Riding the dragon: Sulfur plant thermal reactor temperature measurement

Daryl Jensen joined OGT as a Development Engineer in 2021. He spent the previous 15 yr with Ortloff Engineers (now, Honeywell UOP), during which his responsibilities included process design/development, simulation, basic engineering design pack-age project execution, process control design, and onsite startup/troubleshooting for gas processing and treating technologies, including sulfur recovery (refinery and gas plant), cryogenic NGL/LPG recovery, acid gas treating and sour water stripping. Jensen holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

Nate Hatcher joined OGT in 2009. For most of his career, he has been involved with various facets of gas treating or sulfur recovery. His career began with Black & Veatch Pritchard Inc. and then 7 yr with ConocoPhillips Inc. as Treating and Sulfur Processing Best Practices Network Lead. Hatcher worked briefly with Trimeric Corp. providing design and consulting services to the oil and gas sector. In 2022, he joined Phillips 66 as Director, Sulphur Processing. He holds a BS degree in chemical engi-neering from the University of Kansas, is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Kansas, and is a member of the industry Amine Best Practices Group.

Matt Bailey joined Optimized Gas Treating Inc. in business development in 2014, where he provides sales and marketing support. Bailey has 20 yr of industry experience in technical sales, creating safe engineered solutions for refineries, chemical plants and engineering companies. He has additional experience in relief valve studies with hydrocarbon units for Murphy Oil and Motiva. Safety has been a key component in driving his career. Bailey licensed with the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, and holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and a MBA from the University of Houston.

Matt Coady received a BS degree from Louisiana State University in 2012, after which he joined Delta Controls in technical sales, and was promoted to General Man-ager in 2019. Coady joined Raymond James in 2023.