Nathan A. Hatcher
Nate joined Optimized Gas Treating, Inc. as Vice-President, Technology Development in 2009 and is located in Buda, Texas. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, he spent 7 years with Black & Veatch Pritchard, Inc. where he was involved with the design, evaluation, training and start-up of H2S and CO2 removal and sulfur recovery technologies. Nate spent the next 7 years with ConocoPhillips, Inc. as Treating/Sulfur Processing Best Practices Network Lead, providing technical support and troubleshooting services for refinery treating and sulfur recovery operations. He is currently in the Amine Best Practices Group as one of only a few non-operating company representatives. Nate has spent his entire career in amine treating and sulfur recovery and has extensive experience in the application of process simulation to operations troubleshooting and training.