Envorem Appoints a new Project Engineer in Stoke, Dan Hallam
Dan Hallam has joined Envorem in Stoke on Trent to be part of the innovative team that will deliver the world’s largest greentech system for treating oil production byproducts.
Following new funding from the UK Government via Innovate UK, Envorem is about to start building a production scale version of our greentech remediation system. This ground-breaking, mobile, plant will be largely constructed in Stoke-on Trent and requires an expansion of the Envorem team to manage the build.
We are therefore pleased to welcome Dan Hallam as a new project engineer who will work alongside our design engineers, Ben Monkton, Dashe Iluyemi and the team to accomplish this significant achievement.
Meet Dan Hallam
Dan worked with our MD, Mark Batt-Rawden during the early stages of his quest to build the first prototype that was deployed to Oman for PDO, the state oil company of Oman. Earmarked as a potential resource for the future, we now welcome Dan together with his enthusiastic creativity and entrepreneurial outlook; he will make a great contribution to the project.
Dan is a graduate of Staffordshire University where he was awarded a 1st Class BSc Product Design with Management. As a student, he won the prestigious GradEX award for a unique modular tool storage system, that he endeavoured to take to market, spearheading his journey as an entrepreneur.
He later worked as a Product Development Manager in the Fintech sector where he developed products for financial institutions and travelled between the UK and Dubai. Dan also has years of experience in the water processing industry delivering many large scale, complex projects, from bespoke skid mounted process equipment to £10 M+ full-site installations.
His varied experience uniquely equips him for this new project engineering role at Envorem where he is tasked with delivering the manufacture of Envorem’s new greentech system. He will ensure all subcontractors are coordinated and supported whilst assisting with the design, testing and modelling.
Speaking from Stoke, Dan Hallam says: “By the end of 2023 we will be able to replicate the Envorem System repeatedly with the capability to address almost any oil production clean-up challenge. It’s a modular system and the core technology has already been tested to process 50 tonnes of feedstock per hour while operating at a fraction of the cost and environmental impact of existing technologies.
“It’s always incredibly exciting to be first to market on something,” says Dan, “also to be involved in a project that will accomplish something good for the world. I’ve worked in the water industry so I know the importance of conservation. We’re all hugely expectant concerning the important environmental ramifications Envorem offers. It sounds dramatic, but the pollution from oil production processes is a global problem and we can fix it but we need the oil producers to meaningfully engage.
“Not only will the Envorem system be able to clean up legacy lagoons, deposits and spillages that have been hazardous for years, it can also be used to separate oil contamination from the by-products at source, before they even form a waste for disposal. That’s our ultimate goal, to integrate our systems directly into oil production processes and remove the need for costly disposal practices. The potential savings both financially and environmentally are hugely material.
Dan sees himself as a problem solver and is keen to see the Envorem System in action. As a project engineer, he looks forward to helping oil producers change their processes to maximise environmental responsibility and save cost. “There are challenges and the oil industry is notoriously resistant to change. If they would just be more collaborative rather than sit behind procurement processes, we can show them that the changes required are not scary and will bring both financial and environmental benefits.” he says.
“I was amazed at how effective and green the Envorem system was right from the first prototype. The system we're rolling out now is mind-blowing in terms of the volumes and range of wastes it can handle. It shows how far Envorem has come as a company over the past few years. Mark Batt-Rawden and his team has advanced the science and proven the effectiveness of harnessing the natural phenomenon of cavitation and make it work for conservation. So, I am really excited to be part of this amazing project and working alongside such an innovative and creative team.”
