Marvin has an extensive career with 30+ years in the oil and gas industry, including more than 16 years in the Drilling & Completions and Operations and Pipeline divisions of Amoco Canada (now BP Canada). Marvin completed his instrumentation technology training at SAIT and NAIT and obtained provincial and federal accreditation. He spent four years working in the instrumentation trade before moving into a TPM (total productive maintenance) role with BP Chemicals, then returned to terminal construction, operation and logistics. From 1988 to 1993 and 2004 to present Marvin has loaded more than 3,000 rail cars and offloaded over 1,800, designed or assisted in the design of 21 terminals, converted eight terminals to load crude, and he and his team have trained and started 15 crude terminals since 2010. Marvin’s skills in the design, construction and operation of terminals and transloading facilities, measurement, safety and the intricacies of crude oil on rail continue to be in high demand.