Wayne W. Frenier retired from Schlumberger after more than 30 years of research and development activities. Frenier is the author of 33 US patents, numerous technical articles and five books. His recent SPE books include Formation, Removal and Inhibition of Inorganic Scale in the Oilfield Environment (with Murtaza Ziauddin), Organic Deposits in Oil and Gas Production (with Murtaza Ziauddin and Ramachandran Venkatesan) and Chemistry for Enhancing the Production of Oil and Gas (with Murtaza Ziauddin). Wayne is an Emeritus member of the American Chemical Society and a Life Member of NACE International, having been awarded its Fellow Honor. Wayne currently performs consulting services in the energy industry.