Engineer Process

Carlos Perez

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Professional Summary

Highly motivated Process Engineer with more than twenty five years of experience in petroleum refining technical services. Petroleum refinery experience includes crude oil Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation, Hydrotreating, Hydrocracking, Naphtha Reforming, Aromatics Isomerization, Aromatics Fractionation, Hydrogen Purification, Sour Water Stripping, Amine Treatment, Delayed Coker, Sulphur Recovery, Utilities and Offsite.

Team Player highly proficient in negotiating and establishing rapport among the organization levels to proactively deliver solutions.

Ability to improve quality, increase efficiency and enhance productivity. Including ability to track, implement and document actions progress.

Identify and implement improvements to existing Refinery processes by incorporating lean principles, improving safety and yields through new equipment, equipment upgrades, training, workflow redesign and communication.

Modeling of processes using software (Pro II, Aspen Plus, HTRI, Amsim, and Excel).

Proficient in developing scopes of work, including PFD’s, H&MB, P&ID's, Process Data Sheets, Instrument Data Sheets, Line Lists, process control philosophy, equipment design, laboratory results evaluation and HAZOP studies.

Prepare technical reports, analysis, recommendations and presentations reflecting the status and results of projects or process studies.

Supports operations by monitoring, and upgrading process designs conducting surveys to determine control over such variables as flow rate, temperature and pressure.

Write procedures for the operation of new or existing equipment or plants.

Supervise Process Engineering team. Provide direction and leadership to enhance the project deliveries of the team.

Managing outside engineering companies process design efforts.

Grass-root oil refinery pre-commissioning and commissioning.

Career

History SK E&C USA, Inc. Sr Principal Process Engineer – Deputy Manager (05/2010 - 04/2017)

Uintah Refinery Process Lead – Pre FEED design of a 40 MBD crude oil refinery to process waxy crude oil (Black and Yellow) to obtain Naphtha, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD), Vacuum Gas Oil (VGO), Deasphalted Oil (DAO), and Pitch (Heavy Residue).

Lake Charles Clean Energy (LCCE) Process Lead - The Project consists of gasification of petcoke, raw sour syngas shifting, treating the raw sour syngas as necessary to produce Hydrogen and Methanol with co-production of Sulfuric Acid, Argon Rare Gases and CO2. The gasification unit consists of 3 gasifiers to process 7,200 STPD total of petroleum coke in the presence of Oxygen. The Acid Gas Removal Unit for this project is the Rectisol process. The Sulfur Recovery Unit processes the acid gas from the Rectisol Unit and the Sour Water Stripper to produce 1600 STPD Sulfuric Acid in two trains. A Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Unit produces 110 MMSCFD of 99.9 % Hydrogen. The production of the Methanol Unit is 4,200 STPD. Argon and rare gases are also produced.

Junin Project Process Lead - Development of the Conceptual and Basic Engineer to increase the pumping capacity of the pipelines (Diluted Crude Oil and Naphtha) that interconnect Jose and San Diego de Cabrutica. The implementation of this project will allow increasing the current transportation capacity of Diluent Naphtha from 135 MBPD to 240 MBPD and DCO from 520 MBPD to 860 MBPD.

Refinería del Pacífico (RDP) Delayed Coker Unit Process Engineer – Worked in the technology integration of a DCU for a grass-root refinery with a processing capacity of 300 MBD. The design encompasses state of the art process units, offsite storage capacity and Utilities to cover local fuel requirements as well as some specific petrochemicals. Major activities completed: Review and approve documents from Licensor during PDP and FEED. Additionally, attended DCU HAZOP and developed the Refinery Overall Operational and Maintenance Philosophy.

WorleyParsons, Inc. Principal Process Engineer (10/2007 – 04/2010)

Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex Principal Process Engineer - Petrobras Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex (Comperj) have a design processing capacity of 150,000 BPD. It will bring a first-generation Refining Unit, basic petrochemical units, and a series of second-generation units, which will transform the basic products into petrochemical products. The role performed during the project was as Process Technology Integrator for the following process units: Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation, Delayed Coker, Hydrocracker, Distillate Hydrotreater, Aromatics Extraction and Intermediate Products Tank Farm.

North American Oil Sands Corporation (NAOSC) Upgrader Senior Process Engineer - StatoilHydro crude oil upgrader project located near Conklin, Alberta, Canada. The Upgrader facility will process Athabasca bitumen. The role performed during the project was as Process Technology Integrator to support the development of Offsite and Utilities.

Petrolera Ameriven S.A, Venezuela. Senior Process Engineer (05/2002 – 08/2007)

Petrolera Ameriven S.A, extract, transport and Upgrade 190 MBD of Extra Heavy Crude Oil (8.5 ºAPI) from the Orinoco Crude Oil Belt to produce 180 MBD synthetic crude oil (26 ºAPI).

Responsibilities:

Monitoring, troubleshooting and process design in the following areas: Crude and Vacuum Distillation, Hydroprocessing, Offsite and Utilities, Sulfur Recovery, Amine Treatment and Sour Water Stripping, Delayed Coking

Technical support to the crude oil field production Unit.

Crude oil ships scheduling.

Support development and application of Management of Change. Start up, turnaround and shut down support.

Turnaround support includes: Process modifications tracking, Equipment Inspection, Catalyst loading and unloading, Slop handling, Inventories handling for startup and shut down, Pre-start up safety review.

PDVSA, El Palito Refinery, Venezuela. Process Engineer (12/1988 – 04/2002)

El Palito Refinery – PDVSA owned refinery, had a 140 MBD processing capacity of crude oil (28 ºAPI). Products encompass gasoline, distillate, aromatics and fuel oil delivered to the local and export market.

Responsibilities:

Monitoring, troubleshooting and process design in the following areas: Crude and Vacuum Distillation, Naphtha Hydrotreatment and Catalytic Reforming (Platforming), Aromatic Production (BTX), Offsite and Utilities.

Units start up and shut down support.

Aromatics Production (BTX) Operation Supervisor.

Turnaround support: Maintenance Supervisor, Process Lead.

Capex and Opex projects cost determination and economic return studies.

Performed studies using LP modeling techniques (PIMS) to establish economic benefits.

Refinery optimization according to market behavior.

Quarterly and annual refinery results consolidation.

Venezolana de Silicatos (VENESIL) (09/1987 – 12/1988)

Amorphous Silica Plant Supervisor - Responsibilities included: Production, packing and dispatch of Amorphous Silicate. Process design and troubleshooting. Personnel under supervision: 20 people

Education

MS, Petroleum Refining, Universidad Metropolitana–IFP-PDVSA, Caracas, Venezuela, 1993.

BS, Chemical Engineering, Instituto Universitario Politécnico de Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1987.

Languages English, Spanish

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