James Benefield

is the founder and owner of Gulf Coast Combustion, based in Spring, Texas. He spent years inside the industry doing the work, saw how large vessel combustion jobs could be handled with more precision and consistency than what was commonly offered, and put everything on the line in 2014 to prove it. Gulf Coast Combustion is a family-owned operation that specializes exclusively in on-site direct gas fire PWHT for large pressure vessels, serving fabricators in oil and gas, chemical processing, and petrochemical industries across the Gulf Coast and nationally. Benefield can be reached at james@gulfcoastcombustion.com.