Larry Lilly, PhD Engineering Consultant and Technical Authority Dr. Larry Lilly is an Engineering Consultant and Technical Authority with expertise in process engineering, pipeline simulation, and corrosion and operating procedures. Dr. Lilly has overseen a variety of projects, including evaluation or review of complex pipeline operating conditions, facilities operating conditions, corrosion condition predictions, mitigation strategies, […]
David Bloedorn Engineering Project Manager Cultivating team relationships is a key ingredient to Mr. David Bloedorn’s success, when coupled with credibility in meeting personal, corporate, and client expectations. He has demonstrated strengths in accountability, organization, leadership, innovative problem solving, conceptualization, and communication skills. He focuses on consistent, safe project execution using effective gated Best Practice
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
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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Craig Chaney Technical Authority Mr. Craig Chaney is a Metallurgical Engineer with over 40 years of experience in the energy industry conducting a wide range of failure analyses, material selection, structural mechanics, corrosion studies, and corrosion mitigation projects. Over the last 22 years, he has worked on integrating his engineering expertise to assist oil and
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
Rick Sugden Principal Engineer Mr. Rick Sugden has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. He holds NACE certification as Cathodic Protection Level 2 and has received training from ASME in Defect Assessment, In-Line Inspections, and Integrity Management. He is actively involved in API Pipeline Information Exchanges, Pipeline Integrity Groups, Forums, and