Jorge Huertas Rodriguez, oil refinery project manager

Jorge Huertas Rodriguez

oil refinery project manager

IDOM

Lieu
Colombie - Carthagène
Éducation
Master, Business Administration
Expérience
30 years, 8 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :30 years, 8 Mois

oil refinery project manager à IDOM
  • Colombie
  • Je travaille ici depuis juillet 2023

• Management of engineering projects and support for the construction of the Caribbean HUB in Colombia.
• FEED engineering for the installation of solar panels in REFICAR.
• Feasibility engineering for the green and blue hydrogen project for the Cartagena refinery.
• Engineering to reduce sulfur in gasoline on the U-107 of the Cartagena refinery.

Independent Consultant Engineer à JLHR Consulting
  • Colombie - Carthagène
  • juillet 2020 à juin 2023

Production Planning. Economic Engineer. Downstream Business Development. Production Scheduling. Project Development Support. Economic Evaluation Using Netbackcracking. Analyst Refining Benchmarking studies. Economics modeling using NPV and IRR. Expert in developing yields, qualities and balances of chemical processes for process configurations in chemical and refining units. Financial modeling for project evaluation. Advice on the selection of licensors for processes derived from chemical and refining products. Analyst of cost refining in projects.

Senior Refinery Planning Engineer à Colombian Petroleum Company (ECOPETROL)
  • Colombie - Carthagène
  • décembre 2015 à juin 2020

• Identify, evaluate and optimize the production program, market prospects, economic and financial evaluation, oil price forecasts, planning of competitive scenarios and knowledge of changes in energy policy and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate potential opportunities in Joint Venture.
• Analyze and monitor price shifts, margin analysis and report implications to competitive position.
• Calculation and analysis of refining margin.
• Identify, evaluate and optimize the downstream capital asset program; Market outlooks, economic and financial evaluation, oil pricing forecasts, competing scenario planning, and awareness of energy policy shifts and regulatory requirements.
• 2020 Solomon Benchmarking study integrator leader for Cartagena refinery REFICAR.
• Participate in the preparation of the annual Business Plan and 10-year outlook.
• Analysis and build up to NPV´s and IRR.
• Develop business cases to support profitability and growth targets.
• Economic evaluation with PIMS.
• Refinery Configuration development and economic evaluation opportunities.
• Develop strategies, which stimulate continuous business improvement.

Refinery Shift Operation Manager à Colombian Petroleum Company (ECOPETROL)
  • Colombie - Carthagène
  • octobre 2014 à décembre 2015

• Refinery Shift Operation Manager in startup of the Cartagena’s Refinery Project (REFICAR).

Production Refinery Planning Team Lead à Colombian Petroleum Company (ECOPETROL)
  • Colombie - Carthagène
  • janvier 2013 à octobre 2014

• Lead of Refinery Planning during the REFICAR’s Project start up.
• Construction of the PIMS/APS model of the new refinery in association with KBC.

Project Engineer à Colombian Petroleum Company (ECOPETROL)
  • Colombie - Carthagène
  • janvier 2008 à janvier 2013

• Project engineer in REFICAR’s project in Cartagena (Colombia).
• Tank Farm Area, Blending Crude and Products, Marine and Fluvial Terminals.
• Facilities for Crude and another feedstock.
• Products sales.
Responsible for the definition of the startup sequence of 16 new process (Delay Coker/Hydrocracking Unit/ Sat Gas Unit/ Butamer/ Alkylation/ Diesel Hydrotreating/ Naptha Hydrotreating/ Hydrogen). Operations Staff Trainer.

Short Term Planning Lead Team à Colombian Petroleum Company (ECOPETROL)
  • Colombie - Carthagène
  • janvier 2006 à janvier 2008

• Lead the planning group to implement and deliver the refinery plan that allowed the improvement of refining margin. Calculation and analysis of cost refining.
• 2006 Solomon Benchmarking study integrator leader for Cartagena refinery.
• Construction of the APS (Orion) model of the new refinery in association with ASPENTECH.

Planning and Scheduler Engineer à Colombian Petroleum Company (ECOPETROL)
  • Colombie - Carthagène
  • janvier 2000 à janvier 2006

• Prepare and assure the execution of the refinery production plan and program with the product standards, the results obtained reflect the refinery's economy and the reliability of the plants; Leader of the pursuit y/o control in strategic, financial and monetary terms to the processes of expenses, costs and investments as well as to measure the integral administration of the process units, with the purpose of optimizing the refinery margin, EBITDA and the EVA.
• Working with corporate planning, sales, transport and production to optimize all the supply chain.
• Lead of the NIR control project for crude oil management (Hydrocarbon Engineering October 2007).
• Liaison with Offtakers with respect to Production Programs, Lifting Nominations. Lifting Schedules and Inventory Control/Allocation.
• Coordinates raw material inputs (crude, gas liquids, etc.) and additive purchases.
• Perform economic studies and products availabilities forecast considering inventories, refinery equipment availability and product demand.
• Improve the PIMS model of Cartagena refinery in association with SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS.

QC Chemical And Process Engineer à Colombian Petroleum Company (ECOPETROL)
  • Colombie - Carthagène
  • octobre 1993 à janvier 2000

• Process Engineer in Crude Distillation FCC, light ends, Blending and storage tanks areas and Terminals.
• Mass and heat balance, P&ID development and process equipment selection (pumps, heat exchangers, cooling towers, chillers and control valves) for plant expansion project.
• Reviewed/commented on P&ID’s prior to being issued for construction. Reviewed bases of design for equipment to ensure the equipment was fit for purpose. Also checked hydraulic designs.
• Function as the project/process engineers on all major capital jobs within areas of responsibility and was part of the engineering support for the plant project.
• Management of several plant optimization and revamping projects in ECOPETROL. Including energy efficient replacement equipment. Projects schedule and budget control.
• Management of the chemical treatment program for cooling towers, chillers and boilers.
• Lead of Recommend and setting in operation of the proposals of improvement (PFI) of the project of optimization of Refineries (agree with Shell Global Solution).
• Control the acting of the operation by means of the insurance of the execution of the monthly, weekly program and production; as well as to maintain the programming models and planning with the purpose of reproducing the operation of the refinery.

Éducation

Master, Business Administration
  • à universidad del norte
  • avril 2006

Master Degree

Diplôme supérieur, Administration And Finance
  • à Universidad del Norte
  • mars 2004
Baccalauréat, Chemical Engineering
  • à Universidad Industrial de Santander
  • juin 1993

Specialties & Skills

Business Development Manager
Production Schedules
Project Management
Linear Programming
Production Planning
team working

Langues

Espagnol
Langue Maternelle
Anglais
Expert

Formation et Diplômes

Aspen PIMS: Solving Refinery Planning Problems (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
January 2014
Valide jusqu'à:
January 2014

Loisirs

  • Baseball, soccer, sports
    Baseball winner