James Turner is an Executive Process Director in Fluor’s Houston office. He has more than 35 years of experience in process design for a wide range of projects in the refining, chemical, and gas processing industry, in both domestic and international locations. He has served in many roles in process engineering, project management, and engineering management. He is currently working on a major international oil-to-chemicals program. He has published and presented many technical articles on process design, project execution, energy transition, and decarbonization, and holds patents for a combined hydrotreater process design. Active in several professional organizations, he is a Fellow of AIChE, and has served as Chair Elect, Chair, and Past Chair of the South Texas Section of AIChE. He has also served as a Trustee on the AIChE Foundation Board, and has held several positions with AIChE, including member of the Executive Board Programming Committee, and several positions with the Fuels and Petrochemicals Division, including Chair of the Division, Director, Newsletter Editor, and Treasurer. In 2012, he received the Fuels and Petrochemicals Service Award for distinguished service to the division and industry, and he received the South Texas Section Distinguished Service Award in 2017. He is a graduate of Texas A&M Univ. with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He serves on the Texas A&M Chemical Engineering Dept. Industry Advisory Council, supports the Chemical Engineering Senior Design Class, and has been inducted into the Texas A&M Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni.