The Canwell Team
General Manager – Karsten Pedersen
Karsten joined Canwell in 2010 as General Manager having spent the last seven years in key business development roles for IMV projects and more recently CORD WorleyParsons. Karsten has over 22 year’s history in the chemical manufacturing and construction industries. He has 15 years in the chemical formulating and distribution industry with Travis Chemical. His combined knowledge of the construction and chemical industry provides Canwell with a unique perspective in sales, quality and application technology. Karsten has extensive background and industry contacts in skid and modular construction through his tenure with CORD construction.
Karsten’s vision is an asset to the engineering and technical service teams. Karsten ensures a hands on approach is engaged to help optimise design and fabrication process and ensure that lessons learned over our 25 years of field application is captured to the best advantage of our clients.
Technical Services Team
Our Technical service team extends through all stages of project delivery including project management, design, construction, start-up, turnover and optimization. We have extensive experience in all scales of project delivery, from small feasibility studies and program management assignments to full EPCM delivery. We are experienced in the design and construction management of oil field modular process equipment. We pride ourselves in a quality product, holding accountability for overall engineering, fabrication and construction quality.
Director of Technical Services – Stuart Torr, P.Eng
Stuart Torr is a Senior Engineering Consultant with Canwell. He has more than 12 years of experience in Oil and Gas, Water, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy Projects across Canada. His project experience extends all stages of project delivery including project management, process design, construction, start-up, turnover and optimization. He has extensive experience in all scales of project delivery that include different project execution models from small feasibility studies and program management assignments to larger EPCM delivery. His professional career is complimented by a diverse history in project management and consulting assignments across Europe and North America.
Technical Field Representatives
Canwell have a strong team of experienced field operators with extensive experience solely dedicated to commissioning, optimizing and troubleshooting Canwell’s H2S sweetening systems. Canwell has been focused solely on H2S solutions for 25 years, our field staff are able to provide a strong, focused and disciplined service offering. Our technical field representatives are solely dedicated to supporting field operators to enhance and optimise the systems we install. We invest in our people ensuring that our field representatives have a broad understanding of gas processing, gas completion and heavy oil processing so that we can be a strong asset to any operations team.
HSE, Quality and Logistics Manager
Our blend plant manager manages all health Safety and Environment (HSE), Quality, Product Manufacture and Logistics. In this role, our blend plant manager supports our field representatives through well-managed logistics, which results in a refined and consistent product that is safely delivered to our client’s on time. Canwell are experienced in shipping of chemical, equipment and component parts across Western Canada and North West USA. We play an active role that includes the review of review of bracing, packing, closures and tie downs to ensure there is no damage during shipment.



