Upgrading the bottom of the barrel

Ray Elshout has 30 years of process and project engineering experience with Fluor, Jacobs and Unocal. At present, he is a consultant with Energy Systems Engineering. His primary experience is in process design, including retrofits, revamps and expansions. Mr. Elshout holds BS and MS degrees from the University of Michigan.

John Bailey graduated from the University of Alberta with a BS degree in chemical engineering. He worked for Fluor in their research and development department, developing the company’s solvent process and gas treating applications. He then worked for Worley Parsons as a supervising process engineer specializing in gas treating and petroleum refining.

Lynn Brown has 40 years of operations and design experience in refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and production at Worley Parsons, Unocal, Jacobs and Fluor. Her primary expertise is in operations, instrumentation reliability, and design and revamp of crude units, desulfurizers and distillation systems.

Peter Nick has 30 yr of simulation and process design experience at refineries and petrochemical plants. His primary expertise is in process simulation and modeling of refinery process units, with positions at Unocal, Phillips 66, Fluor and Worley Parsons. He is also the author of several publications in process design methods.