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A major oil, chemical and petrochemical company sued its insurance companies to recover the cost of environmental compliance in the dozens of states in which it operated its refineries. APTECH was retained as part of a team tasked with investigating the validity of the company's claims, totaling over $1 billion. APTECH prepared time lines of critical events at the initial sites to demonstrate the progression of knowledge concerning oil and chemical leaks and spills. We also provided litigation support and topical reports as requested.

Satish Almaula		Plant failure and root cause analysis; process and design engineering analysis; process technology development and testing; plant engineering, operations, maintenance and safety management; plant and process control system management.

Steven Kohan, Ph.D.		Chemical engineering, refinery processes, toxic fume generation.

Kimble Clark, Ph.D.		Failure analysis, heat transfer & thermodynamics, process plant equipment failures & explosions, fuel science, combustion, industrial fires and explosions.