Sandra Krauthamer, Chevron (moderator); Mitch Dornsife, BP (moderator); Kevin Ward, Drexelbrook; Andrew Heisler, Georg Fischer Signet.

Roundtable discussion centering on some of the current issues relating to instrumentation and process control that affect Southern California refineries. Areas to be discussed include level measurement, one of the most critical measurements, and online analyzers, which many times are viewed as one of the "black arts."

Sandra Krauthamer is an Analyzer Engineer with Chevron. She received a Bachelor's degree from UC Irvine and a Masters degree from CSU Los Angeles in Mechanical Engineering. She has a PE license in Mechanical Engineering. Sandra can be reached at KRTH@chevron.com. Website: www.chevron.com.

Mitch Dornsife is a process control engineer at BP. He has a BS in chemical engineering from Long Beach State and a PE license in Control System Engineering. Mitch can be reached at Mitch.Dornsife@bp.com. Website: www.bp.com.

Kevin Ward has been with Drexelbrook for 20 years. At the present time, he is the Service Manager and Applications Engineering Manager. He is Drexelbrook's Expert in Oil and Gas Level Measurement. Kevin can be reached at kevin.ward@drexelbrook.com. Website: www.drexelbrook.com.

Andrew Heisler is an Application Engineer with GF Signet LLC. He has degree in electronics from USMC. Andrew has fifteen years experience with water/waste water instrumentation and SCADA system design. Andrew can be reached at andrew.heisler@georgfischer.com. Website: www.georgfischer.com.