carlos cano

Department of Facilities Engineering Currently supervising 3 people Perform technical report for auxiliary’s modification such as relief safety valves to the main discharge head PSV. Presence of high temperature in the process of FCC unit in the refinery. I made RCA fault analysis on the heat exchangers, it was solved by changing the metallurgy of tube bundles. Avoiding continuous shut down in this plant. Develop design of corrective nozzle leakage equipment to avoid shutdown of alkylation unit. Structured the hierarchizing of the refinery’s operational units along a multidisciplinary team in order to evaluate the major equipment families, prioritizing and establishing the criticality matrix as input for maintenance planning of the refinery units such as the unit of crude-void, industrial services, conversion and treating, product movement units and marine terminals. Elaborated the root cause analysis and reports at the moment of failures at static equipment level and rotating equipments. Identified repeatedly failing equipment in order to plan a maintenance and improvement scheme. Analyzed and presented to the different managements the management indicators of the supervised units in order to make timely decisions. Elaborated run cycles extension analysis verifying equipment behaviour at each unit. I have managed to save around $120, 000 USD daily on maintenance expenses, in a 20 days period, through the development of a criticality matrix and the implementing of major maintenance to the turbo-generators, minimizing unscheduled stoppage in the area of industrial services.

Managed the gasification project which meant providing gas to residential areas of the central region of the country with an estimated 700 km of steel and plc. Piping. Supervised demolition equipment, regulation installation units, construction and procurement of materials. Reviewed and approved the contracting of independent companies as support to the project and the tune up of the services contracted. Evaluated and approved the consignments for budget disbursement as well as purchase of equipment. New design for developing projects to distribution of methane gas, which included Engineering Design, Details and procurement of materials and installation. Presented to the management progress reports and alternative solution proposals, as needed. Personnel supervised: 21. Executed 70% of the gasification project of the Midwest in a 3 month period through the analysis and identification of key units that delayed the project, establishing the synergy between the critical units. Supervised the construction’s engineers, prioritizing the construction strategies. Administered the procurement of materials to be delivered for different contractors. Reviewed and approved the valuations carried out by the contractors. Managed human resources for each construction according to the project’s execution plan. Established and adapted the detail engineering in the field. Managed a budget of USD 24 million. Personnel supervised: 9. Lead the construction Project for 3 pressure units to regulate the pressure of 250 psi to a primary regulation of 50psi, impacting the supply of methane gas to a population of 6 thousand people. Supervised, reviewed and approved the elaboration of packages for coordination and execution of projects according to technical specifications, metric computations, blueprint elaboration and simulations. Managed a budget of USD 24 million. Personnel supervised: 8. Perform root cause analysis (RCA) evaluating leaks in heating coil on the boiler Foster Wheeler. High temperature was detected by sedimentation in the pipes. Determining that was caused by out of specification water. Avoiding shut down for over steam water shortage. Failure in Refinery relief system. The pipe had constant failures by corrosion attack. I performed a RCA, determining corrosion failures in pipelines, It was designed a coating process with fibreglass. Resulting in increased lifetime of pipes and correction of the failure. Implemented, for the first time in the refinery, the root cause analysis methodology for identifying recurrent failure on major equipment and medullar equipment

  Lead the execution of the major maintenance scheduled for this year of El Palito alkylation unit refinery with a budget of $38 million and supervising directly a personnel of 20 between engineers and technicians I led replacement bearing plates of towers, reparation of cladding and lining in vessels, completion of manhole in the vessels. Supervise replacement of demister and internal towers elements in alkylation. Make reparations of isolation in vessel, repairing welding on pipe lines. Results obtained were an optimization of the plant and running of the unit. Elaborated, for the first time in the refinery, the criticality matrixes for the crude-void units, industrial services, conversion and treatment, product movement units and marine terminals, which allowed carrying out reliably the planning of the equipment maintenance of major equipment. Identified, in an average of one month per unit, the bad actors in all the refinery units, which allowed identifying the repetitive failure of the equipment and the elaboration of a predictive and preventive maintenance.

  Prepare reports for the replacement of pipes and fittings such as elbows, reducers, tees, flanges, valves, based on service conditions. Make reports replacing static supports and spring hangers in pipeline. Make report for replacement filters and filter elements on the heads of gas boilers. Hot areas were presented in the body of the equipment in the convection part of the Burners. Thermographic analysis was performed, making metallurgical replicas. Finally, proceeded to the replacement of refractory material in the reactors and in the home of the boiler. Develop specifications for reparation of flares in industrial services unit. Engineer Inspector of Static Equipment and Piping Intern in the area of Reliability in Plant Engineering

  Prepare reports for the replacement of pipes and fittings such as elbows, reducers, tees, flanges, valves, based on service conditions. Make reports replacing static supports and spring hangers in pipeline. Make report for replacement filters and filter elements on the heads of gas boilers. Hot areas were presented in the body of the equipment in the convection part of the Burners. Thermographic analysis was performed, making metallurgical replicas. Finally, proceeded to the replacement of refractory material in the reactors and in the home of the boiler. Develop specifications for reparation of flares in industrial services unit. Engineer Inspector of Static Equipment and Piping Intern in the area of Reliability in Plant Engineering