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Calgary, AB, T2Z 2G2, Canada
Posted:
August 21, 2013

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LARRY VENIER, PLEng.

*** ******** **** *****

S.E.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

T2Z 2G2

Home Phone: 403-257-

****, **** *****: 403-***-****

e-mail address:

*******@****.**

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Feb 2013 to Present DJA ENGINEERING SERVICES

Senior

Instrumentation Specialist

Control Narrative for Exshaw Oil Corp.

Shutdown Key for Artek Resources

P&ID Control Philosophy for Penn West

2012 to 2013 SNC LAVALIN

Assistant to the Lead on the CNRL Froth

Treatment Project.

Mentor others.

Advance commodity orders to procurement.

Perform quality control on all instrument and

automation activities.

Regulate the design of Instrument Installation Details

2010 to 2012 GENIVAR

Formerly:

TUNDRA ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES LTD

Instrumentation Lead

Department Assistant

Mentoring role to assistant other

instrumentation and automation personnel to

make the best possible technical decisions,

to aid in process of bid evaluations and to

assist in keeping projects on track.

Prepare and deliver technical talks on

instrumentation.

Projects:

Shell Montney 4 Gas Plant

100 MMSCFD Gas plant with two refrigerant

plants, 3 compressors, complicated with 3rd

stage compression purely for sales and

metering stations.

Shell Montney 3 Gas Plant and Frac Water Pump

Station

80 MMSCFD Gas plant with dual inlet

compression, dual refrigerant plants and dual

client metering skids.

Associate Frac Water Pump Station

Attend HAZOP and SIL meetings.

Develop control narrative and Shutdown Key

for Frac Water Project.

Supervise an instrument team to procure all

metering requirements and instrumentation

Birchliff Energy

Sour Gas Plant 60 MMSCD, West Doe

4-compressors, Amine Unit and Refrig plant

and also a VRU.

Responsible for the specifying of all

instruments, co-ordination of Shutdown Keys

and the co-ordination of the control

narrative. Also responsible for all aspects

of metering requirements with applicable

codes. Specified and procured (2) four steam

chromatographs systems complete with shelters

and H2S analyzers.

to 2010 EQUINOX Engineering

Instrumentation Lead

Department Assistant

Mentoring role to assistant other

instrumentation and automation personnel to

make the best possible technical decisions,

to aid in process of bid evaluations and to

assist in keeping projects on track.

Projects:

Spectra Energy, West Doe Gas Plant

60 MMSCFD Gas Plant, Slug Catcher, Dehy,

Amine

Unit and

Refrigeration.

Supervise an instrument team to procure all

metering requirements and instrumentation.

Responsible for developing control

philosophies for the P&IDs.

Kuwait Nation Petroleum Project

DeHazing Project ($25 Million)

Outskirts of Kuwait City

Lead instrument engineer in charge of all

instrument activities: control system

specifications, I/O lists, instrument index,

control narratives, cause and effect

diagrams, data sheets, installations

drawings, etc.

Journeyed to Kuwait in November 2007 to

participate in progress reports and schedules

with the client.

Interfaced with main contractor, Gulf Spic to

establish the guidelines for the different

engineering and construction activities.

Penn West Willesden Green Gas Plant

Control Systems upgrade of Fisher Delta V and

tie in of new compressor utilizing AB Compact

Logix. Lead role in instrumentation

selection, electrical design and automation

programming and start-up assistance.

Duke Energy Fourth Creek Gas Plant

Design logic for Dehydration and Separation

Unit.

BP Projects,

BP Ricinus DCS Upgrade

Participate in cost estimating and design

control system strategy. Site visits to work

with operations people in determining the

instrumentation needs for the project.

BP O-Jay

Well tie-ins, Twin Lakes Gas Plant, O-Jay Gas

Plant, Burlington Gas Plant

BP Noel

Interface with Yokogawa in determining the

type of control system for a small gas

metering/ compressor station.

Responsible for specifying and procuring

Foundation Fieldbus instrumentation.

Innova Exploration Gas Plant,

Net Safety Fire & Gas Systems and

Shutdown Logic

Kereco Energy Ltd. SCADA Systems,

zed.i satellite systems.

Husky Oil

Responsible for leading an instrument team to

complete many small projects costing in the

range of $1 to $5 millions.

Specifying and procuring a chromatograph for

43%

sour service.

2002 (April) - 2006 FLUOR CANADA

Position: Senior Instrumentation Controls

Specialist

Calgary/ Ft. McMurray Assignment on the UE-1

Syncrude Project.

Commissioning/ startup engineering lead for

plants 27-1/ 18-2.

Solving problems with controls and

instrumentation during commissioning and

start up.

Mechanical packages: revising instrument data

sheets and trouble shooting problem areas

with package equipment. Extensive use of

INTOOLS.

Work Assignments in Florence, Rosignano and

Bari, Italy at Nuvo Pignone/ GE offices and

ConPro Toscana offices.

Position: Senior Instrument Engineer

Project: Opti Canada

Involved int the design of burner management

systems and compressor controls.

Position:

Fire Alarm Systems Coordinator

Project: Syncrude UE-1 Expansion

Manage Honeywell contract for fire alarm systems.

Coordinate with UDT engineers from all EPC

companies to ensure engineering and

procurement requirements met. CWPs and

Integration/ Site Verification of fire alarm

packages met schedule. Interface with Deluge

Systems leads for tie-ins to FAS.

Position: Senior Control Systems Specialist

Project: Imperial Oil PRISM: Three refineries

additions at Strathcona, AB Nanticoke,

Ontario and Dartmouth, N.S.

Coordinate the controls issues for recycle

gas compressors and reactor furnaces on the

P&IDs.

Design ESD and compressor BOOLEAN logic for

the Dartmouth refinery. Responsible for all

logic development, hardware instrumentation

and control strategies for the reactor

furnaces. Responsible for all coordination

activities with Born Canada for the heaters

and burner management systems.

2000 (Aug) to 2002 (April) AMEC (AGRA Monenco)

Position: Control/ Instrumentation Specialist

Aurora II (Syncrude)

Task coordinator for the procurement of all

DCS, PLC, radio equipment and field

instruments for Extraction, Offsite &

Utilities and Material Handling Plants.

MRC-2 ( Muskeg River Oil Sands Project)

Assistant lead for instrumentation and

controls

Co-generation Plant (ATCO Power) part of

Muskeg River Oil Sands Project: 2 Frame 7 GE

gas turbines, 2 heat recovery boilers, 2

auxiliary boilers, air compressor system,

condensate system, gas filtration/handling

and HVAC.

Specialty areas: Design control strategies,

spec. flow computer and vibration systems.

Responsible for spec'ing instruments, P&ID

development, SAMA diagrams, shutdown keys,

and editing of all process/ control

narratives.

1999(June) to 2000 (Aug) TG ENGINEERING

Position: PLC Programming

1999 (June) to 2000 (Aug)

Electrical and Instrument Engineering.

Projects:

* Jet Energy Corporation

Compressor Station, Fort St. John, B.C.

Program Fanuc 90-30 PLC and Quick Panel,

field commissioning and start-up.

* Amoco and Alberta Energy Corp.

Pipeline Projects

AEGS Alberta Ethane Gathering System

Design shutdown keys and perform technical

writing.

Specify and procure instruments. Assist in

electrical control design.

1998(March) to 1999 (June) TARTAN ENGINEERING

Position: Instrumentation and Controls Specialist

Projects:

Northrock Resources Ltd.

*Pembina Gas Plant: 20 MMSCFD, 35% Acid gas

reinjection at 2000 psig.

Instrument Lead responsible for P&ID

presentation,

data sheet production, instrument

index, control strategies and shutdown

keys. Coordination of fabricators

regarding instrument design and

installation details.

Fletcher Challenge Energy Canada

*Kirkpatrick Lake: Amine and Compressor

Package, 10 MMSCFD.

Responsible for P&ID presentation, data sheet

production, control strategies, production of

shutdown key, instrument index and

coordination with fabricators.

*Wizard Lake Oil Battery: Instrument Lead

*Kessler Gas Compression: Instrument Lead

*Houcher Solution Gas Project: Instrument

Lead

*St. Albert PLC Integration and Fire/ Gas

Upgrade

Instrument Lead

Union Pacific Resources Inc.

* Kaybob and Edson: Dehy, separator and

compressor packages.

Instrument Lead responsible for P&ID

representation, data sheets, instrument

index, shutdown key, control strategies

and coordination of fabricators.

Coordinated electrical contractors,

Syntech and Kenonic Controls re: Fisher

ROC RTU installations and commissioning.

1998 Supplemental Work MAGNA PROJECTS

Position: Instrumentation and Controls Specialist

Projects:

Bromley Marr: Sand Wash Facility,

Bonneyville, Alberta.

Programmed GE Fanuc PLC and configured

CIMPLICITY, PC based MMI. ( PID loops,

discrete logic, trends, alarms.)

Designed loop diagrams and wiring

schematics and coordinated all

instrument design activities.

*Westlock

Specified all fire monitoring and alarm systems.

1995 to 1998 QUANTEL VECO ENGINEERING LTD.

Position: Instrumentation and Controls Specialist

Projects:

*Gulf Rimbey DCS Project, Foxboro I/A,

Rimbey, AB

P&ID control revamp, hardware and software selection.

Revamped control strategies and produced shutdown keys.

*QGPC Power Water Injection

Project, Dukhan

Oilfields, Qatar.

Developed contract with Honeywell

Middle East regarding an Allen Bradley

PLC 5/ RS View System.

Attended Factory Acceptance Test FAT

at Dubai for A/B system.

Attended TD Communications FAT in

Calgary. 10 GHz and 800 MHz radio

systems/ modems and multiplexers.

Attended Vision System Fire System

FAT in Dukhan

Was appointed during start-up as

the field commissioning engineer.

Specified and procured

instrumentation, control system and

fire monitoring system.

*Can-Oxy, Yemen: CPF Project

Instrumentation Lead responsible for

P&ID production, data sheets,

instrument index, bids and quotations

Experience with Baker CAC RTU's.

*Gulf Orkney/ Ghost Pine Compressor

Stations

Programmed Allen Bradley SLC 500

PLC's and A/B Panelview 550 MMI's.

*Gulf Stetler Sour Dehy Project.

Programmed A/B SLC 500: PLC and two

Panelview MMI's.

*Mark Resources: Pine Creek Gas

Plant and Grande

Prairie Oil Battery.

Instrument lead Developed instrument

data sheets and procured instruments,

produced shutdown key and participated

in HAZOP meetings. Programmed SLC 500

PLC and Panelview 550 MMI

*Crestar Energy

Instrument lead for numerous projects.

Spec'd and installed Valmet RTU at

Mazeppa Gas plant. Coordinated the

production of all electrical drawings.

*Centurion/ Ecumed: Tunisian Off

Shore Platform and Main Battery.

10,000 barrels oil per day.

Coordinate instrument and

electrical work with Mondial

Construction.

Evaluated fire /gas system and

firewater system at existing plant for

Tunisian Government.

*Ocelot Energy: Songo Songo

Project, Tanzania

Instrument Lead engineer for Phase I

and Phase II work which included

preparation of detailed engineering

spec. to which other engineering

companies worldwide bid on to complete

the final Phase III work.

Interfaced with IP Kinney (General

Contractor) re: metering skids and

overall construction requirements.

*Westcoast Energy: Fort Nelson Gas

Plant.

Lead instrument engineer. Specified

and procured instrumentation for

boilers.

*Suncor Heavy Oil Plant, Fort

McMurray. Boiler

Revamp Project.

Lead Instrument Engineer.

Specified and procured all

instrumentation and controls for

new boiler and developed wiring

design into the Bailey Network

90 System.

1991 - 1995 IAVAC OPERATIONS LTD.

Position: Owner Manager

Clients: TG Engineering, Co-op Refinery

New Grade Energy Heavy Oil Upgrader

Hinz Consulting, Cub Engineering,

DPH Engineering

Responsibilities:

*Foxboro chromatograph tie-in to IBM PC

using a stargate configuration.

*Taylor Mod 300 DCS system loop tie-ins.

*Modicon 384 PLC tie-ins.

*Hillcrest Oil Battery

Total design of LACT unit for oil battery

i.e.

electrical switchgear, instrumentation,

etc.

Programmed PLC 5 w/ Basic Module/ Prosoft.

*Dekalb Gas Plant: Programmed PLC 5 and

configured Moore Micro-Advantage MMI

software and Moore FMC modules. *Compressor

controls: Experience with Flexi-

Guard and Micro-Guard.

*Design and supervise the installation of

fire

and gas monitoring systems.

*Revamp boiler controls utilizing Taylor Mod

30 system.

*Perform Factory Performance Tests on Valmet

RTU's for Pan Canadian GPIRS projects,

Grande Prairie, Panoka and Drumheller, AB.

1988 to 1991 BANTREL INC.

Position: Lead Instrument Engineer

Projects:

*Husky Bi-Provincial Upgrader

Instrument lead engineer for field

instrumentation and Foxboro I/A DCS system.

Completed supervisor's course on Foxboro

I/A System.

Involved with turbine and compressor

controls: Tri-sen Turbine Controls and

CCC Surge Control.

Coordinated review meetings with IMO

Delaval in Trenton, New Jersey and

Mitsibushi in Houston Texas.

Supervised HAZOP meetings and P&ID

review meetings.

Developed HVAC P&ID's for the

facility.

Supervised a team developing Cerbrus

Pyrontronics fire/ gas and ESD monitoring

and shutdown systems.

*Texaco Bonny Glen and Texaco West Pembina

Gas Plants

Lead instrument engineer resident

in Texaco offices, Calgary AB.

Responsible for the specifying and

procurement of all plant instrumentation

inclusive of Applied Automation

Chromatographs and chromatograph shelters.

*Syncrude Expansion Study, Fort

McMurray, AB

Responsible for the specification for the

control system in the Water Treatment

Building and the control strategy design

to be implemented.

*Suncor, Fort McMurray, AB

Control Valve Revamp Project. Lead

instrument engineer.

1984 to 1988 COMBUSTION ENGINEERING NATCO

Position: Resident instrument/ electrical

engineering specialist.

Projects:

*Laiohe, Peoples Republic of China

Design of control system for (4) 50 MM

BTU/HR Steam thermadrives for Laiohe oil

fields.

Experience with Siemens PLC control system.

Performed start-up and commissioning

in Laiohe oil fields, China.

*Shell PREP Project, Peace River, Alberta

Design controls and specify

instrumentation for (4) 150 MM BTU/HR.

steam thermadrives for the Peace River

Plant.

Developed Boolean Logic and SAMA

diagrams.

Astrakhan Project, USSR

Specified specialty instrumentation for

seventy-six special alloy heaters for

the sour Astrakhan oil fields.

Developed all burner management

systems.

Experience with BASEEFA and CENELEC

electrical codes.

*Pan Canadian Alderston, Rycroft and

Brooks

Treater and Separator Projects.

Specify instruments and develop

electrical tie-in drawings into the

plant.

*CHF Heater Project, White Court,

Alberta

Programmed Modicon Micro PLC to auto light

heater and provide shutdown safeguards.

1980 to 1984 PARTEC LAVALIN INC.

Position: Senior Instrument Designer

Projects:

*Shell Waterton Sulphur Prill Tower,

Waterton, AB

Loop sheet and control panel design.

*Aquitaine Sulphur Prill Tower, Ram River AB.

Spec instruments, coordinate design of loop

diagrams. Commission and start-up the plant.

*Jubal Quai, Saudia Arabia, Sulphur Prill

Towers.

*Gulf Hanlon Robb

Spec instruments and complete data sheets.

*Esso Norman Wells Project, Norman Well,

North West Territories

Specify instruments and help coordinate

modular design at St. Albert fabrication

shop.

*ESSO Port Moody Gas Plant Revamp, Port Moody

B.C.

EDUCATION:

B. Sc. Degree, 1973 University of British Columbia

Vancouver, B.C., Canada

LICENSURE AND AFFILIATIONS

Member of APEGA (PLEng.)

Instrument Society of America)

Fourth Class Steam Engineer

UBC Alumni Society

H2S Alive Certificate (current)

WHMIS (current)

TDG Training Certificate, Issue May 11/ 2006

SPECIAL ACITIVITIES

Software used:

Moore Micro Advantage Fisher Valve Sizing, FSP

Aimax Farris Relief Valve Sizing

Icom SLC 500, PLC 5 Quick Panel

Allen Bradley Winlogix Windows 3.1, 95, 98

Mitsubushi PLC Excel, Word, Office 97

TSL Word Perfect

A/B Panelview 550 Windows NT

Intools (Smart Plant) (Index, data sheets & wiring) GE Fanuc

Cimplicity

Access Convero (Axiom)

Honeywell Plantscape Delta V



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