Mechanical Engineer Water Treatment
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Richmond, Texas *****
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Eddy Crain, PE
Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer
CAREER SUMMARY
More than 40 years of mechanical engineering experience in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and rotating equipment manufacturing industries.
EXPERIENCE
Lead Mechanical Engineer, March 2019 – April 2020
McDermott /Legacy CB&I
Golden Pass LNG EPC – Sabine Pass, Texas, USA
Managed a Mechanical Independent Design Review (IDR) team of mechanical engineers to review inquiry requisitions, data sheets, and technical evaluations for all mechanical equipment requisitioned by the Joint Venture partner Chiyoda in Yokohama, Japan. Team included rotating equipment, packaged equipment, vessel, heat transfer, and general mechanical engineers. Duties included preparation of IDR Report to verify equipment compliance to US and local standards, to advise lessons learned on previous LNG projects, and to minimize construction cost.
Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer, December 2018 – April 2020 McDermott
Borstar Bay3 Polyethylene Project – Pasadena, Texas, USA
Coordinated work conducted by MOPEX offices in Brno, Czechoslovakia and Gurgaon, India for procuring and manufacturing packaged equipment for a polyethylene plant – including, material handling systems and water treatment systems. Also, executed work for a packaged refrigeration unit, railcar scale packages, and railcar mover packages. Lead Mechanical Engineer, February 2018 – December 2018 McDermott /Legacy CB&I
IGP Methanol – Myrtle Grove, Louisiana, USA
Managed a team of 5-7 mechanical engineers for preparation of inquiry requisitions, specifications, data sheets, and technical evaluations for all mechanical equipment including synthesis gas and natural gas compressors, API, ASME, and utility pumps, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, tanks, and miscellaneous packaged equipment. Lead Mechanical Engineer, September 2017 – February 2018 CB&I
Freeport LNG Train 4 liquefaction unit – Freeport, Texas, USA
Managed a team of 3-5 mechanical engineers for preparation of specifications and data sheets for all mechanical equipment including API 617 compressors, API, ASME, and utility pumps, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, tanks, and miscellaneous packaged equipment. 3318 Whispering Way Drive
Richmond, Texas 77406
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Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer
Lead Mechanical Engineer, September 2016 – September 2017 CB&I
NET Power – Durham, North Carolina, USA
Coordinated the mechanical effort to support Pre-FEED phase to develop a Class 4 estimate for a 300 MW commercial plant designed to produce clean energy utilizing the Allam cycle technology which uses supercritical carbon dioxide as working fluid to drive a combustion turbine.
Assigned to the Client (8 Rivers) office in Durham, NC as mechanical specialist. Received minimal support from CB&I home office.
Prepared mechanical inquiry requisitions, specifications, data sheets, and technical evaluations for compressors, pumps, vessels, heat exchangers, and all other mechanical equipment to support the estimate.
Assisted the start-up and commissioning phase of the pilot plant constructed in LaPorte, TX.
On-going support on an as needed basis.
Rotating Equipment Engineer, September 2016 – January 2017 CB&I Areva MOX Services fuel fabrication plant project – Aiken, SC, USA
Conducted a Root Cause Analysis of component failure of equipment utilized for DOE nuclear project. Signed Confidentiality Agreement. Unable to provide specific details of equipment. Prepared RCA report of findings.
Rotating Equipment Engineer, April 2016 – September 2016 CB&I
Rio Grande LNG liquefaction terminal – Brownsville, Texas, USA
Assisted in preparation of the technical evaluation for the gas turbine driven MR + PR compressor packages.
Lead Mechanical Engineer, January 2013 – April 2016 CB&I
Cameron LNG liquefaction terminal – Hackberry, Louisiana, USA
Managed a team of mechanical engineers (29 at peak) for preparation of inquiry requisitions, data sheets, technical evaluations, and purchase requisitions for all mechanical equipment including API 617 compressors, API, ASME, and utility pumps, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, tanks, and miscellaneous packaged equipment.
Initial coordination of the order for the Frame 7 gas turbine driven MR + PR compressor trains.
Assisted in witnessed testing of the gas turbines in Greenville, SC and the compressors in Florence and Massa, Italy.
Lead Mechanical Engineer, April 2012 – January 2013 CB&I
Dominion Cove Point LNG liquefaction terminal– Lusby, Maryland, USA
Managed a team of 4-6 mechanical engineers for preparation of specifications, inquiry requisitions, data sheets, and technical evaluations for all mechanical equipment including API 617 compressors, API, ASME, and utility pumps, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, tanks, and miscellaneous packaged equipment.
3318 Whispering Way Drive
Richmond, Texas 77406
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Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer
Unit Mechanical Lead Engineer, December 2009 – June 2012 CB&I
Cartagena Refinery Expansion Project – Cartagena, Colombia
Coordinated the mechanical effort during EPC as lead engineer for the following units in the refinery complex – power and steam generation (Unit 130), raw water treatment (Unit 131), plant air utilities (Unit 134), cooling water utilities (Unit 135), flare system (Unit 141), and wastewater treatment (Unit 143).
Specified, requisitioned, technically evaluated, coordinated manufacturing, and performed final testing and inspection for the following power generation equipment: two 20-MW Siemens SST- 300 condensing steam turbine driven generator packages manufactured in Jundiai, Brazil; two 24-MW Siemens SST-600 extraction back-pressure steam turbine generator packages manufactured in Jundiai, Brazil; and three 47-MW Siemens SGT-800 gas turbines manufactured in Finspeng, Sweden.
Lead Equipment Engineer, June 2009 – December 2009 Black and Veatch
Gulf Coast Fractionators debottlenecking and expansion project – Mont Belvieu, Texas, USA
Managed a team of 4-6 mechanical engineers for preparation of FEED package for the facility which included inquiry requisitions, specifications, and data sheets for all mechanical equipment. Equipment included ethane compressors, propane refrigeration compressors, and pumps.
Lead Equipment Engineer, October 2008 – June 2009
Black and Veatch
Enterprise Products product condensate stabilizer project – Blanco, New Mexico, USA
Managed a team of 4-6 mechanical engineers for preparation of FEED package for the facility which included inquiry requisitions, specifications, and data sheets for all mechanical equipment.
Lead Equipment Engineer, August 2007 – October 2008 Black and Veatch
ExxonMobil CAPCO LNG receiving terminal – Hong Kong, China
Managed a team of 4-6 mechanical engineers for preparation of FEED package which included inquiry requisitions, specifications, and data sheets for all mechanical equipment. Equipment included LNG storage tanks, vaporizers, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, BOG compressors, pipeline compressor, vapor return blowers, LNG pumps, sea-water pumps, and miscellaneous packaged equipment.
Principal Rotating and Packaged Equipment Engineer, January 2007 – August 2007 ABB Lummus Global
PEMEX FCC Naphtha Hydrotreater – Mexico
Supported FEED Basic Engineering Package to design 11 ultra-low sulfur gasoline hydrotreaters to be installed at six (6) PEMEX refineries in Salamanca, Modero, Tula, Cadereyta, Minatitlan, and Salina Cruz, Mexico.
Prepared compressor data sheets
3318 Whispering Way Drive
Richmond, Texas 77406
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Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer
Principal Rotating and Packaged Equipment Engineer, May 2006 – January 2007 ABB Lummus Global
Fujian Petrochemical Ltd complex – Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Supported FEED 800,000-Mtpa ethylene unit for the Fujian refining and ethylene project.
Prepared the technical evaluation for the steam turbine-driven charge gas, propylene refrigeration, and binary refrigeration compressor trains. Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer, April 2004 – June 2006 ABB Lummus Global – PMC Assignment in Beijing, China Fujian Petrochemical Ltd complex – Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Served as lead rotating equipment engineer for the PMC team in Beijing for 800,000-Mtpa ethylene and pygas units constructed for the Fujian refining and ethylene project. Joint venture clients included ExxonMobil China Petrochemical Co., Aramco Overseas Co., and Fujian Petrochemical Co. Ltd. This complex included more than 16 process units for production of gasoline, diesel, kerosene, asphalt, sulfur, polyethylene, propylene, ethylene, power, utilities, etc.
Developed project specifications, procedures and standards related to rotating equipment.
Performed quality control for requisitions for long lead rotating equipment.
Prepared requisition for two Frame-9E syngas turbine generator packages for the FREP complex POX-cogen unit.
Principal Rotating and Packaged Equipment Engineer, June 2001 – April 2004 ABB Lummus Global
Exxon Neftegas Limited Chayvo on-shore production facilities – Sakhalin Island, Russia
Responsibilities included requisitioning and order coordination for the following equipment: two GE/Nuovo Pignone Frame 6 gas turbine generators, two GE/Nuovo Pignone Frame 5 gas turbine driven injection compressor packages, two electrostatic desalters, two diesel-driven synchronous generators, and a produced water treatment package with CPI/IGF separators, walnut shell filters, and miscellaneous pumps, piping, instrumentation, and controls. Principal Packaged Equipment Engineer, June 2000 – June 2001 ABB Lummus Global
Tyumen Oil Co. VGO Hydrotreating and FCCRS modernization facility – Ryazan, Russia
Responsibilities included requisitioning and order coordination for the following equipment: hydrogen PSA unit, VGO feed filter package, demineralized water treatment system, miscellaneous chemical injection packages, and pneumatic conveying system for transport of FCC catalyst.
3318 Whispering Way Drive
Richmond, Texas 77406
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Eddy Crain, PE
Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer
Principal Packaged Equipment Engineer, June 2000 – June 2001 ABB Lummus Global
Rio Polimeros SA grassroots ethylene plant – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Responsibilities included preparation of inquiry requisitions for the following offsite equipment: spent caustic oxidation; DOX (dispersed oil extraction) quench water treatment; wastewater treatment system with oil/water separators and benzene stripper; fire pump; and miscellaneous filtration and chemical injection packages.
Also handled raw water treatment system with clarifier and sand filters; demineralized water treatment system with carbon filters, ion exchangers, and associated acid and caustic regeneration systems; condensate treatment system with carbon filters and mixed bed polishers; and bio-oxidation treatment plant.
Principal Packaged Equipment Engineer, December 1997 – June 2000 ABB Lummus Global
BASF/FINA grassroots ethylene plant – Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Prepared requisitions and coordinated orders for the following off-site equipment: spent caustic oxidation package; DOx quench water treatment package; wastewater treatment system with oil/water separators and benzene stripper package; raw water treatment system with clarifier and sand filters; demineralized water treatment system with carbon filters, ion exchangers, and associated acid and caustic regeneration systems; condensate treatment system with carbon filters and mixed bed polishers; fire pump package with diesel engine drivers; vacuum pump package; and miscellaneous filtration and chemical injection packages.
Principal Packaged Equipment Engineer, December 1997 – June 1998 ABB Lummus Global
Yanpet ethylene expansion – Madinat Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah, Saudi Arabia
Requisitioned and coordinated orders for two API-618 reciprocating compressor packages Principal Packaged Equipment Engineer, December 1997 – June 2000 ABB Lummus Global
Pequiven environmental project – El Tablazo, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Served as a technical consultant on behalf of the client, PDVSA, to prepare requisitions and coordinate manufacturing and testing of wastewater treatment systems for the removal of benzene utilizing steam stripping technology, treatment of spent caustic utilizing wet air oxidation technology, and removal of oil and solids utilizing plate separation, induced gas flotation, and walnut shell filtration technologies. Principal Packaged Equipment Engineer, October 1995 – June 1998 ABB Lummus Global
Westlake Petrochemical grassroots ethylene plant – Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Prepared requisitions and coordinated orders for offsite equipment: spent caustic oxidation; DOX (dispersed oil extraction) quench water treatment; wastewater treatment system with oil/water separators and benzene stripper; fire-pump; and miscellaneous filtration and chemical injection packages. Also handled raw water treatment system with clarifier and sand filters; demineralized water treatment system with carbon filters, ion exchangers, and associated acid and caustic regeneration systems; condensate treatment system with carbon filters and mixed bed polishers; and turnkey bio-oxidation treatment plant. 3318 Whispering Way Drive
Richmond, Texas 77406
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Eddy Crain, PE
Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer
Lead Machinery Engineer, November 1992 – October 1995 M. W Kellogg
SADAF grassroots MTBE/ETBE plant – Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Supervised and coordinated machinery activities. Also served as requisitioning engineer for hydrogen PSA unit, API 618 hydrogen compressor package, and flue gas filtration system utilizing porous media filter technology.
Lead Machinery Engineer, November 1990 – October 1992 M. W Kellogg
Clark Oil Hydrotreating facility – Wood River, Hartford, Illinois, USA
Supervised and coordinated machinery activities. Also served as requisitioning engineer for 10- MMSCFD hydrogen plant and API 618 hydrogen compressor package. Senior Machinery Engineer, November 1990 – October 1993 M. W Kellogg
Petrotrin hydrogen plant revamp – Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad
Coordinated orders for an API 618 hydrogen compressor package. Machinery Engineer, November 1988 – November 1990
Lummus Global and Lummus Crest
Multiple Projects – Multiple Locations
Experience truncated for brevity
EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology (June1968 – May 1974) Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Co-op Degree (working at NASA Johnson Space Center) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
PE State of Texas
ASME member and past Chairman of Industrial Water Treatment Technical Committee, 2000- 2002
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