Derek Stanley

Derek is a 20-year veteran of the specialty chemicals industry with experience stretching across multiple oil and gas basins in the US, including executive level experience managing cross functional teams, P&Ls, and developing and executing corporate strategies. As a West Texas native, Derek began his career with Nalco in the Permian Basin where he served in account management and technical service roles. Derek’s technical acumen began through diverse chemical program management across multiple Permian Basin fields and assets, including secondary recovery and primary production based chemical programs. Derek has vast experience in designing, optimizing and managing subsurface corrosion, scale, paraffin/asphaltene and H2S treating programs, along with developing and managing those respective monitoring and service plans. In addition, he has managed and supported several surface and facilities projects for phase separation, flow assurance, and microbial mitigation.

In 2012 Derek relocated to Bakersfield, CA to lead the transition of Nalco’s newly acquired onshore chemical business in the San Joaquin Valley. In this role, Derek was responsible for successfully transitioning both subsurface and surface chemical programs as well as developing the technical scorecards and service plans used to measure financial and technical sustainability. He and his team are credited with designing and implementing the first large scope, fully capable Digital chemical program in US Onshore. Derek served as District Manager for Nalco Champion’s California business unit for ten years before fulfilling a variety of technical, leadership, and management roles across Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado.

Upon Nalco Champion’s merger with Apergy, Derek served ChampionX in a cross functional corporate role focused on implementing the integration and sales strategy of the newly combined company portfolio based in Sugar Land, TX. Derek most recently served as US Sales and Strategy Director for Jacam Catalyst in Houston, TX. Derek holds numerous oilfield chemical accreditations and certifications. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and holds degrees in Business Administration and Communication Studies.

In 2004, he transferred to Kuwait where he spearheaded the spills and leaks prevention plan and its implementation for a 330M/day asset in which he was also made responsible for pipeline repairs and pipeline replacement. He executed 1.3MM ft of partial and full pipeline replacement projects. In his role he also designed and submitted business planning and budgeting for the corrosion prevention program and managed the chemical treatment programs for all surface facilities.

Dr. Ali then moved to Angola to become Lead Corrosion Engineer where he reviewed and approved corrosion monitoring programs for their gas plant operations. He managed the design and construction phases while designing improvements in oxygen deaeration towers. His other projects included H2S removal efficiencies in gas, flow assurance for subsea pipeline, scale remediation in downhole tubing, as well as chemical program treatments for produced fluids. He also served as a corrosion SME for Angola’s major capital projects.

In 2011 he was assigned to Chevron’s San Joaquin Valley Business unit as Corrosion and Chemical Supervisor. In this role, he oversaw the quality of oil and gas specifications as well as produced water integrity for EPA specs. He championed the California Regional Water Quality Control requirements, as well as the corrosion control and chemical treatment programs across the entire SJV asset which included both heavy and light oil, steam and water flooding.

Prior to joining Chemical Intelligence Group, Dr. Ali’s most recent assignment was with Chevron in Houston, TX where he provided technical support to Chevron’s international business units in integrity management for onshore and subsea pipelines. In this role, he reviewed pipeline operations and managed design improvements for corrosion control and their respective inspection programs.

Aby earned his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Gahayr University. Continuing his academic excellence, he earned a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Florida. Dr. Ali’s strong analytical and technical skills, coupled with his commitment to operational excellence, process and personal safety, and project design has propelled his talents in benchmarking, project design, development, and execution.

Following his product RD&E role, Steve moved into product marketing as a Product Manager overseeing Phase Separation and Corrosion Inhibition product lines and developed product application training programs for application specialists across North America. Steve joined Exxon Chemical Company in 1984 as a Market Planner where he supported North American business planning efforts including helping to drive technology development strategies to meet specific technical challenges across the Upstream industry.

In 1986, Steve moved with Exxon to California. After a successful merger with Nalco, Steve joined the new entity of Nalco Exxon Energy Chemicals. In his role, Steve provided direct technical and sales support to both the onshore and the developing offshore markets throughout the Pacific Coast, later serving as California District Manager. Upon the successful merger of Nalco Champion, Steve was promoted to Pacific Region Sales Manager, overseeing the California, Alaska, and Southern Rockies business units for Nalco Champion.

Steve’s diverse technical background and capabilities, complimented with his business leadership excellence has led him to be recognized amongst the top technical and business management professionals in the production chemicals industry.

Brady was promoted to District Manager and helped lead transitions through mergers between Wellchem, Treatolite, and eventually Baker Hughes. After spending a combined 10 years managing the Permian Basin for Baker Hughes and their respective legacy companies, Brady was hired by Nalco where he would serve in several technical, operations, fleet and sales leadership roles.

In 2003 Brady was promoted to Director of Operations for North America where he successfully managed the entire product delivery supply chain for Nalco Champion US Land. In his role Brady honed his supply chain and operations skills to create a multi-functional fleet serving customers and internal operations across US Onshore and Canada.

Continuing his tenure, Brady became the Permian Basin Business Development Manager and Frac Coordinator for ChampionX. Through his technical expertise, business acumen and leadership abilities, Brady successfully implemented capable and successful frac-treatment applications, supply chain capabilities, and mentored countless employees in his role. Brady has been recognized by his customers and peers as one of the Permian Basin’s most impactful chemical professionals in the industry.