Benny Mumme Technical Authority Mr. Benny Mumme is a NACE-certified corrosion Specialist (#3742) with 42 years of experience in oil and gas pipeline and station integrity, corrosion control, operations, and construction. He has conducted numerous Integrity assessments, ILI, ECDA, cathodic protection, and close interval survey projects. He has developed, implemented, and managed several internal corrosion
Zahra Lotfian, PhD, PE Senior Engineer II Dr. Zahra Lotfian earned her PhD in Computational Mechanics and MS in Structural Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Before joining Kiefner in 2019, she worked for ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Spring, TX, and Princeton University as a Research Associate. Dr. Lotfian has
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Investigation of Interior Corrosion of Above-Ground Storage Tanks Barry Hindin, PhD, PE Senior Prinicipal Engineer The Failure Analysis and Welding (FAW) group at Kiefner traditionally investigates the causes of failures of buried pipelines carrying various petroleum products ranging from crude oil, refined liquid products, natural gas, and condensates. However, many of our customers do not
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Tristan MacLeod Engineer II Mr. Tristan MacLeod is a dedicated engineer at Kiefner and Associates, Inc., where he has been a valuable team member since 2019. His academic journey began at Iowa State University, where he earned a BS in Aerospace Engineering in 2011. Mr. MacLeod’s professional career kicked off in 2012 at Applus RTD,
Michiel Brongers, PE, PMP, Fellow ASME Principal Engineer Mr. Michiel Brongers has over 25 years of professional experience in materials and corrosion engineering, asset integrity management, failure investigations, metallurgical forensic analyses, fitness-for-service reviews, and engineering critical assessments. Major clients served include pipelines, chemical and petrochemical processes, oil and gas, power generation, and manufacturing companies. He
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Alex Distel Engineer II Mr. Alex Distel earned his BS in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. After graduating, he worked as a materials engineer in the steel casting industry for four years. During this time, he gained experience in lost-wax investment and sand-casting processes. He was also heavily involved with heat
Brian Hart Technical Authority Mr. Brian Hart is a Mechanical Engineer with over twenty-eight years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry. His primary focus has been on NDE, welding, materials evaluation, failure analysis, third-party vendor surveillance, and external audits. Mr. Hart holds API 510, API 570, and API 653 certifications and has been
Benjamin Wright, PMP Engineer II Mr. Ben Wright earned his BS in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University. He joined Kiefner and Associates, Inc. in 2013, focusing on pipeline integrity management, including ILI evaluation and performance validation, reassessment interval determination, assessment planning and execution, pipeline integrity, and corrosion growth assessment on corroded pipe. Mr. Ben
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Hydorgen and CO2 Capture Pipelines Solar Parks and Wind Farms Over 30 years of Energy… We pride ourselves in years of working with pipeline designs, codes, and regulators. Our 30+ years has taught us that no two projects are alike and getting the details right at the feasibility portion of these projects is critical to
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API-653 Hydro Waiver Brochure 1 Reconstruction and major repairs to aboveground petroleum product storage tanks require a full hydrostatic test before continued service. Performing this test can be costly, time-consuming, and often logistically challenging. Recognizing this, Section 12.3 of API 653 allows for exemptions to the hydrostatic test when certain criteria are met. One of
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