Charles Price
Email: **********@********.***
Address: *** ****** **.
City: Keller
State: TX
Zip: 76248
Country: USA
Phone: 682-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $130,000
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Job History / Details:
CHARLES K. PRICE P.E., PMP
809 Veiled Court
Keller, TX 76248
682-***-****) E-mail: **********@********.***
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskpricejrpepmp
PROFILE
Chemical/Petroleum Engineer (M.S., P.E., PMP) with 20+ years of broad-based experience in engineering, operations, engineering management, project engineering and project management with demonstrated ability to lead project and engineering teams of up to 80+, consistently delivering projects on schedule and under budget. Varied experience in upstream, downstream and midstream operations and engineering at increasing levels of responsibility. Significant experience includes oil and gas production, refining, oil and gas pipelines and gas treating.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Management
Initiating Project Charter, Project Scope Development, etc.
Planning Development of Project Execution Plan, Risk Management Plan, Scope Management Plan, Project Time Management Plan, Project Cost Management Plan, Communications Management Plan, Human Resources Management Plan, Procurement Management Plan, etc.
Executing Integration Management, Quality Management, etc.
Controlling Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Communication Management, Risk Management, etc.
Closing Development of Performance Measurement Documents, Product Documentation, Project Archiving, Project Closure Checklist, Formal Acceptance and Closure Documentation, etc.
Significant experience in phase-gated project processes.
Engineering Management
Primary refinery processes (separation, fractionation, hydro-treating, hydro-desulfurization, fixed-bed and CCR reforming, alkylation, benzene hydrogenation, product blending and shipping and E&P onshore and offshore oil and gas production, processing and pipeline transportation operations.
Multi-discipline engineering coordination.
HAZOP reviews (leading and participating).
Engineering
Chemical: High pressure compression, pumping, fractionation, heat pump loops, expanders, heat and mass transfer, kinetics. Also highly experienced in PSM activities with multiple HAZOP studies led and contributed to.
Processes: Desulfurization (Naphtha, Diesel, Sulfur), Reforming (semi-regen and continuous), Oil and Gas Separation, Gas drying and Dew-pointing, and fractionation, Benzene Hydrogenation, Alkylation, NGL treating and separation, High pressure/Large Volume Gas and Oil Pipeline operations.
Petroleum: Formation Evaluation, Drilling, Reservoir, Well Engineering, Artificial Lift, Water Flooding, Oil and Gas Facilities.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROJECT & ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, Keller, TX 2009-Present
Principal
Offering P&EM consulting services to industry.
CB&I (CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON) Richardson, TX 2008-2009
Sr. Project Manager
Managed grass roots sulfur block project (SRU, Amine Treating, SWS, TGTU, Incinerator), $100 MM. Work included: Design of new units; tie-in to existing refinery piping and utilities; increasing sulfur storage and loading capacity; re-rating of existing lines and equipment.
Managed grass roots sulfur block project for Columbian refinery expansion (from 50,000 to 150,000 BPD), $180 MM. Included: The above plus close coordination with design work in four other locations handling additional aspects of the expansion.
Retired, Houston, TX 2007-2008
S&B ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS, Houston, TX 2005-2007
Project Manager
Managed a $24 MM refinery-wide flare H2S mitigation and VOC and HRVOC compliance project to comply with TECQ State Implementation Plan. Work involved a total of seven plant flares including: Correlation and analysis of flare emissions data; identification and analysis of BACT; specification, design; and installation of flare flow meters; sample probes; flare flame monitoring equipment; and flare flame temperature controls; required piping revamps; flow measurement and analysis equipment.
VALERO ENERGY CORP., Houston, TX 2005
Project Manager
Represented client, as Project Manager, for a $40 MM Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel project revamp. Project included: Addition of one HDS reactor and associated piping revamps; expansion of compression capacity; re-rating of feed exchangers; air condenser re-design; and hydrogen supply enhancements.
Laid off as part of reorganization due to Conoco-Phillips merger 2003-2005
Obtained PMP certification.
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY (PREVIOUSLY PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY), Houston, Texas
Project Manager 1995-2003
Managed a $40 MM refinery-wide NOx and VOC reduction program to meet Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) compliance.
Managed a 35,000 BPSD gasoline desulfurization project using Phillips S Zorb technology.
Managed a fast-track revamp project to produce depentanized light straight run gasoline ($3.6 MM), increasing profits by $37,000/day in summer gas blending season.
Principal Project Engineer (Total of 25-30 projects successfully completed in this position) 1989-1995
Negotiated settlement with design contractor saving Phillips over $4 MM.
Executed EPC of fast-track grassroots gasoline desulfurization unit using Phillips S Zorb technology ($26 MM). The unit was successfully completed on schedule and under budget bringing this full-scale demonstration unit on line.
A $140 MM grass roots CCR Reformer project.
Successfully led multi-discipline team to optimize project specifications resulting in a $3 MM project savings.
Design and construction of 200 MMSCFD ($8 MM) grass roots gas treating facility.
Engineered fast-track design of $7 MM Gulf of Mexico (GOM) gas field production platform and production pipeline. Design successfully completed but not installed.
Led screening study to determine viability of development of GOM field ($2 MM).
Directed engineering effort as Project Engineer on two simultaneous storage cavern control modification projects ($11 MM) required due to change in safety regulations. The modifications were successfully implemented with minimal impact on operations and in advance of regulatory deadline.
Engineered a boiler control management upgrade project ($2 MM) that was successfully implemented with no
impact on operations.
EXPERIENECE PRIOR TO 1989
Phillips Petroleum Company Norway, Stavanger, Norway 1982-1989
Engineering Director Offshore Operations
E&P Director Subsidence Modifications Project
Sr. Offshore Engineer
Sr. Offshore Process Engineer
Phillips Petroleum Company, Sweeny, TX 1978-1982
Operations Manager
Operations Supervisor
Process and Operations Engineer
Amoco Oil Company, Casper, WY 1975-1978
Process and Operations Engineer
Light Oil Blending Supervisor
EDUCATION
MS, Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX
MS, Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
BS, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Professional Engineer Texas
Project Management Professional PMI
Master of Process Technology (Refining and upstream/midstream/downstream oil and gas separation, treating and processing) - Phillips Petroleum Company
Registered HAZOP Leader Phillips Petroleum Company
AFFILIATIONS
Senior Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Member Society of Petroleum Engineers
Member Project Management Institute, PMP
Texas Board of Engineers, P.E.