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Ball Ground, Georgia, Us

Consultant for design review and commissioning prospect

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Ng

Commissioning three 0.25 MTPA LNG trains, now working on Trains 1 and 2.

A protype, special 20 tpd LNG, a 400,000 TPA for cold eye review and a capacity/CAPEX analysis, a high-tech super small liquefaction plant in Italy, and preparation and proposal for commissioning an LNG plant in Eastern Europe. Commissioning Consultant for three 0.25 MTPA LNG truck-out plant preparation and startup. Managing startup sequence and procedures; supervising startup. Working with and through SSE.

FLNG/LNG/Micro-LNG Commissioning Manager Consultant, LNG SME, and Engineering Manager. Additional experience in Refining, NGL, gas processing and Facilities projects during Pre-FEED, FEED, PMC, Commissioning. Projects and Operations. Global experience including USA, Norway, Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and South America. Recent history includes short-term high-level consulting and trouble-shooting.

In the past 7 years, consulted exclusively in LNG on short term projects in various locations, as well as developed and taught an LNG course. These projects included Operations (commissioning, trouble-shooting, expansions, and debottlenecking), pre-FEED, Readiness for Operations Development, Costing, design issue resolution, Owner Rep, EPC oversight, and FEED Lead Engineer, as well as Engineering Manager working with all disciplines. They took place in southern Peru, Houston, Milan Italy, Singapore, Vancouver, Munich, Louisiana, Trinidad, and northern Peru, although the project locations also included Maryland, Tanzania, and Mozambique. CapabilitiesMicro-LNG Design and CommissioningFERC applicationEnvironmental supportAdvanced process controlOperations ReadinessTrouble-shootingDebottlenecking/Expansions/Life Extension, brownfieldPre-FEED: technology selection, site issues, commercial analysis, EPC selectionLNG tolling agreements, customerFEEDCommissioningLNG PROJECTSOkra Energy Commissioning Consultant (micro-LNG) Peru (northern) Atlantic LNG Process Consultant (Worley Parsons) Trinidad Cameron LNG Process Engineering Manager Houston/ Lake Charles LNG Instructor LNG Course Developer and Instructor Singapore Mozambique LNG Senior Consultant (Saipem) Milan Cove Point LNG LNG Senior Consultant (Audubon) Maryland LNG Instructor LNG Course Developer and Instructor Singapore StatOil FLNG Lead LNG Process Engineer Houston Atlantic LNG Lead LNG Process Engineer Houston Sempra LNG Lead LNG Process Engineer (Foster Wheeler) Houston Peru LNG Process Consultant – Operations Peru Singapore LNG Engineering Manager (Worley Parsons) Singapore StatOil Snohvit LNG Commissioning Consultant Norway Brunei LNG Principal Process Engineer Brunei P.T. Badak LNG Principal Process Engineer Indonesia

Developed and conducted as trainer FLNG Course

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Us

Business development for small hydrocabon cosulting firm.

Houston, Texas, Us

Process Controls Lead for PNG (Papua New Guinea) Hides Facilities Plant for Exxon Highlands. This plant separates condensate, and compresses dewpoint controlled gas for 700 km pipeline to ExxonMobil LNG Liquefaction Plant located in Port Moresby. Senior consulting for lead process engineers. Process and control checkouts with Nuovo Pignone in Fiorenza. Managed pipeline compressor dynamic study to determine anti-surge and hot bypass valves sizing and control. Organized and led effort for SIS systems (Cause and Effects) and alarm rationalization in keeping with ExxonMobil’s ABM (Abnormal Situation Management) program. Reviewed and flow assurance analysis (steep terrain, slugging) done with OLGA. Greatly reduced trip situations in liquid handling incidents. Lead process engineer for HAZOPs. Designed compressor startup and sequence and controls (with expert consultants). Gas and compressor section dynamic modeling.

North Sydney, Nsw, Au

Performed design review for wellhead platform in Saigon, Vietnam. Process basis for an LNG terminal in South Africa: simulation (including unloading BOG suppression with simulation), assumptions, equipment list with sizes, Class II estimate basis, equipment layout (first pass plot plan). Greatly cost effective compared to recent designs, plus improved operability for same reliability. Engineering Manager for FEED for Singapore LNG Receiving Terminal. The project ran a design competition for FEED verification, enhancements and bid tender between 3 potential EPC contractors, top global EPC contractors. Further resolved outstanding issues such as equipment separation and protection requirements for gas releases, including marine ignition zones (a serious issue with most LNG terminals), firewater requirements, boiloff gas handling, turndown capabilities, ship unloading requirements.

North Sydney, Nsw, Au

Manager for upstream pre-FEED studies, participating in business development. Responsible for process control on all projects, as well as process engineering software and methodology development. Chaired HAZOP for Singapore Regasification Terminal. Lead engineer for Brunei LNG Valve replacement sub-project. Senior advisor to Lead Engineer for LPG Vaporization system design. Process control design basis for 2 upstream plants.

Stavanger, Rogaland, No

Consulting to Norway’s state oil company, StatOil, for commissioning of the new LNG plant in Hammerfest Norway, http://www.statoil.com/en/OurOperations/ExplorationProd/ncs/Pages/SnohvitNewEnergyHistoryInTheNorth.aspx. Startup was August 2007 for this very well constructed plant, with an efficient, integrated Linde design, zero effluent, and advanced control and fully functional dynamic simulation models. Designed a lifting system to remove LPG condensate from combined LNG/LPG tank flare using pressurized N2—emergency basis as requirement had not been foreseen. Changed control of instrument air driers to prevent oxygen peaks which caused the five 50 MW gas turbine fuel-gas feed-forward calorimeters to error. Analyzed flare load and emissions. Supervised flare study using dynamic simulator. Critical ESD situation was basis for mandatory Norwegian emissions requirements. Reviewed flow from fields into slugcatcher (conjuncted dynamic D=Spice process simulator with dynamic OLGA pipeline simulator).

Made a rigorous rating model followed by a predictive model. Designed BOG Compressor replacement, including economic analysis from running down LNG warmer and consequent boiloff increase and compressor power decrease. The 1972 plant was preparing for major new equipment replacement and rejuvenation, including complete valve replacement as well as Cooling Water Tower replacement and Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger Replacement. The plant’s age entailed a lot of troubleshooting. In the last 6 months, completed 347 HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) action Items outstanding since 1999. Required situation analysis, coordinating management and discipline criteria and opinion, and, in many cases, design and implementation. Some items were of large scope, involving flare and relief capacity analysis. In several, coordination with Shell Global Solutions in various locations was required. Concurrently during the last 6 months, trained a particularly apt young Bruneian engineer. With my design and tutelage, he developed simulation models of the whole plant in modules, linked using VB to Excel, with an overall Plant Information System for calculating and reporting fuel gas and steam efficiencies.

Dhahran, Sa

Performed debottlenecking study and implementation in the Ras Tanura Refinery (Eastern Province) for the NGL (Natural Gas Liquids). Identified opportunity to increase load by over 25%, necessary for future expanded gas and crude production, analyzed equipment and controls with sequential targeted test runs, mapped into simulation, and designed controls and equipment changes to debottleneck and eliminate some serious and long-standing pressure control problems. Saved $15,000,000 projected cost from adding fin fans or additional plant. Analyzed flare system, essentially extending the study done 8 years before to calculate extra capacity and identify safety and operability improvements. Developed best methods extant to calculate radiation and dynamic load (searched literature, then programmed methods). Enabled shut down of ground flares and elimination of burn pit and saving $1,500,000 for ground flare line replacement. Identified opportunity to extract isomers form NGL for Motor Gasoline blending. Performed blending calculations for large increase in demand expected, savings $20,000,000/yr. Analyzed methods of performing work, including use of steady state and dynamic simulation for engineering, operations reporting, operator training and production planning. Developed links to online DCS data system to simulation to reporting, developed KPI (Key Performance Indicators), and with optimization controls to KPI.

Performed debottlenecking study for large LNG/LPG plant located in Bontang, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. Observed operations and matched Hysim simulation to operations. Planned and conducted a test run to maximize rates through feed gas preparation plants by flaring before the main heat exchanger. Developed production increasing and supporting modifications, costed, quantified benefits and prioritized return on investment. Transferred August 1996 to permanent post in Bontang as process specialist to advise Process Department Management. Headed time critical shutdown of N2 (used for mixed component refrigerant) to resolve a problem causing trips and very low production, including cause identification and resolution. Improved technical expertise and report writing of national engineers. Analyzed and developed solution for pump trips causing sprung gaskets and leaks in amine circulation. Developed Hysys simulation of trains. Increased production of LPG by modification to gas condensate (naphtha) stripping system. Determined cause and solution for amine regenerator inlet distributor recurring (nearly every planned shutdown in 7 trains) damage. Evaluated material balance reporting.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Advanced process control and process support for installation of process control (TDC3000 DCS) in a high fructose corn syrup refinery in Nebraska

Jakarta, Dki Jakarta, Id

Process consultant to determine scope of work of expansion project, follow-up on operation and production impacts because of expansion, and develop feed, yields and equipment configuration for a LNG plant for small yield fields.

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Project engineer seconded to Exxon Chemicals Baytown organization. Full project responsibility, including cost, schedule, detail design, procurement and construction, for 12 projects totaling $30 million.

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Principal Process Engineer responsible for: • Design of Hydrocracker plant expansion to Conoco refinery at Lake Charles, Louisiana. • Design of Crude Oil Pipeline Cusiana to Coveñas, Columbia, (over Andes mountains) including slack flow operation. • Design of VCM plant expansion for Geon, Laporte, Texas. • Hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP) for PEMEX Refineries.

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Lead Process Engineer for large refinery upgrade project in Saudi Arabia. Advised project management; evaluated design packages received from home office; supported home office studies; chemical, engineering for utilities, offsites, and interconnecting piping; supervised local contracting companies for design and other engineering work. Coordinated Operations requirements and field information retrieval with home office studies and design. Upgrade was from a conversion/hydro-skimming operation to a full conversion operation. New plants included FCC, Claus Sulfur/DGA Regeneration, NHT/Platformer/CCR, Hydrocracker, PSA/H2 production, Crude. Developed P&IDs. Located space for new plants within existing operating areas and reviewed Plot Plans. Developed piping demolition and interface procedures and drawings. Reviewed piping drawings inside existing pipeways. Provided process and chemical engineering input into interface plan. Performed blending studies (gasoline, kerosene, diesel and fuel oil) for refinery upgrade. MOGAS blending included a difficult make with CARB gas, Saudi domestic, Euro gas, Asia high sulfur and Asia low sulfur. Determined product make for various modes of operation. Performed tank farm allocation. Designed temperature and true vapor pressure control for gasoline and gasoline components in rundown tankage, in transfer to terminal, and storage for shipment. Performed a study of the existing plant blowdown and flare system. The study included dynamic simulation of critical units and analysis of all flare contributions in time, rigorous line hydraulics for low pressure high velocity flow, and flare load distribution and radiation calculations for multi-flare system. Performed a study of the fuel gas system for the revamped refinery and designed a fuel gas quality control and distribution system. Performed design of oil movement, inter-unit control and routing, and tank farm allocation. Located tie-ins for process units.

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Process consultant for project in Venezuela. Design was for a revamp of Curaçao Refinery. Headed team of home office consultants in process, instrumentation, rotating equipment, and piping. Reported to project manager and provided consultation to Venezuelan engineering manager. Ensured quality of design and proper application of home office procedures and methods. Revamped Tail Gas Clean Up Unit. Converted from single compressor to parallel compressor. Designed surge control and specified requirements for local control panel.

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Responded to client request for qualifications and drafted a new qualifications document setting forth Brown & Root's chemical plant design and process control capabilities, resulting in ongoing investigations of the possibility of a working relationship. Performed preliminary design and sizing of a field produced gas dew point control plant, including TEG dehydration and mixed phase long distance pipeline with severe elevation changes. Investigated process department functions with the purpose of providing state of the art technology and automating wherever feasible. Investigated process simulation applications and implemented state of the art process design system. Implemented a process network (LAN) and set equipment standards. Investigated and implemented applications in process design, document generation, and project control. Coordinated with the database and applications efforts of other departments and disciplines. Investigated feasibility of developing an advanced process design system. Analyzed scope of project to develop such a system and organized a project team to develop it. Developed functional specification for computer aided engineering for conceptual design of petrochemical plants using advanced computer technology. Performed analysis of conceptual design in engineering and construction industry. Developed costs and benefits projections of CAE system and performed justification analysis.

Accepted a position as Senior Applications Engineer with a small process control consulting company in Houston, Texas. Responsible for design and implementation of advanced process control. Designed and implemented control using TDC-3000 on newly constructed units at Exxon Baytown Refinery: including naphtha splitter heat balanced and internal L/V controls, MEA absorption load and offgas quality control, MEA regeneration energy minimization with feedforwards and reflux ratio to reboiler control. Designed and implemented controls on Exxon Refinery existing units being converted to TDC-3000: including five light ends columns and a gasoline reformer splitter as well as performed extensive tuning resulting in improved stability and capacity. Performed a study of three columns with a history of upsets; determined causes, recommended modifications, and designed feedforward and composition control as well as interim control before modifications. Transferred to Exxon Refinery Baton Rouge, as Project Leader responsible for project proposal and estimates, job scheduling, cost control, billing, and project management. Designed and implemented control using TDC-3000 on modified Claus plant and MEA absorption and regeneration, including model based control with on-line model reconciliation and compressor dynamic surge control and multi-compressor balancing. At Exxon Chemicals Baytown, designed and implemented batch control using Forney control system on polypropylene pneumatic transfer and grade control.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Proposed and designed prototype laboratory computer system. Organized and supervised task force to develop and implement system. Improved laboratory efficiency, reduced errors and speeded turnaround time by several hours. Estimated value - $900,000. Transferred to Information Services (Head Office) as Project Leader responsible for feasibility studies and systems design for a production information system. Designed production management and information system. System provides high level information and analysis methods to management, low level "picture" of operation to unit personnel and feeds real time system using similar data structure. System uses normalized relational data base, report generators for management, and command driven calculation specification routine for ad hoc changes by unit personnel. Resigned to return to the United States. Offered (and accepted for 3 months) post as Consultant, on contractual basis. Responsible for overall evaluation of hardware requirements, software procurement, conceptual studies, detailed system design and implementation of production information system.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Promoted to Senior Process Engineer and transferred to production division in refinery, responsible for process optimization, projects, operations and coordination with outside services. Determined and resolved cause of severely damaged trays in column and corrected problem, during two week shutdown, saving costs of $150,000 plus $1,000,000 per day for delayed startup. Proposed new theory and method of operation of unit; performed tests and designed modifications; increased the overall factory yield of diesel fuel (versus gasoline) resulting in savings of $25,000,000 per year.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Initially Assistant Process Engineer then promoted to full Process Engineer; responsible for process design, technical assistance, debottlenecking, troubleshooting. Provided planning and field assistance during startup of two multi-billion dollar plants; as well as performed construction checkouts, planned and executed guarantee test runs. Developed a mass and energy balance computer program, configurable for any unit. Pointed out bottlenecks and implemented modifications to debottleneck on a small scale. Installed on-line corrosion monitoring devices, investigated corrosion parameters and implemented anti-corrosion material injection and equipment specification changes resulting in normal equipment life. Investigated causes of poor fuel gas quality. Set guidelines for operations of fuel gas collection (from factory offgases) and mixing and operation of furnaces. Designed and installed system to detect and flare off-spec offgases from specific lines; as well as installed analyzers on mixed fuel gas to detect Wobbe number and flame speed changes, resulting in safe fuel gas quality. Investigated causes of an LPG fire which damaged $5,000,000 in equipment. Determined cause and implemented modification. Analyzed units for fire sources and fire proofing, designed modifications which reduced potential for leaks, contained leaks and spills, and minimized ignition sources. Implemented and designed over $50,000,000 in modifications for operating units.