North American Oil Market Analyst focusing on US and Canada crude oil supply and demand fundamentals, balances and outlook, infrastructure and regional crude price differentials

Supported refinery feedstock planning and optimization; evaluated crude oil processing feasibility and plant breakeven values. Developed daily crude processing schedule in Aspen Petroleum Scheduler.

Led monthly development of plant three-month operating plan and margin forecast, supported daily operations monitoring and optimization and forecasted plant distillate production and gas oil demand. Utilized refinery linear programming model (Aspen PIMS) to evaluate plant economics.

Developed and coordinated execution of operating plans for refinery light ends and polypropylene production. Collaborated with various functions to forecast, plan and schedule material purchases, sales and movements.

Monitored and optimized unit operations to meet production and quality targets within safety, reliability and environmental limits. Participated in unit Process Hazard Analysis studies, Management of Change process and project pre-startup safety review teams.

Designed and developed refinery small capital projects to achieve margin, reliability, or health, safety and environmental improvements. Led safety reviews for equipment or process modifications, created design packages for project execution team and supported project implementation.

Performed feasibility studies, designed facility modifications and documented new process specifications for refinery improvement projects.

Assisted with lab-, pilot-, and full-scale studies to evaluate liquid and solid dose manufacturing processes. Documented and analyzed study results and gained awareness of pharmaceutical industry regulations and manufacturing best practices.

Supported a research team in the Penn State Chemical Engineering Department studying the feasibility of organic solar cells as an energy source. Performed differential scanning calorimetry experiments with polymer blends, analyzed data and communicated findings. Contributed results to a scientific article published by the American Chemical Society.