Mark Bothamley is an independent consultant specializing in oil and gas processing and associated facilities. For the past several years he has been a Senior Technical Advisor for PetroSkills, a large technical training and consulting company that supports the Upstream energy industry. Previously, Mr. Bothamley was Chief Engineer with John M. Campbell and Company in Norman, Oklahoma. Prior to joining JMC he was with BP/Amoco for 24 years, in several locations around the world. His experience covers the areas of design, operation, troubleshooting and optimization of offshore and onshore oil and gas production and treating facilities. Mr. Bothamley is a past chairman of the SPE Facilities Subcommittee and a former member of the GPSA Data Book Editorial Review Board. Mr. Bothamley holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and a Diploma in Natural Gas and Petroleum Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.