Bill Lockley

Lockley Engineering

Bill is a 1966 Electrical Engineering graduate of Sydney University (Australia).
He is a Fellow Grade Member of IEEE and is Professional Engineer in the Province of Alberta. He worked for utility, defense, manufacturing and service organizations before starting his own consulting business in 1988, working mostly with motors, generators, drives and power systems. He is a member of various IEEE and API standards working groups, presently including IEEE 112 on motor testing, IEEE 303 on Auxiliary Devices for Zone/Division 2 motor applications, IEEE 1566 on large drives, IEEE 1068 on motor repair, IEEE 1349 on motors in Division/Zone 2; CSA 390 and 392 on motor efficiency; API 541 and 547 on induction motors plus API 546 on synchronous machines. As a member of IEEE Standards Association he ballots on various new and revised standards. He has presented many papers at IEEE and other conferences and reviews many papers each year. He has been Chair of the PCIC Transportation Subcommittee and is presently Chair of the International Subcommittee.

John has a Mechanical Engineering degree from University College Dublin and is a registered Professional Engineer in Alberta. He worked as a gas turbine field engineer for eight years, followed by 22 years with Fluor Canada Limited; mostly in rotating equipment. His current role is a rotating equipment engineer on downstream projects.

Bill is a 1986 graduate from the University of Alberta with a B.Sc. and M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. He has worked at Shell Canada Ltd. for the past 25 years. He has worked in the refinery, gas plant, and heavy oil areas as a rotating equipment specialist for most of his career at Shell. Bill recently completed his role as the lead rotating equipment engineer for the Shell Upgrader Expansion one project.

Rob has a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from Dalhousie University and a Diploma in Engineering from Saint Francis Xavier. He has worked for Shell for seven years in a variety of roles including operations, quality, engineering services, and major projects. Rob was the Package Equipment Engineer within the Rotating Group for the Scotford Upgrader Expansion one project in Fort Saskatchewan that came on line earlier this year. Currently, Rob is the Quality Engineer for Shell on their Quest Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project.

John Sharpe is an independent consultant with 43 years experience. He has worked on the extraction of oil from the Alberta oil sands for the last 28 years including the design and development of Syncrude's Aurora Mine and Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine, Canadian Natural's Horizon Project, as well as studies on several other oil sand leases that are at various stages of development. In particular he has been involved with the specification and design of hydrotransport and tailings systems for oil sands operations.

Simon Bradshaw is the Global API Product Development Manager for ITT Goulds Pumps, in Seneca Falls NY. His responsibilities include the design and development of new products and processes for the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining ITT Goulds, he worked for both Sulzer Pumps and Weir Pumps, where he held various positions of engineering and contractual responsibility.  Additionally he has supported the Hydraulic Institute in the development of pump standards and best practice guides. Mr. Bradshaw has accumulated 24 years in the pump industry.  He attributes this to having never exhausted the fun inherent in moving fluid between two improbable locations. 

He holds a B.Eng (Hons) degree (Mechanical Engineering) from Heriot Watt University, is a registered Chartered Engineer in the UK, a member of the Institute of Engineering Designers and a member of the International Pump Symposium advisory committee.

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