Nicole Becnel

PO Box ***

LaPlace, LA *****

qu5r7z@r.postjobfree.com

225-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Pilot Plant experience working with Mo and Co Catalysts removing Sulfur and Mercaptins from Naphtha and Gasoline products. Operation, Maintenance and Testing.

Reformate back flush phase and H2 regeneration phase. Worked for Exxon Mobil (direct hire) and Shell Motiva (contract)

Petroleum Testing API and UOP methods testing at Exxon Mobil, Delta Petroleum (contract)

Polyethylene Testing for Union Carbide (contract)

Drilling Fluids Testing for Baker-Hughes and Dowell-Schlumberger (contract)

Sugar Testing at Thibodaux/Raceland Refinery

Testing of hydrate and alumina products at Kaiser Alumina

(direct hire strike position)

Safety Auditor and assisted MSHA inspector at Kaiser Alumina

Contract work was employed by Lab Support

Lead Man position on nights at Kaiser Alumina and training of employees

EDUCATION:

Process Technician Certification from Exxon Mobil 3.50

BA in Legal Studies from Kaplan University GPA 3.67

Work History:

Riverside Academy (part-time direct hire)

Teacher p/t

Reserve, LA

2011- present

Teaching chemistry/science labs e.g. Density, Seed Germination and the Effects of Detergents, Smoke Bombs (K Nitrate and Salt Peter) Teaching how to make reagents and standards.

Lab Support (contract)

Petroleum Lab Technician/Polyethylene Testing/Drilling Fluids Technician/Food Science Lab Technician

Metairie, LA

2006-2009

Petroleum testing quality assurance/drilling fluids testing, polyethylene testing, ICP (Camden), table top viscosity, ash content, metals digestion

Drilling Fluids for Baker-Hughes and Dowell-Schlumberger-Drilling Fluids Research Technician making various simulations of drilling composites and testing pH, XRD, rheology, HTHP and testing different chemicals to treat pipeline. Using Rev dusttt to make mud composition with additives such as lime, calcium carbonate, bentonite, flocculants, defloculants, emulsifiers, etc.

Pilot Plant Operation of Regular Sized Gasoline Unit attempting to extract the Sulfur and Mercaptins from the feed stock. Reformate phase to clean up catalyst from unit before running another catalyst through unit, GC testing, KF H2O testing (1 year at Shell Motiva Refinery).

Refractometer, pH meter, conductivity meter, FTIR, spectrophotometer (4 months at Sugar Plant whilst woman on pregnancy leave).

Exxon Mobil (direct hire)

Pilot Plant Technician and QA/QC Petroleum Technician

Baton Rouge, LA

2004-2006

Low Sulfur Mogas Pilot Plant Operation, Maintenance and product testing for purity with GC Series II, Reformate back flush through unit to clean up catalysts. (Co and Mo) Petroleum testing. ICP, distillation vacuum and atmospheric, Karl Fisher Water, API table top density, N2 and Sulfur Antek, Aromatics, BS&W

Preparing reagents and standards for ICP and Gas Chromatograph for analyzing metals and assay.

Gramercy Alumina (direct hire for strike position)

Quality Lead Technician/Safety Technician/Lead Man

Gramercy, LA

2000-2004

XRF, XRD testing of hydrate and Alumina Product, NaOH testing, particle size analyzer, Part time inventory control of alumina, Lead Man on nights, supervising 4 technicians, worked safety department for two years after the explosion. Rewriting lab and operator training manual, training of employees

Safety-Administered two hour refresher classes to contractors for one year. Daily check list for safety adherence. Rode with MSHA inspector to spot unsafe conditions before he exposed them.

Skills and Extra-curricular:

Excel, Word, Linux/Mac,Power point, LIMS

International Science and Engineering Fair Competitor (1984-1988)

HAZMAT training

River Parishes Chemical Council Award

NASA/Kennedy Space Center Award in San Juan, PR (1986)

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines Outstanding Project (1984-1988)

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