Project Process Engineer

Oscar E. Ramírez

Contact Information

Cell Phone: 661-***-****

E-mail. *******@*******.***

Current Residence

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Zip Code: 93309 @ Bakersfield, California.

Phone: 661-***-****.

Residence 2

Sagú 429, Col Hacienda Las Palmas.

Zip Code 66635 @ Apodaca, Nuevo León.

Phone: (01152) (81) 83144673.

Personal Information

Date and place of Birth: 03-sep-1983 - Monclova, Coahuila, México.

Personal Objective

Become part of solid and strong company where I can develop all my abilities, achieving with that a

job stability always giving my best effort in order to deliver a great performance in my job.

Education

2010-2011: M.Sc. in Sustainable Processes at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

• Grade: 91/100.

• “NOx Photocatalytic Reduction from flue gases using TiO2 and UV” (Thesis Project).

• “Tower Distillation Design using Rigorous methods (Optimization)”(Research Project).

• Biofuels production and membrane water treatment plant start-up at LEBEO (Plant project).

2008-2011: Bureaucratic Lawyer Bs at Instituto Nacional de Estudios Sindicales y

Administración Publica (INESAP)

• Supported by State government via FSTSE- INESAP.

2000-2005 Bs in Chemical Engineering at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

• Grade: 87/100

• 1st place Award for High Academic Performance in 2005.

• Academic Equivalency in the US (Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering by

The Trustforte Corporation).

Languages

Spanish, English, Currently Learning Italian.

Interests and Activities

In my free time I enjoy reading engineering books, scientific magazines, history books,

documentaries, I am interested on learning new languages, also I like to play sports like soccer,

baseball and ping pong.

Professional Experience

STANTEC/PROCESSES UNLIMITED

Project Process Engineer

At Bakersfield, California from January 2014 (Current)

• As project process engineer, designing oil, water, gas treatment and steam injection systems

for the Petrochemical industry.

• Designing equipment for gas, oil, emulsions and water conditioning such as Two/Three

Phase Separators, Air Coolers, Heat Exchangers/Treaters, Tanks, Pumps, Compressors,

Slug Catchers, and Filters.

• Hydraulic design calculations (Pipelines, Pumps, PSV sizing and Overpressure), generating

and reviewing equipment designs, P&IDs, PFDs, Line Lists, Datasheets and Process

simulations.

• Field visits to client (Linn Energy & Oxy) plants as a first step for design/re-design

pipelines & equipment to improve process performance.

• Project Collaboration with other disciplines like piping, civil, control systems, mechanical,

machinery and construction.

KBR MONTERREY

Dupont Nevada Cellulosic Ethanol Bio-Refinery

Senior Technical Professional – Process Engineer

At Monterrey, N.L. from November 2012 to December 2013

• As Process area lead, Designing equipments for Solids Conveying, Pneumatic Powder/Solid

transportation, Dust Baghouses, Storage Silos, Bale Choppers, Hammermills for the

Preprocessing area.

• Designing the chemical unloading to Storage tanks areas, Chemical Preparations Plant,

CO2 Scrubber, Ammonia system, Biomass Dryer and Final Residue Disposition.

• Hydraulic/Pneumatic Calculations and Simulation (Pipeline, Pump, Blowers, PSV`s sizing

and Overpressure), Generating and Reviewing Equipment Designs, P&IDs, PFDs, Line

lists, Datasheets and Process Simulations.

• Model Review with client (Dupont) collaborating with other disciplines like Piping, Civil,

Control systems, Mechanical, machinery and Construction.

PRO-THERM

Process Engineering leader

At Monterrey, N.L. from October 2011 to November 2012

• Involved in different projects and technologies such Gas-Crude Separation, Gas

conditioning, Gas Sweetening and Dehydration this for Onshore/Offshore plants.

• Basically as a process engineer generating, reviewing, approving P&IDs, PFDs, Line lists,

Equipment Datasheets. Designing several process equipment’s such as Two/Three Phase

Horizontal /Vertical separators, Distillation Columns, KO Drums, Scrubbers, Molecular

Sieve tanks, Tube and Shell Exchangers, Air coolers, gas/oil Direct/Indirect Fired Heaters.

• Equipment design for Well Metering Stimulation Vessel Plants design (Separator, Water

treatment, Coalescer Filters, KO Drums).

• Design for equipment fabrication for different companies such as Inelectra-Northam, Foster

Wheeler, ICA Flour, Schlumberger, Technip, Petrobras, ADNOC, De Hoop and PEMEX.

• Generating/reviewing Technical and Economic proposals for several projects and clients.

• Visits to Client Plants to review equipment operation and sampling.

CEMEX TECHNOLOGY CENTER

NOx Emission Control Project

Process Engineer

At Monterrey, N.L. from July 2010 to July 2011

• Designing Technological solutions for the cement process, mostly being in charge of the

NOX emission control project where different alternatives were investigated, analyzed to

reduce NOx Emissions to atmosphere from flue gases generated in the production process

of cement.

• Design, construction and testing of a Photocatalytic reactor for lab, reactives/products

characterization techniques were employed.

• Advanced design and scaling-up were completed to obtain a pilot reactor. Simulation,

Optimization and characterization were run after each one of the experiments in order to

take the next step in implementation of the photocatalytic process of NOx reduction.

AKER SOLUTIONS HOUSTON

Dow Ras Tanura Integrated Project - Refinery

Sr. Process Designer

At Houston from October 2008 to June 2009

• Working as Process Engineer providing technical support to the Ras Tanura Refinery

Project, doing basic/detailed engineering, making pumps/pipelines hydraulic calculations

and equipments design for the polycarbonate production area.

• Responsible of modifying and reviewing PFDs, P&IDs, Equipment datasheets and other

technical documents.

• Supporting when necessary the systems group using smart Plant PI&D/3D model to create,

modify and extract information from the database.

• Participating in all the Process plant revisions with client (Dow Chemical) to prepare

official documents to be issued as next phase revisions.

HALLIBURTON KBR HOUSTON

Chevron Escravos GTL Project

Associate Technical Professional / Technical Advisor – Process & Construction Engineer

At Houston from March 2006 to October 2008

• Working at the Construction Support group on pre-commissioning tasks, being responsible

of the group at the Houston office since October of 2006.

• Coordinating with Snamprogetti (Milan) and Monterrey offices on the hydro/pneumatic test

packs definition for the whole Escravos GTL plant in order to test pipelines at the module

(Abu Dhabi) and field yard (Nigeria) as well as chemical cleaning and plant start-up.

• Generating material spreadsheets in order to get an early knowledge of the testing materials

that need to be purchased and technical guidelines during the testing process, avoiding with

this several problems during plant assembly and construction at field.

• Attending to model reviews with the client (Chevron) in order to have the most current

information and discussing about the constructability and access for the hydro testing,

chemical cleaning and pre-commissioning activities at the plant.

• Compare/Analyze possible Construction Service Suppliers for the Fab-Shop and Plant site.

• Supporting the project during internal and client revision to the plant using Smart plant

model review, generating snapshots for several presentations for the Nigerian authorities for

project phase approval, also adding comments, supporting with this different disciplines

such as construction, piping, civil and control systems.

HALLIBURTON KBR MONTERREY

Yemen LNG Project

Associate Technical Professional – Process Engineer

At Monterrey, N.L. from January to March 2006

• During the 1st pass of the project creating and designing first revision P&IDs using the

Smart Plant P&ID software.

• During 2nd pass of the project, updating P&IDs based on project comments and technical

reviews.

• Attendance to Induction/Training courses of Process/Systems activities. Smart Plant PI&D

& Smart Plant Model Review trainings.

UANL UNIVERSITY

Researcher

At Monterrey, N.L. from January 2005 to January 2006

• Research on advanced Thermodynamics and Physics Chemistry, most of the time based on

process simulation using ASPEN, also creating source codes and executable programs using

the FORTRAN language.

• Creating several programs and subroutines for liquid-gas properties estimation, Fortran

Simulators for Distillation/Absorption Towers, heat exchangers and flash drums.

COEMSE

Professional Practices - Intern

At Monterrey, N.L. from August to December of 2004

• Working on equipment assembly and installation for the KEMET Company.

• Developing security, assembly/Installation manuals to avoid misunderstandings and

accidents during the usage of special materials, substances and equipment installation.

Software and Skills

Software: Aspen, CHEMCAD, HYSYS, PRO/II, Pro-Max, VMGsim, HTFS, HTRI, Aerotran,

FORTRAN, AFT Fathom, PIPEPHASE, Poseidon, ETAP, Systools, Flarenet, Aveva 3D Model,

Smart Plant P&ID Drawing Manager, Smart Plant Explorer, Smart Plant Review (3D plant model),

PDS reports, Adobe, AutoCAD, Documentum, Zycad and MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point).

Skills: Simulation, Thermodynamics, Oil and gas, Equipment Design, Heat/Mass Transfer, 3D

Model Review, P&IDs, Hydraulic Designs, WSV, Sampling and characterization techniques (XRD,

SEM-EDAX, UV and IR Spectroscopy).

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