Recognized for extensive expertise in hydrocarbon processing, refinery operations, and petrochemical engineering, this chemical engineering, hydrocarbon processing, and refinery operations expert witness brings more than 40 years of experience involving natural gas processing, refining systems, petrochemical operations, and integrated energy infrastructure projects from the perspectives of both owner/operators and engineering and construction (E&C) organizations. Areas of specialization include process engineering, process optimization, front-end engineering and design (FEED), project evaluations, troubleshooting, refinery and petrochemical integration, engineering standards development, intellectual property assessment, and technology marketability analysis. The expert has more than 30 years of experience providing expert witness services, consultations, and depositions involving chemical engineering operations, refinery systems, petrochemical processing, process performance, industrial accidents, and operational disputes associated with hydrocarbon-processing facilities. Professional credentials include licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in California and Texas. Educational attainment includes a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

Professional leadership responsibilities have included senior consulting, process engineering management, standards-development leadership, and operational support involving major refining, petrochemical, natural gas, and upstream hydrocarbon-processing facilities. The expert served as Gas and Light-ends Process Engineering Consultant and General Supervisor for Upstream Process Engineering operations at Saudi Aramco, where responsibilities included leadership of Process Engineering Technology Focus Teams, support of mega-projects and operations, development of equipment-specific P&ID templates and industrial drainage standards, investigative troubleshooting of chronic operational problems, and creation of technical e-courses related to gas and light-ends recovery processes. Additional experience includes strategic process engineering consulting involving conceptual scope development, identification of value-oriented operational opportunities, evaluation of practicable process alternatives, and optimization of hydrocarbon-processing systems across the entire energy value chain. The expert’s work has involved assessment of refinery and petrochemical operational performance, coordination of FEED activities, and development of engineering standards and technical guidance supporting complex industrial processing environments.

Extensive technical and commercialization experience includes leadership of advanced process technology development, natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery systems, cryogenic processing operations, fractionation technologies, enhanced absorption systems, and refinery/petrochemical integration projects. The expert led commercialization of patented enhanced absorption technology portfolios involving natural gas, refining, and polymer facilities and supported successful implementation of non-cryogenic propane-plus NGL recovery technologies and advanced gas-conditioning systems. Additional project experience includes development of the world’s largest single-train cryogenic turbo-expander-based NGL recovery plant, engineering support for ethylene cracker, styrene monomer, polyethylene, polypropylene, and butadiene extraction facilities, and development of NGL fractionation technologies for hydrocarbon-processing operations. The expert also designed and evaluated technologies involving oil conditioning systems, LEAP processing technologies, propane recovery operations, refrigeration systems, and gas-processing facilities throughout domestic and international hydrocarbon-processing markets. As an inventor, the expert holds 32 U.S. patents related to natural gas processing, refining, and petrochemical technologies, substantiating extensive technical innovation and process-engineering expertise.

Consulting, expert witness, and industry leadership activities include investigation of industrial hydrocarbon releases, root-cause analysis of major industrial accidents involving fire and facility damage, and development of operational recommendations implemented prior to restart of affected facilities. The expert has also provided independent process-engineering consulting services as a subject matter expert for troubleshooting, operational conflict resolution, technology evaluation, and refinery and petrochemical process optimization. Additional responsibilities have included worldwide instruction and technical course delivery through PetroSkills/John M. Campbell involving gas conditioning and processing operations, development of technical publications and conference presentations, and chairing development of Section 14, “Refrigeration,” for the GPSA Engineering Data Book. Research and publication activities include authorship of more than 48 technical publications and conference presentations involving hydrocarbon processing, cryogenic systems, refining technologies, gas conditioning, refrigeration processes, and petrochemical operations. The expert’s background combines global hydrocarbon-processing leadership, process-engineering consulting, industrial troubleshooting, technology commercialization, process safety investigation, engineering standards development, and multidisciplinary expertise involving refining, petrochemical production, natural gas processing, and integrated energy infrastructure systems.