December 2006

Dear Santa:
I know you get lots of letters from boys and girls all over the world this time of year but I was hoping you could find some time to read mine before you start packing your sleigh up there in the North Pole.  You see Santa, the stuff I ask for isn't for me, it's for those poor clients of mine all over the country who are in such desperate need.  So as you're throwing stuff in sacks getting ready for the big Christmas Eve haul, could you please drop off the following at my Whitaker office here in Colorado?         

1 - Two large sacks full of Process Chemical Engineers with at least five years of experience who love doing unit optimization, troubleshooting, debottlenecking, etc and are familiar with at least one or two major refinery processes
2 - A couple of large sacks of Project Engineers of all flavors (ChE's, ME's, EE's) whose idea of a great time is working on capital projects - anything from the puny couple of million dollar kind to the great big mega plant renovation kind
3 - A double heaping of plant engineers of the Mechanical or Electrical variety that can't wait to get their hands dirty tweaking equipment or instrumentation systems, and enjoy the heck out of predictive and preventative maintenance
4 - At least one full bag of Maintenance/Reliability professionals equally split half and half between rotating and fixed equipment experience
5 - At least a smattering of Instrument/Electrical Engineers and DCS folks who understand those bizarre electrical/power/instrumentation problems that are plaguing my clients
6 - If it's not too much trouble, can you throw in at least a few Economics and Planning/LP Modeling folks (specifically of the PIMS variety if it's not being too greedy)?
7 - And if it's not asking too much, can you find some pipeline operations and logistics folks, and maybe even some product or crude supply folks for good measure?

                                                Yours very truly,
                                                Carol Wenom CPC/CTS

Thanks to all of you for making 2006 another banner year, and for your support, encouragement and referrals - the lifeblood of our business.  Please be sure that, as you're making your New Years Resolutions this year, you resolve to not let another year go by with your career goals and aspirations unfulfilled.  We'll be here to help you!

From all of us here at the Whitaker Family to all of you and yours, our wishes for bountiful blessings, peace and prosperity, and the good health to enjoy it all!