KnightHawk News
May 2010 – KHE receives contract to perform root cause analysis of critical compressor failure.
April 2010 – Middle East plant plant goes on line with assistance from KHE to solve problems with failures to their critical heat exchangers.
February 2010 – KHE receives contract to design Molten Salt Tank as a part of the Green Power technology movement.
January 2010 – KHE promotes Carlos R Corleto, Ph.D. to the position of Materials Lab and Field Services Director. He replaces Kevin Sicking who is moved back to the corporate offices to resume his duties as Sr. Vice President.
October 2009 – KHE sends team to Middle East to support Client in plant startup.
August 2009 – KHE receives contract to investigate plant explosion in Pasadena.
August 2009 – KHE receives contract to perform root cause analysis on critical heat exchangers. Middle East ethylene plant had failures on its transfer line exchangers during commissioning and cannot start the plant until the reasons for the failures are identified and solutions are developed and implemented.
June 2009 – KHE is pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets of Clear Lake Industries, Filtration Division. KHE formed a new subsidiary, KnightHawk Industries, DBA “Clearlake Filtration” and has moved it next door to the KnightHawk Materials Lab in League City, TX.
April 2009 – KHE receives Phase 2 of the Process Technology R&D project.
Feb 2009 – KnightHawk receives contract to perform a Metallurgical examination of Failed Compressor parts.
Dec 2008 - KnightHawk receives a major turbomachinery job involving the failure of a turboexpander.
October 2008 – KHE receives order for a Process Technology R&D project involving extensive numerical modeling.
September 2008 – KHE survives Ike. KHE offices and almost all employees’ homes received significant to severe damage during Hurricane Ike. In spite of the damage and prolonged power outages experienced, the KHE offices were back up and operating on the following Monday. Client’s critical projects were kept on track with minimal delays.
May 2008 – KnightHawk is contracted to work on a major OSHA related event, related to a Heat Exchanger Failure.
April 2008 – Now Open - KnightHawk Materials Lab! KnightHawk Engineering now has a state of the art Materials and Metrology Lab in League City, Texas. Our services now include materials analysis, testing and reverse engineering. KnightHawk is now your one stop shop for all your problematic engineering needs.
February 2008 – KHE receives offshore job on Thunder Horse requiring extensive Finite Element modeling of riser equipment.
