Consulted for two major E&C Companies:1. Daelim Engineering & Construction Company. Seoul. South Korea.2. KBR Refining Technology, Houston, Texas

Consultancy was provided in connection with a major refinery expansion project at the Petron Bataan Refinery at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines. The $1.8 billion modernization and expansion program will transform the Bataan facility into a full-conversion plant that would produce white products, compliant with the Euro international standards for clean fuels, improve efficiency, increase its presence in the export market, and supports business integration and expansion of its retail business.

Provided Process and Project Management assistance in connection with the development of three Basic Engineering Packages (BEP) for Sonagol in Angola. Sonangol is planning to build a 200,000 BPSD grassroots refinery (Sonaref) at Lobito, Angola. The Sonaref Refinery will process a blend of various heavy, high acid Angolan crudes (Dalia/ Kuito) to produce final marketable products. The Sonaref refinery will include a Diesel Hydrotreating Unit (DHTU), a Partial Conversion Hydrocracking Unit (PCHCU) and a Kerosene Hydrotreating Unit (KHTU).Focus of assistance was directed at a licensed 92,250 BPSD Partial Conversion Hydrocracking Unit (PCHCU) designed to process a blend of Atmospheric Gas Oil (AGO) from the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU), Vacuum Gas Oil (VGO) from the Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU) and Heavy Coker Gas Oil (HCGO) from the Delayed Coking Unit (DCU). The PCHCU process is licensed by the alliance of Exxon Mobil Research Engineering (EMRE) and KBR.

Valero St. Charles Refinery Projects – Norco, LouisianaProcess Engineering Supervision and Management on two St. Charles Refinery Projects:1. Coke Drum Replacement and Delayed Coker ExpansionDetailed process engineering and disciplines support of addition and enhancements to an existing Delayed Coker facility involving the addition of new equipment and modification of existing equipment that will increase the capacity of the existing Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) by about 15 percent to 79,000BPSD of fresh feed. 2. FEED quality process engineering on a major new Aromatics Complex at the St. Charles Refinery. The project involves a UOP-licensed Catalytic Reforming Unit (CRU) of the continuous regeneration type (CCR), together with an Aromatics Complex to be executed in two phases. Phase 1 includes a UOP-licensed Sulfolane Extraction Unit, a Tatoray Process Unit, and two Para-Xylene Production Units. In addition, Fluor will perform a complete design and engineering of a new Reformate Splitter to be added to Valero’s West Plant Existing CRU.

Process management of two project execution phases of a highly confidential demonstration facility designed and engineered to validate a competitive new conversion technology for Chevron. The initial execution phase of the project involved a Scope Definition Phase of the facility, leading to complete development of a FEED package to serve as the basis for detailed engineering, procurement and construction of the experimental facility.Process Engineering of major modifications to Pipestill 3 (PS-3) of the ExxonMobil Baytown refinery involving Unit Debottlenecking and Cutpoint Improvement. This project will install facilities to increase the feed rate to the unit to 100,000 BPSD and increase the atmospheric tower (APS) cutpoint by some 80oF. The bulk of the modifications are relegated to the APS tower (i.e. internals, pumparound capacity, recommissioning of an idle HAGO sidestream, etc.). Jet OPDS Project (Offshore Petroleum Discharge System)Military Sealift Command (MSC)Project consultancy and technical support regarding the safety and contamination hazards of transferring JP5 and/or JP8 jet fuels from a tanker to the beach via an 8-mile long flexible flowline using Technip’s proprietary flexible design and fabrication. Vacuum Heater Transfer Line Detailed Hydraulic EvaluationSUNCOR Energy Products Ltd., Sarnia, OntarioIn order to meet new process conditions and to resolve existing operational problems of coking in tubes, Suncor/Colt awarded KTI a detailed engineering design to revamp the Sarnia, Ontario Vacuum Heater at their Plant 2 Vacuum Unit. The scope of detailed engineering work included a detailed evaluation and design of the transfer line from the heater outlet to the vacuum column inlet. The objectives of this evaluation were to use SIMSCI’s INPLANT hydraulic simulation software to validate KTI’s initial predictions of the transfer line pressure drop, and as a result, confirm the assumed Vacuum Heater outlet pressure.

Lion Oil ULS Diesel HTU, El Dorado, ArkansasProcess Management of Lion Oil’s ULS Diesel Hydrotreater Project basic and detailed engineering phases. Objectives of the project involve the design and construction of a new open art Ultra Low Sulfur (ULS) Diesel Hydrotreater with a capacity of 28,000 BPSD and a reactor design pressure of 1300 psig.

Conoco/Maraven, Venezuela Extra Heavy Oil Project (PETROZUATA)Process Manager of the basic engineering phase involving preparation of project-specific cost estimate. Facilities to upgrade the Orinoco extra heavy oil were designed to process 120,000 BPCD of Zuata Crude, diluted for transportation purposes, in order to produce syncrude, coke, sulfur, LPG and heavy gas oil product. The heart of the Upgrader is Conoco-licensed Delayed Coking Unit that thermally cracks the very heavy ends of the crude into lighter products.Coastal/PDVSA Upgrader Project Jose, VenezuelaProcess Manager on the conceptual phase of the Upgrader located in the northeastern part of Venezuela. Four conceptual engineering packages were prepared reflecting four different routes for upgrading the Orinoco-belt-derived Zuata crude to syncrude. The four upgrading configurations were Visbreaking, Delayed Coking with by-pass, Aquaconversion and Delayed Coking without by-pass.Process Manager on a 300 LT/D Claus Type at their Aruba Refinery. The project involved a front-end economic evaluation to help Coastal select the Sulfur Plant design capacity, followed by a conceptual design of the selected unit and the preparation of a complete Schedule “A” Process Design Package.

West Urdaneta Field Reactivation Project, Shell Venezuela S.AProcess Management; of Venezuelan process engineers in the conceptual and detailed process design and engineering of offshore and onshore facilities for the separation, sweetening and dehydration of 50,000 BPD of crude and 30 MMSCFD of associated gas. Reformulated Fuels Projects, ARCO and Powerine Process Manager on ARCO and Powerine Reformulated Fuels Projects. Assignment involved management of up to forty process engineers in detailed process design and P&ID development activities to achieve compliance with both the Clean Air Act (CAA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) new gasoline regulations. Processing facilities included revamp of existing units and addition of new units using benzene saturation, isomerization and alkylation technologies.

Fuel Oil Upgrading Project, FINA Antwerp Refinery, BelgiumSupervised all phases of process evaluation and design for a major Fuel Oil Upgrading Project for FINA at their 300,000 BPSD refinery in Antwerp, Belgium. The three-phase evaluation program involved configuration and technology selection, licensor evaluation and selection and preparation of the Basic Process Design Package for the primary Upgrader involving a 90,000 BPSD Chevron-licensed Atmospheric Resid Hydrodesulfurization Unit (ARDS).385 MW combined cycle cogeneration plant, Arco Carson RefinerySupervised a special task force during preparation of a high-level Client Management Presentation for a 385 MW combined cycle cogeneration plant at the Arco Carson Refinery. The assignment involved development of a matrix of configuration cases and assessing their relative economic, environmental, and reliability features. Assigned to the Client resident team to act as their lead process engineer during the review and approval phase of the Cogeneration Plant flow diagrams.Project Lead Process Engineer on a refinery expansion and modernization project for La Gloria Oil and Gas Company in Tyler, Texas. The project included a 61,700 BPSD atmospheric crude distillation unit, a 13,000 BPSD vacuum unit, a 4,850 delayed coking unit, a 13,8000 BPSD naphtha hydrotreater, a 4,200 BPSD isomerization unit, a 11,600 BPSD continuous catalytic reformer unit (CCR), a sat gas plant and sour water stripper.Preparation of a Hydrogen Deficient Stocks Upgrading Manual to aid the process engineer in developing options for refinery planning and process configuration work, and identifying technology having unusual merit for specific applications.