Patrick Clarke Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Ab

Contributed to Fixed Plant energy efficiency improvements within heat recovery systems and justification of a future steam turbine. Also assisted with understanding and integration of site wide balances including process and overall impacts. Resolved tailings pumping challenges as well as improvements to primary extraction ore processing (primarily for flotation related equipment).

Calgary, Ab

Pushed forward energy intensity and optimization improvements primarily within U&O but also in Primary and Secondary Extraction.

Fort Hills

Assisted with final commissioning, then with startup with U&O. Also contributed to Primary and Secondary Extraction. Instrumental in site-wide energy and process balances for integration of U&O with process plants.

Calgary, Ab

Process Lead overseeing Coke Boilers, Water Treatment and common systems (BFW, steam, air, etc.)

Calgary, Ab

Involved with water quality evaluations, developing and executing a test plan involving mult-disciplines to change of Suncor Firebag’s SAGD facility’s Make-up Water source from fresh water to tailings water, an industry first. Significant contributor to CAPP award for Firebag SAGD Make-up Water change.

Calgary, Ab

Contributed in SAGD project close-out, including addressing long outstanding HAZOP items requiring a versatile, unique and accomplished modelling background of dynamic systems.

Calgary, Ab

Seconded to Irving Oil Limited (IOL) Refinery within Project Definition Management (PDM) Group.Involved with numerous refinery growth, de-bottleneck and modification initiatives,including: addition of a new Dehexanizer for gasoline benzene management; Rheniformer debottlenecking study with licensor UOP; Fuel Gas system optimization leading to the addition of PSA Hydrogen Recovery Unit; various Sulphur Treating and Recovery studies; Hydrogen Distribution system monitoring and optimization; and Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) studies.

Calgary, Ab

Orimulsion pipeline project for Irving Oil as well as Petro-Canada Crude Unit design.

Calgary, Ab

Developed into dynamic simulation expert. Worked on Syncrude UE-1 project and contributed to: steam/electrical system interactions and dynamics; a cooling water swing-over procedure (involving dynamics) and organizing a large group of field operators; hydrogen system design and dynamic modelling of new 200 MMSCFD hydrogen plant with 35,000 hp of new hydrogen compression.

Calgary, Ab

Contributed on various projects in various capacities ranging from: Process Lead Suncor Millenium Hydrogen Plant bid; Sour Water Stripper and Amine Unit bid evaluations for senior management, Coker Off-gas dynamics study for C3 Splitter design; oil production facility design.

Calgary, Ab

Research Associate within the NSERC funded Industrial Hydrogen Research Chair Program. Developed and managed research into asphaltene precipitation for refining, upgrading and production applications. Also member of team performing H2/H2S separation evaluations using ceramic surface selective flow (SSF) membranes, as well as H2S thermal decomposition. I also taught and or supervised various engineering courses and labs.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Cycling (road and mountain bike) 1991 Grundig World Cup (25th Mountain Bike Pro Men, Mont St.Anne, QC) 1998.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Competitive cycling (road, mountain bike and cyclocross). Canadian Junior Cyclocross Champion 1981. Ontario road.