The Becht Team
Fred Lea, Jr., PE
Frederick L. Lea, Jr. has over 50 years of domestic and international mechanical engineering experience in the oil, petrochemical, power and mining industries. He formed and operated a small, privately held corporation that dealt with industrial training, equipment consulting, industrial sales, and real estate development. Mr. Lea has significant experience related to capital projects and FEED studies and has provided expertise as Principal Design Engineer to projects including Nexus Pipeline, Flint Hills Compressor Replacements, Enbridge Pipeline Study, Cerro Verde 2 Mine Expansion, and BGTT Trinidad Power Generation upgrade. He also led the mechanical design team that won the design competition for the Gladstone Coal Seam Gas Project in Australia.
Mr. Lea holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. He has also been an active member of the API Subcommittee on Mechanical Equipment (SOME) for over 35 years and is a former Task Force Chair of the API 618 Reciprocating Compressors Task Force.
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