Expertise

• Development and upgrading of oil and gas facilities including:
• Marine bulk terminals
• Offshore platforms
• Refineries
• Petrochemical plants
• Gas plants
• Gas compression (turbine/compressor) modules
• LMG/LPG terminals
• Tank farms
• Pipelines
• Other energy related projects.

Experience

Total Prevention Systems, Senior Consultant

• Performed due diligence review for the heavy spent acid and liquid sulfur dioxide process areas at the Rhone-Poulenc sulfuric acid plant in Carson, CA.
• Hazops leader for the Unifiner and Platformer unites at the Kern Refinery in Bakersfield, CA.

Derksen Design, Ventura, CA, Project Manager/Engineering Manager

• Design and AFE cost estimate of a 15mmscfd gas plant. P&IDs and a plot plan
• Installation of test plant to enable determining the gas properties and estimating the potential capacity of the well.

C & H Engineering, Orange, CA, Project Engineer

• Support the installation of a new nitric acid unit at a fertilizer plant in Iowa.

Fluor Daniel, Principal Project Engineer

• Valdez Marine Terminal Vapor Recovery Project. Process, structural, piping, mechanical, electrical, control systems, cost, scheduling personnel reported directly to me.
• Texaco - fast track rebuild project after a major explosion and fire in 1992 local Wilmington refinery reformulated fuels project: fractionation area manager

Santa Fe Braun, Project Engineer/Project Manager

• Engineering from conceptual design through construction of Mina Abdulla Sea Island in Kuwait.

Northviille Industries, Assistant Chief Engineer

• Liquid bulk terminals located in Long Island and New Jersey.
• Project manager to enable Bonaire Petroleum (sub. of Northville) to handle heavy crude oils terminal
• Installation of large positive displacement pumps, additional steam boilers and extensive modifications to the terminal piping.

Raymond International (RAYTECH), INC., Chief Mechanical Engineer

• Marine terminals in the Panama Canal Zone, in Izmir, Turkey and Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.

Honors & Publications

Licenses:

• Mechanical Engineer, California, No. M24173
• Professional Engineer, New York, No. 055978

Education

• B. S., Mechanical Engineering, Cooper Union, New York, NY
• Columbia University; graduate courses in applied mathematics and fluid mechanics