Petrochemical, Oil & Gas Refinery Design and Operations Expert

Technical Consultant #2096

Independent Consultant, Present

Providing: Refining, process safety, commissioning, and chemical engineering, for various clients in the petrochemical, petroleum, oil and gas industries.

Hess Corporation, 1980 - 2007

Vice President - Manufacturing, 2002 - 2007

Directed refinery process, terminal, marine operations and training.
Successfully repaired Fluidized Bed Catalytic Cracker (FCC) air grid and main air blower failure, which caused loss of 750 tons of FCC catalyst and plugged a 2 mile unit to tankage slurry circuit.
Establishing root cause of each failure.
Modifying pre-startup and startup and maintenance procedures.
Replacing air grid, rebuilding main air blower, and procuring a new 30,000 HP motor.
Training all facility operators on the new procedures.
Finalized the construction, pre-startup, startup, and operating procedures for a 45 MBPD (Million Barrels Per Day) grassroots coker.
Managed the design, construction, and startup of a FCC turnaround and revamp from 125 MBPD to 150 MBPD.
$65 million project completed on schedule and budget.
Increased refinery's average of 350 MBPD to 509 MBPD crude rate. This was the first time that the facility had been over 400 MBPD in several years.
Managed the installation of a 30,000 HP power recovery turbine ($65 million).
Reduced the OSHA recordable incidence rate from 5 to 0.19.

Manager at Port Reading Refinery, 1992 - 2002

Directed facility operations and ensured personnel safety.
Converted the facility from a 45 MMBPD FCC charging 100% gas oil cat cracker feed to a 65 MBPD resid cat cracker charging 100% resid which kept the facility economically viable.
Reduced the OSHA recordable rate of the facility from over 3 to 0.5 rate.

Manager, Corporate Engineering and Construction,1984 - 1992

Directed all corporations' grassroots and revamps over $500,000.
Managed Port Reading Process Operations and Technical Services groups.
Lead 6 Project Managers, 6 Project Engineers, 2 Construction Managers and 15 designers to complete hundreds of projects including, gas plants, sulfur plants, and crude strippers.
Facilitated refinery revamp from a 45 MBPD Cat Feed FCC to a 65 MBPD resid Cracker with a new reactor and regenerator top works.
Engineered process design for the grassroots 125MBPD resid cracking complex at the HOVIC Refinery (HOVENSA).

Project Manager, 1980 - 1984

Led the design and construction of the St Lucia Terminal, transshipment facility, Port Reading FCC complex.
Converted an 80 MBPD crude unit to a 40 MBPD Visbreaker.
Designed and constructed a grassroots 45 MBPD Visbreaker.
Modified a 10 MBPD platformer to a 15 MBPD Penex unit.
Upgraded two 150 MBPD crude units to 200 MBPD units, improving heat conservation.

B.S.Ch.E Chemical Engineering, Newark College of Engineering, Newark, NJ