Aditya Merchant, M.Eng, P.Eng. Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Ab Canada

- Responsible for daily trading of natural gas on the index and with third parties to bring North American production to equity, manage asset consumption and leverage market opportunities for financial gain - Primary trader for power and ancillary services sales for the Balzac Power Station and Long Lake Oil Sands facilities - Daily and long term Asset Optimizer for the Balzac Power Station - Also provide real time support for adjusting offers, ensuring regulatory compliance and maximizing revenue from power generation- Scheduling natural gas movements on various pipelines for the company’s North American assets- Provide analytical support and strategic advice for crude movements by pipeline, rail and truck with a strong focus on condensate blending, pipeline and tankage logistics for the Oil Sands business- Successfully performed economic evaluations for long term deals, defining hedging strategy, business continuity planning and identifying market opportunities for profit generation

Fort Mcmurray, Ab Canada

- Responsible for drafting joint operating strategies and plans for the SAGD and Upgrader business units, to maximize sales revenue and minimize impact to bitumen production on a short term and long term basis - Evaluated outages, projects and created several operating scenarios to highlight revenue earning potential in excess of $6 to $12 million dollars- Routinely monitored and compared operating performance with the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) to highlight and quantify deviations, and contributed to the development of future AOPs by providing inputs and challenging planning assumptions to ensure accuracy of calculations - Developed the production and marketing plan for the Oil Sands Division on a weekly, monthly and bi-monthly basis to define and provide realistic and goal-driven operating parameters and scenarios - Highlighted optimal maintenance windows for several equipment in the plant while quantifying impacts of potential delays to ensure operations is on track to meet key results for the year - Strategically scheduled crude oil volumes for sales in everyday collaboration with crude oil traders and schedulers in the Energy Marketing Department, to maximize revenue ($5 million per sale) even during plant upsets - Coordinating the production logistics related to sulphur, pentane, condensate and rail yard movements by ordering volumes, monitoring consumption and scheduling railcar movements with customers and CN Rail

Fort Mcmurray, Ab Canada

- Daily monitoring of key performance indicators of Sulphur Recovery Unit, Tail Gas Treating Unit, Amine, Sour Water Stripping Unit and Selexol Treating Unit- Process inspections of reactors, distillation columns, stripping towers and additional vessels during planned outages- Troubleshooting of several technical issues associated with the day to day and long term plant operation- Project support during conceptualization, design and implementation of capital projects related to the units

Fort Mcmurray, Ab Canada

- Provided process engineering support for SAGD and Inlet Treating production- Troubleshooting of various heat exchangers, compressors and operating processes- Day to day monitoring of key performance indicators of bitumen treating and oil water separation - Provided technical and operational input as an active member of the Volume Measurement Team that governs the metering, regulatory compliance and production accounting of inputs and outputs of the SAGD and Upgrader Business Units- Conducted process Inspections, pre-start up safety reviews and performed vessel entries of various distillation columns, heaters, reactors and other plant equipment, as an active member of 2012 Oil Sands Turnaround Team

Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Corunna, Ontario, Canada

Master Of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Basc, Chemical Engineering