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SERVICESProperty Damage and BusinessInterruption Insurance ClaimsAsset ValuationsMarkets and StrategyMerger and Acquisition SupportTechnology Assessment

INDUSTRIESPetroleum RefiningPetrochemical / ChemicalTransportation and Storage

EXPERIENCELP/Planning PracticeCrude Oil ValuationProduct QualityProject FeasibilityOperations/MaintenancePhysical Asset AppraisalWaterborne/MarinePricing

EDUCATIONUniversity of Texas at Austin,McCombs School of Business,M.B.A. (2009) Texas A&M University, B.S.Chemical Engineering (1995)

GARY N. DEVENISHConsultant

CAREER HIGHLIGHTSGary has 20 years of experience working in petroleum refining. Gary has worked inprocess engineering design, research and development, field services, technicalservice, operations management, and planning and economics. He has experiencein a broad range of refinery and petrochemical processing operations, includingextensive engineering and operations involvement with continuous catalyticreforming and crude/vacuum distillation units. Gary’s experience in research anddevelopment includes pilot plant testing of hydrotreating and hydrocrackingcatalysts. While working for a major process technology licensor, he wasresponsible for commissioning several new and revamped process units throughoutthe world. Gary was the lead process/project design engineer for a large crudeunit, and later became the Operations Superintendent for the same unit. AsPlanning and Economics Manager for a large complex gulf coast refinery, Gary wasresponsible for the overall plant optimization, as well as the logistics for allfeedstocks and products. His economics and planning experience includes runningLP simulations, including AspenTech’s PIMS model. Immediately prior to joiningBaker and O’Brien, Gary was Operations Manager for twohydrotreating/hydrocracking units at the same refinery.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS2005-2015: Valero Energy Corporation,Complex Operations ManagerManager, Refinery Optimization and PlanningRegional Optimization ManagerStaff Planning and Scheduling EngineerEngineering Group - Group Leader, Staff Process Engineer

2002-2005: Marathon Petroleum Company,Operations SuperintendentEngineer III, Crude and Sat Gas Units

1996-2002: UOP, LLC,Chief Technical AdvisorTechnical AdvisorDevelopment Engineer