Oil And Gas Expert Witnesses

Oil and Gas, Legal - Energy Arbitration, Energy Regulation, Environmental Permitting, Farmouts, Fracking Litigation, JOA Disputes, Land Use & Zoning, Mineral Deeds, Natural Resource Damages, Oil & Gas Law, Oil & Gas Leases, ORR Disputes, Petroleum Economics, Renewable Energy Projects, Surface Use Agreements, Utility Easements, Unitization & Pooling

Ralph A. Cantafio, Esq. is a nationally recognized legal expert and seasoned attorney with more than 40 years of experience in oil and gas law, energy regulation, surface use and mineral rights, natural resources development, and energy-related litigation and arbitration. He regularly serves as an expert witness, arbitrator, mediator, and subject matter educator in complex disputes involving upstream oil and gas operations, royalty underpayment, lease interpretation, joint operating agreements (JOAs), unitization, permitting, and pipeline routing. Mr. Cantafio is a licensed attorney in Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming, and has practiced before state and federal courts including the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has served as lead counsel in over 100 jury trials and numerous regulatory and administrative proceedings. His expertise is frequently called upon in matters involving hydraulic fracturing regulation, Se...

Berkeley, California

Products Liability, Mechanical Engineering - Risk Assessment, Failure Analysis, FMEA, Material Characterization and Testing, Material Properties, Metallurgy, Manufacturing, Aviation & Aerospace, 3D printing, Automotive, Welding, Warnings & Labels, Oil and Gas, Product Development, Laboratories & Testing, Candle Fires, Button Battery, Blenders, Heating pads

Mingxi is a Licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer in the state of California with expertise in materials development and mechanical engineering across a broad range of industries. She holds a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Material Science and Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. With a specialty in materials science, metallurgy, fracture mechanics and failure analysis, she has hands-on industry experience in materials testing and process development in the aerospace and manufacturing industries. Her time as a working engineer in advanced manufacturing and startup environments has proven invaluable in providing evidence and practice-based expert opinions and testimony regarding engineering, manufacturing, risk assessment and warnings. Prior to joining Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., she held engineering roles at SpaceX, Virgin Orbit, and Carbon 3D, where she worked on integrating Mil, ASTM, ISO, and NASA specifications into developing intel...

Mandeville, Louisiana

Failure Analysis, Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Equipment Failure, Automotive and Marine Lifts, Accident Investigation, Mechanical Systems Failure, Onboard Vessel Mechanical Equipment, Industrial Facilities, Heavy Lifting and Transport Equipment, Certified Crane Operator, Oil and Gas, Cranes and Rigging, Certified Crane and Rigging Inspector, Shipbuilding

Mr. Lee Sale is an experienced, degreed, and licensed mechanical engineer in the investigation of failures involving mechanical equipment and systems, heavy lifting and transport equipment, and industrial facilities. He has over 20 years of experience in commercial, heavy industrial, manufacturing, oil and gas, shipyard and shipbuilding, marine port facilities, and lifting and handling equipment. His expertise includes cranes, rigging, lifting and handling, heavy transport, mobile equipment, automotive and marine lifts, and onboard vessel mechanical equipment. Mr. Sale is a certified crane operator and crane and rigging inspector. He is experienced with the investigation of accidents and failure analysis and has provided expert testimony. Mr. Sale is a licensed professional engineer in various states and is a registered professional engineer with the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.

Houston, Texas

Chemistry & Chemicals, Chemical Engineering - Oil and Gas, Water treatment, Agriculture, Disinfectants/Biocides, Cleaning Products, Surfactant, Formulation Science, Application Engineering, Forensic Analysis & Engineering, Chemical & Hazardous Material Incident, Chemical Burn Fire Explosion, Regulatory Compliance, Process Safety, Patent Dispute, Organic Acids, Herbicide

Ph.D Chemical engineer providing expert consultation and forensic analysis on matters requiring deep scientific rigor, product failure evaluation, and real-world application insights relevant to chemical product development, chemical safety, and intellectual property. Hands-on experience in product formulation, performance testing, regulatory compliance, application engineering, and field adoption across oil & gas, water treatment, agriculture, and home, industrial, and institutional cleaning sectors. Holder of 10+ issued patents. Author of 14 scientific articles. Recognized reviewer of a peer-reviewed journal in petroleum science and engineering. Invited speaker & panelist at three industry symposiums. A trusted authority in applied chemistry and field performance. Led the development and commercialization of multi-million-dollar technologies that have been successfully adopted in the oilfield. Recognized with industry awards for innovation and manufacturing excellence. CHEMICA...

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

Houston, Texas

Failure Analysis, Engineering - Failure Analysis, Corrosion Control and Diagnosis, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Testing and Characterization, Oil and Gas, Energy Consulting, Advanced Surface Science Expertise, Materials and Interface Solutions, Ceramics and Polymers

Senior Consultant Karym Kinnibrugh, Ph.D., is a materials scientist whose expertise includes failure analysis; corrosion diagnosis, control, and prevention; electrochemical testing techniques; surface science; and ceramics and polymers. Dr. Kinnibrugh is also a product development professional who has more than 15 years of diverse research and development experience in surfactants, emulsions, colloids, polymer functionalization, biomaterials, surface chemistry, interfacial phenomena, and organic synthesis. Dr. Karym Kinnibrugh is a Materials Scientist who graduated with a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Materials Science and Engineering and holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Her expertise focuses in the electrochemical and corrosion field which includes electrochemical testing techniques, corrosion diagnosis, failure analysis, and corrosion control and prevention. She is proficient in characterization and analytical techniques such as met...

Provo, Utah

Chemical Engineering, Safety - Petroleum Refining, Heterogenous Catalysis, Process Safety Management, Risk Management, Hazard Analysis, Fluid Catalytic Cracking, Oil and Gas, Energy, Catalyst Deactivation

Professional Engineer registered in Utah and Texas. Eight years' petroleum refining experience in process design, economics, fluid catalytic cracking operation and supervision, hydrodesulfurization and catalytic reforming supervision, technical and operations supervision. Prior expert witness in cases involving gasoline benzene content, chemical engineering safety (heat transfer and pressure relief), and attempted arson. Twenty+ years' experience teaching undergraduate and graduate chemical engineering courses. 64 peer-reviewed journal publications in areas of heterogenous catalysis, catalyst deactivation, energy, hydrogen generation and purification, and CO2 capture, Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.