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Asset Integrity Project Management

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Calgary, AB, Canada
Posted:
August 17, 2023

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Henry M. Gil, P. Eng.

403-***-**** (Cell) ady0nz@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• A Professional Engineer with over 20+years experience in hydrocarbon ore extraction and processing, oil, and gas and NGL production and processing, power generation, electrical-hydraulic mechanical systems, heavy large horsepower rotating and reciprocating pumping and compression systems and controls in refinery and transmission, asset integrity of facilities and pipeline systems, maintenance and operations engineering, oil-sands mining and in-situ extraction and processing. Experience in Project Regulatory and Licensing, Project Scheduling and Budgeting, Front-end Value Engineering, FEED, Project Engineering, Engineering Detail Design, Supply Chain and Contracts, Equipment Installations, Contractor and Construction Management, QA/QC Inspections, Pre-Commissioning, Electrical MCC and Mechanical Completion Matrix Systems and Requirements, Operations Readiness, Commissioning & Start-up, Monitor Troubleshoot Optimize Operations, Health Safety, Environment and Security. Skilled Analyst Project Economic Evaluations with Financial Acumen, enterprise asset management systems i.e., SAP, Maximo, JDE. Specialist Project Scheduling and Planning, Resource Leveling and Loading - Primavera P6 & Microsoft Suite Software.

• Enthusiastic energetic strategic thinker with strong communications and professional leadership abilities, demonstrated innovation and creativity, accountable, adaptable, inspiring, reliable, honest, valued decision maker.

• Demonstrated problem solving, management, and leadership abilities. Demonstrated crisis management abilities and risk mitigation management. Personal Values: Creativity, People & Environmental Safety, Regulatory, Quality, Consistency, Sustainability, Succession, Continuous Improvement and Learning, Collaborative Teamwork, Social Perceptiveness and Cultural Awareness, Automation, Experimentation, Creativity, Innovation, Virtual Cyber Technologies. BUSINESS HISTORY & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Engineering Consultant - Pipelines - Facilities-Process Engineering- Mechanical Engineering - Asset Integrity & Reliability Engineering H.M. Gil & Associates Inc., Calgary (10/2021-Present) SAGD Pipelines, SAGD Facilities & Infrastructure (Remote)

• Process redesign of CNRL 14-16 Septimius dewpoint plant debottlenecking added 5,000 bpd Condy inlet with compression reconfiguration. Hysis Modelling.

• Led facilities development scope: Pump Stations, Measurement, Instrumentation, Controls, SCADA, Leak Detection and Communications – Pathways Alliance CO2 Project.

• International CCS Knowledge Centre Projects: Pre-FEED Alabama Power James H. Miller thermal plant, Carbon Capture Project, Pre-FEED Lehigh Hanson Cement Carbon Capture, Amine solvent selection studies for MEG Energy & CNRL SAGD Carbon Capture Developments. Principal Mechanical Engineer

GCM Consultants, Calgary-Montreal (11/2020-12/2022) Refining, Upgrading, Power Infrastructure, General Mechanical & Process (Remote)

• Suncor Syngas to Ethanol Renewables Facility, Engineering Support of a EtOH Laboratory Pilot Plant-Biomass Syngas to Ethanol, Advanced Energy Research Facility.

• Irving Oil Refinery-NB, Alkylates Unit Sulphuric Acid Plant Air Compression, HRSG boiler & Furnace Upgrades.

• Veolia Water Solutions-, BC, Evaporators, Crystallizer and SAC-WAC Upgrades. Director, Facilities Engineering - Pipelines & Facilities Asset Integrity-Reliability & Technology ACCEL Holdings Canada Ltd. (Subsidiaries: AECL & ARCL & AlphaHawk Group, Houston, TX) (06/2015-06/2020)

• Completed Swan Hills, Judy Creek and Redwater EOR Reservoir Development Work, received CO2-EOR reservoir approval from the AER. Obtained AER approval for 2,000 tpd CO2 Sequestration MMV Plan.

• Pre-FEED Study for 140 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant w/ ATR, ASU & Cryocap-H2 Carbon Capture.

• Pipeline Integrity Risk Analysis and Assessment for Judy Creek, Greater Swan Hills, and Redwater Pipeline assets over 1,000 pipeline segments. Developed and Corporate Probability Algorithm Model. Manage, inspire, motivate, and coach and mentor a team of four (4) pipeline and fixed equipment asset integrity professional, inclusive of project management, project planning, and project management concepts associated with the large workload, change management and resolving conflicts with project budgeting. Evaluation of infrastructure lifecycle issues, consulting and building support with AER and internal cross-functional teams to develop an accountable, ethical, and credible Asset Integrity Program in a time of financial distress. Developed and finalized ABSA Pressure Integrity Program, Pressure Equipment Integrity Management Systems (PEIMS) inclusive was the AER Pipeline Operating Manual and Corporate Best-Practices. Inclusive of Pipeline Integrity, Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC), detailed analysis assessments of collected pipeline data.

• Completed Detail Pre-FEED studies of 98 to 300 MW power generator schemes with pre-combustion (O2+non-O2) and post-combustion Carbon and Sulphur Capture schemes resulting in several economic project configurations. Fuel supply was emulsified heavy refinery residue on GT-ST Cogen and two stroke marine ICE generators. Worked with Linde, Dresden Germany, Mitsubishi, Japan and Shell Cansolv, Montreal on post combustion carbon capture facility. Patents assigned to ACCEL for Fuel Emulsion and a number of process configurations.

• Completed detail engineering design for 20,000 bpd oil rail loading terminal, automated loading for one-unit train daily of Oil, Super B truck terminal loading/unloading.

• Completed front end FEED evaluation for several CO2 NPV Pipelines to supply CO2 into the Redwater and Swan Hills areas for EOR Scheme: (i) 180 km 20 NPS, 25 MPa, 20 ktpd CO2 (244 MM$), (ii) 425 km 42 NPS, 10 MPa, 45 ktpd CO2 (710 MM$), (iii) 48 km 10 NPS, 25 MPa, 5 ktpd CO2 (34 MM$). Complete with multiple river crossings, wet environment crossing, highway and road crossings, PL crossings, anti-surge protection, pigging facilities, and automation field SCADA.

• Completed front-end FEED package for a 10,000+bpd oil development and up to 5,000 tpd EOR-CO2 scheme, inclusive of 200 MW combined cycle Power facility with post- Combustion Carbon Capture, 580 MMscfd gas recompression and dehydration, dense cryogenic phase CO2 pipeline systems, injection distribution and production gathering facilities. Worked with Linde, Dresden Germany, Mitsubishi, Japan and Shell Cansolv, Montreal on post combustion carbon capture facility. Patents registered with USPO.

• Completed front-end FEED evaluation design package for 1500 tpd (550 KTPA) Propylene. Completed FEED evaluation and design for 25,000 bpd Alkylates via Ethane- Propane feedstock, Inclusive of corporate economic analysis and process design Criteria. General Manager, Production Facilities Reliability & Asset Integrity & Risk Management of Pipelines and Facilities. PennWest Petroleums (11/2014-06/2015)

• Provided leadership to a team of 107+ pipeline and process facilities integrity, reliability, and production systems professionals, in a time of organization re-engineering. Completed the implementation of the launch of Maximo EMS and integration, responsible for Maximo EMS, PI, PVR, SCADA, Measurement, Quality, fixed and rotating equipment integrity, MCC and electrical integrity, process engineering and process safety. Developed a corporate asset integrity maintenance system (AIMS) and a pressure integrity Maintenance system (PIMS) for pipelines, PL inspections, Risk, Fixed and Rotating equipment, and Measurement, SCADA and Automation, and Electrical assets.

• Provided mentoring, coaching and leadership to the team. Integrated all maintenance and reliability inspection databases into Maximo. ABSA audit (98% score) Pressure Integrity Program.

• Significant improvements in operating costs, costs dropped from more than $25/boe to less than $12/boe, productive uptime increased from 85% to 97%, development cycle times improved by 200% and overall capital efficiencies improved by more than 100% in key areas. Engineering Consultant - Pipelines - Facilities-Process Engineering- Mechanical Engineering - Asset Integrity & Reliability Engineering Hengil Technologies Inc. (FT 06/2009-11/2014, PT 06/2015-07/2017 AlphaHawk Group, Houston, TX) (Self Employed Independent Energy Consultancy)

• Process engineering consultancy services to several small engineering companies with gas processing plant facilities design and raw sour gas gathering pipeline systems for: Black Swan (80 MMscfd sour NGL dewpoint Plant Gathering, 60 MMscfd NGL Dewpoint Plant+Gathering), Cambrian (sweet/sour NGL Dewpoint Plant, 40 MMscfd, 60 MMscfd), Modern Resources (sour NGL dewpoint Plant + Gathering, 80 MMscfd) and Jupiter (8000 bpd light oil+NGL separation). Processing Plants c/w 1 to 3 MW of remote power island generation.

Access Pipelines 12/2013- 11/2014

• Bitumen Transport System development consultant for Access PL, MEG & Devon Energy’s 1.8 MMbpd expansion. Design & Performed System Hydraulics Models (Stoner Software-Steady State and Transient Analysis) evaluation for LACTs, Tankage Terminals and shipping, pipelines, and pump station expansions to support the 42-inch dilbit pipeline transport system and the 16-inch condensate return to Christina Lake from Fort Sask.

• Project execution plans, pre-commissioning, mechanical completion for risers, terminals and pump stations, hydro-testing, and start-up fill plans for the 42-inch PL, tie-in provisions for future pump-station expansions. System Development Evaluation of the Fort Sask system bypass from MEG Stonefell System to Hardisty, developed and completed FEL 1 & 2 Studies.

• Project Development and System Studies to assure reliable system operations, interacted with system operations for betterments and efficiency improvements, detailed analysis of Engineering hydraulics, asset Detailed Engineering design and capital scope packages, detailed system alternative analysis, FEED studies, financial and risked analysis.

• Worked with pipeline control operations on resolving pressure transient issues, pump station issues that resulted in the installation of anti-surge valve skids resolving hydraulic, transient hydraulic modeling identified pressure transients with the potential to exceed pipeline design pressures and potential failures. Worked with Operations in the pipeline inspection programs on the critical portions of the pipeline system.

• Managed System development MOC work related to System Operations issues and capital improvements, conducted betterment improvement economic studies and risked economics.

BP NGL & Rail Canada 09/2012- 12/2013 NGL Facilities & Infrastructure

• Led PSV and Flare Remediation Programs for BP NGL Facilities, numerous projects and facilities across Canada and USA. Responsible for depressurization systems and flaring systems remediation solutions, project development, and project appraise/select on NGL Plant Facilities and NGL Storage. Remediation Action Recommendations on 3200+ items, scope, cost estimate execution strategy. Responsibility over program strategy, Strategic direction, and overall Project delivery.

• Coordinated and participated in performing PHA-HAZOP-SIL, LOPA and operating risk studies with Lloyds’ Registry for all of the BP North America Assets ThreeStreams Engineering 11/2011- 09/2012 Secondee to Cenovous Foster Creek SAGD

• Provided Project Engineering Management and Operations Management to numerous projects to CVE Forster Creek SAGD field and CPF facilities. Responsible for a multi- discipline Engineering team of twelve PM direct reports and a team of 95+ professional. Projects involve full replacement and upgrade of CS brackish water system piping with DSS, SDSS, and Alloy materials, filtration, SAC/WAC upgrades, Exchanger upgrades, MCCs and others. (260 MM$, 8 month period). Projects on scope, on time, and on budget. Provided Project Management, Business Development and Operations Engineering services. Prepared Project DBM’s, Execution Plans, Schedules, Capital / Man- hour Estimates, AFE’s, HYSYS & Black Oil Models, PFDs, and P&ID’s. Coordinated Engineering Discipline Deliverables, Process, Mechanical, Electrical Substation & MCCs, DCS programing. Prepared and facilitated HAZOP’s, Engineering Change Orders, and Technical Deviation Notices. Supervised Project Engineers and liaised with required disciplines. Prepared Fabrication and Construction Work Packages and Supported Construction Activities. (i.e., Pads, Pipelines, CPF). Worley Parson, Edmonton 06/2009- 11/2011 Secondee to CNRL Horizon Refinery (Reliability Engineer)

• Provided Rotating Equipment, RCA, Failure Analysis and Specialized Reliability Engineering services to CNRL Horizon Ore Processing, Production, Froth, NRU, VRU and tailings.

• Equipment Vibration analysis, equipment alignment and balancing procedures, thermography, criticality criteria, Machinery troubleshooting, Machinery Condition Monitoring, tribology, hydraulics, acoustics and pulsations, equipment performance resulted in significant improvements in equipment reliability and availability, 97+%.

• Provided daily troubleshooting support to plant equipment, process, operations, and maintenance, inclusive of CM and repairs, corrective analysis, remaining life, and condition and risk assessments, and RAGAGEP, accident and incident investigations, management support coverage. Bad actors, list formulation of creative strategies to reduce operating costs, increase availability, and durability of assets.

• Recognized by Horizon OPP for initiatives in executing and completing 95% of PM and PdM of planned workorder programs, dealing with the unpredictable CMs workload in an efficient and cost effective manner, meeting budget and performance KPIs for the area, leadership in promoting a continuous improvement safety culture in OPP. Manager, Facilities Engineering

OSUM Oil Sands Corp., Calgary (PT 02/2006-07/2007, FT 07/2007-06/2009)

• Member of the founder’s team that pioneered and developed the SAGD tunnel extraction process, underground oil mine. Registered a number of US patents. Prepared and developed a corporate Performa financial model for finance. Contributed to corporate direction, leadership, and growth of OSUM from a founding Technology Company to a 2.2 BB$ (2009) Oil Sands Enterprise, over a three (3) year period. Projects involved FEED for 40,000 bpd CSS-SAGD CPF processing facilities with 60-100 MW of cogeneration (500 MM$). Developed Solvent Extraction methods for the Alberta Grossmont Bitumen Carbonates. Well pairs pattern design, drilling and completions for injection and producers.

Engineering Consultant - Pipelines - Facilities-Process Engineering- Mechanical Engineering - Asset Integrity & Reliability Engineering Hengil Technologies Inc (1149835 Alberta Ltd.) (Self Employed Independent Energy Consultancy) Norsk Hydro 11/2005-07/2007, Calgary-Bergen-Oslo

• Sr. Advisor to Norsk Hydro Canada Oil and Gas Inc. (Statoil) in CHOP, CSS and SAGD Drilling & Completion Production Operations, Facilities, and Upgrading Opportunities in North America. Conducted several economic analyses, asset valuations and due diligence for several potential North America corporate acquisitions.

• Process advisor for NGL extraction projects in the Grane Platform offshore Bergen in the North Sea.

• Sr. Advisor on facilities (CPF, Pads, water treatment, D&C) to Norsk Hydro Americas with their entry into the thermal SAGD/CSS; this resulted in the acquisition of North America Oil Sands by Statoil shortly after the merger of Norsk Hydro and Statoil. Cimarron Engineering Secondee to Encana 11/2006-12/2007 NGL Facilities & Infrastructure

• PM on the installation of numerous Pipelines, Amine/Dehydration/Compressor Plants for EnCana in NE BC, and Alberta, ranging from 5 MMscfd to 15 MMscfd. PM on the EnCana Resthaven and Kakwa fields developments, 100 MMscfd deep cut plants. Inclusive of : Regulatory requirements through the BC OGC, scope, cost, schedule, DBM engineering design, BOM, procurement and contracting, detail design, fabrication and construction work packages, commissioning and start-up, project management, cost controls, schedule controls.

• EnCana Resthaven 8-11 Liquids Plants (100 MMscfd Dewpoint, 34 MM$ Facility)

• Completed a 20 NPS Oxygen, 16 NPS Hydrogen, 16 NPS Nitrogen Pipeline from Shell Upgrader to Agrium Fort Sask- Air Liquide Canada Ltd. (30 MM$ in Projects)

• Dominion Exploration Ltd. Violet Grove 5-21-47-10W5M Compressor and PL infrastructure development. (20 MM$ Critical Sour Liquids Facilities & PL Upgrades)

• National Iranian Oil Company - NIOC Shiraz 1.2 BBscfd NGL liquids Gas Plant FEED+90% Detail Engineering, value engineering, supply chain, budgeting, scheduling, developing, and building operations and maintenance teams. Deep Cut Cryogenic Plant Facility and NGL Pipeline Infrastructure, Separation, Compression, Fractionation, NGL Processing and Storage, PL metering shipping facilities, all utilities and offsites, sonic ground smokeless flare.

• Completed Duke Energy’s SemCAM Turbine Booster Compressor Cost Proposal Study (10,000 bhp). (40 MM$) Quantel-Veco Engineering Secondee to Duke Energy USA 12/2005-11/2006

• Led and completed the engineering design, procurement, construction, and start-up for several Duke Energy Pipeline and Metering Facilities in Canada, the US and Mexico. Duke/Keyspan LNG pipelines and metering in Weymouth Mass., Lebanon, and North Littlerock 36-inch pipeline installations, Haverhill LNG pipeline and regulator/meter station upgrades, Jewel Ridge Pipeline 30-inch System, DOT Mexico 36 NPS line 16 upgrades on seven locations in TX, several Vector Courtright and Air Products Pipeline system modifications in Sarnia ON. NEB and FERC applications. Project Engineer/Manager - Hydrocracker Unit, Sour Water, Amine Plant, Selexol Plant, Sulfur Plant, and TGU Chief Engineer – Mechanical Equipment, Rotating Equipment, Turbomachinery, Equipment Reliability & Integrity Long Lake OPTI Upgrader JV, Calgary (02/2003-12/2005)

• Senior Team Member of the Project Engineering Team from green-field EDS through to undergrounds design, process engineering and design, construction execution and modularization in the Hydrocracker, NGLs, and Sulfur Recovery Unit. Completed 100% Engineering and Fabrication work packages for Modules. Lead Mechanical, Rotating Turbomachinery Engineer, responsible for cross silo equipment scope, equipment specifications development and finalization, design, procurement, modularization and other for: SAGD Pads, Pipelines, CPF, 2xGE 7EA Co-Generation, U&O, Or-Crude, Gasifier, Hydrocracker, SRU, and ASU.

• Developed Upgrader Specifications for equipment health monitoring systems, vibration, alignments, balancing, and RAM.

• Responsible for detail design packages of reciprocating and multistage centrifugal compression w/ variable geometries and an array of pumping equipment of design packages of deferent criticalities and designs, positive displacement, centrifugal, progressive cavity screws, reciprocating diaphragm, etc. (6.6 BB$ Project) Sr. Mechanical & Rotating Equipment Engineer Lead (Reliability-Asset Integrity), TA Poplar Creek Power Station, SU Energy Services TransAlta (TA) Secondee to Suncor Energy Services, Fort McMurray, Alberta (05/2002-02/2003)

• Responsible for mechanical, reliability and turbo-machinery maintenance engineering services to operations and maintenance teams. Mechanical Safety Codes Officer for Suncor (ABSA, CSA). Daily interaction and support to maintenance teams in engineering intervention and maintenance. Executed numerous small capex projects in Energy Services. Provided rigorous Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) technical follow-up to consequential events. Develop formalized process and engineering tools for Risk Assessment and Risk Management, inclusive of Problematic Risk Assessments, HAZOPS, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), Risk Based Inspections, and Process Reliability Numerical Models & Diagrams.

• Led the Rotating Equipment Integrity Program, i.e., Vibration Analysis, Thermography, Tribology, Acoustic Pulsation, Maintenance Analysis, Bad Actor Management, Process Analysis.

EDUCATION (Well Known Schools and Institutions)

• Chemical-Petroleum Engineering Graduate Program, University of Calgary; (Gas Processing under Dr. Andy Younger; C2 & CO2 EOR, In-Situ Gasification, CSS & SAGD under Dr. Butler and Dr. Moore)

• B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta.

• Polytechnic Diploma, Geology-Geophysics, SAIT Polytechnic. AFFILIATIONS APEGA (#44853), American Petroleum Institute (Past-certified) API 570, API 571, API 580, API 581, API 510, API 577, Past PMI Institute (PMP), Past SPE.



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