Gregory Wilfred Schott

P O Box **, Beverly, Ohio 45715

Cell: 740-***-****

aca839@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

I am a problem solver and visionary and wish to expand my horizon more in the Production

Petroleum Engineering Field. I have been a multi-disciplined Engineer from Petroleum Engineering,

Process Engineering, Plant Management, Environmental Management and a Research and Development

Specialist. I am a respected and mature leader who has worked in the Petroleum and the Metallurgical

Industry. I am goal orientated and take projects through completion and then on to enhancements through

multi-variable optimization techniques.

Recent Cost Savings Accomplishments

Education (Multi-Disciplined)

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

West Virginia University, Parkersburg, West Virginia

Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania

Marietta College BSPE 1992, Marietta, Ohio 45750

Ohio University EMBA Program, Lancaster, Ohio

Experience Terms

ISO-9000, ANSI, BACT, MACT, Title V, TRI, SARA,

CPD, CSE, EPA, OEPA, FMS, SPC, SPCC, MBA, MS, X-Ray, PC, PFD, PHA,

PV, QA, QC, QIP, RMP, SCM, SOP.

PRESENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CONSULTING

BACKGROUNDS

Enney Oilfield Company

Production/Drilling Engineer

Drilled and Engineered 5,000 Foot Wells

Designed Casing Strings in Newly Drilled Wellbores

Designed Cementing of Long Strings and Surface Casing

Designed Fracturing Programs with Halliburton

Designed Limited Entry Perforations

Company Supervisor for Contract Driller

Oil/Gas Production Manager

Reclamation Manager

Engineered/Managed/Supervised Plugging Operations

Filed Environmental Reports

Installed Compressor Systems

Supervised Service Rig

Land Man Duties

Tex-hio Energy Incorporated

Engineering Consultant

Overviewed Oil/Gas Production Issues with Columbia Gas

Designed and Installed Disposal Well

Maintained and Operated Ajax 4mmcf compressor

Maintained and Operated Glycol Dehydrator Unit

GNC Energy

Supervised Oil/Gas Production

Marathon Oil Company

Engineering Intern Duties (AFE’s and Supervision of Perforating/Fracturing

Jobs)

Travel Work History Traveled To Countries

Norway Canada Chile

Ukraine

Germany Belgium Mexico Sweden

Israel Brazil Caribbean Islands

England Argentina France

Work History

Globe Specialty Metals 1989 -

Title Duties

Process Research Specialist 2010 -

Researched alternative treatments other than oxygen slag treatments to make low

calcium and low aluminum metallurgical grade silicon. Set up proposals for test

quantities for downstream customers.

Researched and Developed new pellet process for scrap to be recycled in a 20

megawatt silicon submerged arc furnace. Set up cost models for facility and

negotiated lease and utility agreements. Developed CEA for facility to GSM

Corporate in New York City, NY. Set up new production facility for the

production of pellets including extruders from the Bonnot Company and natural

gas dryer from the Infantrol Company. Set up critical process variable limitations

on components with SOP’s for all personnel. Followed 20 MW furnaces

performance in with production improvement and cost reduction efforts. Hired

and trained labor contractors for labor positions and management.

Worked with construction of Solar Grade Silicon processor with interface

contractors Technion University of Israel and Linn Engineering of Germany. Lead

Engineer in startup experiments to make Solar Grade Silicon from

Metallurgical Grade Silicon.

Worked with REACH Consortium in Brussels Belgium for initial technical data

reviews with the possible pollutants of silicon metal/ferrosilicon production.

SolSil Plant Manager 2006-2010

Initiated with Globe CEO new sister company SolSil to make Solar Grade

Silicon. Project leader in the installation and purchase of ten 2 MW

induction furnaces from Ajax Corporation and Inductotherm Corporation.

Developed all new processes for implementation including slag treatments

and freezing procedures. Developed all SOP’s and process limitation

variables. Trained all production personnel including safe operating practices,

(SOP’s) and environmental reporting regulations and Title V

permitting.

Developed and updated solar silicon casting machine in Taccurri, Brazil.

R and D Manager 2004-2006

Requested by CEO to make solar grade silicon from metallurgical grade silicon.

Accomplished task in four months with solar grade blocks made into

wafers at BP Solar in Frederick, Maryland.

Enhanced slag process to remove boron from metallurgical grade silicon.

Optimized graphite crucible production cycle in 2 MW Induction Furnaces

utilizing graphite from SGL Corporation. Analysis included tramp element

characteristics in graphite raw material feedstock. Elements correlated with

electrical parameters and longevity of crucibles in production cycle.

Environmental Manager 2002-2004

Added work assignments in reporting to CEO for environmental compliances.

Daily responsibility for all environmental duties at the Beverly, Ohio and Niagara

Falls, New York Plants. Worked and communicated with Ohio EPA, New

York EPA and West Virginia EPA. Also communicated with Federal EPA in

Illinois and Virginia. Gained qualification as a smoke emission reader and

completed TRI, SPCC, Emissions Inventory and all additional daily

reporting for Title V compliance. Qualified GSM to make Silico

Manganese under MACT EPA regulations.

Researched ISO 14000 possibilities for GSM Facilities

New Product Manager 2000-2002

Researched and created new atomized product for atomizing 75% plus silicon

metal alloys and silicon metal. Basic research done in Hafsland, Norway under

my direction. Worked with staff of five R and D personnel as lead scientist.

Once product and processes developed wrote and submitted patent which was

approved by US Patent Office. Moved equipment from Norway and set up small

facility in Beverly, Ohio for further cost studies.

Initiated ISO 9000 support group for Quality Manager and reviewed

documentation for implementation at the Beverly facility.

Plant Manager 1995-2000

Initiated reducer sizing optimization in 20 MW silicon metal submerged arc

furnace. Sizes related to porosity and swell components of reducers.

Set production records.

Managed all aspects of 170 people submerged arc furnace production facility.

Engineered volumetric capabilities on new Tellsmith cone crusher to enhance

sizing recoveries of magnesium ferrosilicon.

Engineered concepts for installation of 30 ton molten ladle tilter through PFD’s

and volumetric and flow calculations with computer load

cell sensitive volumetric flow relative to time, casting thickness and casting

velocity. Lead Engineer in the installation process.

Removed undersize products from industry market and utilized all undersize

metallic products back into virgin product.

Ferro Silicon Smelt Shop Manager 1993-1995

Responsible for managing three 10, 11 and 12 MW ferrosilicon smelters. Duties

included process control, maintenance supervision of downtime issues,

cost control, daily reporting to corporate, people acquisition, safety

management and environmental reporting.

Developed 4 MW induction ladle to recycle undersize metallic product scrap.

Helped optimize refractory lining with Allied Chemical in Columbus, Ohio.

Increased virgin product out the shop door by 50 percent. Set new plant record

of 310 molten magnesium ferrosilicon from 220 tons per day.

Process Control Engineer 1989-1993

Optimized Processes (First Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award 1989 to

Small Business)(Globe Metallurgical accepted award from Ronald

Reagan)

Enhanced Rare Earth Silicide smelting with 10 MW submerged arc furnace.

Increase production from standard rate of 25 tons per day to 49 tons per day by

changing smelting/melting process.

Solved disintegration problems with rare earth silicide product by controlling

calcium levels.

Ladle Additions Temperature Control issues were causing huge variability in

final chemistries of Globe’s products. Studies were initiated involving

temperature effects of differ alloying materials and correlation were made using

polynomial multi variable analysis. The result was temperature control that

narrowed the variability on process control charts and cost were improved due

to additional melting recoveries.

I initiated Reiterative Process Control in the ladle additions compute program

and added raw materials were zeroed in on their correct amount to alloy.

Temperature control was added as a complete metallurgist evaluation on line

24/7.

Battelle Institute researched a magnesium caster and implemented caster in

1989 at Beverly, Ohio. The caster failed due to component issues that had very

short lives. I was assigned to solve these longevity issues for Globe. I completed

the assignment by designing a bearing that lasted two years versus two

months. I also designed a copper belt that lasted ten fold the original design by

optimizing physical design and chemical alloying specification. An added

benefit was a recycling concept of undersize product to protect the copper belt.

Initiated Computer Control Systems for 10, 11, 12, 20 and 20 MW electrical

resistance and amperage control submerged arc furnaces. Electrical Engineer at

Globe resigned and I took over his duties with the installation of computer

controls for electrical parameters on Globe’s submerged arc furnace. Completed

the assignment with an electrical engineering student who took interest.

Controls were early touch screen controls with set points, alarms and limits.

Amperage control and resistance control was then put into practice on the

furnaces.

References

Larry Flechenstein PhD 319-***-****

Curt W. Goins 740-***-****

John Casto 740-***-****

Daryl Rawlins 703-***-****

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