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Petroleum Industry Instrumentation and Control Systems Expert

Technical Consultant #2113


Expertise

  • Petroleum refining industry planning and developing complex Instrumentation and Control Systems projects (I&CS).
  • Defining and communicating business case and other strategic justifications to obtain project funding from senior management.
  • Leverage technical, logistical, and financial knowledge to analyze and address constraints and overcome project challenges.

Experience

Independent Consultant, Present

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Program Development Lead, 1975 - 2013

  • I&CS specialist for upstream research and project development companies with global work experience.
  • Designed and implemented FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) and EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction) contracting strategies to complete control and safety systems scope on several projects.
  • Developed project scopes for replacement of 39 TDC2000 control systems ($2.1 billion) across 30 refining and chemical sites in Asia, Australia, Europe, Canada, and U.S.
  • Conducting business case analyses.
  • Defining scopes of work and estimating costs.
  • Presenting contract strategies to senior management for program approval and program development.
  • Participated with a task force developing a case for the replacement of aging TDC3000 control systems in over 35 global locations in upstream, refining, and chemical ($2 billion).
  • Represented ExxonMobil on the Board of Directors of the Fieldbus Foundation.
  • Served as Instrumentation Specialist for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering's Safe Operations Committee.
  • Reviewing lessons from industry incidents.
  • Assessing safety and environmental risks of novel designs and new technologies deployed in ExxonMobil plants.
  • Developed improvements to I&CS cost and schedule estimating methods
  • Developed tools that are applicable to both early project development and front end engineering design (FEED) phases of major capital projects.
  • Prepared and delivered training programs for instrumentation, custody transfer, and safety instrumented systems.

Project Development Manager (ExxonMobil Downstream and Chemical affiliates)

  • Managed development of ten control and safety systems replacement projects with budgets ranging from $5 million to $50 million each.
  • Led multiple risk assessments, project technical design reviews, cost reduction task forces, and 'cold eyes' project readiness reviews.
  • Prepared scoping studies and design specifications for I&CS on major capital projects.
  • Selected the suppliers of control system goods and services for large capital projects, with some global strategic business agreements applicable across the company.
  • Developed and maintained ExxonMobil instrumentation engineering standards and best practices as Chairperson of the Instrumentation.

Honors & Publications


Credentials

  • Helped develop a standard for safety instrumentation systems.

Educator

  • Company and industry training programs covering technical, project management and communication skills.

Languages

  • Fluent in French and Italian; conversational in German

Academic and Professional Affiliations

  • Technical presenter at ISA (International Society of Automation) and ARAMCO
  • International Society of Automation Member

Patents

  • Obtained patent for a control system and strategy that allows deep water drilling at 10,000 feet.

Education

  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester Rochester, NY
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