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Brad Ramsey | Chief Operating Officer


Brad Ramsey has over 25 years of engineering, construction, and operations experience in the upstream, midstream, and downstream energy sectors with Koch, Valero, NuStar Energy, Easton Energy, and multiple energy infrastructure construction companies. Mr. Ramsey has in-depth midstream experience in the crude, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and refined products business segments where he developed teams to execute several billion in capital projects in the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

As VP of Engineering at NuStar Energy, L.P., Mr. Ramsey:

  • Constructed over 100 storage tanks in 6 countries and 12 US states totaling over 16 million barrels.

  • Built 2 crude rail facilities at St. James, LA, each capable of offloading 120 car unit trains in 6 hours.

  • Designed and built grassroots crude terminals with truck, rail, pipeline, and marine connectivity.

  • Constructed and revamped numerous Docks in Corpus Christi, TX; Texas City, TX; Savannah, GA; St. James, LA; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and other locations.

  • Constructed numerous cross-country pipeline projects managing design, engineering, hydraulics, surveying, land acquisition, procurement, construction, and commissioning.

  • Helped with construction, operations, and maintenance of the NuStar St. Eustatius Single Point Mooring (SPM) system, capable of crude oil loading rates up to 100,000 barrels per hour.

He has established and managed two grassroots construction companies specializing in midstream pipeline and facility construction. Mr. Ramsey served as Chief Operating Officer of Easton Energy which operates over 400 miles of natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines and has managed multiple groups responsible for safety, permitting and regulatory compliance.

Mr. Ramsey holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Kansas.