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BIRTHDATE: 04 December 1958
MARITAL STATUS: Single
HEALTH: Excellent, non-smoker
PASSPORT: Canadian
EDUCATION: 1982 University of Calgary, Canada - BSc Electrical Engineering
1984 University of Calgary, Canada - MEng Electrical Engineering
MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS: Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA), Canada: P. Eng. (Professional Engineer) since 1984
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE): Member since 1980, was Chairman of the Southern Alberta Section (Canada) for 2 years
LANGUAGES: Fluent in English and Russian (written and spoken), excellent knowledge of technical electrical and instrumentation terminology; often leads technical and business meetings in Russian.
KEY WORDS:
Project engineering and management, electrical and process engineering, project cost control and schedule, business development, electrical network simulation (ETAP), renewable energy projects; variable frequency drives, power generation equipment, transmission line and substation design, relay protection studies, soviet design standards, Russian speaking, technical translations, oil & gas, minerals and metals, FEED (front-end engineering design), drawing procedures, mentoring Russian-speaking engineers.
CAREER HISTORY
WORLEYPARSONS, KAZAKHSTAN
JAN '08 – PRESENT General Manager, Almaty Branch Office
* Reports directly to the in-country President; supports business development primarily in the Power Generation and Minerals and Metals sectors; involved with ongoing tender activities with AGIP KCO (Kashagan field) and with various power generation and renewable energy projects; on-going work in Kazakhstan with on gold and copper mines (Kazakhmys), uranium mines (Inkai), borates and potash mines (Satbor) and with Ferrexpo (large iron ore mine in Ukraine); responsible for the daily operation of the Almaty branch office including HR issues and office expenditures; involved with pre-contract and corporate activities in Kazakhstan.
AUG '07 – DEC '07 Project Manager, Electrical / Power Division, Acting General Manager, Almaty Branch Office
* In the capacity of Project Manager, responsible for Client co-ordination, interfacing and communication of project objectives, preparation draft CTRs (cost time resources) for engineering review and development, develop and monitor agreed project execution plans; direct cost and planning engineers relating to project issues; collated and developed several bid proposals, identify, monitor and communicate critical path activities, interface with lead engineers relating to day to day project engineering issues, collating and developing project status reports, monitoring project growth, monitor project budget, monitor compliance to contract, supervise accounting relating to project issues, develop and issue weekly and monthly project reports as required by the client and internally, progress required information from Client, co-ordinate logistics for client meetings and surveys, review Client comments and approval on issued documents, collate project close out reports, compile and issue lessons learned reports. Presently, four projects are being managed.
* Acting General Manager supports business development in Power Generarion and Minerals and Metals sectors.
KPO B.V., AKSAI, KAZAKHSTAN (KARACHAGANAK FIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT)
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO) is a 40 year joint venture between British Gas, AGIP, Chevron and Lukoil to develop the Karachaganak field (located in northeastern Kazakhstan) which is estimated to contain 1.2 billion tonnes of oil and condensate and 1.35 trillion m3 of gas. The field pressure is 460 bar and contains 4% H2S.
JUN '05 - JUL '07 Project Engineer, Debottlenecking Project, Engineering and Project Management Department
* Project budget: $100 million to end of 2007. Project scope is to de-bottleneck all aspects of the production facilities (two processing plants, sour gas re-injection station and all gathering, trunk and export pipelines) to increase overall capacity to 110% at 95% availability. Main scopes included detailed process simulations (HYSYS and PIPESYM), DCS control system optimisation (Honeywell) and power system modelling and optimisation studies (ETAP). Updating P&IDs, PDFs, preparation of detailed purchase requisitions (heat exchangers, replacement trays for process columns, large diameter high pressure line pipe, valves, pig traps) and contract preparation for vendor representatives and specialised process engineering studies. Reports with recommendations were submitted for management approval for FEED and detailed design using external engineering companies. Responsible for project budget, schedule, reporting, inter-discipline coordination and liaison with external engineering contractors.
AGIP KCO (KAZ. NORTH CASPIAN OPERATING CO.), ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN (KASHAGAN FIELD DEVEL. PROJECT)
Kashagan is a 40 year joint venture between AGIP, the Government of Kazakhstan and various other partners to develop the super-giant Kashagan field (located 80km offshore in the Caspian Sea) which is estimated to contain 13 billion tonnes of oil. The field pressure is 900 bar and contains 20% H2S.
AUG '04 - MAY '05 Project Engineer / Lead Electrical Engineer, Execution Contractor Management Team (ECMT)
* the initial phase of the onshore project concerns the design of the power generation station for the offshore oil field; generation capacity is 245MW @ 40C and will provided by five GE Frame 6B gas turbines and two Nuovo Pignone steam turbines.
* chair and minute weekly progress meetings with the Execution Contractor (EC) and ECMT representatives of the engineering disciplines, track, check and consolidate comments on EC-produced drawings from all engineering disciplines, ensure the timely input of such comments into the web-based document control system, track and resolve in a timely manner all Technical Queries, Change Notices and Company Instructions associated with the detailed design of the power station. Participated in HAZOPs of the Power Station.
* provide technical support to the ECMT during execution of the work; manage, supervise and co-ordinate the execution and approval of the detailed design by the EC; manage the engineering interfaces with AGIP KCO, Kashagan Development Project Contractors (KDPC), third parties and other Package Management Teams.
RTG GROUP, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
APR '04 - AUG '04 Operations Director
* interviewed and recruited senior Russian engineers and translators for oil and gas projects in Russia; worked with representatives of Shell, TNK-BP, Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC); prepared tender documents and personnel contracts in two languages.
TENGIZCHEVROIL LTD JOINT VENTURE, TENGIZ, KAZAKHSTAN (TENGIZ FIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT)
Tengizchevroil is a 40 year joint venture between Chevron, ExxonMobil, LukArco and the Government of Kazakhstan to develop the giant Tengiz oilfield (located on the northeast shore of the Caspian Sea) which is estimated to contain 25 billion barrels of oil. The field pressure is 800 bar and contains 18% H2S.
JAN '97 - MAR '04 Lead Electrical Project Engineer, Facilities Engineering Group
* front-end design and studies for various capital projects; scope definition, preparation of schedules, manhour estimates, budgets, AFE preparation, regulatory issues, russian language translations, fault studies, relay coordination studies, bid evaluations, supervision of local and expatriate engineers and designers.
* project detailed design (all in-house, no outsourcing): crude rail loading facility, crude stabilisation/vapour recovery systems, 35kV overhead lines and substations for new Korolev field development projects ($17 million), design and installation of 4 pre-owned GE Frame 6 (32MW) gas turbine generators ($42 million), sulphur storage and handling facilities, expansion of two 10kV 15MVA substations in existing plant ($10 million), plant power management system, replacement of existing 120MVA 110/10kV soviet-built substation ($30 million), 1600kVA emerergency black start diesel generator, design and installation of new 52MVA GE Frame 6 gas turbine generator set ($26 million).
* project engineering: 35kV overhead power lines and substations for new construction camp ($10 million), construction power supply (double circuit 10kV) power lines to Second Generation Plant (SGP) and Laydown area for Contractors ($3 million), expansion of 110kV switchyard for interconnection to Second Generation Plant (SGP) site ($5 million).
JUL '93 - DEC '96 Lead Electrical Engineer, Plant Operations/Capital Projects Group, EI&C Group
* responsible for electrical and instrumentation estimates, specifications, design and startup of projects within the refinery, DMC (Demercaptanisation) and off-plots areas; primarily retrofits and improvements to existing facilities; also involved with computer modeling and electronic metering of the plant power system.
* design and field engineering duties for Infrastructure projects, oil processing plant, LPG and sulphur plant expansion, export shipping pumps, caustic incinerator, air plant, firewater system, DMC plant; duties included detailed electrical design, work scopes, specifications, startup, liason and supervision of Contractors, preparation of as-built drawings and related documentation for handover to Operations Group.
INTERNATIONAL BECHTEL INC - AHMADI, KUWAIT (IRAQI WAR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT)
MAY '92 - JUL '93 Lead Electrical Engineer, Al-Tameer / Major Projects Group
* modelled entire Kuwait Oil Company power distribution system (over 500 buses), including overcurrent relay coordination and fault/load flow studies based on collected field data; used CAPTOR and ETAP programmes; provided reports, recommendations and cost estimates to upgrade relay protection systems and re-configure electrical systems.
* as part of the reconstruction effort, assigned duties were electrical design, work scopes, specifications for 20 existing oil gathering centres, 4 desalting facilities and 2 gas booster stations; field engineering duties included preparation of damage assessment reports, relay calibration, commissioning and startup, supervision of commissioning teams.
RINDT ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD - CALGARY, CANADA
FEB '92 - MAY '92 * Energy Management Specialist: performed several harmonic resonance, power factor correction and variable frequency drive feasibility studies and corresponding economic evaluations; conducted seminars on similar topics.
DELTA PROJECTS INC - CALGARY, CANADA
JAN '91 - FEB '92 Senior Electrical Engineer, Power and Control Systems
* computer simulation of load flow, fault, large motor starting and power system harmonic studies for four major projects: two Co-generation projects (70 and 110MW) in Ontario; 40MW Dow Chemical ethylene plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta; 25MW Shell gas and sulphur plant in Caroline, Alta.
* design of PLC control system for third train of Amoco Canada Empress Gas Compressor Station; design of electrical system retrofit (2.4kV to 4.16kV) at Amoco Canada East Edmonton Pump Station.
PEACE PIPE LINE LTD - CALGARY, CANADA
Peace Pipe Line operates over 2000km of hydrocarbon liquids pipelines and is able to transport crude oil, NGL, propane, ethane and butane using a batching system through common pipelines. Gathering and pumping systems are remotely controlled over a microwave system from a central control location using RTU, radio and PLC equipment.
APR '88 - JAN '91 Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer, Pipelines and Pumpstations
* Duties included protective device coordination and calibration, PLC configuration and programming, specification of electrical and instrumentation equipment, preparation of bid documents and project estimates, preparation of detailed electrical and instrumentation designs for new and retrofitted pump stations and LACT units including single line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, control panels and switchgear layouts, ladder logic diagrams.
WESTINGHOUSE CANADA INC – INDUSTRY SERVICE DIVISION, CALGARY, CANADA
1985 - 1988 Energy Management Specialist
* performed load research studies and load shedding schemes; power system harmonic studies on systems to 69kV (Westar Mining open pit coal mine); solving power system resonance problems; successful application of capacitors in harmonic environments; project conception to job completion including data gathering, presentation, design, specification, subcontracts, commissioning and startup.
* provided numerous detailed reports and recommendations to customers; conducted educational presentations and seminars.
1982 - 1985 Commissioning Engineer
* duties included thorough testing, commissioning and startup of new electrical facilities and maintenance testing of existing facilities; became proficient at coordination and setup of all types of relays, both electromechanical and solid state.
Computer Literacy Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, ETAP (power system analysis), CAPTOR (relay protection)
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