechanical integrity procedures; corrosion and risk based analysis; welding procedures and qualifications; chemical cleaning; and extensive knowledge of ASME, ANSI, ASTM and AWS standards and codes.

Timothy Malone has experience in development and management of various programs, including Piping Mechanical Integrity, Piping Risk Based Inspection & Analysis, Associated Databases and Analysis and Ever-green programs. Development of Inspection Planning/Procedures. Management of Nondestructive Testing Group. Licensed Piping Inspector. Liquid Penetrant, Visual and Optical, and Radiographic Testing Level II.

Alfonso Parra has experience in vibration monitoring, including measurement, analysis and correction of rotating equipment. Development and implementation of gaseous emissions monitoring plans. Measurement, analysis and correction for engines, heaters and boilers. Analysis of lube oil tests for engines, hydraulic systems, and gearboxes. Lead Auditor for Quality, Safety and Environmental Assurance Systems.

Ishfaq Zaman has Oil & Gas industry experience in Integrity, Facilities & Pipeline disciplines. Pipeline Integrity, GIS and Data Management. Supervised Cathodic Protection Design. Analyze survey data and flow modeling analysis. Conducted pipeline feasibility studies. Performed system modeling and facilities design. Design of metering/regulating stations. Ensured regulatory compliance of pipelines.

Ibrahim Abu-Aisha is a pipeline integrity specialist with a background in Mechanical Engineering. He has gained extensive experience with supervising and managing several (ILI) inline inspection projects and direct assessment techniques within the Oil and gas industry. His recent works include managing of pipeline integrity Management and development of inspection procedures for piggable and non-piggable pipelines.

Velu Palaniyandi is a Metallurgical Engineer. He holds a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering and a Masters degree in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. He has five years of academic research experience in super alloys, catalyst characterization and polymeric composite materials. Mr. Palaniyandi also has three years of industrial experience including materials selection, process development, failure analysis, corrosion analysis, fatigue, reverse engineering, root cause analysis and first article testing of a wide range of materials from pulp and paper, power generation aerospace and automotive industries. Mr. Palaniyandi is proficient in handling analytical equipment like SEM, TEM, XRD and XPS to identify failure modes.

Leonard Thill has more than 30 years facilities, design and operating experience in LNG, Oil & Gas, upstream offshore, platform, sub-sea pipelines, and petrochemical industries. He has held key engineering assignments that have included the responsibility for the international projects as well as responsibility for special assignment in Algeria, Korea, Indonesia and Japan. As a Technical Advisor, he is responsible for he overall Static Equipment and Piping analysis facilities engineering major project from feed through mechanical completion and client acceptance.

Bill McKeen has a MSc. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and has extensive industry experience. Bill has been a nuclear QA and Construction manager at CBI, a design engineer at S&B Engineering as well as an Engineering Supervisor at Combustion Engineering. Bill will be based in Houston to provide support for Petrochemical projects as well as providing litigation support.

David Mosley has a Masters of Science in Quality Management and a MBA. He has several certificates including level 2 NDE and ASME Sect XI nuclear in service inspection programs. David has completed projects in Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Canada and Russia. David will work on both internal and external quality issues and support litigation cases. He will be based in Houston providing primary support to the Petrochemical business unit.

Bertrand van der Hayden