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Management |
John A. Sames,
M.E.Chem.E., P.Eng.
President
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John is recognized
worldwide as an authority on sulphur recovery, particularly in the field
of process optimization. His company, Sulphur Experts, (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 sister companies, Amine Experts, offering similar services
to amine processing plants and Energy Experts, focussing on energy conservation and greenhouse gas(GHG) reduction.
John has been involved in every aspect of the
optimization of sulphur recovery for over 30 years, initially working
in a large gas plant in northern Alberta, and for the past 27 years at
Western Research/Sulphur Experts.
John is the author of over 30 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 seminar on Sulphur Recovery more than 180 times at locations throughout
the world.
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Bruce
W. Klint,
B.Sc.Chem.E., P.Eng.
Vice President - Engineering
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Bruce has
been directly involved in all aspects of the process engineering
consulting work conducted by Sulphur Experts (and its predecessor
companies) for more than 15 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 250 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 200 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.
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Al Wakelin,
B.E. (Chem), P.Eng.
Vice President - Operations, General Manager
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Al, a Chemical Engineer, brings over 30 years of
experience in the Nuclear and Waste Management Industries. For the past 15
years, Al has held a number of senior positions in the design and
operation of the Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre and is
recognized as an expert in the field of waste incineration.
As a co-founder of Energy Experts, Al leads the company's efforts in the area of energy conservation and GHG reduction in gas plant and refinery operations.
Al's operational and project management experience
allows him to work closely with Sulphur Experts' field engineers and
designers to ensure that projects address the necessary technical and
operations issues.
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Jamie
Swallow,
M.E.Chem.E., P.Eng
Regional Manager - USA
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Jamie is responsible for all services and products offered by Sulphur Experts in the USA. His 18 years in the sour gas processing industry as analytical specialist, process engineer and sales engineer will allow him to work closely with Sulphur Experts' field engineers to ensure the projects undertaken by Sulphur Experts are performed to your satisfaction.
Prior to rejoining Sulphur Experts, Jamie was involved in technical sales for a large process instrumentation and control company and has worked for Sulphur Experts and Western Research in all areas of sulphur plant testing and performance evaluation.
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Jan Kiebert,
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, C.M.
Regional Manager -
Europe & Middle East
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Jan Kiebert is the Sulphur Experts Regional Manager for Europe and Middle East, based in our Netherlands office. Jan's
main functions are to co-ordinate the marketing and sales efforts and the
services activities provided by both Sulphur Experts and Amine Experts in
these regions.
Prior to joining Sulphur Experts, Jan was Sales
Manager for Duiker Combustion Engineers in the Netherlands, the leading
supplier of burners and incinerators to the Sulphur Recovery Industry.
His 18 years of experience and in-depth
know-how of combustion systems for Sulphur Plants allows him to work
closely with his engineering colleagues at Sulphur Experts on
specification and optimisation of burner systems.
Jan is fluent in Dutch.
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Rocky
Oshiro,
C.E.T.HSE / Production Manager
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Rocky is a Technologist and comes to us with over 25 years of experience mainly working as ISO Quality Systems Manager and
Product Quality Manager at Ametek (and previously Western Research).
Rocky knows the sulphur industry well and is ensuring
that our methodology and procedures adhere to quality standards demanded by
our internal procedures and by our clients.
Rocky's main function is to co-ordinate the delivery
efforts of both Sulphur Experts and Amine Experts globally and to manage our
HSE program.
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Peter
R. Dale,
R.E.T.
Senior Staff Technologist
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Over the past
twenty-five years Peter has been directly involved in analytical work
conducted by Sulphur Experts ( formerly the Process Analytical
Engineering Group of Bovar Western Research). This includes working on
plant optimization projects in more than 150 operating facilities around
the world. Peter has also designed and manufactured over 20 "Sulphur
Analytical Systems", Sulphur Experts proprietary gas chromatograph
analytical system.
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Engineers |
Gerald
E. Bohme,
B.Sc.Chem.E., P.Eng.
Senior Consultant
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For more than 20 years,
Gerald has been directly involved in all aspects of the process
engineering consulting work conducted by Sulphur Experts Inc. 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. Gerald’s
experience in the field of sulphur recovery is global, having been based
at Sulphur Experts’ offices in both Canada and Germany and having worked
on projects in more than 30 countries
Gerald is also one of the primary speakers at
Sulphur Experts’ world recognized Sulphur Recovery Seminar which has
been presented at nearly 100 sites around the world.
Gerald is fluent in German.
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Mike H. Sheilan,
B.Sc.Chem.E., P.Eng.
Senior Consultant
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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.
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Egbert Van Hoorn,
B.Sc.Chem.E., MBA.
Senior Consultant
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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.
Gerald is fluent in German.
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Peter
J. Seville,
B.Sc.Chem.E., P.Eng.
Senior Process Engineer
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Since 1996 Peter has been
conducting on-site sulphur plant performance assessments and process
optimisation. In addition to providing engineering evaluations to clients
with existing and proposed sulphur recovery units, he also specialises in
thermal oxidiser optimisation.
Prior to joining Sulphur Experts, Peter was
working in the air quality and risk assessment field for all types of
industrial projects in Canada. He also spent seven years designing and
constructing downstream oil and gas facilities including gas processing
plant modifications, sulphur recovery units, compressor stations, enhanced
oil recovery and treatment facilities, as well as control instrumentation
and data acquisition systems.
Since 1999, he has been operating the
European office of Sulphur Experts in The Netherlands.
Peter is fluent in Dutch and
French.
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Farsin
Derakhshan,
B.Sc. Mech.E., P.Eng.
Senior Process Engineer
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For over 10 years, Farsin has
been directly involved in all aspects of the process engineering consulting
work conducted by Sulphur Experts Inc. Returning to Canada in 1998 after
working two years for Sulphur Experts in Germany, Farsin has been providing
expert advice and consulting services in the area of plant inspections,
testing and plant optimization for the sour gas and oil refining industries.
Prior to joining Sulphur
Experts, Farsin was a facilities engineer at a several northern Canadian gas plants.
Farsin is fluent in German.
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Ben H. Spooner,
B.Sc. Chem.E., P.Eng.
Senior Process Engineer
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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.
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Juan Ruiz,
B.Sc.ChemE.,
P.Eng
Senior Process Engineer
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Juan Carlos Ruiz has recently joined Sulphur Experts as Sulphur Senior Process Engineer.
Prior to joining Sulphur Experts, Juan was an Operations Engineer for an Oil Company in Venezuela. His many years of experience and know-how of Sulphur and Amine operations involve him in all aspects of the process engineering consulting work conducted by Sulphur Experts Inc.
Juan is fluent in Spanish and French.
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Jason Grundler
B.Sc Chem E., P.Eng
Senior Process Engineer
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Jason has vast experience in both process engineering and operations management. Having spent time in the oil and gas, waste management and mining industries, he has worked hands on with a range of process unit operations. Jason's primary focus has been on operating practices to improve energy efficiency within the gas processing industry, as well as incineration optimization. He is able to draw upon his experience with facility design and construction, combustion engineering, separation processes and process control systems.
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Mike Cundall,
M.Sc Chem.E., P.Eng.Process Engineer
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Mike joined Sulphur Experts in 2001, after
completing his Masters degree in Chemical Engineering at the University
of Saskatchewan.
Mike is directly involved in all aspects of the
process engineering consulting work conducted by Sulphur Experts Inc, and
has quickly become an invaluable member of the Sulphur Experts Process
Engineering team.
Mike is fluent in Spanish.
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Tim Breen,
B.Sc Chem.E.Process Engineer
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Recently joining Sulphur Experts in 2006, Tim
completed his degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of New
Brunswick.
Tim is directly involved in all aspects of the
process engineering consulting work conducted by Sulphur Experts Inc.
Tim is fluent in French.
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Kyle Drever,
B.Sc Chem.E.Process Engineer
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Kyle Drever is a Junior Process Engineer for Sulphur Experts. Kyle graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 2007 and joined Sulphur Experts shortly thereafter. He is looking forward to gaining valuable engineering experience and know-how.
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Flyn McCarthy,
B.Sc Chem.E.Process Engineer
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Flyn is a junior process engineer with a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. His previous work experience includes project management and process design.
Flyn is directly involved in all aspects of the process engineering consulting work conducted by Sulphur Experts Inc.
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Technologists |
Charles
B. (Chuck) Stephenson, Sr.
B.Sc.Chem.Ed.
Technical Sales / Senior Technologist
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Chuck has
been involved in all aspects of the Analytical Testing, conducted by
Sulphur Experts for over 10 years. He has provided gas analyses directly
involved in the plant optimization.
Prior to joining Sulphur Experts, Chuck spent 7
years managing and operating a oil & gas laboratory and service
company which provided analytical data for several major oil companies.
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Brent
W. Lloyd,
C.E.T.
Senior Analytical Specialist
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Brent is an
Engineering Technologist with responsibility in performing on-site sulphur
plant test work as a gas chromatograph specialist. Brent has been involved
in more than 100 testing projects around the world, over the past 10 years.
Prior to joining Sulphur Experts as a chromatograph
specialist, Brent worked in Bovar Western Research's Compliance Source
Testing department. He has more than 4 years direct experience in the area
of source testing methods and executing source test programs on a wide
range of different emissions sources.
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Derek
Zaharko,
C.E.T.
Technical Sales / Senior Technologist
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Derek is an
Engineering Technologist with responsibility in performing on-site amine
and sulphur
plant test work as a gas chromatograph specialist.
Prior to joining Sulphur Experts as a chromatograph
specialist, Derek graduated from the Northern Alberta Institute of
Technology (N.A.I.T.).
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Ben Walton,
B.Sc., C.E.T.Technologist
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Ben
is an Engineering Technologist with responsibility in performing onsite
sulphur plant test work as a gas chromatograph specialist.
An Environmental
Studies graduate of the Royal Roads University, Ben also holds a diploma
as a Chemical Engineering Technology from SAIT.
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Skyler
Nagorski,
C.E.T.
Technologist
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A graduate of SAIT's Chemical Technology,
Skyler joined Sulphur Experts in 2006.
Skyler's primary responsibility is
performing onsite sulphur plant test work as a gas chromatograph
specialist.
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Matt Falk,
B.Sc. Environmental Sciences
Technologist
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Joining Sulphur Experts in 2006, Matt is a
graduate of Environmental Sciences from Augustana University in Camrose. Matt's
responsibilities are to assist with performing onsite amine and sulphur
plant test work.
Matt's previous experience includes working
for an environmental company performing
Compliance Source Testing. Matt's
experience will help to broaden Sulphur Experts' depth of knowledge in
sampling and analysis.
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Daniel
Domanko,
B.Sc. Science and TechnologyTechnologist
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Dan graduated from the
University of Calgary in 2003 with a Bachelors of Science in Science and
Technology. Dan's primary responsibility is performing onsite sulphur
plant testing as a Gas Chromatograph specialist.
Prior to joining Sulphur Experts, Dan worked as a Heavy
Hydrocarbon Gas Chromatograph Analyst at Maxxam Analytics for 2 years.
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Caroline Tot,
Lab Technician
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Caroline joined Sulphur Experts in
2006 and has had previous experience working in laboratories.
Caroline is in charge of Sulphur
Experts' Calgary laboratory, and her primary responsibilities are to
maintain Sulphur Experts' analytical equipment. Caroline will also be
performing many of Sulphur Experts' specialized analyses from our in-house
laboratory.
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Adriana Herrera-Hardy,
BSc, A.I.T.
Inside Sales
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Adriana graduated from the ITESM campus Queretaro in Mexico in 2004 with a Bachelor in Agronomy Engineering. Adriana’s responsibilities are assisting with Sulphur Experts' accounting and other administrative tasks.
Prior to her establishment in Canada 2006, Adriana worked as a technical sales representative for an international fertilizer company in Mexico.
Adriana is fluent in Spanish
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Administration |
Ruth
J. Fike,
Executive Assistant
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Ruth has been
primarily involved in coordinating Sulphur Expert’s Sulphur Recovery
Seminars for over 10 years. Ruth also plays an integral role in the
preparation of the engineering evaluations that are done by Sulphur
Experts technical staff.
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Lisa
MacKeracher,
Computer Engineering Technologist
HSE Coordinator
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Joining Sulphur Experts in 2006,
Lisa is a graduate of Computer Engineering Technology from the Southern
Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in 2002. She also has a very strong
background in CAD work and safety.
Lisa’s previous work at Ametek
Western Research as a CAD Operator and Safety Coordinator, will assist
Sulphur Experts in Safety, Design of the engineering work and IT support.
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Information Technology |
Chad Zaharko,
B. Sc. CIS
Systems Analyst
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Chad is a graduate of Mount Royal College with a degree in Computer Information Systems.
Chad manages
all aspects of Sulphur Experts' computer infrastructure. He is developing methodologies and streamlining processes from an IT perspective in order to allow Sulphur Experts to better serve existing and future customers.
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Ming Yu,
PhD Chemical Engineering
Software Development Engineer
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Ming is a PhD Chemical Engineer with a major in
Thermodynamics. He also has expertise in software programming. He
graduated from University of Petroleum in Beijing and has done
post-doctorate studies in the Netherlands and in Japan.
His career has included working for Hyprotech -
working on HYSYS development, and more recently, Ming has worked for Jacobs and SNC Lavalin
on process design and optimization.
In joining Sulphur Experts, Ming's efforts will be
primarily focused on the continued development and enhancement of
Sulsim and other Sulphur Experts
software.
Ming is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
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