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Imperial Oil Strathcona Refinery

-Developed, implemented, and evergreened RBI plans for typical refinery process units (Crude Distillation, FCC and downstream fractionation, HF Alkylation, Hydroprocessing, Caustic Treaters, Amine, Sulfur Recovery, LPG storage). This includes circuitization, inspection and process data gathering, consequence assessment, mitigation recommendations.

Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada

Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada

• Reviewed pipeline inspection reports for underground pipeline systems in the United States and Canada.
• Provided feedback to field non-destructive examination (NDE) technicians in the form of report audits in order to provide better quality inspection services for clients.
• Assisted in the field level inspection of pipelines in order to help meet resource and deadline requirements. Became familiar with magnetic particle inspection (MPI) and ultrasonic testing (UT) NDE techniques.
• Conducted test work and generated a full engineering failure analysis report for a fractured rotary sucker rod that was in a well service.
• Trained and competent with optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and positive material identification (PMI) devices.
• Involved with NDE report review training for new pipeline integrity engineers.

Princeton, BC

• Performed routine bench top test work for in-situ mill process optimization.
• Compiled and reported daily and monthly performance indicators for the mill.
• Involved with process equipment inspections (SAG mill, ball mills, cyclones, flotation cells, Pipeline UT testing).
• Sampling audits and test work done for process streams to analyze individual process equipment performance.
• Organized and audited SAG mill shell reline. Planned and tracked the progress of the work and generated efficiency reports. Provided future reline recommendations.

Edmonton, AB

• Performed pipeline right of way (ROW) inspections at a client’s in-situ operating facility.
• Registered piping units with ABSA (performance pressure calculations for pipe, collected QC documents).
• Assisted engineers by writing tank and pipeline inspection reports and scopes.