Randy Vetter Email & Phone Number

Englewood, Co, Us

Fort Collins, Colorado, Us

Energy Stream Consulting is an independent firm providing technical, business and commercial services to the petroleum industry. We leverage extensive experience and exposure in logistics, petrochemical processing and markets to deliver targeted advice to companies in the mid- and down-stream sectors.

Houston, Texas, Us

Opportune LLP is a leading international energy consulting firm specializing in assisting clients across the energy industry, including upstream, midstream, downstream, power, commodities trading and oilfield services. One of the top energy consulting firms, Opportune’s service lines include: chemical engineering, complex financial reporting, corporate finance, dispute resolution, enterprise risk, outsourcing, process and technology, process engineering, reserve engineering and geosciences, restructuring, strategy and organization, and tax. - Designed and modeled new crude oil fractionation system, processing sweet crude, to meet International Maritime Organization's 2020 shipping fuel sulfur specification. Minimized capital and operating cost and maximized LPG recovery.- Resolved clients vapor pressure issues by modeling olefin alkylation unit reaction and fractionation unit.- Created design package for water coalescer. Package included vessel design, piping, relief valves, instrumentation, PFD and PIDs. Coordinated with vessel vendor, instrumentation suppliers and client to provide comprehensive design within required site and timing requirements. - Evaluated sulfuric acid regeneration and transportation business for client. Collaborated with various refiners and organizations to gather necessary data.

Lombard, Il, Us

Working with new clients to develop opportunities for refining projects. Representing Valdes Engineering Company with excellence and integrity. - Subject Matter Expert for Naphtha Reforming, Isomerization and Hydroprocessing Process Technologies. - Technical Advisor for HF Alkylation, FCC, Mercaptan Extraction and Distillation Technologies.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Directed service interactions with 10 refineries, located in the western United States and northern Mexico.• Managed $350,000 in annual service revenue.• Supported sales effort of $1 to $4 million dollars per year.• Primary point of contact for inquiries regarding multiple process technologies, catalysts and adsorbents. • Diagnosed multiple process unit issues and proposed solutions. • Built and maintained relationships with various employees at customers sites, creating an environment for success and enabling future business.• Maintained safety certifications at multiple refineries. • Ensured customers technical service staffing needs were met.• Managed commercialization of 4 new hydrocracking catalysts.• Recognized as Subject Matter Expert in naphtha reforming, isomerization and HF alkylation technologies.• Developed and conducted technical training classes for both customers and UOP internal staff.• Led startup and troubleshooting teams at customers site for various process units.• Coordinated logistics for annual Western States Refining Technical Conference trip to Yellowstone National Park for 25 customers and UOP personnel.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Primary contact for refiners’ technical concerns about naphtha reforming (Platforming) process units. • Managed Platforming catalyst analysis and condensed laboratory results into an actionable report.• Conducted 5 training courses for Platforming process technology in U.S. and international locations. • Generated innovative solutions and “end of run” estimates after evaluating detailed unit data for troubleshooting and optimization. • Coordinated all training material and 15 instructors for the Advanced CCR Platforming course. Personally taught course sections on contaminants, catalysts and turnaround planning. Course was attended by 30 people from various countries. • Created yield estimates to support Platforming catalyst reload sales efforts. • Completed Six Sigma Green Belt project.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Combined new catalyst development and technical sales support roles for isomerization business.• Completed commercialization of new isomerization catalyst (PI-242) from micro scale to production. • Transformed raw pilot plant data into yield estimates for new catalyst performance.• Tuned modeling parameters to predict new catalyst performance and documented changes for future use. • Supervised new employees during their pilot plant assignments. Conducted performance reviews semi-annually. • Managed 4 separate pilot plants, including scheduling, detail planning of feeds, operating conditions and data analysis.• Identified catalyst reduction procedure as root cause of poor isomerate octane at refiners. Resolved issue by guiding a team to incorporate improved reduction procedure into UOP’s manufacturing process. • Streamlined pilot plant operations by consolidating multiple runs into one. Reduced downtime and labor, while increasing plant reliability and data quality.• Received Recognition Award for catalyst development and improvement efforts.• Worked closely with international sales teams by supporting multiple process technologies; Penex, Butamer, Par-Isom, Hysomer, TIP and BenSat.• Created new yield estimating modeling tools in Hysis to rectify vapor-liquid instability for Par-Isom units. New Par-Isom unit designs were changed accordingly. • Trained over 25 new employees in isomerization process technologies and unit modeling.• Completed Six Sigma Black Belt training.• Authored and gave presentations at executive level regarding pilot new catalyst development.• Delivered new isomerization technology presentation at 2004 National AIChE convention.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Primary on-site contact during critical project phases including final construction, commissioning startup and optimization.• Managed 4 to 6 UOP employees during unit startups. Arranged travel and visa documentation for personnel. Conducted reviews after project completion.• Completed full start up projects for Penex/DIH and Par-Isom/DIH process units. • Completed loading, troubleshooting, training and consulting assignments on Hydrocracking, Platforming and Isomerization process technologies. • Ensured all personnel were aware of, and followed, safety procedures for the process units. • Inspected newly constructed plants to ensure equipment met processing requirements.• Created detailed procedures for startup, shutdown, normal operations and emergency shutdown. • Organized and taught training classes for operations and engineering personnel.• Negotiated with refinery management and construction contractor for any required equipment modifications.• Conducted performance tests demonstrating the new units ability to meet design criteria.• Locations: Greece, Germany, Italy, Sweden, United Arab Emirates.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Directed plant personnel during vessel loading, startup and optimization activities. • Advised during emergency situations to maximize personnel safety. • Built Excel spreadsheets for reactor loading calculations and process unit monitoring. • Ensured technology transfer by training plant personnel during assignments on process technologies: Hydrocracking, Platforming Butamer, Penex, Par-Isom.• Locations: India, Germany, Chile, Argentina, Canada, New Mexico & Texas, USA.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Inspected and calibrated field instrumentation and process control equipment at newly constructed facilities.• Performed rigorous tests on safety shutdown systems. • Directed weekly meetings with refining and contractor instrumentation personnel.• Resolved instrument and process related problems during plant startup.• Performed flow orifice and mass balance calculations for process unit benchmarking.• Optimized instrument calibration and control loop performance improving operations.• Process technologies: Hydrocracking, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Hydrotreating, Platforming & Penex.• Locations: Germany, Mexico, Chile, Spain and Indonesia.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Created instrumentation specifications in Schedule “A” design package for new process units.• Performed quality control functions for new process unit designs.