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NON-MEDICAL RESUMES ALM EXPERTS: Southwestern Edition 2025

DON DEAVER, P.E.
DEATECH CONSULTING COMPANY

203 Sarasota Circle South
Montgomery, TX 77356
(936) 449-6937
Email: [email protected]
www.rddeaver.com

Areas of Services and areas of expert consultant and witness expertise on pipelines, piping
Expertise: systems and other transportation facilities include the following areas:

Pipeline safety Pipeline construction
Pipeline regulations Pipeline operations
Pipeline accident analysis Pipeline repairs
Pipeline maintenance Integrity analysis
Fire simulation and analysis Statistical data analysis
Spill investigations Mechanical damage analysis
Welding and Metallurgy Stress analysis
Fracture control Explosion simulation and analysis
Nondestructive testing Fluid measurement
Failure analysis Leakage testing and Analysis
Environmental assessment Leak detection
Pipeline corrosion control Risk analysis
OSHA regulations Workplace safety
Hydrogen sulfide safety Oil and gas production operations
Pressure control and limiting Pipeline easements
Excavation damage prevention Gas odorization

Experience & Over 54 years of experience including over 33 years with Exxon Pipeline Company and
Education: over 20 years as an independent consultant and expert witness . In 20 years of
independent consulting and witness work, I have been involved with over 50 legal actions .
My clients have included the U .S . EPA, U .S . Justice Department, Texas City Port
Authority, City of Oakland, State of Alaska, City of Dallas, City of San Francisco, Enbridge,
Equilon, EOTT, Texaco, Amoco, BP Amoco, Union Pacific Resources, Koch, Marathon
and Equistar . Law firms include K & L Gates; Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy; Davis, Cowell &
Bowe, LLP; Holme, Roberts & Owen, LLP; Glasheen, Valles, Inderman & DeHoyos, LLP;
Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean; Querrey & Harrow; Spence, Moriarity & Schuster; Andrews
and Kurth; George and Donaldson; Ted Lyons; Mayer, Day et al; Luvera et al; Haynes and
Boone; Fieldman, Hay, and Ullman, L .L .P .; and Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton, and
many others . Projects as an independent consultant and witness have included personal
injury and death, worker injuries, petroleum spill investigations, environmental
assessments, property damage, construction disputes, condemnation disputes,
compliance analysis, clean water act violations and custody transfer measurement
disputes . I have worked for plaintiffs in over 80% of cases .

While working with Exxon Pipeline Company, I served on numerous committees and task
groups of the American Petroleum Institute (API), American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) and Trans Alaska Pipeline system .

I am a graduate in industrial engineering from Texas A & M University and am a registered
professional engineer in Texas in the area of mechanical engineering .

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