Michael Platz Email & Phone Number

Responsibilty for entire operation at the Woods Cross facility, including process units, tank farm, loading and unloading facilities, and utilities. One of 3 qualified individuals always on call for emergencies. Lean organization, involved in technical, fixed and rotating equipment, capital projects, and unit optimization decisions. 25 operators working in 4 shift teams plus rail loading team providing 24/7 coverage. Works closely and collaboratively with Maintenance, Technical, and Safety/PSM/Environmental departments.

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Managed 75 operators in union facility: 15.5 posts, 13 salaried professionals, with 7 direct reports. Developed and managed budgets totaling 25 MM$ opex and 7 MM$ capital. Responsible for safe, reliable operations to meet all product specifications for tankfield / blending operations, rail and railcar loading racks, asphalt blowstills, and truck marketing terminal. Continued as member of Refinery Leadership Team (RLT).

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Managed 6 salaried professionals with 4 direct reports. Optimized refinery supply chain, including crude and other feedstock evaluations, gasoline production mix, and communicated opportunities to operations and logistics divisions. Produced throughput, yield, and natural gas plans for annual budget development and investor guidance.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Ensured integration between supply, trading, wholesale, and marketing functions with the refinery assets in Gallup, NM and El Paso, TX. Ran Aspen PIMS LP models for short and long term planning. Visited refineries 1 — 2x per month to develop relationships with key personnel, learn plant limitations, and improve LP submodels when gaps identified.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Optimized gasoline and light product mix including compliance with blend, seasonal and yearly gasoline specifications. Developed 60 day blending plan each week, incorporating production volumes, terminal demands, and limitations. Evaluated feedstock purchases and sales. Provided operational guidance to refinery units and logistics organization.

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Optimized and scheduled output from 600 MW, 4500 klb/hour steam cogeneration facility and refinery utility system.Ensured accurate financial reporting of 12MM barrels of process inputs and outputs per month.

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Built and implemented 1st Crude unit, FCC, and Reformer PIMS submodel validation tool.

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Member of startup team on 115 kBD, $250M SCANfining expansion to meet 15 ppm sulfur gasoline.Day to day optimization of 3 diesel hydrotreating, 5 MEA absorber, and 2 MEA regenerator units.

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Member of teams to develop catalyst and process options to achieve 15 ppm ULSD spec in 2005.

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