Refinery Operations, Process Instrumentation, and Process Safety Consultant

Technical Consultant #2177

Refinery and petrochemical operations and engineering.
Petrochemical and refinery energy conservation, process instrumentation and control systems, process safety, work systems redesign, and process reliability.

Undisclosed Company, Present

Process and Instrument Engineer

Managed engineering design, procurement, and commissioning of digital instrumentation systems for very sour (highly toxic) heavy oil service at Sunoco Tulsa and Puerto Rico refineries.

Refinery Operations

Managed daily operations of 85,000 bbl/day refinery, including FCCU, C4 Isomerization, Catalytic Reforming, HF Alkylation, Delayed Coking, Lube Oil De-waxing, Hydro-treating and Production, and Transfer and Shipping.

Energy Conservation and Process Safety

Implemented and coordinated (including standardized reporting) of energy conservation efforts and introduction of OSHA 1910.119 Process Safety Management (PSM) standards for all Sunoco, Inc. refineries.

Projects

Participated in fieldwork to develop information for process design packages.
Mentoring Tech Service engineers at a Texas refinery.
Working off a backlog of revamp projects.
In the field time, developing information required for process design packages.
Participated in fieldwork for an East coast pipeline company that included pressure measurements and hydraulic modeling of dockside unloading piping network.
For a Houston petrochemical facility to (1) trouble-shoot and certify gas turbine safety shutdown instrumentation and (2) provide a temporary fix for an existing (outdated) burner management system while specifying a new replacement PLC system.
Identifying ways to speed up crude unloading to reduce demurrage fees.
Working closely with the refinery on all aspects of oil transfers.
Improved instrumentation to curtail vapor releases from batch distillation units due to over-pressuring
Four month assignment at a Houston petrochemical facility.
Troubleshooting and certifying gas turbine safety shutdown instrumentation.
Providing a temporary fix for an existing (outdated) burner management system while selecting a new PLC system.
Helped an East coast pipeline company complete a boiler replacement project to meet more stringent flue stack emissions standards and lower NOx (Instrumentation engineer).
Trainer-mentor of new engineers at a major Caribbean refinery during a five-month full time assignment supporting a Technical Service Job.

Credentials