Brent Bishop Email & Phone Number

Pearland, Tx, Us

Midland, Michigan, Us

Midland, Michigan, Us

Running pilot plant studying catalyst for ethylene oxide production

Troy, Michigan, Us

Coordinates with plant clients, senior relief designers, and vendors to design and provide cost-effective overpressure protection. Performs scenario analysis and acquires relevant information to define scope and complete calculations, specifications, and other documentation. Updates relief device documentation to maintain OSHA VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) compliance.• Closed 350 documentation gaps for existing relief devices in 6 units, meeting critical compliance plan deadline.• Saved $94K by acquiring and developing documentation which proved that the existing relief devices were sufficient and only minimal field changes were required.• Led work-sharing effort with overseas engineering group, sharing 100 designs, and interfacing with the plant and engineering group to provide relevant plant data in an effective manner.• Personally held the fastest completion rate within the entire Relief Group while maintaining a high accuracy level.

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Developed Functional Specification for $2M Safety Valve/Rupture Disk sizing module as part of an equipment design software replacement project (Total Project Cost: $69M). Supported IT development. Steered alignment with technical experts. Created flowsheets, test cases, business logic, GUI (Graphic User Interface), and warnings. Safety Team Co-Lead. • Guided a team of 4 IT developers and 2 other business leads in the development of the module • Expanded module’s applicability and improved sizing accuracy by adding options for pilot valves, standalone rupture disks, rupture pins, and for calculating the inlet line pressure drop • Added new functionality by creating noise & liquid overfill time modules for the software program to aid in providing additional information in considerations for safety contingency analysis • Provided an additional updated rigorous method to calculate orifice area according to API standards for all stream phases, including supercritical streams, which was not previously available • Delivered functional specification to development team within required timeframes

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Defined scope and established project feasibility for small (<$4M) facilities design projects in the early stages of the projects gate system. Gained alignment between management and technical experts for closing scoped HAZOP items. Network Leadership Team (NLT) coordinator. Mentor for new hires.• Developed facilities design basis and further defined project scope for $2.5M acid injection project for 2 cooling towers to maximize rate at a crude unit with credits of $2.3M/yr • Saved $250K for acid injection project by proposing more cost-effective metallurgies and by demonstrating that facilities such as an analyzer shed were not required• Coordinated and led 10+ biannual NLT meetings for 11 division managers and 80+ network members across 39 different networks for the Baytown Complex, with an estimated $83M/yr of 2016 benefits• Identified facilities requirements for items from a crude unit HAZOP, concluding that $5.31M of non-return capital investment and subsequent capital projects were not required• Proved feasibility and passed gate review for a $470K project lowering the site-wide impact of a potential unspared tank failure, with credits of $1M/yr

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Provided technical support for reforming, light ends, and hydroprocessing operating units. Interfaced frequently with operations, management, and technical contacts. Accountable for daily troubleshooting to achieve optimized unit performance. Supported 3 catalyst change-outs. Technical Section Safety Lead. • Saved $1.5M through recommending daily adjustments to unit operations through unit monitoring• Managed coking through adjusting reformer operations during reformer catalyst change-out to allow rate to be increased 3 KBD over the last 4 weeks, valued at $420K• Lessened speed constraint on reformer hydrogen compressor, by: - Performing plant test of more accurately calculating the compressor’s discharge flow reading with expected savings of $3M/yr through lowering reformer octane give-away - Initiated and supervised a plant test to lower compressor discharge pressure by up to 20 psi, leading to a subsequent savings of $2M/yr• Led an investigation on flare stack low net heating value exceedances and developed mitigations to prevent future Title V Deviations through coordinating with multiple units• Supported 2 flare gas recovery compressor overhauls by obtaining required approvals, monitoring associated flaring to prevent environmental deviations, and completing associated follow-ups• Updated and re-bucketed 70 gaps in unit monitoring, and developed closure plans for remaining gaps• Eliminated coking unit as a sole contributor for high silicon seen in hydrotreater feed through leading troubleshooting efforts and by involving technical experts, the lab, and operations

Chicago, Illinois, Us

-Developed Liquid Mixing Scale-Up Advisor to provide geometric scale-up parameters to better understand mixing quantitatively-Coordinated with vendors to order mixing equipment, reviewed approval drawings, and recommended changes to address potential concerns and best fit the needs of the pilot plant

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-Streamlined the process for evaluating new sludges for injection through creating a work process-Evaluated status of safety facility study follow-ups to investigate an increase to reforming unit feed rates, potentially leading to a margin increase of millions of dollars per month-Determined source of uneven performance between parallel units through a temperature survey-Increased accuracy on model for preventing piping corrosion on pipestills through studying piping and isometric drawings to document accurate metallurgy and temperature information

Houston, Tx, Us

-Managed process improvement projects, ranging from brainstorming to implementation-Collaborated with engineers, specialists, and operations to solve ongoing plant issues -Officiated Hazard Assessment and PSSR meetings to ensure safe operations

Houston, Tx, Us

-Simulated pressure drop of proposed pipe routings by using Aspen Plus-Gathered pertinent data from drawings, field, and operators to best model pressure drop-Calculated turnaround and maintenance emissions to report to government agencies

Houston, Tx, Us

-Converted process hazard analysis to new standard and identified potential problems-Assessed a unit’s lost opportunity costs through performing a material balance-Conducted management of change process for hardpiping a nitrogen line