Amine Experts Resumes (Abbreviated)

John A. Sames, M.E.Chem.E., P.Eng. President	John is recognized worldwide as an authority on sulphur recovery, particularly in the field of process optimization. His company, Sulphur Experts Inc., (and its predecessor Western Research) is focused on the efficient operation of sulphur recovery plants in oil and gas applications and has gained a reputation as the leader in process knowledge and plant evaluation. He has co-founded a sister company, Amine Experts, offering similar services to amine processing plants. John has been involved in every aspect of the optimization of sulphur recovery over the past 23 years, initially working in a large gas plant in northern Alberta, and for the past 20 years at Western Research. John is the author of over 25 technical papers on various subjects relating to sulphur recovery and is the co-author of the definitive text on the subject. He has presented the Western Research seminar on Sulphur Recovery more that 110 times at locations throughout the world. (Back to the Top)
Bruce W. Klint, B.Sc.Chem.E., P.Eng. Manager - Engineering	Bruce has been directly involved in all aspects of the process engineering consulting work conducted by Sulphur Experts (and its predecessor companies) for 12 years. He has provided expert advice and consulting services in the area of plant inspections, testing and plant optimization for the sour gas and oil refining industries. This includes working on plant optimization projects in more than 150 operating facilities around the world. Bruce is also one of the primary speakers at Sulphur Experts’ (Western Research) world recognized Sulphur Recovery Seminar which has been presented at nearly 100 sites around the world. He has primary responsibility for coordinating and completing all engineering tasks related to Western Research’s sulphur plant simulation package Sulsim® which is recognized as the premier simulation package for sulphur recovery in the industry. Prior to joining Sulphur Experts, he spent 6 years operating, designing and constructing both upstream and downstream oil and gas facilities including: well head equipment, pipelines, gas treating units, sulphur recovery units and gas compression equipment. (Back to the Top)
Mike H. Sheilan, B.Sc.Chem.E., P.Eng. Senior Consultant	Over the past eighteen years, Mike has been involved in 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. He has provided expert advice and consulting services in the area of hydrate control, gas dehydration, gas and liquid sweetening, hydrocarbon recovery and sulphur plant operations. Most recently, he has focused on plant troubleshooting and plant optimization for the sour gas and oil refining industries. This includes working on plant start-up and optimization projects for more than 100 facilities around the world. Mike is also one of the Advisory Board Members for the world-renowned Laurence Reid Gas Conditioning Conference (LRGCC) at the University of Oklahoma. He has been published in the Oil and Gas Journal and he has presented papers at various conferences including the LRGCC, NACE, and CanEnergy. he is recognized as a leading authority on gas processing in Western Canada and has performed training for most of the major producers in the industry. (Back to the Top)
Egbert van Hoorn, B.Sc.Chem.E., MBA. Senior Consultant	Egbert has a reputation in Western Europe as a problem solver for amine plants and it is this skill that he applies in his position as senior consultant for Amine Experts in Europe. Egbert has a 17 year history with Shell International in the Netherlands and France, with Comprimo and later with Huntsman working on troubleshooting, testing and start-ups of hydrotreating, Merox, hydrocracking, sour water stripper and amine units. With Huntsman he was technical service manager for Europe, Middle East and Australasia. He has also worked as technical manager for Fenysco a company specializing in solving chemical problems for the oil and gas industry. Egbert is known as a trouble-shooter and a trainer and it is in these capacities that he has recently joined Amine Experts. Egbert is fluent in Dutch, German and French. (Back to the Top)
Ben H. Spooner, B.Sc.Chem.E., P.Eng. Process Engineer	Ben Spooner has joined Amine Experts as a process engineer amine plant trouble-shooter. Previously working for one of the large amine suppliers for the past 5 years, his experience is in the field as a trouble shooter Ben will provide onsite assistance to our team of Amine Experts internationally, and will undertake trouble-shooting, simulation and optimisation studies in his own right.     (Back to the Top)
Ruth J. Fike Executive Assistant	Ruth has been primarily involved in coordinating Amine Experts and Sulphur Experts' Seminars for over 10 years. Ruth also plays an integral role in the preparation of the engineering evaluations that are done by Amine and Sulphur Experts technical staff.       (Back to the Top)