Commissioning Specialist

Hugo Antonio Méndez Zambrano.

El Tigre, Estado Anzoátegui, Venezuela - 6050 / +58 (0-416-*******; ********@*******.***.

Passport: 038864623, Marine ID: T-17662-ACSI.

EDUCATION:

• Marine Engineer. 1994. Instituto Universitario de la Marina Mercante

• Post Degree: Maintenance Engineering. Mayor: Reliability and Industrial Security Management. 2006. Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho University.

SUMMARY:

Marine Engineer, received postdegree in Maintenance Engineering. Mayor: Reliability and Industrial Security Management with 17 years experience in Project management, general management, operation & maintenance, production operations, training & development, field operations, optimization, de-bottlenecking, artificial lift, well evaluation, surface production facilities, oil, gas & water treatment, water-flooding projects, early production facilities, pre-commissioning, comissioning, start-up, product development, new Technologies.

Broad experience with multinational construction, oil and gas services company, including international assignments in Latinamerica, África and Middle East. Offshore certifications updated.

SKILLS SET:

• Oil and Gas: Experience in planning, supervision, coordination and follow-up field operation, process, piping, production operations, project, optimization, stimulation and cementing (well services) maintenance and engineering activities. Elaborations of manuals, programs, standards and operational procedures. Corrosion SRB and fatigue. Work as a coach and mentor in Oil and gas Operations and Commissioning matters. Plant and field operations, work over, well services.

• EPC: Project Management, Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Planning, Cost Control, construction and remodeling (Test Pack, OTP’s, Leak Test, Blind List, Spare Parts, Lock Systems, etc.). Reading, interpretation and elaboration of documents (PID’s; PFD’s).

• Maintenance: Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), Optimizing Maintenance Strategies, (RBD) Reliability Block Diagrams, Predictive, Preventive and Corrective Maintenance, Spare Parts Logistic, Maintenance plan, ND Test, SAP MM.

• HSE-QA/QC: Strong experience with Work Permit system (PTW), experience in the combat of spills of raw, fire prevention and combat and wide knowledge in industrial security, HAZOP, What if?, checklist analysis", HAZARD studies, HAZMAT, Risk Analysis, Systems of Administration of the Security and Occupational Health. Knowledge of the norms ISO 9000, ISO 14000, OSHA 18001. QP Marine and Safety regulations and requirements and updated with the latest International Codes/regulations such as IMO, SOLAS, MARPOL, MODU Code, ISM Code, LSA Code, STCW, etc. Pipeworks and Pipelines failure analysis due to MIC, under deposit.

• Software: SAP R3 (PM and MM), SCADA (Oasys), Project, Visio, Microsoft Office (programs and tools).

• Others: Experience in sales: trade and oil industry. Excellent acting before clients, suppliers and contractors. Excellent interpersonal relationship, ability to work in team and under pressure. Supervision and Coaching of personnel, elaboration of training programs.

WORKING EXPERIENCE:

Global Petroprojects Services, ENI Group, Feb-2009 to Dec-2010.

• Commissioning Engineer / Process Supervisor assigned to SAIPEN, ENI Group for UTBS Project in Algeria:

Coordinating all the activities in the Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Start Up and Technical Assessments steps, including Coaching (On job Training) for the Client Operations Team in a Oil and Gaz Stabilization and Refining Plant with 330.000 BOPD Treatment capacity.

Lead the preparation and execution of the pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup activities in accordance with contractual requirements and project objectives in terms of safety, quality, budget and schedule.

Reviews contractual documentation.

Reviews engineering documents to insure that the commissioning & startup requirements are accounted for in the design.

Prepares and keeps up-to-date the pre-commissioning and commissioning execution plans (including the schedule and the mobilization of personnel and equipment).

Supervises the preparation of the pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures.

Supervises the preparation of the performance test procedures and of the operating manuals with the process team. Preparation of LO/LC Blind List and Log Sheets for Operators.

Assists procurement group for the definition of vendor assistance.

Assists subcontract group for the scope definition of work contractors.

Manages the execution of pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up.

Prepares the commissioning progress reports to the project management and to the commissioning department.

Coordinates assistance of the Vendor representatives.

Supervises the performance tests.

Assists the Manager in contacts with Client representatives for the handover of the plant.

Ensures the preparation of final reports and certificates.

• Process Commissioning Engineer assigned to SAIPEN, ENI Group for Appoint Gas Project in Congo: Perform technical tasks related to the preparation and execution of the pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup activities. Perform checkout and commissioning tasks on various equipment and systems associated with Petro-Chemical units, Power Generation and Gas processing units. Lead Pre- Commissioning team to perform loop-checks; Instrument & Electrical control system function checks, pipe debris blows and mechanical pre-commissioning tasks. Managing all instrumentation disciplines utilizing action item list to drive construction sub-contractor to mechanical completion. Perform safety validation checks of SIS systems, commissioning of large turbine/ compressors with manufacture vendors. Interface with engineering disciplines, construction personnel, vendors and subcontractors. Such as:

Reviews the project technical documentation and the contractual requirements.

Defines commissioning work packages and prepare the relevant procedures with the assistance of discipline engineers.

Supervises commissioning field activities.

Prepares the commissioning dossiers.

Ensures safe execution of all commissioning activities through the application of the work permit procedure.

Coordinates activities of vendor representatives and subcontractors.

Tesint Panama, Jun-2008 to Jan-2009.

• Operations & Commissioning Lead Engineer assigned to SAIPEN, ENI Group for Awa Paluokou Oil and Gas Project in Congo:

Dedicated to ensure the execution of the activities concerning pre-commissioning, commissioning, start up, test run, hydro tests, loop tests, vessel closure, equipments energization in order handing over of the plant to the Client according to contractual requirements & project objectives in terms of safety, quality, budget & schedule.

Manage site's activities such as commissioning & start up, ensure compliance with the established process, following ENI and Total Standards, HSE requirements, while respecting the relative time & targets.

Review contractual documentation and verify that pre-commissioning, commissioning & start up requirements are accounted for into engineering documents.

Take part in project planning & scheduling.

Prepare & keep up-to-date & test run execution plans ( including the mobilization of personnel).

Supervise and Managed the preparation procedures.

Review final (performance test) procedures & operating manuals prepared by the Project Process Leaders.

Review & / or define the Licensors / Vendors schedule & assignment, concerning the pre-commissioning, start up & test run activities.

Assist Services Purchasing & Subcontracting Department for the definition of subcontractors scope of work.

Preparing and coordinate the training and coaching for the Operations Client Personnel

Ensuring the preparation of final reports and certificates.

Sercohebruca, Jun-2007 to Jun-2008.

• Project Manager for Oil and Gas Projects:

Manage all major projects involving planning, administrating and controlling all activities related to projects definition phase of production facilities considering bidding processes, detail engineering, construction and turnover.

Built the department organizational structure, including definition of tasks, objectives, goals, roles and responsibilities, as well as performed evaluations on employees.

Represented Sercohebruca as the single-point of contact for governmental agencies, clients, customers, suppliers and others related, achieving 100% of permits to operate new facilities with no major comments that could impact project objectives and timing.

Ensured 100% consistency and accuracy in reporting of the progress of the project, which included elements, such as risk assessment and strategies to mitigate those identified risks, safety, finance and technical.

Monitored and enforced all applicable quality, health, safety and environmental requirements of projects, resulting in the following actions:

o Active participation during certification of ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 management systems audit process, achieving no major findings.

o Coordinating and participating in implementation phase of major new projects including scope generating, maintenance, operation and Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) analysis.

o Contribute to achieve more than 2,000,000 man working hours, without accidents or environmental damages and no penalties or regulatory deviations.

Interfaced with other departments (drilling, operations, procurement and planning, among others) in order to meet project requirements, such as major pipeline projects oriented to put in production new oil wells by reducing 15% resources and timing and granting the start up of oil wells ahead schedule.

Contributed to achieving more than 2,000,000 man working hours, without accidents or environmental damages and no penalties or regulatory deviations.

Schlumberger, Sep-2005 to May-2007.

• Oil and Gas Production Specialist, assigned to PDVSA for Dacion Project: Responsible for:

The Planning, coordination, management and supervision of activities related with the production process in Plant and Field, with the purpose of assuring the continuous production in an efficient way, guaranteeing the established volumes of production of petroleum with the respective specifications of quality, according to the politicians, norms and procedures settled down in the organization.

The operation and direct supervision of equipments, systems and process plants, from wells in production with different methods of artificial rising (Gas Lift, PCP, ESP, Mechanical Pumping) or natural.

The internship with equipments and systems of production stimulation, as hydraulic fracturing, pack with gravel, acidifications, injections, sealed permanent with polymer, Work over, Wire line, Slick line, etc.

Performing well production test program and record parameters preparing also the analysis for optimization.

Multidisciplinary experience in field operations and optimization, on-shore practices, well evaluation, workover planning and procedures, surface production facilities.

Special assignment such as optimization engineer, achieving excellent results: increase of 4.7% of the oil production and 8% reduction in gas consumption.

Sincor, Mar-2000 to Jun-2005.

• Oil and Gas Shift Supervisor:

Responsible for upstream process: gas - oil separator plant GOSP, Control Room, heaters, tanks pipeworks and pipelines operations and inspection, pressure vessels, reactors, heaters, steam boilers, PSV, PVRV, atmospheric tanks, corrosion control and monitoring, failure analysis, criticality assessment ratting studies, RBI, also experience as lifting planning supervisor and ionizing radiation sources activities as safety officer supervisor.

Ensuring the maintenance of equipments and systems using the software tools and reports (SAP, Planned Maintenance Database, weekly Reports, weekly punch list, among others) to Communicates defects, anomalies, maintenance, repair, calibration and testing requirements to Maintenance team in order to ensure that the plant and systems are maintained in good condition and to optimum performance Plans and anticipates spare parts, consumables, chemical (Ensuring injections rates) and other material requirements.

Responsible for all matters related to the metering of oil and gas in the process

Responsible for all matters related to laboratory testing and analysis and directing the Lab Technician in his duties.

Operational activities from Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Star Up and Normal Production Operations, in field as well as in the Main Station, in order to assure the continuous production in an efficient way, guaranteeing the established petroleum volumes, and its respective quality specifications according to the policies, rules, and procedures established by the organization.

HSE: Participation in the SCIS Certification, HAZOP, SIMOPS, Risk Analysis and Planed inspections, tool box talks, Emergency Response leader and coaching for the personnel in the Department. Additional responsibilities in HSE project participating as Internal audit SCIS (system international classification safety DNV), ISO 14000 and ISO 9000. Supervisor of Permit to Work System, Isolation Standards, Risk Assessment, auditing and coaching the personnel.

General Technical Training Program for employs and scholarship program beneficiaries for Jr. Field technicians.

Obtaining the following achievement awards Merit: Oil Production record (238635 BOPD in a plant with 210000 BOPD of capacity), Optimization of the process control, optimization of the operators checking plant, improvement of the technical training plan.

SADE Skanska, Apr-1998 to Mar-2000.

• Oil and Gas Production Supervisor: Responsible for

To ensure that the production asset/project potential to deliver hydrocarbons is fully and efficiently exploited in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

Production process supervision by SCADA.

Laboratory, well testing, maintenance, and SIMOPS coordination.

Conformation, execution and initial pursuit of the accidents and incidents database as an integral part of the Environmental Security system. Member of the HSE committee.

Carried out pre-commissioning and commissioning of Oil / Gas separation upgrading and new installations in Leona 6 Plant and in Leona 1 and Leona 6 Water Production treatment Plants.

Halliburton, Feb-1996 to Apr-1997.

• Oil and Gas Field Engineer (Stimulation and Cementing),:

To look after the rightful development of activities, following the limits appointed by the Company, according to the objectives and fixed goals.

To coordinate the communication to balance necessities and urgencies of the internal and external client's commercialization group.

To provide technical attendance for the execution of proposals to clients.

Rampa, Sep-1994 to Jan-1996.

• Field Engineer (QA/QC and HSE),:

To plan and to coordinate the daily activities of the personnel under my position.

To establish and to maintain systems of internal and external audits (database).

To optimize the administrative and operational costs.

To assure the pursuit of the planned activities vs. those executed, to manage databases and control.

To administer the use of equipments and materials.

Marina Maracay, Aug-1994.

• Offshore Marine Engineer:

To plan and to coordinate the daily activities of the personnel under my position.

To establish and to maintain systems of internal and external audits (database).

To optimize the administrative and operational costs.

To assure the pursuit of the planned activities vs. those executed, to manage databases and control.

To administer the use of equipments and materials.

Compañía Anónima Venezolana de Navegación, Aug-1993 to Jul-1994.

• Offshore Training Marine Engineer Officer:

To look after the good operation and maintenance of the auxiliary motors, air conditioners, boilers, compressors, diesel and oil centrifuges, levels of fuels and energy generators, among others.

To ensure HSE Offshore following the regulations IMO, SOLAS, and MARPOL.

MAIN TRAINING/COURSES:

• Personal Survival at Sea, IMO 1.19. Centro Nautico de Adiestramiento Maritimo El Galeon. 16 hrs. 01/02-Nov-10.

• Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities, IMO 1.21. CNAM El Galeon. 24 hrs. 10/13-Nov-10.

• First Aids, IMO 1.13. CNAM El Galeon. 16 hrs. 03/04-Nov-10.

• Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting, IMO 1.20. CNAM El Galeon. 20 hrs. 05/07-Nov-10.

• Familiarization with tanker ships, IMO 1.01. CNAM El Galeon. 48 hrs. 11/16-Nov-10.

• Coaching in Organizational Atmospheres. IESA. 32 Hrs. 13 al 27-Apr-05

• Shop of Aspects and Environmental Impacts. Det Norske Veritas (DNV). 16 Hrs. 10/11-Mar-05

• Interpretation of the ISO 14001:2004 Norm. Det Norske Veritas (DNV). 16 Hrs. 08/09-Mar-05

• Modern administration of the Security and Control of Losses. Det Norske Veritas (DNV). 32 Hrs. 13 al 16-Mar-04

• PCP Systems Performance, Analysis and Diagnosis Course. Engineering Insinghts Limited. 32 Hrs. 17/20- Nov-03

• Management and supervisory development. Inested International. 60 Hrs. 2003 (three modules)

• Risk Evaluation. Sincor. 12 H. 11/12-11-02

• "SAP - Requisitor". Sincor. 08 Hrs. 17-jul-02

• STOP Security Program. Sincor. 16 Hrs. 2002

• Supervising Processes and People. Inested Internacional. 16 Hrs. 18 al 19-Jul-01

• BIH Training Course. Boustead International Heaters Limited 40 Hrs. May-00

• Introduction to the Systems of environment Administration, Security and Occupational Health. ISO 14001 - OHSAS 18001. Pérez Companc de Venezuela S. A. 24 Hrs. 28 al 30-Sep-99

• Petroleum Dehydration Theory. ATULCA - SADE Skanska. 08 Hrs. 07-May-99

• Operation of petroleum dehydration plants. ATULCA - SADE Skanska. 16 Hrs. 03/04-May-99

• Work Permit. CIED PDVSA16 Hrs. 15 al 16-May-98

• Motors to Gas (Basic). VENEQUIP S. A. 32 Hrs. 08 al 11-Jun-98

• Cementing I y II. Servicios Halliburton de Venezuela, S. A. 96 Hrs. 10 al 21-Jun-96

• First Aids. Servicios Halliburton de Venezuela, S. A. 08 Hrs. 28-May-96

• Fire combats. Servicios Halliburton de Venezuela, S. A. 08 Hrs. 27-May-96

• Induction Program (ISO 14001, ISO-9000) Servicios Halliburton de Venezuela, S. A. 96 Hrs. 20-May to 01-Jun-96

• Integral protection of ports and ships. CEPET – PDVSA. 24 Hrs. 21/23-Jul-93

• Sea Survival. CEPET – PDVSA 16 Hrs. 02/03-Ago-93

• Prevention and Extinction of Fires in Ships Tankers. CEPET – PDVSA 16 Hrs. 09/10-Ago-93

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