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Mr. Adrian Tuck is an instructor and a consultant for John M. Campbell & Co. He has over 35 years of experience with LNG. Currently designing and delivering LNG specific technical training at three European LNG importation facilities having designed and delivered training for every aspect of the operation of and LNG facility at all of the UK peakshavers for the last ten years.
Mr. Tuck has condemned one LNG facility cold box as unfit for duty and launched an LNG refurbishment project. Working with a team of 2, he scoped the project, led the team that analysed the bids and selected the MWC. Mr. Tuck directed a team of engineers to undertake the conceptual design of an LNG road truck loading facility for UK peakshave LNG facilities. He scoped the work and selected the MWC, managed project delivery and commissioning. He has designed training and delivery for all UK LNG road truck drivers.
Mr. Ajey Chandra is a principal in the Houston office of Purvin & Gertz. He joined the firm in 1998 after working for Amoco for 12 years in gas processing and gas transportation. Prior to joining Purvin & Gertz, Ajey was responsible for all facets of a 2.4 Bcfd gas processing facility in the United Kingdom. Since joining Purvin & Gertz, Ajey has worked on a variety of assignments in the areas of market analysis, forecasting, gas processing and transportation costs. He holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A from the University of Houston.
Mr. Alan Foster is a training consultant with John M Campbell and Company;
he is based in the UK . Mr. Foster spent 25 years with Petrolite
Corporation and Baker Petrolite,involved in oilfield and refinery
operational problems and their resolution by chemical treatment
programs. Mr. Foster has developed and taught courses on oilfield water
treatment and oilfield corrosion control, since 1978. Other courses
included oil demulsification, paraffin and asphaltenes, oilfield
microbiology (and MIC) and refinery technology. He was also qualified
by the original training company in its field, to teach their project
management course. He is a Chartered Chemist, Member of the Royal
Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Personnel and Development. Mr.Foster received his B.S. in Applied
Chemistry from Portsmouth Polytechnic (UK)and his MBA from Leeds
University.
Mr. Andrea Mangiavacchi is an instructor/consultant with John M. Campbell in the Offshore Discipline. A
free-lance independent consultant since 2001, Andrea is involved in international deep-water offshore projects on behalf of several major clients. As technical liaison member between API and ISO committees, he is also actively involved in the development of US and international standards for offshore structures. After an early involvement in teaching and research activities at the University of Rome, Italy and at Rice University in Houston, Andrea joined Brown & Root (today KBR), where over the next 25 years he was involved in a number of major international offshore oil and gas projects (Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, South America, West Africa, Asia-Pacific). He also held a number of corporate positions in the area of deep water technology, fixed and floating offshore structures. Andrea has extensive experience in structural analysis and design, hydrodynamics, naval architecture, Computer Aided Engineering and Design. Andrea holds a M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, both from the University of Rome.
Mr. Arthur Delargy has over 15 years experience in Process Design/Consultancy, Field Development Planning and Process Systems engineering.
Technologies he has worked with include Nitrogen Rejection, CO/H2 Coldbox technology, LNG, Gas Processing including dehydration/dewpointing, sweetening and NGL/LPG extraction, ammonia, heavy oil and various oil refining processes, as well as both on and offshore oil and gas experience. The scope of his project work has ranged from proposal preparation and field development planning to engineering design and HAZOP studies to troubleshooting on an operating plant.
He holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering (Honors.)
Mr. Bill Dokianos has over 35 years experience in Electrical engineering. He is an instructor and consultant for John M. Campbell & Co.
His experience includes Analyzing and solving poor platform up time at GB 128. Activities included process control changes due to stacked separator vessels, revising safe charts, operating settings and reconfiguration of pipeline export pumps. He managed a subsea tieback project in which the platform modifications included high pressure vessel redesign, dehydrator expansion, adding a second vapor recovery unit, restaging high pressure and intermediate gas compressors and modifying bulk oil process design. He has been responsible for DOT compliance activities and reporting. This included development and implemtation of federal risk programs and smart pigging.
Mr. Dokianos holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. He is a Professional Engineer in the states of Louisiana and New Mexico, and holds a General and Commercial Contractor License in the State of New Mexico.
Mr. Bill Keeter joined Allied Reliability in 2006 after serving as President of BK Reliability Engineers, Inc. where he provided training and facilitation services to help facilities improve asset performance using Weibull Analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Availability Simulation, and Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Bill is has over 30 years of experience in Maintenance Engineering and Management. He has successfully implemented maintenance improvement programs in a variety of manufacturing and production facilities. Bill’s experience includes maintenance leadership positions in the US Military, the nuclear industry, chemicals, paper converting, and plastic film manufacturing. He has provided training and reliability consulting services to petroleum, process, mining, and defense industries in the United States, Mid-East, and Europe. Bill has developed competency maps for Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability Engineering for the Petroleum Industry’s PetroSkills® program.
Bill has published articles in a variety of internationally recognized maintenance publications, and has presented papers on the practical application of Weibull Analysis at several internationally attended Maintenance and Reliability Conferences. Bill is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional with the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals Certifying Organization. He also holds degrees in Business Administration and Electrical Engineering.
Mr. Bob O’Bannon is a Senior Training Instructor for Allied Reliability. His responsibilities include facilitating learning for Allied Reliability’s Best Practices PM/PdM Series, and delivering and developing additional training materials.
Bob has been in the Maintenance and Reliability field for over 20 years. He began with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s corporate vibration and diagnostic group, where he worked with a team of other engineers to solve power plant operating and maintenance issues. Both simple and complex, and even multi-channel data acquisition systems were employed to measure vibration and plant operational characteristics. Results from the data analysis were used to drive operational, maintenance, and design changes.
Bob then transferred to a nuclear power plant site and implemented a Predictive Maintenance program to ensure equipment health and improve asset management. The PdM program included vibration analysis, ultrasonics, oil analysis, infrared thermography, and motor circuit analysis. After that, Bob joined CSI as a Senior Training Instructor. He developed and delivered all types of condition based monitoring and corrective maintenance courses, at both domestic and international sites. Additionally, he practiced trouble shooting and corrective techniques in the field and mentored customers for improvement.
Bob has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Mississippi State University.
Mr. Merlin C. Stansbury, P.E. serves as the Discipline Network Coordinator and as an Instructor for John M. Campbell & Co. He come to JMC with over thirty-five (35) years of progressive and diverse experience in electric power generation, transmission and distribution; in utilities, industrial and commercial facilities; in domestic and international markets. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Louisiana State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of Texas and Louisiana. His professional affiliations include memberships in Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu and senior membership in IEEE. He has experience in Competencies Development, Organization Development, Personnel Development, Project Management, Contract Management, Project Engineering, Engineering Management, Quality Management, and Design Engineering. He has published and presented papers in his field.
Mr. Clyde Young is a training consultant with John M Campbell and Company. Mr. Young has over twenty-five years of diverse experience in operations and maintenance of production and processing facilities. This includes significant experience in operations and development of management systems for gas processing and water/wastewater treatment facilities, which includes operating procedure development, training program development, compliance auditing, vulnerability assessment, emergency planning and mechanical integrity program development. Mr. Young holds a B.S in Social Sciences from the University of Wyoming- Laramie Wyoming.
Mr. Dale Kraus is an instructor and a consultant for John M. Campbell & Co. He has twenty-six years of progressive responsibility from staff to management positions within the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry.
Mr. Kraus has obtained sound basis in Facility/Processing Engineering and Field Operations in Oil and Gas Production. He is also the president of D. Kraus Oil & Gas Consulting Corp.
Mr. Kraus is a member of A.P.P.E.G.A and the Canadian Gas Processors Association. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.
Mr. Dan Kubek is a Consultant / Instructor for John M. Campbell & Company. He is the sole principal of Gas Processing Solutions LLC, which provides technology consultation for Synthesis Gas and Natural Gas Purification and Separation.
Prior to that, Dan spent 36 years of his career with UOP LLC and Union Carbide Corporation, retiring in May 2006. He was a Senior Technology Manager in UOP’s Gas Processing Technical Center, within the Engineering Department. Dan was directly involved in the technology development, systems integration, and engineering design of UOP technologies into world-scale LNG and Gasification Plants.
Mr. Kubek’s career of technical expertise is based in Separations Engineering, having worked in the fields of Absorption, Adsorption, Distillation, Extraction, and Membrane Permeation. During his career, he has worked in Engineering Design, Research & Development, Plant Technical Service, and Applications Engineering.
Dan is the holder of 8 Patents, and has co-authored 16 technical publications. He was awarded UOP’s Don Carlson Award in 2005 for Career Technical Innovation. From 1996-2006 he served as UOP’s representative to the Gasification Technologies Council’s Board of Directors.
Dan has a BSChE from Rutgers University and a MSChE from Purdue University.
Mr. Darrell G. Carver is a registered engineer in Texas with international and domestic experience who has worked on facilities in domestic and international locations and both on and offshore. He retired from ConocoPhillips Petroleum Company in 2002. He has more than 32 years of uniquely diverse electronics, instrumentation, and electrical upstream experience, holding senior operational and technical positions on oil and gas projects worldwide. As Principal Controls System Engineer for Phillips Petroleum he was recognized as a company expert for automation and electrical control systems. While with Phillips Petroleum, he served on numerous committees and task forces for the company representing both electrical and instrumentation disciplines. Mr. Carver has authored and co-authored several technical papers and he has been the instructor for numerous in-house courses. In addition, he has participated on numerous process enhancement teams for upstream facilities as the electrical and instrument representative. Mr. Carver received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas.
Mr. David Hairston is a consultant and instructor with John M. Campbell & Company. Mr. Hairston is a Registered Professional Engineer in several U.S. states. With over 35 years of experience in project management, engineering and design, material logistics, and construction management for oil and gas facilities. Project experience includes pipeline transportation and production facilities, both onshore and offshore. Worldwide project and construction management experience at all levels including grass-roots gathering, processing, and pipeline systems with a capital cost of over USD$ 2.5 billions. Specialized technical expertise includes river and special obstacle crossings using open-cut, bridging and directional drilling methods; offshore construction and logistics planning. Mr. Hairston has been published in ASCE Magazine, Proceedings of Marine Technology, Proceedings of several industry Pipeline Conferences, and the Oil and Gas Journal. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University and an M.S. in Civil Engineering for the University of Houston.
Mr. David A. Tenhoor, CPIM is an instructor in the field of Supply Chain Management for PetroSkills/John M. Campbell & Company. He has been consulting and teaching APICS (The Association for Operations Management) CPIM certification courses since 2005. He has taught in many different industries from chemical processing to discrete manufacturing. Companies include BASF, National Oilwell Varco, Halliburton, ExxonMobil Chemical and Cameron.
David brings a well-rounded package of industry experience to PetroSkills/JMC. He has held positions in Inventory Control, Manufacturing Management, Strategic Sourcing and Transportation/Distribution Management. He also has experience in Finance and Product Development. David received his undergraduate degree in Geology from Hope College in Holland, Michigan and an MBA in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University. He is a member of the Houston Chapter of APICS and served two terms on the Board of Directors as Treasurer.
Mr. Dennis Perry is a training consultant with John M. Campbell & Company and teaches in the Electrical and Instrumentation discipline. Mr. Perry has been working in the automation, electrical and instrumentation design business for many years. His work experience includes working in the aerospace industry as an analog circuit designer, working in the electronic instrument manufacturing business as production engineering manager, and working for a major oil and gas company as a division automation supervisor and later as a staff engineer in the central, Upstream Technology group. He has also worked for an instrument manufacturer as service manager and for an engineering construction company as an instrument/electrical engineer.
Mr. Perry published a paper on Multiphase measurement the Fall 1998 SPE. Co authored a paper for ASME/ETCE 2000 on Value of well test accuracy, presented at the Acadiana Flow measurement workshop, and co-authored a paper on heavy oil multiphase measurement with Intevep of Venezuela. Mr. Perry Graduated from Louisiana Tech with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering.
Mr. Doug Plucknette worked nineteen years for Eastman Kodak Company, including six years as a Reliability Applications Engineer and World Wide RCM Trainer/Facilitator, Mr. Plucknette has joined the Allied Reliability training and facilitation team. He began his career in the field by providing training, facilitation and consulting services in Reliability Centered Maintenance, Manufacturing Reliability Measures, and Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems as President of Reliability Solutions Inc. While CEO of Reliability Solutions Inc., Doug provided Reliability Training and services to numerous companies around the world, large and small including such Fortune 500 companies as Cargill, Invista, Bosch, Whirlpool, Honda, Coors Brewing, Energizer, Corning, and Newmont Mining. He has been a featured speaker at several national conferences on manufacturing reliability and is noted for having developed the RCM BlitzTM method.
Mr. Plucknette has made key contributions to standard reliability measures for manufacturing, and reliability training programs for engineers, managers, technicians, and skilled trades. He has trained numerous client RCM Facilitators and performed RCM analyses in hundreds of pieces of manufacturing equipment.
Dr. Frank Ashford has 40 years experience in oil and gas producing facilities. Dr. Ashford joined with John M. Campbell & Company in 1988; he provides instruction fluently in either Spanish or English. Previous to joining John M. Campbell & Company, Dr. Ashford was a Professor at Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, where he taught various courses in Natural Gas Engineering Technology. He has authored technical articles published in World Oil, JPT, SPE, Intevep Pub., PDVSA, Pacific Oil World, AAPG, SPELAC, and GPA. He holds a B.S., a M.S. and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
Mr. Frank Jarrett is an instructor and senior engineer for John M. Campbell & Company. He has over 26 years of experience in the natural gas processing industry. Mr. Jarrett has a background that covers natural gas liquids recovery, natural gas liquefaction, nitrogen rejection and recovery of helium from natural gas, acid gas removal, product distillation, dehydration, relief system design and evaluation, CO2 pipeline and compression, plant utilities and support systems. He is a registered professional Engineer in the state of Colorado and has served on the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Gas Processors Association. Mr. Jarrett received a B.S. in Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
Mr. Fred Russell is a training consultant with John M Campbell & Company. Mr. Russell has enjoyed a forty-five year career in chemical engineering in the hydrocarbon processing business Mr. Russell started his career as a gas reservoir engineer and concluded as Vice President and General Manager of a manufacturing company serving the oil and gas industry. He has extensive experience in domestic as well as international projects in designing and building such facilities as expander plants, oil absorption units, refrigeration systems, and compressor stations. He was given the Hanlon Award in 1999 by the GPSA and was named Outstanding Engineering Alumnus by the Rice Engineering Alumni Association in 2000. Mr. Russell received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rice University.
Mr. Gary Blackburn has over 35 years of experience in engineering and management of oil and gas developments. During his 27 years working for Shell Oil Company, he led well construction and field production teams in the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Alaska. While working in ABB's Floating Production System's Division, Gary led engineering teams designing deepwater systems, naval architecture, structural, topside facilities, drilling systems, and floating system hulls. After an assignment as the ABB's Project Manager for ExxonMobil's Kizomba A TLP, he was assigned as ABB’s Vice President - Project Execution. In this role, he was responsible for oversight of ongoing projects and development of new processes for EPC project execution. Currently, Gary is providing consulting services for drilling systems as part of field architecture design with operators of deepwater fields in the Gulf of Mexico. He is also John M. Campbell's Offshore Discipline Manager.
Mr. Gerard A. Prendergast is a Learning Advisor for John M. Campbell & Co. He is also a Managing Director for Abacus Learning Systems. Gerard was one of the pioneers in Computer Supported Collaborative E-Learning, and delivered one of the first such E-Learning courses in 1994. He established the Abacus Virtual College in 1997. He has been a visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Education, London University and the Institute of Educational Technology at the British Open University and a number of other universities. Mr. Prendergast has a B.Sc (Honors) degree from the Open University in 1989, a Diploma in Systems Practice from the Open University in 1992, and was awarded a fellowship by the Institute of Leadership and Management for services to E-Learning.
Mr. Gordon Sterling is based in The Woodlands, Texas. In a 35-year career with Shell E & P, USA, he was involved in many deepwater developments. He was the design supervisor for the Cognac Platform, in 1978, which set the "deepwater" record at 1024 feet of water; the project manager for the Bullwinkle Platform, which set a new water depth record of 1354 feet in 1988, and the Construction Planning Manager for the Auger Tension Leg Platform (TLP) in 2850 feet. He was the Manager of Major Projects for Shell’s Deepwater Division in New Orleans during the mid and late 90’s when the Mars, Ram Powell and Ursa TLP’s were designed, built and installed, (Ursa in 3950 feet of water) and when the Mensa sub sea development in 5400 feet of water was designed, built and brought on production.
From 1991 through 1999 he was on the Board of Directors of the Offshore Technology Conference, the largest technical conference related to offshore oil and gas in the world, annually host to 45,000 or so visitors in Houston Texas. He was Chairman of the conference in 1998 and 1999. With this background he brings a broad knowledge of the early development planning steps, and a detailed knowledge of the development and production system options. In association with two colleagues he has written a book titled "Deepwater-Petroleum Exploration and Production-A non-technical guide", which was recently published by PennWell.
Mr. Harvey Malino is an Instructor/Consultant for the John M. Campbell Company. He has more than 35 years of experience in the Chemical and Hydrocarbon Processing Industries. During his 28 years with Union Carbide Corporation/UOP, he held both technical and commercial positions. These included: Molecular Sieve Technical Manager- Design and Field Service; Licensing Manager for the Ethylene Oxide business; Area Sales and Marketing Manager for Southeast Asia; Business Manager for the Gas Processing Business Group; and, World Wide Sales Manager for the Gas Processing Business Group. Mr. Malino has lived and worked in New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Singapore and Chicago. He is currently based in Sullivans Island, South Carolina where he is President of his own consulting business. Mr. Malino is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of New Hampshire. He is a Senior Member of the Advisory Board of the Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference in Norman, OK. Mr. Malino earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the City College of New York; and, an M.B.A from Pace University in New York.
Mr. James Hammett is a training consultant with John M Campbell and Company. His career includes over
25 years working in engineering, marketing, and business development capacities with major corporations including ExxonMobil, ABB and the Foxboro Company. Additionally, for seven years, he owned and operated the Entré Computer Center, a computer sales and marketing company. His experience includes engineering, plant start up, process simulation, operator training, process dynamics, advanced control and ROI evaluations at LNG, chemical, energy, oil and gas, ethylene, ammonia and utilities facilities. He published a number of papers on process automation including: "Advanced Computer Control of Ethylene Plants Pays Off" and : "CRT Based Systems: What's in it for The Operator?", He holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Babson College. His language skills include Spanish, French, Italian and Norwegian.
Mr. Joe Honeywell is a graduate of University of Tulsa with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Mr. Honeywell began his career with an engineering consulting company named Crest Engineering. He worked in the mechanical department for thirteen years, specializing in rotating equipment, pressure vessels and piping systems. Mr. Honeywell advanced to project engineer and later project manager, where he was involved in many offshore and onshore projects for oil and gas producers, both domestic and international.
Mr. Honeywell joined another consulting company, Crown Tech, Inc. where he worked for 19 years and became a principle in the company. At CTI, Mr. Honeywell provided engineering services to many oil and gas producers, pipeline companies, power producers and equipment manufacturers. His responsibilities included project management, design, manufacturer, construction management, start-up and operation of power plants, pipelines and production facilities. Mr. Honeywell’s background includes extensive experience with mechanical systems and rotating machinery.
Mr. Honeywell has been a trainer for John M. Campbell Company for three years. He is a Registered Professional Engineer. Mr. Honeywell is a member of ASME and holds a U.S.A. patent.
Mr. John Bauld has more than thirty-five years experience in hydrocarbon processing specializing in Hydroprocessing and Gas Treating/Sulfur recovery for the petroleum refining industry. Mr. Bauld has a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Strathclyde University, Scotland. He has been involved in many sulfur related projects, establishing design requirements and licensor/ contractor selection. In on-going operations he has been instrumental in greatly improving plant reliability and sulfur recovery through innovation and training. He has extensive experience with Mobil/Exxon & Licensees and KBC including extensive start up and troubleshooting activities. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK) and consults for international clients. He has wide personal interests including playing Classical Guitar and Church Bell Ringing.
Mr. John C. Bourdon has more than twenty-nine years experience in hydrocarbon processing and specializes in sulfur recovery processes for the petroleum refining industry. Mr. Bourdon has been involved in the development of several sulfur-related technologies and mechanical innovations, has authored several papers and made presentations worldwide. He has experience with several E&C firms including extensive start-up and troubleshooting activities. He consults for both North American and international clients. He is a registered professional engineer and member of Chi Epsilon Sigma Honor Society. Mr. Bourdon is fluent in English and Spanish. Mr. Bourdon has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and advanced degrees in other fields.
Mr. John Farrah is an instructor and consultant for John M Campbell & Company. He has more than 40 years of chemical production, power production, gas processing and process engineering experience. He works as a Gas Processing and Chemical Production Safety Consultant, who has proven strengths in the areas of planning, problem solving and team building, combined with attention to detail. He also has extensive knowledge in the field of safety. Mr. Farrah is a Fellow Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, and served As Chairman for the Coastal Bend Section of AIChE. He has acted as Team Leader to update and publish the Gas Processor’s Association Gas “Plant Safety Checklist” and served as Safety representative for Marathon on the GPA Safety Committee for 10 years. Mr. Farrah published and presented a paper on “Conversion of Boilers to Oil Firing” to the Mexican Chemical Engineering Society (IMIQ) in Mexico City. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado.
Mr. John Kanengeiter is a principal of the Kanengieter Consulting Group LLC, a private organizational consulting firm which specializes in executive coaching and working with teams in challenging work systems. His work with leaders in a consulting and executive coaching relationship is augmented by his expertise gained from 20 years in the field of experiential education and leadership development. His practice includes clients as individuals, teams, and large organizations.
John is a principle trainer contracted by NASA to work with Space Shuttle Crews in the dynamics of teamwork and leadership on extended space expeditions and worked closely with the Columbia Shuttle Crew. He also works on leadership development with the U.S Naval Academy, the Wharton School of Business and Wildland Forest Fire Crews.
He holds a Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Executive Coaching and Consulting in Organizations from the Leadership Institute of Seattle, Bastyr University.
Mr. D. John Morgan is based in Denver, Colorado, and is Executive Vice President of John M. Campbell & Company with over 30 years experience in the design, startup and troubleshooting of oil and gas facilities. He has published extensively on sour gas treating, sulfur recovery, CO2 treating, materials of construction, LNG training, and cryogenic gas processing. He consults for both North American and international clients in the gas processing industry. He performs training in LNG facilities, oil and gas production facilities, and gas plants around the world. He is very active in industry activities including membership of the Editorial Review Board of the Gas Processors Supplier's Association, the Program Advisory Committee of the Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, and had served as Adjunct Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Mr. Morgan has many years of experience training non-native English speakers. He holds a B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemical Engineering from London University; and an M.E. in Chemical & Refinery Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, USA.
Mr. John R. Newman is an instructor and consultant for John M. Campbell & Company. He is currently
performing competency based engineering training, competency development and skills assessment processes. His background includes more than 30 years of international and domestic design, construction and operations of natural gas and oil production, gathering and processing facilities, including Liquified Natural Gas(LNG) plant design, start-up and operations. His specialties include Oil and Gas treating and processing operations, as well as Process facility trouble-shooting, operating problem assessments, facility de-bottlenecking and plant efficiency improvement evaluations. Mr. Newman has a B. S. degree in Chemical & Petroleum Refining Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. He is a member of ASME and a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Mr. John A. Sheffield is a Senior Manager with M W Kellogg Ltd. a major UK E&C Company for more
than 16 years. John was the manager of the Process Engineering Department, Project Manager for development of LNG projects for export and import terminals and Commercial Vice President with responsibilities for key clients and projects. He helped develop projects for LNG facilities in the UK, China, Norway, Egypt, Germany and Australia and the development of LNG offshore technology for the Azure Project an EU funded project.
With John M Campbell & Co. John is an Instructor/Consultant presenting short courses on the LNG business and technologies on both an In-house and public basis in venues around the world.
He also practices as a consultant, assisting companies with development of both LNG export and reception terminals and is currently active with major LNG projects in Europe and Far East Asia.
John graduated from UC London with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He has served on the Management Committee of the European GPA for more than 12 years and chairs the GPA Europe LNG working party.
Mr. Keith J. Hodges is a learning advisor and course development manager for John M Campbell & Co.
He lives in the UK and is a qualified Project Manager who managed a multi million pound building project there. He works on projects involving continuous improvement for a Facilities Management Company. In 2003 he had a paper relating to project management, published in the Public Service Review: Central Government and an article published within the Public FM in 2006. For a number of years he worked within National Police Training, where he designed, directed and evaluated courses at a National level, including management courses. He has been involved in Computer Supported Collaborative E-Learning since 1996 and co directs the Instructor Development Course for JMC. He has also directed Coach/Mentor and Management courses in this medium. Mr Hodges has a Masters Degree in Education (M.Ed.), Training and Evaluation, gained from the University of Hull in 1995, also a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of the West of England in 1998.
Mr. Kevin McLaughlin is a training consultant with John M. Campbell and Company; he is based in the UK. Mr. McLaughlin worked in the UK Chemical industry for 20 years prior to moving into the oil and gas production industry, where he has worked for more than 20 years. He has specialized knowledge and experience in water treatment associated with oil and gas production systems. For more than 15years he was manager of a group of technical specialists for a major Production Chemical Manufacturing company, with additional responsibility for product development, management and application in oil and gas production systems. He has traveled extensively to onshore and offshore locations throughout the Eastern Hemisphere solving water treatment and separation problems. Mr. McLaughlin has developed and taught courses in oilfield water treatment since 1990. He is a Chartered Chemist, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK , and a member of SPE.
Mr. Kris A. Digre is an instructor in the Offshore discipline for John M. Campbell & Co. He has over 36 years working in locations around the world. He has designed or been involved with the design of offshore structures located off the coast of West Africa, Alaska, Australia, Brazil, Borneo, California, China, Egypt, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea. He has been involved in the technical specification development and/or installation of all of deepwater Tension Leg Platforms (TLP) and a Floating Production System (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico and an FPSO offshore Nigeria. Kris remains active in retirement providing advice to E&P project groups on various Nigeria FPSO projects. Mr. Digre is a graduate (BSCE) of Illinois Institute of Technology and a Licensed Professional Engineer in New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas and California.
Mr. Ky Alston comes from an extensive background in gas processing. He is currently a contract instructor / consultant for John M. Campbell & Company. Ky had 24+ years with Amoco Production Company. He worked in maintenance, operations, and engineering disciplines for Amoco Production Co. in several locations throughout Wyoming. He worked his way up through the operations ranks training newer operators, debugging new projects. He then shifted his focus to the engineering group where he became heavily involved in the process simulation effort for process optimization and troubleshooting at several area facilities. He has also been involved in all stages of project management of all sizes. His primary responsibilities for JMC are Operator Training, Consulting and Process Simulation work to name a few. When Ky is not teaching or consulting, he enjoys biking, hunting, fishing, and golf with his family.
Dr. Larry L. Lilly has over 30 years experience with Engineering & Consulting companies including design, commissioning and startup. Dr. Lilly provides consulting and training services worldwide including process simulation applications, facilities operations and detailed project development. Dr. Lilly is a member of AIChE, GPSA, GPA Europe and numerous local technical societies. He has published extensively on gas and liquid properties, world energy economics and process calculations. Dr. Lilly has presented invited papers for international conferences. In addition he has co-authored numerous operating manuals and equipment selection manuals used by major oil companies. Dr. Lilly has also co-authored three books on Gas Conditioning and Processing and Computer Applications for Production/Processing. He holds a B.S., an M.S. and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University.
Mr. Lou Beke is an instructor and consultant with JMC. He is working as a consultant in process design in general and as a consultant and advisor in the technology areas of gas treating and sulfur recovery and caustic-based product treating in particular. Lou retired from Mobil Technology Company after a 31-year career that included research, capital projects, technical service and troubleshooting, startup assistance for new and revamped units, and turnaround planning/support. He was lead technologist for gas treating, sulfur recovery and tail gas clean up, sour water stripping and light product treating for Mobil’s worldwide downstream (refining) business when he retired. Lou has been a speaker at symposia, authored several papers and represented Mobil as a member of the Amine Best Practices Group. Lou earned a BS in Chemical Engineering at Drexel University.
Dr. Mahmood Moshfeghian is an instructor and consultant with John M Campbell and Company (JMC).
He is the author of most of Campbell Tips of the Month and develops technical software for JMC. He has 30 years teaching experience in universities (Oklahoma State University, University of Shiraz, University of Sydney and University of Qatar) as well as for oil and gas industries. Dr. Moshfeghian joined JMC in 1990 as a part time consultant and then as full time instructor/consultant in 2005. Previous to joining JMC, Dr. Moshfeghian was a Senior Research Scientist at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University. Dr. Moshfeghian is a senior member of AIChE and has published numerous technical papers on thermodynamic properties, and Process Engineering. Dr. Moshfeghian has presented invited papers in international conferences. He holds a B.S., an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, all from Oklahoma State University.
Mr. Mark Bothamley (
markb@jmcampbell.com) is Chief Engineer with John M. Campbell & Company in Norman, Oklahoma. His experience covers the areas of design, operation, troubleshooting and optimization of offshore and onshore oil and gas production and treating facilities. Prior to joining JMC he was with BP/Amoco for 24 years, in several locations around the world. Mr. Bothamley is a past chairman of the SPE Facilities Subcommittee and a former member of the GPSA Data Book Editorial Review Board. Mr. Bothamley holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and a Diploma in Natural Gas and Petroleum Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Mr. Mick Crabtree trained over 4,000 engineers, technicians and scientists before joining John M. Campbell & Co. as an instructor and consultant. Formerly trained in aircraft instrumentation and guided missiles in the Royal Air Force, he completed his service career seconded to the Ministry of Defense – responsible for ensuring the reliability, maintainability and functional usefulness of specific equipment entering the RAF.
Mr. Crabtree has spent the last eight years running industrial workshops throughout the world in the fields of: Process Control and Instrumentation; Data Communications; Fieldbus; Emergency Shut-down Systems; Project Management; On-Line Analysis; and Technical Writing and Communications.
He is the former editor and managing editor of “Pulse” magazine, South Africa's leading monthly journal dedicated to the general electronic and process control instrumentation industries. He has written and published six technical handbooks on industrial process control.
Mr. Crabtree completed an HNC in Electrical Engineering (with distinctions) – generally regarded as a B.Sc. equivalent.
Mr. Mike Sheilan serves as an instructor and consultant for John M. Campbell & Company. Mr. Sheilan is also Senior Consultant for Amine Consultants, Inc. and is the principle author and editor of a new textbook, The Fundamentals of Amine Treating. Mr. Sheilan has been all aspects of the Natural Gas Processing Industry, primarily in relation to the chemicals used to treat gas and the processes that use these chemicals during his 27 year career. His recent focus has been on plant troubleshooting and plant optimization for the sour gas and oil refining industries. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) and National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE). He is also a senior member of the Advisory Board for the Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference (LRGCC) at the University of Oklahoma. He has been published in the Oil and Gas Journal and has presented papers at various conferences including the LRGCC, NACE and CanEnergy. Mr. Sheilan received a B.S in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary.
Mr. Perry Lovelace is the Special Projects Director for John M. Campbell and Co., a PetroSkills member. Mr. Lovelace specializes in Maintenance Management and Competency-based Training Programs and has over 25 years experience in industrial training and consulting. After graduate studies, he worked for a large consulting mechanical/electrical engineering firm applying rigorous systems analysis to industrial facility design and construction.
He has dedicated his career to providing high quality learning experiences, keeping in tune with the changing economic and technological environment, especially as applied to long-term facilities and equipment management. He has assisted many organizations through on-site consultation and training. Clients include industrial and utility organizations of different types and sizes in the United States, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Trinidad/Tobago, UK and Mexico. An engaging and popular speaker/facilitator, Mr. Lovelace continually receives high marks from participants.
A certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Mr. Lovelace also holds a B.S. in Science Education and an M.S. in Botany from the University of Oklahoma, with pre-doctoral studies in Plant Ecology at the University of California.
Mr. Peter Reeves is an instructor and consultant for John M. Campbell & Company. He has over 18 years experience, 13 years of which is in Oil and Gas Processing and LNG. Particular areas of expertise include: gas processing; LPG / condensate recovery from gas; NGL fractionation and storage; process optimization; LNG; heavy oil processing; field development planning, including high level cost estimating and scheduling; steady state and dynamic process simulation; and plant operations. Mr. Reeves is a member of several professional societies. These memberships include MIChemE, CEng, and Gas Processors Association. Mr. Reeves has experience both as a Contractor/Consultant and in an Operating Company environment. His design experience ranges from field development/ concept screening studies to front end engineering, dynamic simulation studies and detailed design. Operations experience includes plant troubleshooting, performance monitoring, process optimization, energy efficiency improvements and process development / improvement. Mr. Reeves received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham.
Mr. Peter Slater is an instructor and consultant for John M Campbell & Company. Mr. Slater has worked as a Process Engineer in the Oil and Gas Contracting Industry for over 16 years. During the past several years he has been involved in the engineering of various gas processing and refining applications with extensive experience in the revamping and addition of new units to an existing facility. He has previously worked as a process engineer on ethylene plant, onshore gas processing plant, an LNG receiving terminal, and a LPG fractionation plant.
Mr. Slater holds memberships in professional societies as a Chartered Engineer and a Corporate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He holds a B.S in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham.
Mr. Pravin Sheth is a consultant with over 27 years of experience in refining industry in the areas of Technical Training, Technical Service, Refinery Operations and Asset Support. During his previous experience he was responsible for providing technical training, technical service and design support to worldwide ExxonMobil affiliates and technology licensors. He was Lead Asset Support Engineer responsible for providing technical support to company's worldwide Sulfur, Amine and Cat Cracker units. He has also served as a Sulfur, Amine and FCC complex operation supervisor. Mr. Sheth presented “Sulfur Recovery Unit Operation with Lean acid gas feed” at PT Arun conference in Bali, Indonesia in 1993. He was a Panel Member at the National Petroleum and Refining Association in 2004. And he presented "Cat Cracker Operations Troubleshooting" at the National Petroleum and Refining Association Cat Cracker Seminar in Houston, Texas during 2006. Mr. Sheth received his Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering in India and a Master's in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri.
Mr. Rafil Elyas is an instructor of John M. Campbell & Company. He has approximately seventeen years experience in gas conditioning and processing. Mr. Elyas has authored several papers and made presentations worldwide. He has experience with several simulation software programs including HYSYS. He is a registered professional engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia. Mr. Elyas is fluent in English and Bahasa: Malaysia and Indonesia. Mr. Elyas received a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University, LC Smith School of Engineering in Syracuse, New York. He enjoys listening to and playing music, reading and recreational programming in his free time.
Mr. Ralph Dartez has over 30 years of engineering and management experience. He has led engineering,
construction, operating and field development and management teams in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska Cook Inlet and UK North Sea for Marathon Oil Company. Ralph was Marathon Oil Company’s Gulf of Mexico Region Manager during the mid 1990s at the time a number of deepwater fields were discovered and developed including Troika (2700’ water depth), Oyster (1000’ wd), Arnold (1700’ wd), Petronius (1800’ wd) and Camden Hills (7100’wd). He has experience with drilling and completions, design, construction and reservoir management of deepwater and particularly sub-sea developments.
Mr. Ralph Neumann serves as the Discipline Manager for John M Campbell & Company’s Gas Processing courses. Throughout his extensive career, Mr. Neumann has gained experience in Oil and Gas Production, Natural Gas Processing, Specialty Fractionation, and Pipelines and Gathering Systems. Responsibilities have included the development of conceptual and detailed designs, multi-discipline project supervision, economic feasibility studies, consulting, and a variety of field services including pre-commissioning, startup, training, and troubleshooting. He has also been responsible for project development, management of engineering (including safety and environmental), and management of field operations for a large midstream natural gas processing company. He has authored and presented technical papers to AIChE (dynamic simulation) and Gas Processors Association (nitrogen rejection facilities, gas plant operations management, and gas and NGL treating). Mr. Neumann received his baccalaureate and master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Richard J. Van Laere is the Discipline Manager for John M. Campbell and Company’s Mechanical and Pipeline courses. His career began in 1969 with positions of increasing responsibility and is currently the Regional Operations Manager for the Gulf of Mexico Region. Mr. Van Laere is on the Board of Directors of the Gulf South Minority Supplier Diversity Council and the Louisiana Pipeliners Association. Other memberships include Texas Board of Engineers, Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans Museum of Art, City Energy Club and the Louisiana Mississippi Oil and Gas Association. He also sits on the Environmental Advisory Committee for the Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve as the pipeline expert. He was selected Executive of the Year in 2001 by Equiva Services for his contributions to supplier diversity. Mr. Van Laere graduated with a BSME in from the University of Tulsa and with a Juris Doctor degree in civil law in from Loyola Law School in New Orleans. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas and an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Louisiana.
Mr. Ricky Smith has over 30 years in maintenance as a maintenance manager, maintenance supervisor,
maintenance engineer, maintenance training specialist, maintenance consultant and is a well known published author. Ricky has worked with maintenance organizations in hundreds of facilities, industrial plants, etc, world wide in developing reliability, maintenance and technical training strategies.
Prior to joining Allied Reliability in 2008, Ricky worked as a professional maintenance employee for Exxon Company USA, Alumax (this plant was rated the best in the world for over 18 years), Kendall Company, and Hercules Chemical providing the foundation for his reliability and maintenance experience.
Ricky is the co-author of "Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers", "Lean Maintenance" and "Industrial Repair, Best Maintenance Repair Practices". Ricky also writes for different magazines during the past 20 years on technical, reliability and maintenance subjects.
Ricky holds certification as Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional from the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals as well as a Certified Plant Maintenance Manager from the Association of Facilities Engineering.
Ricky lives in Charleston, SC with his wife. Aside form spending time with his 3 children and 3 grandchildren, Ricky enjoys kayaking, fishing, hiking and archaeology.
Robert A. Hubbard is a training consultant with John M Campbell and Company. He is based in Norman Oklahoma with over 30 years experience in oil and gas facilities. Mr.Hubbard specializes in gas dehydration and economic evaluation. Mr. Hubbard joined John M. Campbell & Company in 1980, within the company organization he has held the positions of Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Financial Officer.He now provides consulting and training services worldwide. Previous to John M.Campbell & Company he held various engineering and management positions at Texaco Inc. from 1972 to 1980. Mr.Hubbard is a member of SPE, AIChE, and GPSA, he has chaired the SPE Facility Engineering Committee and is a member of the European GPA Management Committee. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University ,and an MBA from Tulane University.
Mr. Ronn E. Williamson, C.P.M., CFPIM is a discipline manager and course director for PetroSkills/John
M. Campbell & Company. He has been consulting and instructing in the field of supply chain management for more than fourteen years. During this time, he has delivered significant value to more than fifty, cross-industry organizations. He has provided education programs internationally to hundreds of people in purchasing, logistics and materials management. In 2005, he joined the PetroSkills/John M. Campbell team to develop a competency-based training tool for Procurement/Supply Chain Management (PSCM) for the oil and gas industry.
Ronn gained his supply management expertise during twenty-three years of operational and management roles for a major equipment OEM company. For five years, he had executive responsibility for purchasing and transportation at Thermo King Corporation, a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric and a billion-dollar global business. Ronn received an undergraduate degree (BME) in engineering and a master of business administration degree (MBA) from the University of Minnesota. He has been a member and past chapter president, of the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). He is a member of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and the International Association for Commercial Contract Management (IACCM). Ronn is certified at the Fellow Level by APICS and has a lifetime certification from ISM.
Mr. Stephen T. Pehnec has been JMC's Manager of Operator Development Programs since joining the
company in early 1990. He is responsible for the design, development and delivery of operator training programs, worldwide. Mr. Pehnec has more than 36 years of experience in oil & gas exploration, production and processing operations, including technical, supervisory and management positions. He has delivered pre-startup training for a number of large projects, such as Qatar Petroleum's North Field Project (Um Said, 1991) and Sable Offshore Energy's Goldboro and Point Tupper plants (Nova Scotia, 1999). Mr. Pehnec holds a BA degree (Physics) from the California University of Pennsylvania (1971), and an MBA degree (Operations Management) from Waynesburg College (1989). He has earned instructor certificates from the Petroleum Industry Training Service (PITS, 1984) and Abacus Learning Systems (2002), and he has completed a number of JMC's engineering-level courses.
Mr. Tim Armstrong has 39 years experience in Refining and Gas Treating/Sulfur Recovery. He is currently an Instructor/Consultant for John M Campbell & Co. Previously Mr. Armstrong has worked in plant operations and design engineering as well as licensing and technology development. Mr. Armstrong graduated in 1968 with a BSChE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is currently a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and Oklahoma and is a member of AIChE. Mr. Armstrong is an expert in the area of sulfur recovery, tail gas treating and sour water stripping and presented papers at NPRA, North Texas Regional GPA, and AIChE meetings as well as published articles in Hydrocarbon Processing and Today’s Refinery.
Mr. Timothy Crowley is an instructor and consultant for John M. Campbell & Co. He has over 25 years of experience as a Process and Refinery Engineer.
Mr. Crowley has managed operations and coordinated instrumentation upgrade on Lube Complex migration to a distributed control system including all operator training, system graphics design, and hot cutover.
Mr. Crowley has managed small project process design and conceptual plant design and analysis. He has assisted in pilot plant operation and process development, process unit technical operations support including shutdown, startup and turnaround support.
Mr. Crowley holds a BSChE from the University of Kentucky, an MBA from Morehead State University and a Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.
Mr. Tim Weilbaker has over 20 years in business and manufacturing, Timothy R. Weilbaker, is a recognized expert in operations management using methods with proven results. He has shared his techniques for operational excellence both in the United States and globally. His expertise lies in the disciplines of process optimization, engineering management, operations management, training, systems development, and financial analysis. These disciplines span small to mid-sized businesses in both the service and manufacturing industries.
During his career, he has held positions in materials development, process and product development, quality engineering, and information technology. He has held management positions with responsibility for supply chain, production, operations, plant management, and divisional operations management and strategy. His employers have included Federal Mogul, BorgWarner, Aisin, and, most recently, Eastern Michigan University. Mr. Weilbaker received his Associate of Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Purdue University. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Technology, and he holds an MBA with a finance and management focus from Phoenix University. Mr. Weilbaker is certified by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) as a Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), Engineering Manager (CEM), and Enterprise Integrator (CEI).
Mr. Tom Walker has spent the last 33 years with Dupont and comes to Allied as an experienced consultant, trainer, and speaker with a proven, 33-year record of shutdown planning and reliability improvement, employee skills development and significant bottom-line contributions. While at Dupont he worked with a team of 13 consultants in a coordinated effort across a 1700 employee site to implement a new maintenance work management process; specific activities included conducting maintenance effectiveness assessments, developing new work procedures, training mechanics, operators, and exempts on the new procedures, and coaching leadership to accept the changes from the new work processes.
He enjoys working with teams on tough manufacturing problems developing solutions that have a direct impact on business success. Issues like quality, cost, safety, production, or effectiveness of people. Tom teaches new skills to people and mentors them as they become proficient. His preferred approach is to examine manufacturing problems from a holistic viewpoint (i.e., equipment deficiencies, people’s actions, and systems deficiencies, like communications, procedures, training, etc) which are the underlying causes of equipment failures, poor yields, and other manufacturing challenges. Tom is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional through SMRP, Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, through E.I. DuPont Inc., Reliability-Centered Maintenance Certified Facilitator through Strategic Technologies, is a member and on the Standards Committee for the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals.
Mr. Wes Wright has 25 years experience in oil and gas producing facilities and is currently a consultant and instructor. Mr. Wright began teaching with John M Campbell in 2004 where he has been delivering courses in CO2 Surface Facilities, Oil and Gas Processing and Operator Training world-wide. Prior to joining John M Campbell, Mr. Wright was the lead on-site engineer at the Weyburn CO2 Miscible flood where he was closely involved in the development, design, construction, start-up and operations. Through the 1980’s, Mr. Wright performed contract research at the University of Calgary in Enhanced Oil Recovery, and was a consultant on a wide range of sweet and sour oil and gas projects throughout Western Canada. Mr. Wright graduated in 1983 with a BSc in Engineering from the University of Calgary. He is a Professional Engineer in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada and is a member of the SPE. He has been published in the ASME-OMAE, the CSCE and the IAHR.