HAROLD L. THORNTON

CELL: 832-***-****

HOME: 281-***-****

EMAIL: ac32y5@r.postjobfree.com

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Conroe, TX 77385

PIPING LEAD / DESIGN COORDINATOR

Over 50 years of experience Designing & Detailing of Industrial Plants, Power Plants (Nuclear, Combined & Simple Cycle Units), Refineries, Chemical Plants, Offshore (FPSO), Drilling & Production Facilities. P&ID Systems walk down & Mechanical Commissioning / Start-up of Units walk down. Electrical Layout, Instrumentation Layout, Civil/Structural Layout & Detailing, Piping Design Layout & Detailing, and Mechanical Piping Systems Layout & Detailing.

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

•PDS Intergraph

•PDMS 12.1.1.1,

•LFM Server/Viewer

•CADWORX

•AUTOPLANT

•AUTOCAD 2014

•NAVISWORKS

•Microsoft Office

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PIPING DESIGN SKILLS & AREAS OF EXPERTISE

•Bio-Pharmaceutical Piping Design, Sketching & Walk downs

•Pipeline Design, Compression/Pumping Stations, Pig Launcher & Receiver Stations

•Offshore Drilling, Utility & Production Platforms

•Facilities & Metering Stations

•Crude, Vacuum Distillation, Desalting, Sulfur & Merox Units

•Catalytic Cracking, Hydro Cracking, CO2 Units

•LE Recovery, Dehydration, Fractionation Units and Recompressing Off Gases

•Phosgene Gas, Polystyrene, Benzene & Coke Units

•Synthetic Rubber & Carbon Black Units

•Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Plastics & Polymers Units with Reactors

•Atrazine Packaging Unit (powdered weed killer)

•Aluminum (Bauxite & Alumina Processing)

•Nuclear & Fossil Power Plants (Simple & Combined Cycle)

•Nuclear Fuel Reclamation Plant

•Pulp & Paper and Tall Oil Plants

•Water Treating & Injection Units, API Storm Systems

•Tank Farm, Truck, Tank Car and Dock Loading Facilities

•Turbine & Diesel Gas Compressors (Solar, Clark & Dresser Rand)

•Platformer, Dehexanizer, Deethanizer & Debutanizer Units

•Wellhead Platform Piping Design

•Sour Gas Treating & Sulfur Recovery Units

•Semi-Submersible Offshore Piping Design

•Revamp, Walk downs & Plant Relocation of Whole Units

•Olefins & LNG Units

EXPERIENCE

PIPING LEAD, PROJECT DESIGN COORDINATOR & PIPING QUALITY CHECKING

Special Projects and Assignments

AstraZeneca.: Pharmaceutical Plant (Southwest Design Services)

Oct 2016 – Dec 2016

Boulder Pharmaceutical Facility – Custom Expansion: Bio-Pharmaceuticals design, sketching and walk down services using BLU-BEAM Software.

Bechtel Corporation: Midstream (Talascend / Visilent)

Oct 2015 – Jan 2016

Project Franklin: Ethylene Cracking Unit, Checking and Piping/Mechanical Design using Smart Plant Review.

Wood Group Mustang Inc.: Midstream (Southwest Design Services)

Jun 2015 – Sep 2015

Freeport LNG Expansion LP – FLNG Expansion: Pipeline Provided detailed design, checking and engineering services using CadWorx Plant.

Wood Group Mustang Inc.: Midstream (Southwest Design Services)

Feb 2015 – April 2015

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline LP – Cushing Feasibility: Pipeline Completed a high level feasibility studies using CadWorx Plant.

Wood Group Mustang Inc.: Midstream (Southwest Design Services)

Jan 2015 – Jun 2015

Praxair Inc. Dual Pipeline Engineering & Map Design: Pipeline

Provided detailed design and checking for 47-mile dual pipeline from Texas City to Freeport using CadWorx Plant.

Wood Group Mustang Inc.: Midstream (Southwest Design Services)

Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline LP – Moss Hills: Pipeline FEED Engineering to provide Design System Cold Eyes Review, Scope, Verification Study, Specification Review and TIC estimate.

Wood Group Mustang Inc.: Midstream (Southwest Design Services)

Jun 2014 – Aug 2014

Occidental Permian Ltd. – OXY SHU RCF: Onshore FEED Engineering to provide TIC Estimate for CO2 Reinjection Compressor Facilities.

Wood Group Mustang Inc.: Midstream (Southwest Design Services)

Jan 2007 – Oct 2014

Shell Oil Products US Transportation – Shell HO-HO Reversal: Design checking for pipeline reverse flow of approx. 290 miles of 20”, 22” and 24” pipeline from East Houston to Clovelly, LA.

Wood Group Mustang Inc.: Midstream (Southwest Design Services)

Jan 2014 – Oct 2014

Occidental Permian Ltd. – Levelland Loop Line: Checking of onshore provide detailed engineering & design, procurement and project Management support.

Wood Group Mustang Inc.: Downstream (Southwest Design Services)

Oct 2004 – Jan 2007

- office and field services for field survey and 3D Design development for expansion upgrade of the Coffeeville Resources Refinery, Coffeeville, KS

- field services for field survey and 2D design development for expansion upgrade of the Valero Refinery, Houston, TX

- field services for field survey and 3D design development for expansion upgrade of the Valero Refinery, St Charles, LA

SENIOR DESIGNER / CHECKER

Special Projects and Assignments

M&H Enterprises: Upstream (Taylor Technical Services)

Apr 2004 – Oct 2004

Provided checking of (Offshore FPSO Facilities)

Petro Marine: Upstream (Taylor Technical Services)

Feb 2004 – Apr 2004

Provided checking of (Offshore Platform Facilities)

Ameriven Petrolera: Downstream (Taylor Technical Services)

Jan 2004 – Feb 2004

MTO in Excel for the insurance company.

Southwest Design Services

SENIOR DESIGNER / CHECKER / SUPERVISOR

Special Projects and Assignments

Applied Process Innovations: Industrial

2003 - 2004

Provided checking and Mechanical Start-up for General Motors Plant Oshawa internal pipe work - $600MM paint booth for Durr Industries

Mustang Engineering: Upstream:

2002 - 2003

Provided checking of (Offshore Platform FPSO & Drilling Platform Facilities)

Wyoming Refining Co.: Downstream

2001 – 2002

Field design layout and construction supervision for LO-CAT tie-ins and modifications

JH Kelly, LLC: Industrial

2000 - 2001

Provided design, layout and field checking for General Motors Plant Oshawa internal pipe work - $600MM paint booth for Durr Industries

Wyoming Refining Co.: Downstream

1999 - 2000

Relocation of Catalytic Cracking Unit from Odessa, TX to Newcastle, WY

Foster Wheeler Engineering: Industrial

1998 - 1999

Design New Coke Unit next to existing unit

PCI Engineers Inc.: Downstream

1997 - 1998

Designer/Checker/Supervisor – Giant Ciniza Refinery in Gallup, NM – T/A and Mechanical Start-up Services

Plant Technical Services: Industrial and Downstream

1990 - 1997

Various job sites – Spring hanger, general support field inspection, specification generation and replacement supervision services.

PRE-1990 EXPERIENCE

CE Lummis: Downstream

GDS Engineering: Downstream

Bechtel Engineering, Inc.: Downstream

Fish Engineering Co.: Downstream

Fluor Corporation: Downstream

Hudson Engineering: Upstream

Brown & Root Inc.: Downstream

Offshore Systems Inc.: Upstream

Solar Turbines: Midstream

Dresser Rand: Midstream

Gulf Interstate Engineering: Midstream

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