Natural Gas Expert Witnesses

Louisiana

Oil and Gas, Fire - Propane, Boilers, Natural Gas, Furnaces, Carbon Monoxide, NFPA Codes, gas piping, steam, explosions, fires, Industrial Ovens, Coke Oven Gas, heaters, burners, NFPA 54, NFPA 85, ASME CSD-1, NFPA 86, NFPA 56, NFPA 820

President, Prescient Technical Services (Cleveland, OH) 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 equipment, utilities, power generation, wastewater treatment, food processing, metals, and automotive manufacturing. A former Senior Energy Systems Engineer at Standard Oil/BP, Mr. Puskar founded what became the largest ind...

Boston, Massachusetts

Energy, Electricity - Renewable, Transmission, Power, Electricity, Natural Gas, Turbines, Solar, Wind, Coal, PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, NYISO, Trading, Generation, ISO-NE, SPP, Nuclear, Powerplant, Hydroelectricity

Christopher Russo has testified in litigation and regulatory matters on issues regarding the economics, planning, operation, and manipulation of energy markets and has testified numerous times at trial in numerous countries. He has testified more than 40 times during his career in multiple venues. He advises domestic and international clients in the electricity and gas industries in the areas of investment strategy and economic analysis, asset valuation, energy technology, and generation and transmission development. His expertise covers electricity and gas markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and worldwide. He has led the diligence on more than 100 different assets during his career. Mr. Russo also served on the Board of Directors of Neuco, a Boston-based company which provides software to enable AI and neural network control of thermal power plants. Mr. Russo started the Energy practice from a team of six people, growing it to over sixty as the Practice Lead...

Hinckley, Ohio

Oil and Gas, Fire - Propane, Boilers, Natural Gas, Furnaces, Carbon Monoxide, NFPA Codes, gas piping, steam, explosions, fires, Industrial Ovens, Coke Oven Gas, heaters, burners, NFPA 54, NFPA 85, ASME CSD-1, NFPA 86, NFPA 56, NFPA 820

President, Prescient Technical Services (Cleveland, OH) 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 equipment, utilities, power generation, wastewater treatment, food processing, metals, and automotive manufacturing. A former Senior Energy Systems Engineer at Standard Oil/BP, Mr. Puskar founded what became the largest ind...

Texas

Oil and Gas, Fire - Propane, Boilers, Natural Gas, Furnaces, Carbon Monoxide, NFPA Codes, gas piping, steam, explosions, fires, Industrial Ovens, Coke Oven Gas, heaters, burners, NFPA 54, NFPA 85, ASME CSD-1, NFPA 86, NFPA 56, NFPA 820

President, Prescient Technical Services (Cleveland, OH) 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 equipment, utilities, power generation, wastewater treatment, food processing, metals, and automotive manufacturing. A former Senior Energy Systems Engineer at Standard Oil/BP, Mr. Puskar founded what became the largest ind...

Bellingham, Washington

Mechanical Engineering, Fire - Plumbing, Appliances, Automotive, Agricultural Equipment, HVAC, Fire Protection, Natural Gas, Propane, EDR / Event Data Recorder, Forklifts, Scissor Lifts, Hydraulic Systems, Product Liability, Explosions, Sprinkler Systems, Failure Analysis, Forensic Engineering, Evidence Preservation, Pacific Northwest, Guarding

James Laird, PE, is the founder of CAE Forensic (Clear Analysis Engineering, PLLC), a forensic mechanical engineering firm based in Bellingham, Washington. He has conducted over 2,000 forensic investigations across residential, commercial, industrial, and vehicle cases throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationally. Mr. Laird's practice focuses exclusively on mechanical engineering — failure analysis, fire and explosion investigation, and automotive forensics. He investigates failures in plumbing and appliances, HVAC and boiler systems, forklifts, scissor lifts, hydraulic machinery, agricultural equipment, and a broad range of consumer and industrial products. He is EDR-equipped for crash data retrieval and interpretation in automotive cases. All fire and explosion investigations follow NFPA 921 methodology. Mr. Laird holds three fire investigation certifications: IAAI-CFI (International Association of Arson Investigators), CFEI, and CVFI (National Association of Fire Investigato...