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Rick Sugden

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 […]

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Brian Hart

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

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Benjamin Wright, PMP

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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