Petroleum Engineer Expert Witnesses

A Petroleum Engineer expert witness can provide testimony regarding the chemical properties of petroleum-based products, such as fuel oils, lubricants and petrochemicals. Their expertise is essential when determining the cause of a fire related to petroleum-based products. The expert witness will often be able to explain why certain characteristics or components present within a specific product could have exacerbated their reaction in the presence of an ignition source, leading to combustion. This understanding is crucial for helping manufacturers identify what they need to do in order to ensure that their products are safe for consumer use. Another task a Petroleum Engineer expert witness may be asked to perform is determining whether certain heating methods were appropriate for the specific type and purity of product being processed. For example, if a refinery was processing high octane gasoline but was using low temperature equipment intended for diesel fuel then an explosion due improper heating and combustion could occur. A Petroleum Engineer would be able examine mechanical elements associated with production processes that determine whether or not these explosions are foreseeable accidents looking at similar process operations at other facilities in order to confirm that proper procedures and preventive measures were taken priorly by proper personnel supervision. Lastly, another application of experience from a Petroleum engineer Expert Witness could also help evidential litigations involving property contamination from hazardous non-petroleum based contaminants escaping into impermeable environment such as nearby water bodies or just groundwater itself , which may contain many halocarbons present within soil ,public areas but also aquifers; all affecting global human health issues throughout different areas especially urbanisated locations mainly caused by many human activities related manufacturing industry practices affecting public health outcomes nationwide while being legally elusive through governmental modern laws interfering with previous common rights obtained prior enactment thereafter statute legislation.