Ric Massie, is a senior consultant with over 40 years of experience in the U.S. and abroad in project management, operations management, project engineering & construction management, process/facilities engineering, process technology licensing, technical and contracts due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, plant operations, hydrocarbon processing facility commissioning and startup. His experience as a technical and business consultant has included work for owners, project developers, project lenders, EPC and EPCM firms, gasification, gas-to-liquids (GTL), coal-to-liquids (CTL), petroleum refining, petrochemical, power, cogeneration, hydropower, LNG, underground gas storage, biofuels and infrastructure projects worldwide. Mr. Massie is recognized as an expert in project risk management in upstream, midstream and downstream processing projects. His broad industry knowledge and experience has been applied to forensic analysis of industrial processes and project performance in support of expert witnesses in several cases involving in the industrial arena.
EDUCATION
Master of Science – Chemical Engineering – Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
– Thesis on Gasification Process Feasibility and Demonstration Pilot Plant
Bachelor of Science – Chemical Engineering – Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
- Registered Professional Engineer – PE
- Project Management Professional – PMP
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Gulf Coast Power Association – GCPA
- International Association for Energy Economics – IAEE
- Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship – Rice University
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers – AIChE
- Rice University Global E&C Forum
- Marine Technology Society – MTS
- Houston Business Roundtable – Contract Committee