About Us
Skovhus BioConsult
Owner and CEO: Torben Lund Skovhus
Dr. Torben Lund Skovhus is Principal Owner of Skovhus Bioconsult (SBC) and is also Docent & Project Manager at VIA University College in the Research Center for Built Environment, Energy, Water and Climate, Denmark. Dr Skovhus is currently chair of AMPP SC-22 and ISMOS TSC an organization he founded in 2006. He is the author of 150+ technical and scientific papers and book chapters related to industrial microbiology, applied biotechnology, corrosion management, oilfield microbiology, water treatment and safety, reservoir souring and biocorrosion. He is co-editor of “Failure Analysis of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion” from 2021 (CRC Press).
Microbial Corrosion Consulting
Owner and CEO: Richard Eckert
Richard Eckert, Principal Owner of Microbial Corrosion Consulting, LLC, has over 43 years of experience with oil and gas industry corrosion/failure investigations, internal corrosion and MIC assessment, mitigation and management; materials selection, forensic corrosion engineering, litigation support and regulatory compliance. He is the author of 4 books and over 50 publications on internal corrosion mitigation and monitoring, corrosion failure investigation and microbiologically influenced corrosion. Mr. Eckert is an AMPP certified Internal Corrosion Specialist, and AMPP Fellow. He previously served on the NACE Board of Directors, and has chaired a number of technical committees that produced standards on corrosion management and internal MIC of pipelines. He is co-editor of “Failure Analysis of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion” from 2021 (CRC Press).
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