Engineer Process

Daniel J. Bergeron

P.O. Box ***** 713-***-****

Houston, Texas 77265 ***********@*****.***

CAREER SUMMARY

Chemical Engineer with 30+ years of experience in the process industries, including project development, process design, refinery technical services and operations. Areas of expertise include petroleum refining, gas processing and

petrochemicals. Proficient with Hysys, ProMax and PRO/II process simulation programs. Well-rounded background in both operations and process engineering design. Employed considerable engineering and project development expertise in service organizations, at plant facilities, and within corporate headquarters environments.

EDUCATION

BS, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

CERTIFICATION

Registered Professional Engineer, P.E., TX# 60677

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PROJECT OVERVIEWS

Ventech Engineers International LLC, Pasadena, Texas 2012 – 2017

Lead Process Engineer

Gas to Liquids Plant, Envia Energy, Oklahoma.

Design and startup of a modular plant to produce 250 BPD of high grade liquid products from landfill gas and natural gas. Units include; LFG compression and cleaning, steam-methane reforming, syngas conditioning and compression, Fischer-Tropsch reactors and regeneration, product fractionation, product storage and loading and utilities.

6,000 BPD Naphtha Upgrade Gasoline Plant, SC Condensate, Kazakhstan.

Detailed design. Naphtha hydrotreater, catalytic reformer, isomerization and amine regeneration unit.

20,000 BPD Refinery, Dakota Prairie Refining Co., North Dakota.

Involved in all phases of the design process including the overall refinery configuration, and simulation of the crude fraction unit and diesel hydrotreater/dewaxer. Ventech’s scope included crude fractionation, naphtha stabilization, diesel hydrotreater, sour water stripper, amine regeneration and utilities.

Process Support for Proposals, Energia, Nigeria & JEML, Jordan

In addition to lead process engineer roles for the projects listed above, I prepared FEL packages for proposals to Energia for a 10,000 BPD hydro-skimming refinery and to JEML for an oil shale processing facility.

Independent Engineering Consultant, Houston, Texas 2010 – 2012

Consulting Process Engineer

LNG from Sacrificial Liquid Nitrogen, Ferus Inc. Front-end process design for facility to utilize seasonal excess of liquid nitrogen for the production of LNG.

Modification of Liquid Nitrogen Plant to LNG service, Ferus Inc. Front-end process design for modifications to convert a liquid nitrogen plant to LNG service.

Fluor Corp., Sugarland, Texas 2008 – 2009

Senior Process Technology Specialist

CCR and Aromatics Complex, Valero Energy Corp. Detailed process design including P&IDs, equipment data sheets and instrument data sheets for the naphtha hydrotreater.

Independent Engineering Consultant, Houston, Texas 2006 – 2008

Consulting Process Engineer

Nitrogen Rejection Plant, Maranatha Petroleum. Front-end process design and optimization for a natural gas reject nitrogen unit. Design based on a two column, Joule-Thomson process.

Liquid Nitrogen Plant, Ferus Inc. Front-end process design and optimization for two liquid nitrogen plants. The designs were based on a single column configuration, with a subcooler/condensers.

GDS Engineers, Inc., Houston, Texas 2000 – 2006

Senior Process Engineer

FCC Gasoline Desulfurization Study, Dynegy Midstream Services. Performed a study to evaluate the feasibility of converting an existing butane desulphurization and isomerization unit to FCC gasoline desulphurization service. Three technologies were evaluated, Prime G+, Scanfining and S-Zorb.

Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Study, Equilon Technologies. Study to determine the most economical configurations for several Chevron and Texaco refineries in order to meet new Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel specification.

Distillation Tower Revamp, Phillips Petroleum. Detailed process design for a project to convert an existing mothballed tower to depentanizer service at the Phillips refinery in Sweeny, TX.

Relief Valve and Flare Evaluation, BP Amoco. Lead engineer on a project to check the sizing of all the relief valves in a large HF Alkylation Unit. Evaluated the relief scenarios, calculated relief rates and conditions. Checked RV orifice sizes, as well as inlet and outlet piping. Check rated the flare header for several cases with Visual Flare.

Independent Engineering Consultant, Houston, Texas 1998 – 1999

Consulting Process Engineer

Refinery Reconfiguration Study, Conoco, Inc. Evaluated possible configurations and modifications to convert a lubricant base oil refinery into a specialty products refinery. Predicted product yields and operating costs based on several configurations. Estimated costs for new process and tank farm facilities needed to utilize existing equipment in new services.

Pennzoil Products Company, Houston, Texas 1993 – 1998

Staff Engineer

Provided technical support to Pennzoil’s refineries and specialty plants for major project development and execution. Interfaced with the operating plants, economics and planning, as well as the laboratory and pilot plant facilities.

Solvents Fractionation. Developed the design basis for a project to fractionate diesel and kerosene from Excel Paralubes, in Lake Charles, LA into narrow boiling range, low aromatic solvents. The design was based on pilot plant data and simulations. This was used for a basis of soliciting bids for FEL-3 engineering.

Lube Oil Vacuum Tower Evaluation. Worked on a fast track team effort to evaluate the performance of a 68,000 BPD vacuum tower at Conoco’s Lake Charles Refinery. Based on operating data, test runs, simulations and tower scans, the team determined the grid wash section was damaged and made recommendations for short term and long term plans to increase gas oil production and enhance gas oil distribution. Worked closely with Excel Paralubes and Conoco refinery operations, maintenance and engineering.

White Oil Hydrotreater. Work with a team to developed the design basis for a second stage hydrotreater to replace acid treating for white oil production at the Penreco plant in Karns City, PA. The front-end design was based on pilot plant data and simulation.

Acid Gas Plant Startup. Provided technical support and operating supervision for precommissioning, commissioning and startup of a new sour/acid gas plant at the Pennzoil refinery in Shreveport, LA. The plant consisted of a new CBA sulfur plant, sour water stripper and amine regenerator.

Specialty Wax Project. Basic engineering package and detailed design for facilities to produce finished microcrystalline wax at the Pennzoil refinery in Pennsylvania.

GDS Engineers, Inc., Houston, Texas 1992 – 1993

Senior Process Engineer

Crude Fractionation Unit Evaluation, Enjet. Performed an evaluation of a 36,000 BPD crude unit. Predicted the performance of the unit with several different crude slates. Simulated the atmospheric and vacuum columns, as well as the preheat train. Predicted product distribution and quality, and identified operating bottlenecks.

Feed/ Effluent Exchanger Replacement, Lyondell. Specification of a 320 MMBtu/hr welded plate heat exchanger to replace twelve existing shell and tube exchangers on a 45,000 B/D catalytic reformer.

Process Vent Emission Control, Nalco. Lead process engineer on a project to install a thermally oxidizer and collection system to destroy contaminants in batch reactor vents.

Fluor Daniel, Houston, Texas 1989 – 1992

Process Engineer II

Cat Feed Hydrotreater, Citgo. Process engineer on a 70,000 B/D, Unocal licensed FCC Feed Hydrotreater. The reactor effluent train and product fractionation sections were configured in-house. Performed process studies, simulations, prepared equipment specifications and development of PFDs and P&IDs.

Adipic Acid Purge Plant, DuPont. Process engineer for the DBE and catalyst recovery sections of the plant.

Harris County Health Department, Houston, Texas 1985 – 1989

Environmental Engineer

Inspected drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities and responded to pollution and drinking water complaints. Conducted various investigations that led to criminal convictions and civil penalties. Worked closely with Harris County District Attorneys and County Attorneys to prepare cases. Conducted three ground water contamination studies in Harris County. Documented the extent of brine and hydrocarbon contamination due to oil production activities in the Humble, Dyersdale and Bammel fields.

Lotepro Corporation, New York, NY and Houston, TX 1981 – 1984

Project Development Engineer

Process engineering and sales support for Linde AG projects in the US. Prepared proposals for numerous projects and was assigned to a sales area. Projects included, air separation, nitrogen rejection, helium recover and acid gas removal.

Tenneco Oil Co., New Orleans, Louisiana 1978 – 1981

Junior Process Engineer (Refinery Technical Services)

Assigned to almost every process unit at the Chalmette refinery, but spent a more time on the crude units, diesel hydrotreater and sulfur plant. Worked on several capital projects including a kerosene treater debottleneck and a crude unit preheat revamp. Served as a controlman on the crude fractionation and HF alkylation units for a total of nine months during two strikes.

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