Lee Ann Crowder

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Lead / Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer with eighteen (18) years of experience in petrochemical and refining technologies.

Qualifications

Key skills include creating heat and material balances, developing PFD and P&IDs, sizing new process equipment, evaluating existing equipment performance, sizing relief valves and headers, participating in HAZOPs and writing operating manuals.

Process configuration and optimization studies.

Preparation of PFDs and heat and mass balances.

Sizing and specification of major process equipment – distillation columns, reactors, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors.

Safety, environmental and operability reviews (HAZOP).

Relief system design, PSV sizing, and flare hydraulics.

P&ID development, including selection of design conditions, hydraulic analysis, line sizing and pipe specifications, equipment isolation, vent and drain systems, cause and effects

Technologies: Gas Processing (Molecular Sieve Drying, Glycol drying, Amine Treating, Natural gas liquid removal via cryogenic separations; MTBE with Hydrogenation and design of reactive distillation columns for 4 projects;

Highlighted Projects

Renewable Diesel Plant FEED, integrating three major technology licensors and offsites for a one-of-a-kind facility to be built in near future, undisclosed site.

Golden Pass Products LNG Export Project, Converting existing gasification facilities into a Liquefaction Export facility, Sabine Texas – 2013-2014. Designed the steam system using the exhaust from the LNG compressors.

Valero, CDAlyky Project: Depentanizer Area, St. Charles, USA – 2016-2018.

Nova Chemicals, PSA Unit Start-up, Joffre, Alberta, Canada – 2015.

AltaGas Townsend Project - FEED Level Study - 2014-2016.i

Experience

March 2019- June 2020

CTCI Americas, Houston Texas

Lead Process Engineer for a one of a kind 5200 BPSD Renewable Diesel Plant during front-end engineering and estimating phase. Responsible for supporting effort to integrate three different Licensors’ Technology packages and developed supporting OSBL systems. Supervised half a dozen process engineers, attended Licensor reviews, developed data sheets and went out to vendors for specialty equipment and support technologies. Supported Technology consultants with effort to select and highlight appropriate technologies for consideration. Within the facility are the following area/units in which my efforts were directly involved:

Pretreatment of vegetable oil and animal fats; Hydrolysis of the triglycerides to free fatty acids (FFA); Hydro-Treating FFA, then Hydro-Isomerization to produce Renewable Diesel and Renewable Naphtha; Hydrogen production via Steam Methane Reforming; Wastewater Treatment; Designed and integrated OSBL steam and cooling water systems; Specified Nitrogen, Natural gas/fuel, demineralized water, instrument air and tankage requirements

June 2014 – January 2019

McDermott Technology, The Woodlands, Texas (Lummus Technology LLC)

Senior Process Engineer

• GSCaltex CDMtbe Revamp Project – Yeosu, South Korea 2018

Process lead for Revamp project. Directed and supervised Senior and junior engineers both recent hires and completed deliverables on schedule. Designed new CDMtbe reactive distillation column and evaluated exiting equipment at revamp conditions.

• PETRONAS RAPID – SCC, Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia –2018

Supervised CC7 crew during loading of proprietary CDMtbe catalyst structures in reactive distillation column designed by Lummus Technology. Prepared presentation to client at end of loading hand-off to client.

• Bangkok Synthetics Co., LTB (BST), Thailand – 2018-Present

Process lead for the Butene-1 Separation Unit to product 34 kTA of 99.1 wt% Butene-1. Worked with Technology manager to develop B-1 simulation, heat and material balance and PFDs. Coordinated efforts with Gurgaon office & Woodlands to meet schedule requirements for deliverables. Lead P&ID review with client in Bloomfield. Developed Supervisor Operations Manual for Unit.

Major projects while at R&G are the following:

• PT Petrokimia Butadiene, B1/MTBE Project, Indonesia (PBI) – 2017-2018.

Process lead for the integrated CDMtbe®, SELOP® SHU, and Butene-1 Recovery units designed to produce 43 kTA of 98.5 wt% min. polymer grade Butene-1 and 127.7 kTA of MTBE by-product using Raffinate-1 feedstock from PBI’s Butadiene Extraction Unit.

Worked with Technology managers to develop MTBE and B-1 simulations, heat and material balances and PFDs. Coordinated efforts with Gurgaon office, Bloomfield and Woodlands to meet schedule requirements for deliverables. Lead P&ID review with client in The Woodlands office.

• Valero, CDAlyky Project: Depentanizer Area, St. Charles, USA – 2016-2017.

Participated in the design of the Depentanizer upfront of CDAkly® Unit. The objective of the CDHydro® Depentanizer Unit is to hydrogenate pentadienes to C5 olefins and make the cut between 2-methyl-2-butene and cyclopentene. This unit processes 20,000 BPD of incoming Naphtha feed from FCC unit. Activities included simulation, Depentanizer sizing and PFD development.

• Nova Chemicals, PSA Unit Start-up, Joffre, Alberta, Canada – 2015.

Participated in start-up of a CB&I designed PSA (Pressure Swing Absorption) Unit from November 3-8, 2015. Initial start-up experiencing impurities break-through with possibility of damaging analyzer. Data trends collected over the first 3 days of start-up demonstrated that the feed control valve was suppling erroneous information. The valve was re-checked and vent tube not properly connected. After valve correctly aligned, the start-up progressed and client satisfied with PSA Unit performance.

• AltaGas Townsend Project - FEED Level Study - 2014-2016.

Facility to recover propane and heavier components form raw natural gas and condensate produced by Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. and Shell Canada Energy. Ltd. The plant designed to produce deethanized NGL, stabilized condensate and residue gas.

Facility included the following systems: inlet separation, condensate heating, stabilizer, inlet compression, glycol dehydration and regeneration, NGL Recovery, refrigeration, residue gas compression, de-ethanizer column and hot oil system. Developed simulation, heat and material balance.

• Toysali FEED, Midrex Technologies, Inc. (MTI) for Tosyali Algerié SPA – 2014-2016.

Design of Natural Gas Pre-treatment Unit (NGPTU) for the direct reduction iron plant that Midrex designed and constructed. The NGPTU utilizes Randall Gas Technologies cryogenic Joule-Thomson (J-T) process to remove heavy hydrocarbons from the wet rich inlet feed to produce product gas.

NGPTU Plant includes inlet gas handling, molecular sieve dehydration and heavy hydrocarbon removal. Developed simulation, PFDs, heat and material, sized equipment, preliminary sizing of molecular sieve and worked with vendor for final sizing, sized PSVs and flare header.

June 2013 – May 2014

CB&I Oil and Gas, 2 Riverway Drive Houston

• Golden Pass Products LNG Export Project, Converting existing gasification facilities into a Liquefaction Export facility, Sabine Texas – 2013-2014.

Pre-FEED activities: Developed initial schematic for steam system. Worked with client, OSBL experts and technology licensors to refine design and controls. When built, this will be the first LNG facility with a steam system. Created UFDs, sized lines, sized equipment while supervising three engineers. Developed steam ladder, which completes heat and material balance around the deaerator. Cooperated with systems groups to ensure P&IDs reflected design and UFDs. Contacted major equipment vendors for design and pricing.

FEED Optimization Studies: Completed seven steam optimization studies to determine best arrangement for major sections within the steam system determined by CAPEX and OPEX.

• Cameron LNG LLD – Converting existing gasification plant into a Liquefaction Facility – 2013-2013.

Developed LNG Production Model in excel to verify new facility will meet guaranteed production for life of plant. Model utilizes client-supplied equations predicting LNG rundown rates as a function of temperature. Model predicts LNG rundown, feed rate, propane and mixed refrigerant power, helper motor power and fuel gas consumption. These rates are based on a given maintenance schedule outlined by client.

Along with other engineers, developed datasheets for Mercury Absorber, H2S Scavenger, Ground Flare, Wet and Dry Knockout Drums. Involved in updating P&IDs and PFDs, Basis of Design and Process Description for Feed Verification.

2012-2013

WorleyParsons, Bellaire, Texas

Senior Process Engineer

Projects included:

• INVISTA SCIP Nylon – 66 Phase 3 –Project – 2012-2013.

Grassroots plant to be located in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) on the north side of Hangzhou Bay in the People’s Republic of China. As a process engineer developed P&IDs, line list, instrument datasheets and sized relief valves for FEED phase.

Bankable feasibility study for coal gasification to olefins/methanol plant for confidential client. Preliminary technology selection, equipment sizing, CAPEX/ OPEX estimating and block flow diagram development.

2011-2012

Brightwater Engineering, 7 Spencer Place, Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand

Senior Process Engineer

Developed PFDs, P&IDs, Datasheets for a Mine Influence Water – Waste Water Treatment Plant. Equipment sizing and specification. Developed operational water balance for Buller Coal Escarpment project.

2009–2011

Southern Controls Pty. Ltd., Nunawading, Melbourne, Australia

Process Engineer

Equipment sizing and specification. Design and specification for natural gas letdown skid. Supplier expediting. Client interface.

Specification of document control system to comply with ISO 9001 standards.

1998-2000

Bechtel Corporation, Houston, Texas

Process Engineer

Projects included:

• Probex Inc.: Process Lead

Analyzed small-scale lube oil reclaiming technology for scaling up for commercial use.

• Monsanto Mercosur Back Integration Project: Process Sub-lead

Along with client in house, participated in developing proprietary heat and material balances. Supervised the training and coaching of four junior process engineers. Interfaced with client and other disciplines.

• Texaco Licensing Technology: Process Engineer

Simulated Dewaxing Solvent Recovery updated heat and material balances and evaluated previously sized equipment.

• Chevron-PdVSA Joint Venture – Paraguana Integrated Aromatics, Cardon Venezuela: Process Engineer

Develop heat and material balances for feed fractionation, eluxyl fractionation, crystallization and refrigeration units. Sized equipment in the Paraxylene, Ethylbenzene and Styrene Plants.

1992–1998

Raytheon Engineers and Constructors (formerly Badger Design and Constructors), Tampa, Florida, Boston, Massachusetts, and Houston, Texas offices.

Process Engineer

Projects included:

• TransAmerican Refining Company, Refinery Revamp, Norco, Louisiana, Process Engineer

Evaluated existing pumps for new rates; sized control valves, modified P&IDs; reviewed vendor quotes for pumps; completed water balance for Alkylation’s, FCC and Gas Plant to determine load requirements for existing Cooling Towers; simulated C4 selective Hydrogenation Unit and sized equipment.

• ARCO Chemical Company, POSM II Debottleneck, Channelview, Texas

Evaluated existing equipment for debottleneck rates; evaluated relief valves for debottleneck rates; sized relief valves for new equipment.

• Yukong Limited, UOP Parex Unit, Ulsan, Korea

Developed pressure and temperature profile to assign classes to lines; generated P&IDs and line table; reviewed vendor drawings; assisted in preparation of operating manuals.

• Wengfu Chemical, Aluminum Fluoride Plant, Guizhou, China

Developed material balance; developed PFDs, P&IDs and line table.

• The Aromatics (Thailand) Company Ltd., UOP Parex Unit, Rayong, Thailand

Checked material balance from UOP package; reviewed initial UOP sizing for equipment; performed tower simulations and rated trays; sized lines for liquid, vapor and two-phase flow; prepared PFDs, P&IDs and material of construction diagrams; constructed pressure and temperature profile for Parex Unit; attended HAZOPs as a unit engineer and scribe.

• CIT-CON, Lube Plant Study, Louisiana

Simulation of three-effect evaporation operation, oil and furfural; compiled heat and material balances; evaluated existing towers, optimized preheat train; generated PFDs; performed water balance, wrote Process Design Package for results.

• Sun Company, Puerto Rico Lube Feed Stock Optimization

Evaluated existing vacuum tower pump around pumps for new operation with packed tower.

• YPF, S.A., Argentina

Optimized Topping Unit Revamp pre-heat train using HEXTRAN.

• Refineria Isla, Curacao Lube Plant Study

Simulation of three effect evaporation operation, oil and furfural; compiled heat and material balances; evaluated existing towers, generated PFDs; performed water balance.

Additional Training

Upstream Facilities Engineering Lecture Series by Ken Arnold Worley Parsons training – Oct. 2012

Process Hydraulic Training – CBI in-house training – Sept. 2013

Pump System Training - CBI in-house training – Nov. 2013

Tower System Training Reboilers - CBI in-house training – Dec. 2013

Tower System Training Overhead & Overpressure Design - CBI in-house training – Jan. 2014

P&ID Development Training Parts 1-4- CBI in-house training – Mar. 2014

P&ID Development Training Part 5- CBI in-house training – Apr. 2014

Gas Processing Overview by Fred Yamin – 2 weeks training Simulation HSYS, equipment and technologies for gas processing Industry – Sept 2014

Practical Distillation Technology 3 day Seminar given by Henry Kister – Feb. 2015

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama, USA – 1992

Software

Process modeling and simulation – Simsci, Proii, Aspen and PDPlus. Microsoft office and BlueBeam

Languages

English

Affiliations

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Position History

2019-2020 Lead Process Engineer

2011–2019 Senior Process Engineer

2008-2011 Process Engineer

1992-2000 Process Engineer

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