Refinery Expert Witnesses

Wilmington, Delaware

Safety, Products Liability - Oil & Gas, Pipeline, Electrical, Safety Engineering, Arc Flash/NFPA 70E, OSHA/OSHRC Appeal, Accident Investigation, Falls, Rig Collapse, Machinery, Accident Reconstruction, Construction, Industrial Plants, Refinery, Contests to OSHA Citations, Product Liability, Safety Management, PHMSA Appeal cases, Fire and Explosion, Workplace Safety

Dr. Janine McCartney is a Safety Engineer with designation as a Certified Safety Professional, Construction Safety and Health Technician. Dr. McCartney has held Management safety positions and a Safety Officer II position with OSHA Consultation. She worked for 11 years in the oil & gas industry and pipeline industry on large multi-state pipeline construction projects and as an exploration geologist (onshore and offshore). Dr. McCartney has taught for Texas A&M-Texas Engineering Extension as Adjunct Faculty and teaches the OSHA 10 and 30 hour General Industry and Construction courses for OTI. Her career spans 42 years. Please see her 13 AM Best podcasts and webinars on AM Best. AM Best Top 10 Best Webinars-August 2024 AM Best Magazine article How Litigation Funders are Affecting Settlements. Specialization in Product Liability suits. Specialization in Pipeline cases. Specialization in Fire and Explosion cases. Dr. McCartney also currently teaches for the OSHA Training Institute. ...

Louisiana

Oil and Gas, Fire - Propane, Boilers, Natural Gas, Furnaces, Carbon Monoxide, NFPA Codes, Piping, steam, Propane, fires, Industrial Ovens, Building Codes, Process Heaters, burners, Refinery, Chemical release, Plumbing, Process Alarms, Risk Assessment, Ventilation

President, Prescient Technical Services (Cleveland, OH) I have been in and out of more than 400 industrial facilities in 20 different countries over the past 45 years, including chemical plants, steel plants, refineries, foundries, auto plants, truck plants, and pharmaceuticals. ASME Fellow • AEE Fellow • ASME Uzgiris-Barnett Product Safety Medalist John R. Puskar, PE, is a mechanical engineer and nationally recognized expert witness in boilers, fuel-gas systems, flammable gas piping, combustion equipment, industrial ovens and furnaces, process heaters, thermal oxidizers, and steam system safety. He specializes in root-cause failure analysis, fire and explosion investigations, carbon monoxide incidents, purging accidents, and code compliance for NFPA 54, NFPA 56, NFPA 85, NFPA 86, NFPA 820, NFPA 59A, and ASME CSD-1. Clients engage him for investigations, reports, deposition, and testimony in matters involving natural gas, propane/LPG, hydrogen, LNG, refinery and petrochemical equip...

Bridgeton, New Jersey

Engineering, Oil and Gas - Corrosion, Mechanical Integrity, Materials Engineering, Corrosion Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, Industrial Equipment, Failure Analysis, Inspection Adequacy, Risk-Based Inspection Expert, RBI Expert Witness, Piping, Pressure Vessel, Tank, Pipeline, Refinery, Chemical Plant, Coating, Material Selection

Dr. Sean Brossia is a corrosion, materials, mechanical integrity, reliability, and industrial equipment failure expert with more than 30 years of experience in chemical, refining, pharmaceutical, paper, pipeline, manufacturing, and industrial facilities. He provides expert witness and litigation support through Vulcan Integrity for matters involving corrosion damage, materials degradation, inspection adequacy, risk-based inspection, mechanical integrity, maintenance and reliability practices, material selection, and equipment failure causation. Dr. Brossia has experience with piping, pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, boilers, cooling water systems, pipelines, coatings, linings, stainless steels, specialty alloys, polymers, gaskets, glass-lined equipment, PTFE-lined systems, corrosion sensors, and corrosion monitoring technologies. He evaluates damage mechanisms including pitting, general corrosion, localized corrosion, erosion-corrosion, corrosion under insulation, microbio...

Hinckley, Ohio

Oil and Gas, Fire - Propane, Boilers, Natural Gas, Furnaces, Carbon Monoxide, NFPA Codes, Piping, steam, Propane, fires, Industrial Ovens, Building Codes, Process Heaters, burners, Refinery, Chemical release, Plumbing, Process Alarms, Risk Assessment, Ventilation

President, Prescient Technical Services (Cleveland, OH) I have been in and out of more than 400 industrial facilities in 20 different countries over the past 45 years, including chemical plants, steel plants, refineries, foundries, auto plants, truck plants, and pharmaceuticals. ASME Fellow • AEE Fellow • ASME Uzgiris-Barnett Product Safety Medalist John R. Puskar, PE, is a mechanical engineer and nationally recognized expert witness in boilers, fuel-gas systems, flammable gas piping, combustion equipment, industrial ovens and furnaces, process heaters, thermal oxidizers, and steam system safety. He specializes in root-cause failure analysis, fire and explosion investigations, carbon monoxide incidents, purging accidents, and code compliance for NFPA 54, NFPA 56, NFPA 85, NFPA 86, NFPA 820, NFPA 59A, and ASME CSD-1. Clients engage him for investigations, reports, deposition, and testimony in matters involving natural gas, propane/LPG, hydrogen, LNG, refinery and petrochemical equip...

Texas

Safety, Products Liability - Oil & Gas, Pipeline, Electrical, Safety Engineering, Arc Flash/NFPA 70E, OSHA/OSHRC Appeal, Accident Investigation, Falls, Rig Collapse, Machinery, Accident Reconstruction, Construction, Industrial Plants, Refinery, Contests to OSHA Citations, Product Liability, Safety Management, PHMSA Appeal cases, Fire and Explosion, Workplace Safety

Dr. Janine McCartney is a Safety Engineer with designation as a Certified Safety Professional, Construction Safety and Health Technician. Dr. McCartney has held Management safety positions and a Safety Officer II position with OSHA Consultation. She worked for 11 years in the oil & gas industry and pipeline industry on large multi-state pipeline construction projects and as an exploration geologist (onshore and offshore). Dr. McCartney has taught for Texas A&M-Texas Engineering Extension as Adjunct Faculty and teaches the OSHA 10 and 30 hour General Industry and Construction courses for OTI. Her career spans 42 years. Please see her 13 AM Best podcasts and webinars on AM Best. AM Best Top 10 Best Webinars-August 2024 AM Best Magazine article How Litigation Funders are Affecting Settlements. Specialization in Product Liability suits. Specialization in Pipeline cases. Specialization in Fire and Explosion cases. Dr. McCartney also currently teaches for the OSHA Training Institute. ...

Texas

Oil and Gas, Fire - Propane, Boilers, Natural Gas, Furnaces, Carbon Monoxide, NFPA Codes, Piping, steam, Propane, fires, Industrial Ovens, Building Codes, Process Heaters, burners, Refinery, Chemical release, Plumbing, Process Alarms, Risk Assessment, Ventilation

President, Prescient Technical Services (Cleveland, OH) I have been in and out of more than 400 industrial facilities in 20 different countries over the past 45 years, including chemical plants, steel plants, refineries, foundries, auto plants, truck plants, and pharmaceuticals. ASME Fellow • AEE Fellow • ASME Uzgiris-Barnett Product Safety Medalist John R. Puskar, PE, is a mechanical engineer and nationally recognized expert witness in boilers, fuel-gas systems, flammable gas piping, combustion equipment, industrial ovens and furnaces, process heaters, thermal oxidizers, and steam system safety. He specializes in root-cause failure analysis, fire and explosion investigations, carbon monoxide incidents, purging accidents, and code compliance for NFPA 54, NFPA 56, NFPA 85, NFPA 86, NFPA 820, NFPA 59A, and ASME CSD-1. Clients engage him for investigations, reports, deposition, and testimony in matters involving natural gas, propane/LPG, hydrogen, LNG, refinery and petrochemical equip...

Spring, Texas

Oil and Gas, Petroleum Engineering - well control, well operations, blowout, oilfield accident, petroleum engineering, oil asset valuation, drilling, completions, rig, explosion, refinery, safety, remediation , engineering and operations , oilfield , oil and gas , oil lease , gas lease , gas explosion , rig fire

I graduated with a BS from MIT and have advanced degrees from Texas A&M (Petroleum Engineering) and UMich. I have over 25 years' experience as a leader in the Oil and Gas industry. My certifications include: Licensed Petroleum Engineer (Texas license # 102422) Certified SPE Petroleum Engineer Certified Safety Professional (BCSP) I have performed expert witness and evaluation for both identification of root causes of oilfield accidents and asset valuations. Exploration and production of oil and gas assets and economic analysis of energy assets. Asset portfolio management and reservoir management. Leading BP’s global well control team after the Macondo incident to address the institutional risks that had led to the catastrophe. During my 7-year tenure there was a marked 70% reduction in higher level events Analysis and remediation of oil and gas well accidents- led incident investigations for well control incidents Numerous publications and patents

Katy, Texas

Mechanical Engineering, Oil and Gas - Industrial Plants, Refinery, Material Handling, Workplace Safety, LOTO, Forklifts scissor lifts manlifts, Forensic Engineering, Off Road Vehicles (OHV), Warehouse, Accident, construction, commercial, process safety management (PSM), machinery, vessels tanks pumps, Contractor, electrical instrumentation, OSHA, FMEA, failure analysis

20 plus years of practical, technical, academic, and operational experience in engineering applications, industrial plant safety, workplace safety, and construction worksite safety. Principal Consulting Engineer: Consulting with law firms, corporations, and risk managers as an expert witness, conducting investigations and providing deposition, and trial testimony. Analysis of workplace safety claims in Plants, refineries, construction and industrial environments, including industrial plant safety, workplace safety, construction worksite safety, process safety management, and engineering technical specifications. Perform incident site and equipment inspections, documenting incident scenes/sites (including rapid response), perform compliance audits regarding applicability and/or compliance with OSHA, API, ASTM, ASME, ANSI, NFPA, State and Federal statutes, and other applicable standards of care within the industry, the standards of care within the workplace safety, equipment, inspect...