Julio Rondon

Katy, TX ***** 361-***-**** adqeix@r.postjobfree.com

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PROFILE: Chemical Engineer & Safety Engineering Specialist with a proven background in The Oil & Gas Industry and Facilities Project, Process Engineer & Manager positions. Spearheaded numerous development and improvement projects while consistently holding high safety standards and reducing costs. Proven expertise in a variety of engineering methods. Performed feasibility studies, conceptual, basic and detail engineering of onshore/offshore oilfield facilities required for transporting, processing, conditioning, and treating crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, water, and steam streams.

KEY PERFORMANCE FIELDS:

●Responsible for Process and Project Engineering activities from start to finish / close out projects stage, acting as Plant Facilities Project Manager, Plant Facilities Superintendent, Gas Plant Project and/or Process Engineer Supervisor, using Capital Value Process (CVP) PM methodology to appraise, select, define, execute, and operate projects.

●Develop process flow diagrams, heat and material balances, piping and instrumentation diagrams, and plot-plans for oil, gas, and water production facilities.

●Provide equipment sizing and calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, pipelines, control valves, knockout drums, vent stacks, gas flare tips, Process Relief Valves(PRV), Pressure Safety Valves(PSV), etc., including equipment for Refinery, Cryogenic, Ethylene, Syngas Plants, etc., like PSA, VSA, and TSA columns from hydrogen purification.

●Prepare equipment specifications and data sheets. Use engineering experience to design processes and units with limited information.

●Provide support for equipment purchase and technical bid analysis.

●Provide process and operational support for oil/gas/water/steam separation and treatment systems, gas compression, transmission and distribution pipelines systems.

●Perform troubleshooting, optimization, debottlenecking, and process studies for oil, gas, water and steam conditioning and processing plants.

●Coordinate work of other engineering disciplines for the execution of conceptual, basic and detail engineering work. Ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.

●Perform process simulations using commercial programs such as Pro/II, HYSYS, Promax, Hextran, FlareNet.

●Perform hydraulic calculations on pipelines and between equipment using commercial programs such as Pipephase, Sinet and Pipesim.

●Review designs, check drawings for technical accuracy, and monitor progress of drawings against project schedules to ensure work is completed within schedules.

●Apply QA procedures using company and international standards such as ISO 9000. Conduct and facilitate Qualitative Risk Analysis using techniques such as PHA, What if, and HAZOP. Use PHA Pro software for the application of these techniques.

●Use process engineering and HSE theory and technique to develop quantitative risk analysis including dispersion analyses, spills analyses, toxicity analyses, consequence calculations, as well as perform Consequence Modeling Simulations using commercial programs such as Papa, Focus, Cirrus, Canary, and application of severity matrices to define plant safety levels and recommend mitigation measures as required.

●Apply working knowledge of industry codes and standards and government regulations to engineering projects such as 7(c) FERC, 49 CFR Parts 192 & 195, etc.

●Perform technical audits to oil and gas facilities to confirm compliance with codes, standards, publications, federal & local regulations. Use operational expertise to evaluate/improve existing and create new operation and maintenance procedures and manuals for oil, gas, water, and steam production facilities, considering standards such as ISO 14000, EPA, OSHA, related to Occupational and Environmental management.

●Support construction, equipment inspection, commissioning, pre-start up safety review, start up, construction and acceptance certificates of oil, gas, water, and steam plant production/treatment facilities.

●Support/coordinate Project Management of Change Process from initial to final/completion stage, including close out projects with as built drawings and lesson learned meetings.

EXPERIENCE:

Aug 2021 - Nov 2021 Enginext Corporation, Katy, TX Process Safety Engineer

Developed unit & flare Safety Relief Reviews (SRRs), which is an engineering evaluation of the safety systems that keep our process facilities safe performed in support of capital project development or consulting for a manufacturing site. Consults & provides TQA (Total Quality Assurance) of site-performed SRR work, including those developed by 3rd parties. Proposes cost-effective mitigations for SRR findings.

Participated in Risk Assessments with Process Safety & Risk. Supports sites in maintaining evergreen Unit & Flare Models. Performed and led pressure relief system analysis in support of projects and site activities. Supports efficient and accurate process safety studies and solutions

Feb 2020 - June 2020 Eco Energy LLC, Franklin, TN EHS Director

Provided leadership and strategic direction for Eco-Energy’s environmental, health and safety agenda; as primary objective the Director of Environmental, Health and Safety is to drive the development and improvement of processes, programs, systems and culture to achieve continual improvement in company EHS performance. Provided environmental and safety management expertise and guidance to the management teams for each of Eco-Energy’s Business Units (BU), which included Natural Gas Midstream, Distribution Terminals, Transportation, and the Corporate Office.

Aug 2019 - Nov 2019 Chemex Modular LLC, New Waverly, TX Sr. Process Engineer

Designed, developed, supported, optimized, and provided EPC projects to supply engineering work packages to build skid mounted process units for assembling new and/or upgrade Modular type processes of Oi & Gas Refinery, Gas Processing Plants, and their measuring and metering systems including pilot plants for researching, developing, and implementing new technologies for getting new energy sources.

Feb 2015 - Jul 2021 Self-employed, Katy, TX

Oil & Gas Facilities Project, Process, and Process Safety Engineering Consultant

Provided Engineering Consulting for all phases of project management including FEL Loading, project concept selection, equipment batteries or skids, costs estimates, AFE preparation, design, MOC process, and execution of oil & gas gathering system projects and associated facilities (upstream facilities, oil terminals, gas compressor stations, salt water disposals, pipelines, gas compression, dehydration, liquid / liquid separation, NGL, and gas metering stations, instrument and electrical systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC), SCADA design, process control basics and safety systems).

●Supported estimated costs to upgrade and increase the existing Refinery capacities located in Baytown and Beaumont TX for one of the best world Oil & Gas operators.

●Supported Chemical injection facilities design to different Oil & Gas operators in California and Texas areas for one of the best world Chemical supply companies.

●Provided process engineering support to improve and optimize some refinery process facilities located in Texas area to increase their products specification and quality.

Nov 2014 - Feb 2015 Client: Talisman Energy Inc (Repsol), The Woodlands, TX

Project Manager

Developed and designed engineering on shale field production; from conceptual stage to close out projects for construction, improvement, or optimization of new or existing oil and gas field development, oil/water/gas processing facilities, and utilities. Provided equipment sizing and calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, pipelines, control valves, knockout drums, vent stacks, gas flare tips, Process Relief Valves(PRV), Pressure Safety Valves(PSV), etc.

●Successfully upgraded Talisman Piping Specifications and performed BID Processes for installing Cathodic Protection System on 49 separate well sites' pipelines (according to DOT, PHMSA, ASME B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, 49 CFR Parts 192 & 195, 7(c) FERC)

●Performed BID Process for installing new gas compressor plant reducing operations and maintenance costs, minimizing production downtime, lowering gas emissions to improve air quality.

Feb 2013 - Oct 2014 Client: Chevron Corp. North America E&P, Bakersfield, CA

Facilities Engineer & Project Manager

Developed and designed engineering from conceptual stage to close out projects for construction, improvement, or optimization of new or existing oil and gas field development, oil/water/gas processing facilities, pipelines(according to DOT, PHMSA, ASME B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, 49 CFR Parts 192 & 195, 7(c) FERC), and utilities. Conducted capital project management, Cost & Schedule accomplishment control, QC/QA Design, and supported pre-commissioning & commissioning construction activities, PSSR’s checklists & Facilities Construction & Acceptance Certificates, Risk Management (PHA, Hazop, Hazid), MOC Process, etc.

●Developed and supported all stages of engineering designs for construction of production well flow lines projects, including working with gauge settings manifolds, steam injection distribution systems, and casing gas pipeline systems to and from wells, Cogen Plant & Casing Gas Compressor units

●Completed FEED & EPC packages, BFD, PFD, P&ID, AFEs, SOWs, PSSRs, Construction & FA certificates, MOC Process. Provided equipment sizing and calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, pipelines, control valves, knockout drums, vent stacks, gas flare tips, Process Relief Valves (PRV), Pressure Safety Valves(PSV), etc.

Sept 2012 - Jan 2013 Universal Pegasus International (UPI), Houston, TX

Lead Engineer (Client: Talisman Energy Inc)

Managed multidisciplinary team to developing numerous EPC engineering projects on Shale field production, from conceptual stage to close out (DBM, FEED, BFD, PFD, P&ID, Equipment Specs & DSs, ASME B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, 49 CFR Parts 192 & 195, 7(c) FERC, POs, DCOs, etc.).

●Led development of engineering designs of various facilities projects, including gas conditioning and processing, oil production battery, gas compressor systems, and oil, gas and salted water pipelines.

●Provided equipment sizing and calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, pipelines, control valves, knockout drums, vent stacks, gas flare tips, Process Relief Valves(PRV), Pressure Safety Valves(PSV), etc.

Jan 2008 - Aug 2012 Processes Unlimited International (Stantec), Bakersfield CA

Principal Process Engineer

Performed EPC engineering work package (DBM, FEED, BFD, PFD, P&ID, Equipment Specs & Datasheets, 7(c) FERC, 49 CFR Parts 192 & 195, POs, DCOs, PHAs, HAZOPs, etc.) to develop oil/water/gas facilities, from conceptual stage to close out projects. Provide equipment sizing and calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, pipelines, control valves, knockout drums, vent stacks, gas flare tips, Process Relief Valves(PRV), Pressure Safety Valves(PSV), etc., including equipment for Refinery, Cryogenic, Ethylene, Syngas Plants, etc., like PSA, VSA, and TSA columns from hydrogen purification.

●Developed and supported basic engineering design of 120 MBOPD early production facility project for Ratga and Abdali in North Kuwait, intended to collect produced fluids from oil producing fields and transport them through production lines to oil/gas/water separation and treatment facility

●Designed transportation pipelines for these treated products Project successfully completed according to environmental needs.

●Devised new hydraulic simulations for oil, gas, and steam gathering and distribution network for engineering designs for PXP 19Z site development front end, effectively minimizing piping size of each network system

●Proactively developed a process safety assessment for existing facilities at Aera Energy San Ardo oilfield for determining safety operability conditions and quantifying works required to extend their operational activities.

Apr 1999 - Oct 2007 BP Venezuela Holdings Limited, Maturin, Monagas, Venezuela

Boqueron Field Plant Facilities Superintendent & Project Manager, Facilities Process, Project Engineer

Directed and coordinated engineering discipline activities required to convert an existing single production plant into a complex Production and Compression Plant for upgrading its capacity up to 30 MBPD of crude oil (35 API) and injecting 150 MMSCFD at 10,000 psig into Boquerón Field Reservoirs Provided QC and QA of the basic and construction engineering to meet operational standards and safety requirements

Managed regularly a 27-employee as Facilities Superintendent in a high-pressure gas (10,000 psig) production facility for directing the design and construction of projects, supporting facilities pre-commissioning and commissioning activities, improving operational processes and procedures for supporting jobs for the facilities (including maintenance and drilling jobs), complying with HSE Standards, ISO-14001 environmental policies, integrity management, following QA&QC processes: Contract, Capital Project Risks Management, Management of Change

●Performed feasibility studies, conceptual, basic and detail engineering of onshore/offshore oilfield facilities required for transporting, processing, conditioning and treating crude oil and natural gas streams. Developed process flow diagrams, heat and material balances, piping and instrumentation diagrams, and plot-plans for oil and gas production facilities. Provided process and operational support for oil separation and treatment systems, gas compression, transmission and distribution systems. Performed process simulations using commercial programs such as Pro/II, HYSYS, Promax, Hextran. Performed hydraulic calculations using commercial programs such as Pipephase

●Directed construction of projects, operational processes improvement and support jobs for the well drilling and for the facilities Maintenance & Operations, from its conceptual phase until start up, complying with the HSE Standard of zero (0) accidents of lost time by personnel, the ISO-14001 environmental policies, integrity management, QC/QA, Contract Management (CAM), Project Management (PM), Risks Management (RM), Change Management (FCR), Certification Guides (QC/QA).

●Performed troubleshooting, optimization and process studies for oil and gas processing plants. Applied working knowledge of industry codes and standards, and government regulations to engineering projects. Performed technical audits to oil, gas & water facilities to confirm compliance with codes/standards/ publications/federal & local regulations.

●Conducted and facilitated Qualitative Risk Analysis, using PHA, what if, and HAZOP techniques Using process engineering and HSE theory and technique to develop quantitative risk analysis including dispersion analyses, spills analyses, toxicity analyses, consequence calculations, as well as application of severity matrices to define plant safety levels and recommend mitigation measures as required

●Provided equipment sizing and calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, pipelines, control valves, knockout drums, vent stacks, gas flare tips, Process Relief Valves(PRV), Pressure Safety Valves(PSV), etc.

May 1981 - Apr 1999 at PDVSA, Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui, Venezuela

Tech. Assess. Coordinator / Gas Process & Project Supervisor / Gas Plant Supervisor Gas Engineer

●Coordinated execution of integral technical evaluations of oil/gas facilities with multidisciplinary groups in order to implement the Process Safety Management Process.

●Coordinated the updating, improvement and/or technical review of the existing gas compression system with a handling capacity of 150 MMSCFD in Jusepin Centre flow station. This plant compresses the produced gas coming from the Furrial field released.

●Supervised Lagoven, Eastern Division, PDVSA Gas Process Engineering group, responsible for providing support, project design, optimization and analysis of processes, technical evaluations and tests of equipment efficiency, and provide solutions or recommendations to operational problems of plants or gas handling facilities.

●Designed and developed basic engineering for progressive construction of temporary & permanent facilities that allowed the development and sustained growth of all the infrastructure of the complex Center of Oil & Gas separation for producing The Furrial field in the Jusepin field, with a separation capacity of 300,000 B/D of produced oil and 300 MMSCFD of associated gas from The Furrial field using parallel production trains.

●Coordinated all on-site activities required to convert an existing delayed coking pilot plant into an Aquaconversion unit for upgrading 220 BPD of extra heavy crude oil (8 API) from the Bituminous Orinoco Belt. Quality control and quality assurance of the basic engineering was also performed to meet operational standards and safety requirements. Performed Project tests in Curacao Island Refinery on 1995/1996.

●Provided equipment sizing and calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, pipelines, control valves, knockout drums, vent stacks, gas flare tips, Process Relief Valves(PRV), Pressure Safety Valves (PSV) including equipment for Refinery, Cryogenic, Ethylene, Syngas Plants like PSA, VSA, and TSA columns from hydrogen purification.

EDUCATION:

MS, Integral Safety Engineering Specialist 1995 Universidad de Los Andes

BS, Chemical Engineer 1980 Universidad Central de Venezuela

LANGUAGES:

Spanish / Native English / Fluent

ACHIEVEMENTS AWARDS:

Full scholarship awarded by Lagoven, S.A. (PDVSA) to pursue MS of Integral Safety Engineering Specialty

Spot Bonus (BP): one for doing a good job to produce a well on time, one for saving extra costs during a special project, one for design, building and installing a Test Separator with additional operational and maintenance flexibility and benefits, one for design, building and installing a Vapor Recovery Compressor to eliminate gas emission to atmosphere, and others.

PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

●Rondon, J and Perez, L., “Criteria for Selecting Methods to Dispose Drilling Residues in Environmental Sensitive Areas such as Eastern Maturín”, work to fulfill requirements to obtain specialist degree in Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Protection, 1995.

●Rondon, J and Perez, L., “Guidelines for Quantitative Risk Analysis of Oil and Gas Facilities”, work to fulfill requirements to obtain specialist degree in Industrial Safety and Prevention, and Fire Control, 1995.

●Urosa, Octavio, H. Roeder and Rondon, J., “Re-utilization and upgrading of an existing reciprocating plant to a new application”, paper presented at the Conference of the GPA-Venezuela, 1986.

●Becerra, Ana and Rondon, J., “Gas Sweetening Plant in The Furrial field” paper presented at the Conference of the GPA-Venezuela, 1992.

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS:

Chemical Engineering Certification #27725 - Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela

Steam Distribution and Metering, Bakersfield, CA, 2009

PROMAX Process Simulation Course, Bakersfield, CA, 2008

Project Leadership, Management & Communication (PMP course), Houston, TX, 2007

Managing Risk in Projects (PMP course), Houston, TX, 2007

Project Management Essentials (PMP course), Chicago, IL, 2006

Managing Projects (PMP course), Houston, TX, 2006

Gas Conditioning and Processing (J.M.C.) with HYSYS Simulation, Calgary, Canada, 2001

Proc. Safety Management & Quantitate Risk Analysis, Quest Consultants Inc., Norman, OK, 1997

Process & Hydraulic Simulators: PIPEPHASE, SINET, PIPESIM, HYSYS, FLARENET, PROII, PROMAX Consequence Modeling & Safety Risk Analysis software: PAPA, Focus, Cirrus, Canary

Other Software: GIS mapping, MS office (Word, Project, Excel, PowerPointO, AutoCAD, Visio, Paint, Acrobat, etc.

Standards: ASME, NACE, ANSI, API, ASTM, CHEVRON, OXY, EXXON, AERA, BP, PXP, TLM, PDVSA

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