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Frank T. Fort

***** ********* *****

Spanish Fort, AL 36527

281-***-**** (Cell)

Objective: To find an operations or operations engineering position that utilizes my skills to position and guide an organization in meeting objectives through specific and measurable goals. In addition, I want to provide the coworkers involved with a positive and meaningful work experience.

Experience:

Walmart

Customer Service Host: March 2020 until Present:

Provide point of contact for customers entering and leaving the Daphne Walmart Supercenter. Support efforts to protect employees and customers during the Coronavirus,

DCP Midstream

Engineering Manager, Asset Engineering and Reliability, Southern Business Unit: April 2017 to July 2019:

Manage eight Asset Engineers responsible for Operational Engineering in four operational areas that includes nine processing plants, three fractionators and gathering systems in seven producing basins. These basins include Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas, Gulf Coast, East Texas and others. Work included the monitoring, development, and implementation of efficiency, reliability and risk management projects. Projects included supporting the cleanout of an amine system after severe contamination, modification of condensate stabilizer to reduce propane loading in the overhead compression, rebuild of several TEG dehydration systems, optimization of a fractionation train for changing compositions, and replacement of two flare tips damaged by trapped heat..

Engineering Manager, Asset Engineering and Reliability, Arklatex, Barnett Shale and Gulf Coast Assets: June 2014 to April 2017:

1.Managed five Asset Engineers at six plants, one fractionator and associated gathering systems.

2.Developed an Asset Engineering Strategy to assist Operations by dedicating asset engineers for individual assetst. Allowed Operations leadership to set priorities for these engineers.

3.Hired a process engineer for project development. Focused the process engineer on dealing with asset strategy for NLA, Barnett Shale and Arklatex. This focus was placed on environmental, limited expansion and asset rationalization projects.

4.Assimilated new grad engineer into the work group. Implemented a development plan to assist new engineer in learning her new role.

5.Provided support to Operations as Interim Asset District Manager for East Texas. Managed selection process for naming the new measurement supervisor for East Texas.

6.Managed the performance of a challenged employee. Worked with him to identify significant performance issues. Supported him as he transitioned out of the company.

7.Work Group implemented:several projects to expand EP production at the East Texas Fractionator.

Williams Field Services

Engineering Supervisor, Ohio Valley Midstream, WV: April 2014 to June 2014:

I provided engineering support for commissioning of plant and field additions

Senior Operations Project Manager, Eastern Gulf of Mexico: January, 2013 to April 2014:

Providing operational support to the commissioning team for the startup of the Williams $800 MM Gulfstar floating production spar.

Manager of Operations and Maintenance, Eastern Gulf of Mexico: November, 2007 to January 2013

Mobile Bay Plant is a 690 MMSCFD Cryo plant, Canyon Station and Devils Tower are offshore production facilities, and 200+ miles of offshore gas gathering and crude oil gathering lines.

I provided leadership in reorganizing operations of Eastern Gulf after the departure of the previous manager. I organized operations around functional areas. I implemented a formalized training program for operator certification.

I provided leadership in championing the implementation of GPPM, a process plant maintenance performance model used to equate production efficiency with commodity prices. The program provided a tool to analyze exchanger fouling and a loss of efficiency in the plant’s turbo expander.

Participated with Environmental in formulating a path forward in answering an EPA 114 Request and EPA Compliance Order initiated for Mobile Bay Plant‘s flare and condensate storage. I was the point contact for the EPA in answering their questions.

Developed set of 30+ Specific and Measurable Goals in 2012 to align team to objectives of the business. Used these goals throughout the year in team meetings to measure progress and identify and correct roadblocks. Measured and tracked system reliability, plant gain/loss, operating expenses and environmental, safety and health objectives.

Area Manager, Discovery Producer Services, Larose Louisiana: January, 2002 to November 2007.

Larose Plant is a 600 MMSCFD Cryo Plant and Paradis Plant is a 35,000 BPD Fractionator and Discovery Gas Transmission is a 200+ mile network of gas gathering and transmission lines.

Received an Energy at Work Commendation for the turnaround of Discovery operations after Williams took over operatorship from Texaco. Headcount and energy consumption was reduced by right sizing operations and equipment to available production. Reliability of the operations was improved. Provided operations with a cash focus by aligning operations from the processing plant through the fractionator with one leader and training support.

Provided leadership to the Discovery team in planning and executing a major field and plant shutdown that met all objectives of project completion, maintaining production and having no injuries (Market Expansion Shutdown 6/2005.) I oversaw the management of Midstream Process Safety Element #3, Contractor Safety for two years.

Process Change Leader/Project Manager, Automation Team, FA2 Initiative: July, 2000 to January, 2002

Provided a focus on company’s effort to reduce operating costs through automation. Worked on 17 projects. Projects involved working with various stakeholders to find right project scopes. Looked at operational options to reduce costs and improve system reliability. Developed methodology to cost effectively scope a controls project for an existing plant and still maintain operations ownership of the process and participation. Earned 75% of available bonus potential.

Area Manager, High Plains District: July 1999 to July, 2000.

Composed of Strait Station (15,000 HP compressor station composed of Cooper GMV Compressors), Baker Plant (70 MMSCFD NGL/NRU/HRU Plant with 5000 HP of Recompression), the Dry Trail Plant (20 MMSCFD Ryan Holmes CO2 Extraction Plant), and 250 Miles of Gathering Pipelines and an additional 15,000 HP of compression t with 7000 Hp of refrigeration and recompression).

Helped provide leadership during consolidation of three facilities into one operating District. Worked with others to develop a reorganization plan for the District. This plan consolidated three maintenance and operations groups into one shared group. Minimized employee strife through open employee communications. Used performance evaluations and interview process to force rank employees during reductions. Used accountability meetings and maintenance tracking tool to focus on maintenance planning and employee development. Approximately $1,000,000/yr. was cut from the Operations budget for the three facilities without a loss of reliability or safety.

Provided leadership during transition from two men per shift to one man per shift at each facility on operations. Worked with plant coordinator to insure that all employees were trained prior to implementation. Worked with Technical Services, Williams Marketing, landowners and Local Producers to provide high quality gathering and processing services.

Plant Superintendent, Baker Plant: April, 1998 to July, 1999

Plant Superintendent, El Cedro Complex: July, 1995 to March, 1998

80 MMSCFD Amine Treating Plant with 1200 GPM MDEA circulation and 30,000 hp of turbine and reciprocating field compression.

Area Engineer, San Juan Area: September, 1994 to July, 1995

Bloomfield, NM

Western Gas Resources

Area Engineer, Rocky Mountain Region: May, 1992 to September, 1994

Kirtland, NM

Project Manager on the Granger Plant Reconstruction Project. Oversaw and provided direction for the reconstruction of the Granger Plant, Granger WY after a fire destroyed its tank farm and seriously damaged the processing plant. The project cost $12 million, involving the redesign and construction of a flare system, tank farm, and condensate stabilizer system and the refurbishment of a 100 MM cryo plant and a fractionation plant and their associated utility systems

Maxus (Diamond Shamrock) Exploration Company

Project Engineer, Sunray Gas Plant, NGL/NRU/HRU

Natural Gas Department, Dumas, Texas April 1991-May 1992

180 MMSCFD Two Train Cryo Plant with NGL/NRU/HRU and a 20 TPD Sulfur plant

Natural Gas Operations Engineer

Natural Gas Department, Dumas, Texas March 1987-April 1991

2000 Miles of Gathering System with 60,000 HP of reciprocating compression

Amoco Production Co.

Plant Engineer

Various Locations June 1980-July 1986

Academic Summary

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Graduated Cum Laude

Commendation:

Energy at Work for Discovery Turnaround

Letter of Commendation for successfully completing the Granger Plant Rebuild Project

Technical Paper:

GPA Paper, “Williams Operator and Technician Training Program Develops Employees to Safely and Reliably Operate its Gas Gathering and Processing Assets”, Presented at GPA Convention, San Antonio, TX, March 10, 2009

GPA Paper, “Responding to Hurricanes is a Planned Occurrence for Williams Gulf Coast Operations”, Presented at GPA Convention, San Antonio, TX, March 13, 2007.

SPE Paper #24297, “Implementation of West Panhandle Vacuum Operations@, Presented at the Mid- Continent Gas Symposium, Amarillo, TX, April 12, 1992.

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