Engineer Project

FRANCISCO JAVIER FERNANDEZ, P. Eng

Chemical Engineer with several years of international experience.

Intuitive approach to processes and mechanics enabling learning and evaluating new and existing technologies, processes and applications.

Known for ability to manage people and projects, troubleshoot, and solve process and technological issues. Outstanding ability to develop and build relationships that transcend conflicting interests and able to achieve remarkable results.

Professional Engineer in good standing with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).

EXPERTISE

Oilfield upstream facilities Engineering (sweet & sour)

Project Management

Process Engineering

FEED (Front End Engineering)

Project scoping and DBM development

Commissioning & Operation

Upgrades (process and equipment)

EH&S regulatory compliance Environmental Projects

Site Reclamation, monitoring and regulatory compliance

Facility engineering and regulatory compliance (EH&S)

Thermal Desorption (direct, indirect, TCC)

Soil Washing and decontamination

Bio-treatment, Encapsulation, Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Process

Management of change

Optimisation of Operations

Technology feasibility evaluation Waste Management (Oilfield primarily)

On site remediation/reclamation

Liquid and solid waste treatment/recovery

AFE Preparation

Conceptual and detailed engineering

Scopes of work

Managing engineering consultants Drilling Fluids

Solids Control

Personnel Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tervita, Calgary, Canada January 2013 to Date

Technical Advisor (senior process/project engineer)

Tervita is one of Canada's largest industrial and oilfield waste management and environmental services companies. Tervita’s core business is to recover valuable products from different waste streams, such as oil recovery form waste, metals recycling, service rigs, produced water disposal, environmental services and several more. It also services the oil industry on hazardous waste management and disposal.

• Process engineering for oilfield upstream facilities. This comprehends designing and/or upgrading processes and systems for heavy and light oil slops, waste fluids and solids.

• Project scope and design basis memorandum. Engineering of processes and facilities.

• Basic engineering and front end engineering, technical support to processing in all aspects but specifically in process, operations, heat transfer equipment, heating equipment, steam management, rotating equipment, process equipment, piping and valves, vessels, and material handling.

• Development of initial designs and equipment selection, and project scope for FEED projects

• Research and evaluation of new technologies and existing technologies’ application in new applications.

• Provide process support for and lead the identification, evaluation, and implementation of new process technologies in support of continuous improvement.

SAR-CORRE-MENA, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia March 2011 to December 2012

Senior process engineer

Joint venture between SAR AS (Nørway), Canadian Oil Recovery Technologies (Canada) and CANAR (Kuwait) for the development of the environmental market in the Middle East and North Africa.

• In house technological development and process design for the reclamation of impacted sites, oil recovery, sludge treatment, operations management and troubleshooting would describe the work best.

• Management of operations, R&D, environmental technologies engineering, project design, project management, FEED, drilling waste management, environmental reclamation, drilling services technical support, business development, tender coordination.

Wrangler Rentals, Leduc, Alberta September 2010 to December 2010

HR coordinator

Scheduling and management of over 60 people and 40 working locations. Troubleshooting waste management systems and logistics. Regulations compliance QA/QC process.

Assisted in the logistical management of the company’s expansion to over double the existing fleet. Supervised operations and assisted new operators to rapidly get over the learning curve.

Grupo Urbis, Mexico August 2009 to September 2010

Technological Development Manager/Director

Grupo Urbis is a group of companies specializing in environmental emergency response, contaminated site reclamation, environmental technologies, services to the drilling industry and civil construction.

• Design, construction and commissioning of a contaminated soil treatment facility. A novel approach in the country’s market.

• Reclamation of over 100,000 tonnes of hydrocarbon impacted soil

• New business lines and technology introduction and development.

• Introduction of Canadian drilling and waste management technologies and companies into the Mexican market.

Dynamic Drilling Fluids Calgary, Canada June - August 2009

Consultant, International Liaison

Dynamic is a specialized drilling fluids company with a complex technical approach to drilling fluids. Based on extensive research and cross sectional plots, as well as fluids dynamics and non-Newtonian rheology of water and oil based muds, Dynamic offers a unique approach to drilling a well.

• Interpretation of technical information, business development and company representation between English and Spanish speaking stakeholders.

Newalta Corporation Calgary, Canada 2005 – 2009

Technical Advisor (operations/project engineer)

Newalta is one of Canada's largest industrial and oilfield waste management and environmental services companies. Newalta’s core business is to recover valuable products from different waste streams, such as oil recovery form waste, lube oil recycling, produced water disposal, and several more. It also services the oil industry on hazardous waste management and disposal.

• Capital Project Management ($0.5MM – $20MM+) including; scope of work development, AFE creation, conceptual design and detailed engineering supervision, procurement, project management, construction and process/facility commissioning, disposal and production well drilling, pipeline and tie-ins.

• Engineering and operations in all phases of the projects. FEED, commissioning, operations and plant upgrades. Projects developed for the divisions of on-site (customer’s sites, Oil sands/Bitumen such as Nexen, Murphy and most of the majors) and operations (network of facilities).

• Conducted several process and technology feasibility evaluations, including a unit for methanol recovery from produced water, hydro treating, odour elimination from thermally cracked lubricant oils (technical and economic feasibility) and design evaluation of several other technologies.

GLP Group (UNOTEC/SYMCO) Calgary, Canada 2001 – 2005

Operations Manager

GLP Group was a company that provided systems for drilling waste collection and management and bio-remediation of oil based drilled solids (including monitoring and final reclamation). It also had a successful and innovative drilling fluids division. Between 2001 – 2005 (when it was acquired by a Newalta) it grew from 10 drilling waste management systems to over 75.

• Responsible for multi-project management of drilling waste collection, reduction and disposal. This included simultaneously managing the waste (cradle to grave) for over 50 active drilling rigs throughout British Columbia and Alberta and a multi well, multi rig & multi pad project.

• Responsible for managing a multi-rig, multi-pad, multi-sump waste management and on-site treatment and disposal project for Nexen at the Rainbow lake project; included landfilling, mix-bury-cover, landspread and landfarming in on-site and remote sump complexes. This project covered several years.

• Conducted several land reclamation and monitoring projects for remote areas. It included management of regulations and normativity changes for compliance with new limits

• Supervised an R&D project focussing on oil recovery from drilled cuttings by supercritical fluid extraction using CO2. Evaluated the feasibility of the technology (scalability and potential market).

• Created a new line of business with annual revenues of $500,000 that also supported the rental of the collections systems.

• Responsible for base oil procurement and logistics in multi-rig scenarios, as well as troubleshooting and IRP-14 compliance, well research and programming.

• Biotreatment of drilling waste for most majors such as BP, Devon, Encana and more until the opening and legalisation of landfills.

SWACO/MI Drilling Fluids 2000 – 2001

Villahermosa, Tab., Reynosa, Tam, Mexico; Halifax, N.S., St John’s, N.F., Canada; Osaka, Amagasaki, Japan.

Chemical Engineer, Project Engineer

SWACO/MI Drilling Fluids is one of the world’s largest suppliers of drilling fluid systems and specialty tools designed to optimize wellbore productivity. SWACO/MI also provides solids control equipment and environmental solutions.

• Responsible for R&D of oil based mud de-emulsification & water treatment process design, QA & QC implementation and process operation.

• Involved with the construction and operation of thermal desorption units. A significant achievement was the demonstration of a trial unit, in Japan, resulting in the sale of a full-scale unit.

EDUCATION

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.) 1995- 2000

(Mexico’s National University)

B. Sc. Chemical Engineering

Universidad Iberoamericana (Iberoamerican University) 1992 – 1995

Chemical Engineering coursework

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