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About the Authors

Saeid Mokhatab is one of the most recognizable names in the natural gas community through his
contributions to advancing the technologies in the natural gas processing industry. He has been
actively involved in different aspects of several large-scale gas processing projects, from conceptual
design through plant startup and operations support. He has presented on gas processing
technologies worldwide and has published 300 technical papers and two renowned Elsevier's
handbooks in collaboration with leading experts from the largest international engineering
companies and prominent process licensors. His numerous publications, which are widely read and
highly respected, have set the technical standards in the natural gas processing industry and are
considered by many as major references to be used for any gas processing/LNG project in
development. He founded the world's first peer-reviewed journal devoted to natural gas science
and engineering (published by Elsevier, the United States) and has held editorial positions for many
scientific journals/book publishing companies in the hydrocarbon processing industry. He has also
served as a member of technical committees for several professional societies and acclaimed gas
processing conferences worldwide. As a result of his outstanding work in the natural gas industry,
he has received a number of international awards and medals, and his biography has been listed in
highly prestigious directories.
William A. “Bill” Poe is a Senior Principal Technical Consultant at AVEVA, the United States. He

has over 35 years of international business and industrial experience in design, operations, and
project management of gas processing plants with a special focus on automation, multivariable
predictive control (MPC), advanced process control (APC), optimization design and
implementation, and real-time performance monitoring. Bill started his career at Shell Oil
Company, USA, in 1981, working over a decade in natural gas processing plants operations and
engineering as well as management of multimillion-dollar projects. In 1993, he joined Continental
Controls to lead the process engineering department in support of executing contracts with the Gas
Research Institute, USA, where he developed new multivariable control applications in the natural
gas industry. After joining GE as part of the Continental Controls acquisition, he became vice
president of this division of GE where his responsibilities included direction of product
development, projects, technical sales support, and customer service for multivariable control and
optimization applications in the natural gas industry. In 2001, Bill joined Invensys Process Systems,
USA, where he has developed APC and Optimization Master Plans for international companies
such as Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, Statoil, and PDVSA, as well as automation and advanced process
control feasibility studies for over 100 natural gas processing plants worldwide. After Schneider
Electric acquired Invensys Process Systems in 2014 and merged its software division with AVEVA
in 2018, he has continued to work with the top gas processing companies. Bill is an Associate Editor
of the Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering, has authored or coauthored more than 60
technical papers, and made numerous technical presentations at prestigious international
conferences. He received the GE Innovators Award in 1999 and attained the Invensys Circle of
Excellence in 2011.
John Y. Mak is a Senior Fellow and Technical Director at Fluor, the United States, and leads the
technology and design development for Fluor chemical and energy division. He is the technical

expert and SME with Fluor for over 40 years and has been leading major oil and gas,
petrochemical and refinery projects from conceptual designs, feasibility studies, FEED
development, detailed engineering, to plant start-up and performance testing. John has made
contributions to innovations in natural gas treating and processing, NGL recovery, LNG
liquefaction and regasification, synthesis gas purification, and carbon capture methods. John is the
coauthor of the Handbook of Liquefied Natural Gas, first edition (2013) published by Elsevier, the
United States. He has published over 80 technical papers and has frequently presented his findings

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