Biography

Paul Meier works as an independent consultant, having retired from ConocoPhillips in 2008 after 30 years of service. From 2008-2014, he was a clean fuels consultant for Sinopec, the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation. He advised them on S Zorb™ sulfur removal gasoline technology, including new unit startups, performance testing, troubleshooting, modeling, technical lectures, and operator training. In addition, he gave lectures at R&D centers around China on topics such as Alternate Energy, Clean Coal Technology, the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Process Safety Management, and R&D Management Issues. He has also consulted with ConocoPhillips on CO2 capture and sequestration and ADI Analytics (in Houston) on plastics recycling to crude oil and octane models.

Prior to his consulting career, he was a research fellow for ConocoPhillips, working on projects including S ZorbTM sulfur removal technology, catalytic cracking, heavy oil upgrading and modeling, multi-company research alliances for the DOE hydrogen vehicle and oxygen transport membrane (OTM) research, Fischer-Tropsch catalyst research, heavy metals removal from wastewater, process modeling for fluidized and fixed bed processes, experimental thermodynamics, catalytic hydrogenation, and vapor liquid equilibrium and liquid density studies for shale oil. The S ZorbTM sulfur removal technology and heavy metals removal from wastewater projects became commercial processes. As well, the heavy oil modeling work was commercially implemented in corporate LP refinery models and the density studies for shale oil were used for custody transfer calculations.

Paul has 15 patents and numerous published papers and presentations. At ConocoPhillips, he earned several corporate awards, and most noteworthy were the SPIRIT award for a project reaching commercial success, a Technology Innovation award, and the Lifetime Achievement Individual award.

Paul grew up in St. Louis and attended the University of Arkansas, graduating with High Honors and earning a B.S. degree in Chemistry. Following this, he attended Rice University on a Welch Foundation Fellowship and received an M.A. in Physical Chemistry in 1978 and a PhD in Physical Chemistry in 1979. He is also a registered professional engineer, receiving certification for Chemical Engineering in 1993.

Paul is a member of several professional societies including the American Chemical Society, the Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and Sigma Xi. His outside interests include tennis, windsurfing, SCUBA diving, cycling, backpacking, language study (Chinese and French), piano, and stained glass