Tutor Biography

Brad Mason is the Global Desalting Industry Development Manager for Nalco Company, Energy Services Division, in the Sugar Land, Texas. He has over 14 years experience in the hydrocarbon processing industry. He is responsible for marketing, technical support, program development and strategic planning of Nalco's refinery process chemical programs used in crude management. He has experience in refineries in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific area, and holds a B Technology in degree in Geochemistry from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)

Tony Potter is a consultant for Nalco for crude oil treatment. He has 38 yeats of experience in specialty chemical applications for processes in a multitude of industries. He worked for Betz Laboratories, Inc, Exxon Chemical, and Nalco Company. For 27 years he worked in the field of desalting, providing technical training, program evaluation, customer presentations, start-up assistance, and ongoing desalter system optimization and troubleshooting. Tony has assisted refineries around the world in improving desalter system performance. His expertise is specifically in crude oil desalting operations, product development, and operational training. He holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.

Tom Collins is Vice President, Electrostatic Process Division of Allied Technology Pasadena, Texas. He has 30 years of desalting experience and current responsibilities include Technical Sales, Process Review, Desalter Design, Troubleshooting, Training, Optimization and Business Development. He started in the Technical Service Department for Petreco in 1980 servicing desalters worldwide, and has spent his entire career in the field of Desalting. He has authored and co-authored papers on Desalting for American Institute of Chemical Engineers and has been active in National Petroleum Refining Association for over 20 years.