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Midland, Tx, Us

Midland, Texas, United States

Midland, Texas, United States

Midland, Tx

Developed and maintained integrity program for new and existing production facilities, compressor stations, pipelines and plants within the Delaware Basin. Applied knowledge of failure mechanisms within petroleum production units to advance fit-for-purpose equipment strategies and maintenance plans. Collaborated with operations and IT on digitalization projects to enhance tracking and optimization inspection and preventative maintenance activities. Led chemical injection optimization efforts over field with over 1000 producing wells. Participated in failure analysis and investigations to identify root cause and risk based follow-up actions.

Houston, Tx

Provided materials selection, welding fabrication and materials integrity support for upstream capital projects and producing assets. Collaborated with contractors to qualify welding procedures for critical applications and to troubleshoot welding/joining issues during fabrication. Developed specifications based on materials testing for project specific environmental conditions (sour service). Advised project engineers during engineering and construction of upstream production facilities (onshore and topsides of offshore assets) and subsea architecture. Provided practical materials integrity recommendations to operating global business units.

Baytown, Tx

Led team of Inspection Planners responsible for planning all onstream and downtime related inspections for 2nd largest refining and petrochemical sites within the United States. Utilized materials engineering background and knowledge of inspection techniques (UT, RT, shear wave, TOFD, etc.) to train inspection personnel to develop targeted risk based inspection scopes. Frequently communicated identification of high risk findings to senior management and worked with operations and engineering disciplines on cost effective mitigation. Organized monthly safety meetings within inspection planning group to drive safety first culture.

Baytown, Tx

Provided base materials engineering support for various refining and chemicals operating units including atmospheric and vacuum crude unit, cokers, hydrotreaters, hydrodewaxing, hydroforming, light ends unit, flare system, and MEA/sour water/gas treating/sulfur conversion units. Used knowledge of materials degradation to develop cost effective risk based inspections and maintenance plans. Developed extensive knowledge of ASME codes and API standards as they pertain to petrochemical fixed equipment (piping, pressure vessels, fired equipment, valves).

Bachelor’S Degree, Materials Science & Engineering

Master Of Science, Welding Engineering

Nanomanufacturing Capstone Semester, Nanotechnology

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Engineering

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