technical specialist
Chevron
Total years of experience :23 years, 4 Months
Natural Gas Compression
H2S High/Low pressure /Sulphur / AMINE Unit / TEG Unit / CO2 Skid
Acid Gas Injection _H2S (85%) First in the Lower 48 USA to transfer gas from multiple oil wells/oil batteries to an AGI Facility, strip and dry the gas, transfer clean gas to buyer facility and place 850, 000ppm H2S gas into an injection well. Write procedures, develop SOP, facility design, project management (all aspects). Commission / Start-Up / Shutdown SAFELY! Coordinate operations/maintenance activities. Update various disciplines on status of AGI Facility and make recommendations for improvement. Practice Lean Activities and waste management. Monitor Rockwell Automation, Allen-Bradley PLC/HMI systems. Make a complete TDC and check soon after making relief. Ensure that all unit conditions and operations are in compliance with safety and operating procedures. Monitor TDC and/or Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley alarms for abnormal operating conditions and take required appropriate action to correct the situation.
Monitor TDC and Experion (Honeywell)
Make a complete TDC and/or Experion check soon after making relief. Ensure that all unit conditions and operations are in compliance with Shell safety and operating procedures.
Monitor TDC and/or Experion alarms for abnormal operating conditions and take required appropriate action to correct the situation.
Take appropriate action to correct off-spec production.
Maintain product quality by making appropriate adjustments to the unit based on product sample analysis.
Operate control loops in the “highest” mode whenever possible.
Maximize unit profitability by controlling unit through put.
Insure analyzers are “believable” and have special systems calibrate when they are not.
When necessary, use TDC “ramp” capability when increasing or decreasing feed rates.
Insure all monitored environmental vents are within permit limitations and reduce or eliminate venting where possible.
Monitor appropriate areas with cameras provided.
Monitor effluents and TOC’s and take appropriate action.
Work with CSE’s to tune controllers.
Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases and vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, and perfume to towers, and to add products to converter or blending vessels.
Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, and product quality.
Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
Inspect operating units such as towers, soap-spray storage tanks, scrubbers, collectors, and driers to ensure that all are functioning, and to maintain maximum efficiency.
Repair and replace damaged equipment.
2008-Present Shell Chemical - Geismar, LA
Monitor TDC and Experion (Honeywell)
Make a complete TDC and/or Experion check soon after making relief. Ensure that all unit conditions and operations are in compliance with Shell safety and operating procedures.
Monitor TDC and/or Experion alarms for abnormal operating conditions and take required appropriate action to correct the situation.
Take appropriate action to correct off-spec production.
Maintain product quality by making appropriate adjustments to the unit based on product sample analysis.
Operate control loops in the "highest" mode whenever possible.
Maximize unit profitability by controlling unit through put.
Insure analyzers are "believable" and have special systems calibrate when they are not.
When necessary, use TDC "ramp" capability when increasing or decreasing feed rates.
Insure all monitored environmental vents are within permit limitations and reduce or eliminate venting where possible.
Monitor appropriate areas with cameras provided.
Monitor effluents and TOC's and take appropriate action.
Work with CSE's to tune controllers.
Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases and vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, and perfume to towers, and to add products to converter or blending vessels.
Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, and product quality.
Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
Inspect operating units such as towers, soap-spray storage tanks, scrubbers, collectors, and driers to ensure that all are functioning, and to maintain maximum efficiency.
Repair and replace damaged equipment.
Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, and spray tips.
Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panel boards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
Draw samples of products, and conduct quality control tests in order to monitor processing, and to ensure that standards are met.
Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors, and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
Monitor recording instruments, flow meters, panel lights, and other indicators, and listen for warning signals, in order to verify conformity of process conditions.
Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, and yields.
Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, and other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions and to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks and troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
Record operating data such as process conditions, test results, and instrument readings.
Coker Complex: (Complete Startup/Shutdown Activities)
Lube Oil Section
Pre-flash column
Stripping column
Fractional Distillation section
Evaporation section
Squeeze section
PLC based DCS operation
Reactors, Heater
Nitrogen Unit, Reboiler
Heat Exchangers
Centrifugal pumps
Drilling Oil Section: (Complete Startup/Shutdown Activities)
Control liquid extractions of benzene aromatics by using solvents (NMP &N-Heptane)
Control adiabatic dehydration of raffinate & benzene aromatics
Control recovery of solvents (NMP & Heptane)
Monitor process & productions parameters, analyzing process &equipment’s performance
To log down parameters & plant status
Stripping & dehydration of solvents
Heat transfer system (thermal oil boiler) Monitor TDC and Heavy-Sour Crude Unit
Wet Gas Treating and Amine Regeneration
Natural Gas Fired Pressurized Atmospheric Distillation Tower Preheat Furnace
Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation Towers and Straight-Run Gasoline Recovery
Refinery Wet Gas (Methane and Ethane) Recovery, Compression, and Amine Treating
Crude Oil Desalter
4-Stage Wet Gas Compressors and CCC Surge Controller
Experion (Honeywell)
ERT Incipient Fire Brigade HAZMAT
Ensure the Process is operating efficiently and react to abnormal conditions: Investigate any SHE critical alarms.
Perform routine monitoring of the Process through use of (not limited to) trends, areas summaries, alarm summaries, tag histories, and production/quality profiles. Monitor environmental concerns (flaring, spills, etc.) and make appropriate notifications
Assist Process Technicians in troubleshooting process upsets
Document process deviations and root cause analyses in quality system. Communicate to line management any issues arising from the company’s policies and procedures and affect change in the policy or work functions. Ensure that the Safety, Health and Environment activities are constantly improved: Provide feedback as appropriate in meetings and individually, perform regular audits of procedures and systems. In the case of a site emergency, perform the appropriate duties as detailed in the Site Safety Standards Manual and the Unit’s Emergency Response Plan.
Cogen Facility- 800MW: 3 HRSG heat recovery steam generator 1 STG steam turbine generator, Hydrogen & Natural Gas.
Work indoors and outdoors, overtime and holidays, shift work, ability to catch product samples, basic computer skills, climb stairs, work at high elevations, read and follow instructions, work unsupervised, work in a team environment, communicate effectively, trouble shoot equipment, perform emergency response duties, and SAFETY conscious.
The Taft Cogeneration facility is a natural-gas-fired cogeneration power plant with the capacity to produce approximately 800 MW of electricity. The facility provides all of the electricity and steam for Occidental’s adjacent Taft chemical complex.
Sodium hydroxide Plant (NaOH):
(Complete S/U & S/D Activities)
Preparation of Brine Solution
Brine Electrolysis
Separation of Hydrogen and Chlorine Gas
Dechlorination of Brine Solution
NaOH 32% Manufacturing by Membrane Cell.
NaOH 50% Evaporation.
NaoH 99.99% CSP (Caustic Solidification Process)
DCS and Cell Room
Utility Section
R.O Plant.
De-Mineralization Unit
Cooling Tower.
Nitrogen Generation Unit
Air Compressor.
Make a complete TDC and check soon after making relief. Ensure that all unit conditions and operations are in compliance with safety and operating procedures.
Monitor TDC and/or Experion alarms for abnormal operating conditions and take required appropriate action to correct the situation. Work indoors and outdoors, overtime and holidays, shift work, ability to catch product samples, basic computer skills, climb stairs, work at high elevations, read and follow instructions, work unsupervised, work in a team environment, communicate effectively, trouble shoot equipment, perform emergency response duties, and SAFETY conscious.
ERT, Firefighter Trained
1 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA August 2010 - July 2014 Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology Automation / Minor Supervision 2 Baton Rouge Community College, Baton Rouge, LA August 1998 - May 2000 Associates of Science in Applied Science of Process Control Technology
The Mission of the Industrial Technology program is to prepare students for employment in technical and/or technical management-oriented professions in business, industry, education and government. The Industrial Technology program is a management-oriented technical curriculum built upon a balanced program of studies drawn from a variety of disciplines related to manufacturing and construction technology. Graduates are able to apply significant knowledge of theories, concepts and principles found in the humanities and the social and behavioral sciences, including a thorough foundation in communications skills. Graduates understand the theory and application of the principles in project management, quality control, and safety and health. Graduates understand of the theory and application of the principles and concepts of mathematical and physical sciences and computer applications. Graduates are able to apply concepts derived from, and current skills developed in, a variety of technical disciplines including, but not limited to, materials and production processes, industrial management and human relations, marketing, communications, electronics and graphics. Graduates have specialized knowledge in their field/concentration in the baccalaureate degree and associate degree programs, e.g. automated systems or drafting design.
2 Baton Rouge Community College, Baton Rouge, LA August 1998 - July 2001 Associate Degree in Process Control Technology
2 Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA May 1993 - July 1996 No Degree Obtained (Computer Science)
3 Central High School, Baton Rouge, LA May 1993 High School Diploma