BENTON F.
BAUGH, Ph. D., P.E., PRINCIPAL
SUMMARY OF
EXPERIENCE
Forty four years of oilfield
machine design, manufacturing, management, consulting, and expert witness
experience at all levels from a junior draftsman to general management.
Substantial theoretical and "hands on" experience. Developed numerous tools and
novel solutions to equipment design leading to 96 U.S. patents. Overall
recognized for a strong technical background for analysis, design, and
development of oilfield equipment.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Radoil, Inc.
and Baugh Consulting Engineers, Inc., Houston, Texas 1979 -
present
President
President of Radoil
Tool Company, Inc., manufacturing a variety of offshore and oilfield products
including Reels, J-Lay Pipelay Systems, Arctic Platforms, Rotary Valves, Deepsea
Accumulators and general fabrication work. General consulting and expert witness
services are also provided.
Beta Division,
Brown Oil Tools, Inc., Houston, Texas 1977- 1979
Vice President and
General Manager
Recruited to
establish a hydraulic fabrication division of the corporation
from scratch as a separate profit center and to establish a
complete business system for review and possible adaptation by
the corporation. Directly responsible for all phases of the
operation of the business except capital acquisition. Some of the
accomplishments of the division were:
- Manufactured coiled tubing units and
hydraulic workover units
- Produced
enough profit from manufacture to repay in less than two
years, costs incurred during Division setup
- Established a
computer ready business system
Vetco Valve
Corporation, Houston, Texas 1975 - 1977
Vice President of
Engineering, R&D, and QC
Responsible for
all engineering, R&D, and QC activities of the corporation.
Responsible for the following product lines:
- Subsea and
land gate valves
- Land wellhead
product line
Vetco Offshore,
Houston, Texas 1968 - 1975
R&D Engineer to Area
General Manager of Engineering & Production
Responsible for
engineering, R&D, production, technical sales, quotations,
pricing, and QC on subsea completion systems, including:
Subsea completion
systems (Shell/Lockheed, Union/Lockheed, Conoco TFL Test Tree,
Shell Diverless Tree, Gulf Diverless & Electro-Hydraulic
Tree, and Phillips Ekofisk Tree)
- Subsea
Flowline Systems
- Sedco 445 BOP
Stack and sonar re-entry system and Subsea BOP Stack
Rig-ups
- Tubing Hanger
Systems
- Electro-Hydraulic
Control Systems
- Gate Valve
Projects
Cameron Iron
Works, Houston, Texas 1964 - 1968
Draftsman to R&D
Engineer
Engineering and
testing work on the following projects:
- Computer
controlled drilling choke system
- Annular
Blowout Preventers
- Mud Ball
Valves, and
- Land wellhead
systems
Camco, Inc.,
Houston. Texas 1963 - 1964
Draftsman
Design and
detailing of miscellaneous downhole equipment, mostly packers.
Bowen Tool
Company, Houston, Texas 1959 - 1963
Draftsman
Miscellaneous
drafting work on wellhead, fishing, and service tools. (Less 17
months in the Army and one semester at Abilene Christian College)
Other
Information
REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEER (TEXAS)
EDUCATION
BSME: University
of Houston
One year in MBA
program, University of Houston
MS:
Kennedy-Western University (Non-resident)
Ph.D.:
Kennedy-Western University (Non-resident)
Army Machinist
School
Continuing
education through numerous technical conferences
TECHNICAL PAPERS WRITTEN
Numerous technical
papers on subsea applications presented at OTC, ETCE, and SPE
conferences.
PATENTS ISSUED
Ninety six patents are issued on
a variety of subjects including gas compressor systems, drilling chokes, subsea
wellhead systems, wellhead connectors, tubing hangers, subsea flowline systems,
gate valves, hydraulic control systems, electro-hydraulic control systems,
subsea re-entry systems, riser buoyancy systems, coiled tubing units, power
slips, and consumer products. Other patents are pending and other concepts are
in the process of having patents applied for.
EXPERT WITNESS
ACTIVITIES
Served as an
expert witness on 11 lawsuits including patents, trade
secrets, product failures, and personal injuries. Benton has been
deposed several times and qualified in court as an expert in
mechanical engineering, risk analysis, and fluid dynamics.
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