THEPROCESSGROUP
SKILLS:
Over 28 years experience in refinery and fertilizer plant process design and commissioning/start-up, in addition to operations engineering.EDUCATION:
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, England, 1973
- M.B.A. Finance, University of Toledo, Ohio, 1989
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
- 1990-1996 Fluor Daniel Inc. in Irvine, CA
- 1984-1990 Sun Refining & Marketing Co. in Toledo, OH
- 1982-1984 M.K. Ferguson Co. in Cleveland, OH
- 1973-1982 M.W. Kellogg Co. in London, England and Houston, TX
EXPERIENCE:Process engineering experience:
- Refinery configuration and LP studies for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (1995-1996)
- Gasoline blending and tankage alignment for Corpoven in Venezuela (1995)
- Asphalt plant asset evaluation for Chevron-Maraven joint venture in Boscan crude production and refining (1995)
- Due diligence studies for Maraven's purchase of Petro-Peru's La Pampilla refinery in Lima, Peru (1995)
- FCC gas plant, HF alkylation, and Butamer unit revamp for CENEX (1995)
- Butamer unit and gasoline blending system designs for Unocal Reformulated Gasoline Program in Wilmington, CA (1992-1995)
- New grassroots refinery design for Shell in Tabangao, Philippines (1991-1992)
- New RCC for FINA in Antwerpen, Belgium (1990)
- Crude Unit revamp for Marathon in Robinson, IL (1982)
- Marketing studies for technology licensors, international development agencies, and lending institutions for fertilizer plants (1982-1983)
- Fertilizer mixing plant for Procon in Hungary (1982)
- New visbreaker for Coastal Refining in Belgium (1982)
- New delayed coker studies for U.S. Gulf Coast client (1982)
- Evaluation for new refinery for PetroPeru in Peru (1981)
- Design for new RCC for Saber Energy in Texas (1981)
Operations process engineering experience:
- Ether production and gasoline blending study (1990)
- reformulated gasoline study evaluating ethers and alcohols production (1989- 1990)
- Design, commissioning, and start-up of FCC revamp (1989)
- Flashed crude heater revamp (1989)
- Refinery turnaround projects including crude unit, FCC, gasoline treating, and LPG unit (1989)
- Various process studies involving crude unit, cat poly, H2SO4 alkylation, amine treating, caustic evaporation, and sour water stripping units (1987-1990)
- Design, construction, commissioning, and start-up of a new FCC gasoline treater (1987)
- Detailed design, construction, commissioning, and start-up for a crude vacuum unit revamp (1986)
- Detailed design, construction, commissioning, and start-up for new jet fuel and kerosene treating units (1985)
- FCC gas plant revamp portion of a refinery turnaround (1984-1986)
- New refinery for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (1975)
- New lube oil facility for Petrolmin/Mobil in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1974-1975)
- New ammonia/urea complex for Pakistan Fertilizer in Multan, Pakistan
Plant services engineering experience:
- Commissioning for a flue gas scrubber for Pennsylvania Edison in Shippingport, PA (1981)
- Training programs and technology transfer for ammonia/urea plants for Petrobras in Aracaju, Brazil (1981)
- Commissioning, start-up, and operation of ammonia/urea complex for SFMC in Sri Lanka (1977-1980)
- Operability and safety reviews for ammonia/urea complex for Rostov-on-Don in USSR (1977)
- Operability and safety reviews for ammonia/urea complex for Eire Fertilizer in Cork, Ireland (1977)
- Start-up procedures and operability/safety reviews of LNG plant for Kuwait
- National Petroleum Company in Kuwait (1976)
- Operating/maintenance manuals and commissioning of ammonia/urea plant for Romania at Tirgu Mures (1975)
- Operating/maintenance manuals and operability/safety reviews of ammonia/urea plant for Hungary (1975)
- Operating/maintenance manuals and commissioning of ammonia/urea plant for Pakistan Fertilizer in Multan, Pakistan (1975)
PUBLICATIONS:
- "Retooling the Refinery for Reformulated Gasoline - - Meeting Complex Model, CARB, and EPA Phase II Regulations", with E.J. Aitken, M.Bodziak, and A.R. Smith, 1995 Refining Process Services, Inc. seminar in Houston.
- "Engineering California RFG Projects", with E.J. Aitken, A.R. Smith, and J.S. Land, presented at the 1995 NPRA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
- "The Impact of EPA and CARB Reformulated Gasoline Regulations on Refinery Operations", with E.J. Aitken, 1994 SCMA/ISA Short Course in Long Beach, CA