Jack Buehler Email & Phone Number

Jack has over 30 years of operations, engineering, and commercial experience with Shell, Union Carbide, and DOW Chemical including 15 years focused on energy efficiency, utilities, reliability, and GHG reduction. Jack recently retired from Shell as a Principal Engineer for Utilities, Energy/GHG Reduction, Renewables. He has helped Shell identify Energy and GHG reduction opportunities for assets and new projects and was most recently supporting Renewable energy projects supporting the Energy Transition. He has broad experience working with Downstream Refining and Chemicals, Upstream, and LNG. Jack has conducted energy assessments at the major Shell North and South America refinery sites and supported JVs and 3rd party Energy Studies. Site Energy efficiency improvements of 3-6% were identified with $20million/yr savings at one refinery. Jack provided utility support to Shell DS assets conducting steam optimization and utility reliability studies, troubleshooting, and supporting utility integration with new process units.Prior to joining Shell, Jack worked for Union Carbide and Dow with many roles including Operations, start-up of three ethylene crackers, Process Engineering, Feedstock purchasing, and JV contract negotiations. At UCC he was leader of the Corporate Competitiveness Program which resulted in energy reductions and capacity creep increases equivalent to $150MM+ in annual savings. Jack has a keen interest in helping companies with the energy transition and is currently doing consulting work when not biking. Jack is a member of AIChE and the Ethylene Producers Committee (EPC) and has chaired the EPC Technology session at the annual AIChE/EPC conference. He is an active member of the Advisory Board of TIEEP (Texas Industries Energy Efficiency Program). Jack has a B.S in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware.

Consulting on energy efficiency and GHG reduction. Have conducted plant energy reduction studies in petrochemicals, refineries, LNG plants identifying quick win and quick payback capital projects. Have developed GHG plans for new chemical plants, ethylene plant, offshore platform,.