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MS/BS Petroleum Engineering
- University of Southern California - 1977
- Colorado School of Mines-1973
Postgrad - Civil/Arctic Eng, Univ. Alaska - 1978
- Computer Science, UH & HCC - 1989-93
Member ASME, SPE
REGISTRATIONS
OPITO Offshore Safety Certificate TE_080310034221
EU SafePass H&S Awareness SP2/473/289319/0807
Registered Professional Engineer
Texas No. 63198
Alaska No. EP4783
Colorado No. 15725
Kelly Engineering Services - (1 Year) – Project Controls & Strategy - Houston, TX
Development Planning Lead – Shell E&P - Utilized broad experience in interfacing with personnel from Exploration and Field Development through Power and Process for developing Strategy & Plans in confidential multi-billion dollar Unconventional Oil projects. Set-up Centralized Primavera system for all projects in division and trained personnel in use. Developed concise summary of key deliverables and critical management decisions to assure accelerated projects.
Intec Engineering - (1 Year) – Supervising Engineering Specialist / Project Manager - Houston, TX
Interface Manager – Chevron "Frade Field Development Project" FPSO-Subsea-Pipelines FEED design for 3610-foot (1100-m) water depth in the North Campos Basin, Brazil. The initial "Facilities" will be 4 gas-lift assisted production and 4 water-injection subsea wells, all tied-back to a FPSO processing facility. Oil will be offloaded to Suezmax and VLCC trading tankers and gas will be exported to the Roncador Pipeline. Another 3-9 production and 2-3 injection wells will be drilled, completed and tied-back later (max 13 production and 7 injection wells).
Estimating for BHP Billiton Shenzi Subsea/Pipelines Pre-feasibility Engineering project in 4375-foot (1333-m) water depth in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. The subsea development will include up to 32 wells, including both 10K and 15K production trees, and water injection trees, all tied back to a dedicated host vessel.
Offshore Projects Engineer – FPL – Long Island Offshore Wind Park (LIOWP) Project - Advised cost savings and redesign for Offshore Wind Farm Installation Projects. Evaluated alternate Installation and Engineering contractors. Trained and mentored engineers.
GE Wind Energy, LLC - (1 Year)
Offshore Projects Engineer
Advised cost savings and redesign for Offshore Wind Farm Installation Projects and Offshore O&G Platform to Wind Turbine Generation (WTG) Conversions. Evaluated alternate Installation and Engineering contractors. Supervised WTG Foundation R&D Conceptual Studies.
Gunfleet Sands Wind Farm Project, Thames Estuary, England
Arklow Sands Wind Farm Project, Irish Sea, Ireland
Dual-Based at Houston, TX and Greenville, SC with field assignment in SE Ireland
KBR (Subsidiary Halliburton) – (3 Years)
Project Control (Cost & Planning)
Supervised one to three project control personnel in ConocoPhillips/CPC and BP projects. Planned schedules, expedited procurement, and prepared Progress and Manhour Metrics on other projects.
LNG FEED and EPC Schedules for Indonesia, Venezuela and Qatar
Exxon/Mobil Mogas Desulphurization Projects, Billings, MT; Beaumont, TX & Lake Charles, LA
EBI Industries, Inc. Suez 180,000 MTPY Ammonia Complex Proposal
Shell Chemicals Olefins Feed Hydrotreater (OFH) Project, Mobile Site, SaraLand, Alabama
BP Project Future, Texas City, Texas, Petrochemical Units Automation Modernization project
ConocoPhillips/CPC K-Resin Rebuild Project, Houston Chemical Complex; & Unit 40 Revamp, Borger, TX
Tampa Electric Company (TEC) Polk (Gas fired) Plant Expansion, Unit 3 Addition, Mulberry, Florida
CONTRACT WORK @ SEVERAL COMPANIES (See Below) (2 Years)
Senior Management Consultant
OCEANEERING INTL., INC. (GAS Unlimited contract) Houston, TX
Audited, corrected/updated EPC Schedule, Progress Measurement & Procurement, and coordinated with subcontractors for Legendre MOPU Jackup Project for LPT Oil Development in NW Australia.
Oceaneering International, Inc. Legendre MOPU Jackup & Subsea Tie-In Project for NW Australia
STONE & WEBSTER (Enscicon contract), Denver, Colorado, USA
Audited, corrected/updated construction schedule, integrated subcontractor schedules, and loaded Craft Manpower & Resources for Cordova Cogen Power Plant site (Illinois).
Cordova Energy Company, LLC Cordova Energy Center, Cordova, IL. 600 MW Cogen Plant
GENERAL ELECTRIC (Team Associates contract), Slough, London, England, UK
Prepared TISZA Retrofit II (GEII & ABB joint venture) Steam Power Plant Integrated Proposal Schedule.
AES TISZA Power Company GE International/ABB 820 MW TISZA Revamp II proposal, Hungary
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP (AEI, Inc. contract), Houston, TX, USA
Developed SAP, IS Dept. & Corporate Resources/Projects Prioritization/Planning Systems
In January 1999, at the Equistar LaPorte plant, I was instrumental in putting the overbudget & behind-schedule Natural Gas Project II and Flex Feed Projects back on-schedule by getting teams working efficiently. Provided Houston Facilities Planning & Construction Expedition.
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP
Equistar LaPorte Ethylene plant, Natural Gas II and Flex Feed Turnaround Projects
One Houston Center, Houston Facilities Planning and Construction Expedition
Web-Site Based - IS Dept. Resources Planning & Project Prioritization System
1999 Corporate Capital Budget Prioritization, Cash-Flow & Resources Planning
BECHTEL (Team Associates contract), Houston, TX, USA
Planned Camisea Gas Project (Peru), which was canceled by client, Shell.
SILVERTECH SYSTEMS, INC., Houston, Texas, USA
Directed 26 personnel, organized, developed and guided all Fiber Optical Cable Multiplex Control Systems & Remote Power Modules projects for Petrochemical Plants, Offshore & Subsea in USA division.
Huntsman Chemical, Port Neches, TX - Control Systems (GMR/Graphics) T/A Updates
Shaffer - Deepwater Surface & Subsurface UPS and Control Systems (8 vessels)
Santa Fe Drilling - Deepwater Drilling Vessels Control Systems (3 Vessels)
MODEC - Pemex Floating Production Vessel Control Systems
STONE & WEBSTER (6 years)
Project Controls
Responsible for Project MIS design, set-up, maintenance and Due Diligence. Audited and established standards for, and created, maintained and supervised effective Cost, Finance, Documents and Schedule Project Controls for International & Domestic Power, Pipeline, Petrochemical & Refinery projects. Simultaneous projects ranged from simple small local projects, to the 4 billion US$ TPPI multinational project. During this TPPI project, directed the Planning at 9 locations in 7 countries, participated in Risk Analysis, Due Diligence reviews and Cost Control, and produced periodic Executive Financial Metrics and Status Reports. The TPPI project was the largest at-risk project that S&W had undertaken. When the End-1997 Asian Money Crisis forced shutdown of the project during the middle of construction, S&W did not suffer a negative cash flow, due to the anticipatory contract payment terms that always covered the "Contract Cancellation Liability" at any time. Set-up the Cash Flow and Liability Cost Analysis System before the project started. Was usually assigned to the highest-risk largest projects from their conception, or to recover small/medium projects already behind schedule and/or over budget. - Based at Houston, TX and assigned at Korea, New Brunswick & England. Process studies & proposals for ethanol facility in Hawaii, gas-processing facilities in Texas & Pennsylvania, & pesticide plant in Texas.
Senior Principal Project Controls Engineer
PT Trans-Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (subsidiary PT Tirtamas Majutama) - Main Contract Project team for a "Grass-roots" EPC of a 3 Million MTPY Petrochemical Complex in Tuban province, Java, Indonesia. The Main Contract Project had overall project coordination responsibilities including downstream units, and lump-sum supervision responsibilities for the following EPC projects: He set-up and coordinated update of an Inter-Project Interface Milestones Table. He established scheduling standards, and integrated all project schedules. He reviewed and coordinated planning between all the domestic and international offices. He prepared or assisted in writing the monthly and weekly project reports, Cash-Flow analysis and Special Reviews. He also went to Milton Keynes, England detailed-design office.
Thai Petrochemical Industry Co., Ltd. (TPI) - 16,430 BPSD Deep Catalytic Cracking (DCC) Plant (officially called the Lube Waste Treatment Project) - TPI Refinery Complex, Rayong, Thailand. This grass-roots EPCM project for 110,000 MTPY Propylene, 98,956 MTPY LPG, 177,456 MTPY Napthas, 102,200 MTPY Diesel, 116,000 Fuel Oil, 45,411 MTPY LCO, 28,365 MTPY Isobutylene and 25,000 MTPY Ethylene.
Tenneco Gas Transportation Co., Houston, TX - Compressor Stations Repowering Projects in TX, KY & MS
Full Design for Compressor Stations Revamps
He created/updated Summary and Detailed Integrated Engineering, Procurement and Construction EPC schedules, as well as the EMS cost analysis program, the DDSR (disciplines' deliverables control document), change orders, & Definitive Cost Estimate/Budget. Detailed Progress Analysis was made on critical activities.
JGC (Japan)/Singapore International Petrochemical - PCS2 Ethylene Plant, Singapore, New Plant Design
Created the Summary, Milestone and Detailed Integrated Engineering and Design Schedules, as well as the DDSR disciplines' deliverables control document, and the Definitive Cost Estimate & Budget.
Refinery at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada - Dehexanizer EPC Project
Assisted in setting up the schedule per new standards established with the client.
DuPont, Orange, Texas - Sabine River Ethylene Plant, Cold Section Revamp Phase I/IB PDP/Estimate
Modified/utilized new standardized integrated project controls system, which he developed in the Maoming project (below), in the same fashion, although on a monthly basis. This project control system also included a Procurement Schedule. Created & integrated the detailed Phase II integrated Engineering/Design, Material (E&P), & Construction (Pre-Turnover and Turnover) schedules, "Punch List" & definitive cost estimate.
JGC/China Petro-Chemical Intl., Inc. / SINOPEC - Maoming 300,000 MTPY Ethylene Plant
Developed and taught other Stone & Webster personnel, a new standardized integrated project controls system to be utilized by all future Stone & Webster projects. In conjunction with the project manager, project engineer and leads, he reviewed the contract documents, and developed/used the Scope of Work Deliverables list, Contract Deadlines List, and Initial Project Manhours Estimate (Budget) based on the new Work Breakdown Structure standard. He developed and bi-weekly updated the CPM schedule, integrated data with the Engineering Management System (EMS) and Document Control Engineering Deliverables list, and generated reports/schedules for the management and leads. The weekly project progress meetings and bi-weekly status meetings were supplemented with "Punch Lists" and communications with management/staff to assure a timely/efficient completion. He integrated the S&W sub-projects, the Process Design Package (PDP) and the Advanced Control System (ACS), with the customer's detailed design, procurement and construction needs.
Thai Olefins Co., Inc. - Thai Olefins Plant and GHU & BHU Addendum Projects
Expanded, redesigned and updated both the Exim Procurement and DCS bar chart schedules. He maintained the total olefins plant schedule. Developed & maintained the additional schedules for GHU and BHU projects.
Chevron, Beaumont, Texas - Ethylene Unit 1544 Expansion (Phase I)
Maintained and bi-weekly updated the Phase I Master Schedule and reports. He developed, and daily updated, MTO, Estimate and Punch list/schedules, coordinating with engineering & procurement leads & management.
Peninsular Gas - GPP4 Malaysian Utilization, 250 MMSCF/D Gas Treatment Plant Expansion
Overseas at Seoul, Korea office, Mr. Brown developed, merged, resource-loaded and corrected engineering, procurement & construction subproject schedules for the separate Stone & Webster, Hyundai and Percon company responsibilities under a master schedule. He interfaced with non-standard computer network equipment, produced bar-chart schedules, work package schedules, time-scaled logic diagrams, and reports.
Confidential Client, Canada - New Brunswick Refinery Instrument Modernization
Developed construction-driven engineering schedule by integrating Engineering & Construction schedules. He coordinated with Engineering & Construction managers & schedulers, & recommended schedule changes.
CONTRACT WORK @ SEVERAL COMPANIES (See Below) (2 Years)
Senior Management Consultant (Project Control, Estimating, Controller, IT Mgr., Safety Dir., Proposals, etc.)
NORTHERN ENGINEERING (1 Year)
Chief Estimator, Project Control and Project Engineering - Cogen Power Projects - Developed/used integrated computer network to provide management with Project Proposal Estimates, Change Order Cost Control & Refutation, Risk Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis, Reports & Planning, Expedited Projects and field start-up.
Chief Estimator
Made Total Installed Cost (TIC) Engineering, Procurement and Construction estimates, using a database of historical costs with inflation, bid quotations, factored costs and standard references. Created and maintained an International Reference Library of regulations, costs and general information. Using Lotus 1-2-3 and estimating computer programs, he established a standardized estimating format, based on a new Work Breakdown Structure, which greatly improved the quality of, and minimized time for, estimates.
Order Of Magnitude Or Factored Estimates - for Conceptual Studies for the following:
Enron Power Corporation - International Cogeneration (150 to 2,500 MW) Power Plants for Burcena and Santurce, Spain; Panama; BASF, Germany; England; and Argentina
* Saranac, NY Cogeneration Plant
* Union Oil, Indonesia - Cogeneration Plant Addition to Petrochemical Plant & Refinery
* Coal Gasification Plant Studies
* Pyrolysis Furnace Studies for Petrochemical, Biomass or Tire Fuels
* Gas Compressors Stations
* Gas Treatment Plants
40+ Detailed EPC Total-Inclusive Lump Sum Proposals for power plants, w/ cash-flow/ proforma analysis, based on MTO's, risk analysis, bid quotations, inflated historical costs, or factored costs
* Minnegasco, St. Paul, Minnesota - University of Minnesota Gas Cogeneration Plant
* Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia - Gas Turbine Pre-cooling Power-Supplement Retrofit
* Farmington, NM Electrical Utility Cogeneration Units
* Northern California Power Authority - Two (2) California Cogeneration Plants
* Northern Canadian Power Lykes Pasco and Umatilla, FL - Cogeneration Plants
* Saranac, NY Cogeneration Plant
* COBISHA Texas II Cogeneration Plant
* Cogen Technology, Venezuela, Two (2) Cogeneration Plant Sites for Petrochemical Plants
* Rahr Malt Brewery, Michigan, Cogeneration Plant
* Schenley Brewery, Toronto, Canada, Cogeneration Plant
Detailed Change Order Take-Off Estimates
Principal Project Control Engineer
Created 28 cogeneration power, single power and pyrolysis furnace proposal schedules. Responsible for generation of tabular reports, bar chart schedules, analytical reports, and maintenance/update of schedule for:
University of Syracuse, NY - Orange GAS 225 MW Cogeneration Project
Project Engineer
Expedited and created/implemented a new quality control system in engineering/design drawings for the constructability/feasibility & definitive take-offs for the then "world's largest" cogeneration project:
Enron Power Corporation, Teesside, England - 775 MW Cogeneration Power Plant
ESTIMATORS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, Texas
Scheduler; Project Control Manager, Comptroller; Estimator, Computer Network Supervisor; Office Manager; Safety Director; Backup Project Manager; and Backup Superintendent
BROWN & ROOT - International Power & Infrastructure Projects - Estimates Quality & Risk Analysis
AMERICAN REF-FUEL – Schedule 3 Refuse Disposal-Conversion Power Generation EPC projects
Harris Associates Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, - Church Street Station & Main Street Development $30 million Casino, Project Control Manager, Comptroller, Estimator, Safety Director, IT Supervisor & Office Manager
HAWKER SIDDELEY POWER ENGINEERING (1 year)
Chief Estimator; Proposals Coordinator; Project Control Engineer
Cogen Power Projects - Established integrated network historical/design/proposal/forecast projects MIS system. As Chief Estimator and Proposals Coordinator, prepared about 25 detailed EPC total-inclusive lump sum proposals for cogeneration and single cycle power plants, with cash flow and proforma analysis, based on MTO's, risk analysis, bid quotations, inflated historical costs, or factored costs. He established a new standard integrated cost gathering and historical cost retrieval computer system going across all company departments. He also made detailed change order take-off estimates for 12 projects.
As a Project Controls Engineer, he prepared schedules for 5 Cogen & Single Cycle power plant proposals.
BROWN & ROOT (1 year)
Scheduler
BRITOIL, LTD., (NOW BP), Glasgow, Scotland, UK (3 years)
Lead Senior Project Engineer
Lead Senior Reservoir/Petroleum/Project Engineer in the Asset Appraisal and Development team of the Reservoir Engineering section of the Britoil Petroleum Engineering Department – He directed the Planning/Scheduling, Alternate Development Design and Analysis for the $4 billion Bruce Oil and Gas Condensate Field, North Sea Development. Analysis included Compositional Reservoir Modeling. Analyses included being official company representative for Intercompany/Government Development, Technical and Unitization meetings. He directly participated in the analysis of the development of scenarios for, and financial/production/cash-flow analysis for:
BELCO CORPORATION, Talara, Peru (South America) – (2 Years)
Chief Engineer (Lead Engineering/Project Manager)
Supervised 86 engineers, 30 designers, 100 contracting companies and crews in a field operation with 20,000 direct/indirect employees, with all of Peru's offshore oil/gas production, oil/gas distribution and offshore terminal facilities, pipe-coating plant, hospital, living quarters, 96 ships/barges, compressor and pump stations, power plant, road/air-strip maintenance, water lines, piers, port facilities, onshore and offshore pipe-laying and construction facilities, 9 drilling rigs, refinery support, communications system, etc. Oil production was increased from 12 to 45 Mbbls/day. Installed 14 platforms/year in up to 420' water depth, and maintained a massive emergency aid effort during the worst flood in Peru's history. Company's profits were doubled, although the oil and gas prices halved. Analyzed Reservoirs and introduced & trained staff in new Completion designs & methods.
CONOCOPHILLIPS, Houston, Texas – (3 Years)
Senior Petroleum Engineer
EXXON COMPANY, USA, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – (1 YEAR)
Sr. Project/Petroleum (Drilling/Production) Engineer out of Anchorage, Alaska office
SAUDI ARAMCO, Saudi Arabia – (1 Year)
Engineer III (Sr. Drilling/Completions/Testing Engineer) at Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
FLUOR CORPORATION, Irvine, California – (4 years)
Subsea/Petroleum Reservoir/Drilling/Completions Engineer
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