Managing process contaminants in amine treating units—Part 1: Lean amine filtration

Dr. Engel has more than 25 years of industrial experience in a variety of areas of business development and technology innovation for chemical engineering, material science and chemistry. David is the inventor in more than 20 United States Invention Patents and author of over 100 technical and scientific papers, and conferences. David has worked in several business and technical capacities for a number of companies such as Eastman Kodak, Eli Lilly, General Electric among others. David has recently specialized in process optimization, renewables and new technology development. Dr. Engel is the Managing Director for Nexo Solutions and business divisions. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry, and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. David is 6-Sigma certified and is member of several industrial committees and company board of directors.

P. Scott Northrop is a gas treating advisor in the facilities function of ExxonMobil’s Upstream Research Co. in Houston, Texas. He received his BS degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and an MS degree and PhD from the California Institute of Technology, all in chemical engineering. Dr. Northrop has 28 years of experience in the industry, and is the author/coauthor of a number of patents, presentations and articles on a variety of related subjects. He sits on Technical Section F of the Gas Processors Association (GPA), and on the board of directors of Alberta Sulfur Research Ltd. in Canada.