Lee Nichols is the Editor-in-Chief/Associate Publisher of Hydrocarbon Processing and Gas Processing & LNG magazines. At present, he manages all content for both publications, as well as Hydrocarbon Processing’s annual Market Data Book and technical conferences. Lee has more than a decade of experience in the downstream industry, and has a primary expertise in market research and trends analysis for the global downstream construction and investment sector. Lee has published more than 100 articles in Hydrocarbon Processing and Gas Processing and LNG magazines, as well as presented numerous public/private speeches/webcasts on the global downstream construction and investment sector. He has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Texas A&M University.