Dr. Walid ElMoudir, P.Eng., PMP

Walid ElMoudir is the Principal Process Consultant at ChemProcess Consulting & Services Ltd. and the official representative of Optimized Gas Treating, Inc. (Texas, USA) in Africa, Turkey and Cyprus. Dr. ElMoudir has a B.Sc. (University of Tripoli, Libya) and M.Sc. with distinction (University of Leeds, UK) in Chemical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Systems Engineering (University of Regina, Canada). He is a registered professional engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) and Alberta (APEGA). He is also certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by Project Management Institute (PMI).

Dr. ElMoudir has twenty-four years’ experience in chemical plant design, operation, optimization & troubleshooting. He has participated in over 150 engineering studies and projects worldwide in Gas Processing and Conditioning, Crude Oil Refining, Chemical Purification, Seawater Desalination, and Research & Development. In his last 16 years, he improved and developed generic and proprietary Carbon Capture systems. He is an inventor of patented solvent purification system for carbon capture applications and has published more than 25 publications and papers on many technical topics.

He was a volunteer research contributor at the University of Tripoli, Petroleum Research Center (Libya), University of Calgary and University of Guelph. He is also a volunteer reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (Wiley), Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology (Wiley), and Gas Science and Engineering (Elsevier)

Pedro Ott joined Optimized Gas Treating Inc. in 2018 as a Senior Applications Engineer in Business Development; he currently leads marketing, software licensing, and technical support for ProTreat® / SulphurPro® customers. Pedro has 35 years’ experience working for various E&C and operating companies, domestic and internationally, in process engineering design, project development and troubleshooting on oil refining and refinery gas processing. Expertise in Acid Gas Treating, Sulfur Recovery, Gasoline and Distillates Hydroprocessing, Sour Water Stripping.

Mr. Ott holds a B.S. Chemical Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolivar (Venezuela) and a specialization in Petroleum Refining & Gas from ENSPM/IFP (France). Outside work, he enjoys listening and playing piano, American jazz and Latin-American music