Director, Refinery Services
David Wall, PE, is the Director of Refinery Sector Services and a 26-year veteran of the firm. As Director, David leads complex projects that integrate technical expertise with local regulatory insight to effectively meet the needs of refinery clients. With extensive hands-on experience at refinery sites, he supports daily compliance operations and crafts strategic permitting solutions. This extensive experience has enabled David to develop deep, specialized knowledge of the refining industry.
He has significant compliance support, permitting, and auditing experience in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. He has managed permitting projects ranging from minor modifications to multi-billion dollar capital projects. He has performed consent decree- based and internally driven compliance audits at refineries and chemical plants with topics ranging from general Title V compliance to historical PSD applicability issues and U.S. EPA enforcement initiative “marquee” issues such as BWON, NSPS J/Ja, LDAR, and flaring. He has provided consulting and expert support in a number of permit appeals and litigation matters. He also serves as the instructor for Trinity’s Clean Air Act Workshop for Petroleum Refineries and Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP professional training courses.
David graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and is a registered professional engineer (PE) and Certified Manager (CM).