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Gebert, Bob - Ph.D. Chemical Engineer Consultant

Registered Consultant

Qualification Summary

Forty-three years experience in highly successful managerial and technical positions in the fuels and chemicals industries, providing refinery and petrochemical projects on schedule, in budget and at capacity.

Launched, managed and sold full service engineering company and built and directed a 100 person plus engineering firm.

Developed leveraged refinery economics based on use the of lower cost, heavy crudes. Improved capacity, sagety, yield, environmental, and quality for units such as FCC, Delayed Coker and Coke Caleiner, Crude and Vacuum Distillation, high and Low Pressure Polyethylene, Ethylene, methyl Methacrylate, and Adiponitrile.

Managed and prepared numerous technical and business client and multi-client studies, including business plans and research and market development projects.

initiated petroeum refining, petrchmical, ploymer and fabricated polymer projects and ventures.

Experienced in engineering and conulting petrochemical and polymer manufacturing, plastic pipe and heat exchangers.

Prepared feasibility study of Bolivian refinery, pipeline, and management information systems.

Employment Experience

Phoentex, Inc., Houston, Texas - (1994-pr)

Bechtel, Houston, Texas - Chief Process Engineer (1990-94)

Quark, Inc./Phoentex, Inc., Houston, Texas - President (1990-1980)

H.K. Ferguson Company, Houston, Texas - Chief Engineer (1977-80)

Tellepson, Houston, Texas - Senior Project Manager (1974-77)

Pace Company/CMP Company - Senior Consultant (1968-74)

E.I. du Pont, Houston, Texas - Senior Plant Engineer/Research/Supervisor (1951-68)

Education/Membership

Graduate Sudies in Chemical Engineering - Louisiana State Univ. and Univ. of Delaware

B.S. in Chemical Engineering - Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 1951

AICE, ACS.