Chris Smithson
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Smithson graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He joined CROFT’s Engineering Team in 2011, with a vision to improve CROFT products and designs for production equipment. During Mr. Smithson's tenure with CROFT, he was promoted several times, and currently holds the role of Chief Technology Officer. Under his leadership, the CROFT Team has launched multiple new product lines; CROFT’s Chemical Injection System (for which he personally received a patent), Fuel-gas Conditioning System, and Ambient Cooling System, as well as improving the designs of the Gas Sweetening System and Joule Thomson System product lines. Mr. Smithson’s expertise and leadership include consulting on multiple oil and gas projects around the world, plus CROFT’s technology advancements by implementing the latest 3D CAD design/analysis software, product data management, along with process simulation software for Chemical and Hydrocarbon processes. Ultimately, Mr. Smithson’s main focus is to continue to improve CROFT’s products and designs to meet industry demand.
CROFT has started something new this year! As you know Amy Jerina and Jessica Lee have been been writing twice a week for over a year now to bring you the latest and greatest in the oil and gas industry- we will continue to do this, but have decided to add some flavor to the mix. Every week, we […]
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CROFT has started something new this year! As you know Amy Jerina and Jessica Lee have been been writing twice a week for over a year now to bring you the latest and greatest in the oil and gas industry- we will continue to do this, but have decided to add some flavor to the mix. Every week, we […]
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When writing my blogs I try to be as un-opinionated as possible. I try to show faces and present both sides. This week, I’m going off the rails. This week’s blog reeks of my personal opinion. I guess since I have been on a work hiatus and a bit removed from the oil and gas […]
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We have done blog posts before on uses of natural gas and the ways it has tremendously helped in ways some of us didn’t even know. We are dependent on natural gas whether we like it or not. I wanted to bring back this topic but bring oil into the mix as well. What are our every day uses or oil and […]
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The oil & gas industry is massive. There are a multitude of different businesses & jobs that must be preformed to get the oil & gas from under the ground to the consumer. Luckily this massive industry can be broken into three chronological sectors; upstream, midstream & downstream. So what is the upstream sector? Upstream is commonly […]
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When going through the proposal process with clients, we are trying to get as much well information as possible. This ensures that the data. The more details we are able to get, the more accurate our proposal for processing equipment sent to the client will be. One of those important details is pipeline specifications or […]
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On Wednesday, August 26th, marked an important day in history. It was National Women’s Equality Day! The reason for this proclaimed holiday was due the fight of all the women suffragists fought for the right for women to vote. In 1878, was the proposal of the 19th amendment which granted women the right to vote. […]
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Picture this… You are asked to come out to a well site and check out some of the equipment. Once you get there, you look left, you look right and you see nothing. There is absolutely nothing around and the only “address” to the well site are GPS coordinates. Yet, all of the equipment to […]
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Last week I discussed the two kinds of natural gas products that can power vehicles on the roads. Those are Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Both of these natural resources are available in the Houston area to fuel natural gas cars. Mind you, they are not like your corner gas station […]
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Being in the oil & gas industry, I have learned that there are so many nooks and crannies within the industries. More often than not, I am learning something new whether it is a term, process, or division of the industry I didn’t know existed. One term that I have often heard is the term […]
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I’m pretty confident that the majority of people in society know what fracking is by now. Whether they have a positive or negative stance on fracking is a whole ‘nother can of worms. The basic principals of fracking goes all the way back to the 1950’s. However, the technology of horizontal drilling has made fracking the darling of the oil […]
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Some of you may follow the oil & gas industry and some of you may not. Either way, it is pretty difficult to know absolutely nothing about what is going on in industry. Someway or another, it seems everyone has either a family member or friend working in the industry. Let’s face it…it is HUGE! […]
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I am still very new to the world of blogging. In that short time, I discovered something. People love ranking lists. The top 10 in just about anything tends to get many views. It makes sense. Lists are easy to read since they are condensed and full of facts. Who wouldn’t like them? So as […]
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There has been so much doom and gloom over the oil and gas sector recently. I am tired of it! I thought we could have some fun. Since David Letterman’s Top 10 List is no more (tear), I thought I should pay homage to ‘ole Dave and present you with a few different Top 10 lists […]
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Maybe it is just because I am in the industry but talk of crude oil prices are the talk of the town. Even if you have nothing to do with the industry, I am sure you have heard about it one way or another. Whether you heard about layoffs or low gas prices, the low […]
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In some very exciting news this week…CROFT has made it to the small screen! About six months ago 21st Century and Corporate Review called us and asked us to be a participant on a segment on their show about innovative oil and gas companies. Our first airing for our segment of the show will air […]
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So a few weeks ago I blogged about the 1975 ban on oil-exporting known as the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. At that time we were much more dependent on foreign oil than we are now. The thought behind it was to keep what we did produce domestically stored here for emergencies. Well, things have changed. We […]
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For those of you who turned on the morning news this morning while you were getting ready for work, drinking your coffee, or driving rambunctiously late to work, I bet I can guess what you saw/heard. Besides all of the typical traffic news, I’m sure they spoke about the crazy arctic weather blasts or oil […]
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The state of Texas is very proud to say we have a city nicknamed “The Energy Capitol of the World” here. However, Houston is not the only place in this amazing state where energy is taken seriously. I don’t think I am over stepping any bounds by saying we could have an additional state motto: “Energy, it’s […]
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When I think of the term “Rockies,’ I think of a nice vacation in Colorado hitting the ski slopes on some nice fresh powdery snow. Now being from Texas, the immediate next thought that comes into my head is burr, so cold! I just recently started learning about this region when it comes to the […]
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