Leadership

Mr. Frank Hornsby is President of Cormetrics. In his role he oversees a team of lab technicians and corrosion specialists, offering full service state-of-the-art failure analysis and corrosion testing. His focus is on providing consulting services to the petroleum industry for overall system integrity and specialty lab testing.

Frank was an immediate asset to Cormetrics, in February 2011 when he was brought on as President. His 30+ years of experience in the petroleum industry on asset integrity and production chemical application disciplines has made him a specialist in this field. His prior experience consists of employment with oil production companies as a Field Integrity Technician and as a Corrosion and Laboratory Superintendent. Additional work experience with a major production chemical supplier as their Technical Services Manager further enhanced his expertise in oilfield chemical treatment and monitoring.

During his tenure with Cormetrics, his focus has been on overseeing the laboratory testing of corrosion inhibitors, alloy selection, pipeline failure analysis, ASTM G205 Crude Corrosivity testing, and production chemical reviews. His focus on modernizing Cormetrics’ equipment and expanding our testing capability has allowed for higher quality reports and the flexibility to meet clients unique testing needs.

Additionally, Cormetrics work with standards organizations — such as ASTM and AMPP —  by giving conference talks, authoring industry papers, and improving test standards and developing methodologies has contributed to the corrosion industry more broadly.

Frank is a graduate of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) with a diploma in Hydrocarbon Engineering Technology in 1985.