Henry L. Thornton Jr.

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Apt. 1111

Baton Rouge, LA 70817

Phone: 409-***-**** (M)

E-mail: acrvgj@r.postjobfree.com

Education: B.S., 1990, Mississippi State University, Chemical Engineering

B.S., 1991, Jackson State University, Chemistry

Overview: Mr. Thornton has over twenty (20) years of diversified experience in the petrochemical and refining industries. Mr. Thornton's process experience has involved chemical, petrochemical, and refining industries. He has acted as Process Engineer in projects for grass roots and revamped plants in all phases from inception to performance run. Mr. Thornton is in possession of his TWIC Card.

Expertise: Mr. Thornton has experience in the manufacture of revamp projects or grassroots projects in Alumina, Caustic, Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) and Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) facilities. He has used process simulation and hydraulic programs like ChemCad, HYSYS, HTRI, Pro II, and PipeFlo.

Detailed

Experience:

Richard Design Services, Baton Rouge, LA 2014-2015

PSV Upgrade Formaldehyde Unit

Replace or modified piping on safety valves to meet design guidelines.

PSV Upgrade Methanol Unit

Replace or modified piping on safety valves to meet design guidelines.

Safe Zone Transition

Install piping and control valve to mitigate upset in the hydrogen unit.

Jacobs Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA 2012-2014

HCLA Amine Scrubber

Redlined P & I D’s to show tie-ins, new equipment and instrumentation and to show demolition work.

Wet Gas Scrubber

Determined the criticality class of utilities for project and performed continuity check on P & I D’s.

BRRF – SRU Expansion

Provided process assistance in the design and specifying of equipment for the project. Hydraulic system studies performed to aid in the development of datasheets for equipment and instrumentation for the project.

Light Crude Upgrade

Detailed hydraulic studies completed and used in the development of datasheets for new equipment. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information on the equipment datasheets and hydraulic system studies.

RCCU Feed Tank Replacement

Designed and specified the necessary equipment and instrumentation needed to store, feed and transport vacuum gas oil to the RCCU from the RCCU Feed Tanks. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information on the equipment and instrument datasheets, updating P & I D’s to reflect scope of work, hydraulics study for the charge pumps.

Adapt F-483 for OL-5 PLGO Service

Designed and specified the necessary equipment and instrumentation needed to put F-483 in PLGO service. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information on the equipment and instrument datasheets and updating P & I D’s to reflect scope of work.

Install Butane Rail, Barge, and Truck Loading

Designed and specified the necessary equipment and instrumentation needed to transport butane from the Norco Refinery for rail, barge and truck loading. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information on the equipment and instrument datasheets, updating P & I D’s to reflect scope of work, hydraulics study for the loading pumps.

Rice MACT Projects

There are actually three projects that fall under this title. This project consists of adding diesel engines at three units to comply with governmental regulations. One unit was getting a new diesel fuel tank as the existing tank was not large enough to meet the design premise. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information on the equipment datasheet and updating P & I D’s to reflect scope of work.

Orion Engineered Carbons, Orange, TX

Senior Process Engineer, 2011-2012

Provided technical support in the manufacturing of carbon black, evaluated manufacturing parameters, capital review of process, monitored and order raw materials.

Provided plant support on plant trials.

Completed paper work for incidents relating to environmental and safety hazards.

Coordinated and participated in the reprocessing of off specification product.

Reviewed and analyzed finishing data for any operating issues.

Inputted finishing data into computer software for data analysis.

Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC Baton Rouge, LA 2006- 2009

Clean Fuels Project for Flying J at Bakersfield, California

Provided process assistance on the offsites of a Big West Refinery project in Bakersfield, CA. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information in the line list, an INTools database for instruments, hydraulic calculation spreadsheets for piping major systems, performing relief valve calculations and populating the process information for data sheets for purchasing, and P&ID/MOC Log changes.

PAPA Project for Shell Global at Port Allen, Louisiana

Provided process design for an activated alumina plant in Port Allen, LA. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information in the line list and an INTools database for instruments, hydraulic calculation spreadsheets for piping major systems, documentation of equipment and P&ID/MOC Log changes, and documentation of safeguard memorandum information.

Alkylation Unit Upgrade - Alkylation Unit for Motiva at Norco, LA

Designed and specified the necessary equipment and instrumentation needed to collect and transport waste/storm water from the Alkylation Unit to the Waste Water Storage Tank. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information on the equipment and instrument datasheets, updating P & I D’s to reflect scope of work, hydraulics study for the sump and storm water storage tank pumps.

Retractable Injection Quill - Distillation Unit 5 for Motiva at Norco, LA

Designed and specified a retractable injection quill for the Vacuum Flash Ejectors in the DU-5 Unit. This new quill allows for cleaning without the unit being shutdown to remove the quill. The deliverables consisted of populating the process information on the injection point datasheet and marking up the P & I D’s.

MTBE Phase Out Option Study - Butylene Lines for Motiva at Norco, LA

Performed hydraulic study to determine options for transporting butylenes from the refinery to

the West Site and the associated cost of each option. The deliverables consists of developing and

documenting options along with cost estimate of each option.

Temporary Tank Replacement for K-562 Caustic Tank for Motiva at Norco, LA

Verified that the existing portable tank on site is made of a suitable material of construction for 8% Spent Caustic service. The deliverables consisted of verifying with the tank vendor that the existing tank was compatible through written communication to the Motiva Logistics personnel.

DSM Elastomers America (Formerly DSM Copolymer) Addis, LA

Senior Process Engineer, Plant Staff 2000-2005

Provided technical support in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber, evaluated manufacturing parameters, capital review of processes, and evaluated and solved customer complaints.

Served as Notification of Change (NOC) Gatekeeper insuring operations complied with all

OSHA & ISO guidelines.

Provided plant support on plant trials by providing technical guidance and avoiding

environmental and safety hazards.

Furnished technical information for international plants in Brazil and Netherlands.

Resolved major quality issue on liquid product as a multi-discipline team member.

Developed and implemented new drying procedure for plant refrigeration system that

resulted in savings of $5 MM.

Senior Process Engineer - Pilot Plant 1997-2000

Provided technical expertise in evaluating new processes and new product qualities. Develop more efficient manufacturing techniques. Wrote reports on experimental manufacturing processes. Procured chemicals and equipment needed to setup pilot plant trials. Perform Safety inspections.

Supervised the day-to-day operation of a $2.5 MM Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer

(EPDM) Pilot Plant.

Performed 16 to 40 experiments per week with 4 employees on a 24/7 work schedule.

Scheduled maintenance to ensure efficient operations.

Area Operations Supervisor 1995-1997

Supervised EPDM Plant with 8 production employees with production of 50 MM pounds per year. Monitored operations and optimize catalyst utilization that reduced costs.

Conducted unit safety inspections with operators.

Developed and wrote equipment maintenance procedures and schedules.

Developed and published equipment operator procedures.

Scheduled maintenance work with maintenance coordinator to ensure that all safety

guidelines were understood and followed.

Assessed the scheduling of product types with production scheduler for optimum

production efficiency.

Process Engineer 1991 - 1995

Provided process support at the Addis (EPDM Plant) and the Baton Rouge (SBR) Plants.

Designed $2.5 MM EPDM Pilot Plant.

Performed HAZOP Studies on EPDM & Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) Plants.

Designed & updated Process & Instrumentation Drawings for $2.0 MM DCS Project.

Designed wastewater storage system.

Provided technical support to EPDM & SBR Plants.

Formerly

Associated

With:

Richard Design Services

Jacob Engineering

Associated Staffing Inc.

Orion Engineered Carbons

Ford Bacon & Davis, LLC

DSM Elastomers Americas

DSM Copolymer

09/28/2015

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