Amine Plant Conversions for:
Sylvan Lake, 1,500,000 m3/d plant from MEA to MDEA. Included were modifications to 1,050,000 m3/d lean oil and fractionation facilities.
Neptune, increasing capacity from 200,000 m3/d to 350,000 m3/d.
Zama from DEA to Amine Guard ST increasing capacity from 566,000 m3/d to 708,000 m3/d.
Sukunka from DEA to MDEA increasing capacity from 28,000 m3/d to 71,000 m3/d.
Acted as lead process engineer on 2,830,000 m3/d natural gas cryogenic NGL Recovery unit.
Recognised as an industry specialist in the oil retrofitting of Lean Oil absorption systems, having been lead process specialist for modifications to Amoco, Encor, and ANG plants.
Senior project/process engineer on Edmonton and Empress ethane plus recovery straddle plants rated at 8,923,000 m3/d and 62,323,000 m3/d respectively.
Saved or generated $2MM/year on various innovative solutions to operating problems for Dome/Amoco over a 4 year time frame.
Completed entire process design on a very sour (35% H2S) mol sieve dehydrator. Completed detailed process capacity studies for two sour dehydration facilities, including fuel gas generation. These studies provided considerable experience in the problems associated with sour mol sieve dehydration facilities.
Involved in process design 4,000 m3/d liquid CO2 removal from dense phase ethane.
Conducted training classes for field personnel as well as several formal training programs on fractionation, mol sieve dehydration, and amine unit design and operation.
Implemented advanced control techniques for both compression and fractionation facilities.
Involved in programs to reduce amine degradation resulting in design and implementation of a procedure for the removal of amine salts from the solution.
Worked in over 50 natural gas processing facilities in Western Canada.
SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE
SYNERGAS TECHNOLOGIES INC./
WILDEMAN ENGINEERING LTD. 1989 - Present
Troubleshooting of gas processing facilities, detailed process design, gas plants process conversions, improved gas liquids recovery and construction supervision.
FLETCHER CHALLENGE ENERGY CORP. 1990 – Present
Process studies, troubleshooting and small plant modifications for the following plants: Castor, Halkirk, Consort, Brownfield, Kirkpatrick Lake, Sullivan Lake and Sour Goose.
PENNWEST PETROLEUM LTD. 1996 – Present
Extensive modifications in fast track mode to the Minnehik Gas Plant.
Process studies for Minnehik and Alder Flats Plant.
AMERADA HESS CANADA LTD. 1993
Boundary Lake Plant - project involved qualifications and quantification of organic sulphur contaminant levels and identified process options for their removal. Provided direction to provide short-term relief of problem.
ENCOR INC. 1992
Sylvan Lake Plant - project involved capacity determination, debottleneck potential, and Lean Oil system operation. Capacity increased from 1,050,000 m3/d to 1,416,000 m3/d
TALISMAN ENERGY INC. (Formerly BP CANADA) 1989 - 19991
Bullmoose DEA to MDEA conversion process study
Sukunka Gas Plant projects including DEA to MDEA conversion, sour mol sieve plant capacity studies, operator training and extensive operations support.
Pouce Coupe Gas Plant - review of contractor proposals, H2S scavenger system assistance.
West Doe Creek -57,000 m3/d natural gas dehydration unit troubleshooting.
Beatton River Gas Plant - Design and selection of 14,000 m3/d natural gas MDEA skid
Gote - 283,000 m3/d natural gas dehydration unit troubleshooting.
CHAUVCO OIL & GAS LTD. 1989 - 1993
Neptune Gas Plant - Plant capacity study resulting in MEA to MDEA conversion, extensive facility modifications, general plant troubleshooting, plant turnaround and construction supervision and operator training.
AMOCO CANADA PETROLEUM COMPANY LTD. 1988 - 1989
Senior Staff Petroleum Engineer
Developed/reviewed process designs and P&ID's for various projects for the Operating Departments. Assisted operating divisions in solving operational problems including considerable exposure to sour gas operations and design. A major strength is the ability to communicate with plant operators in a "teaching" role, thus improving their general understanding of the facility and the specific problem solving. Periodic supervision of a group of other professionals (9 Process Engineers) was also required.
Completed rigorous simulations of world-scale straddle plant process.
Completed design of sour dehydration facilities.
DOME PETROLEUM LTD., Calgary, Alberta 1984 - 1988
Senior Process Engineer
Converted 2 amine plants to alternate solvent for debottlenecking purposes while providing corrosion protection.
Lead Process Engineer on cryogenic section of Wembley 2,830,000 m3/d plant, which included DEA, expander, an oil gas compression, gas reinjection and C2+ fractionation.
Saved on average throughout this period, $2MM/year on various innovative solutions to operating problems.
Designed complete dehydration unit for a sour gas facility. (35% H2S)
Process Engineer for removal of CO2 from dense phase ethane.
Conducted formal and informal training programs on fractionation, mol sieve dehydration and amine operations.
Process design for expander unit in a 425,000 m3/d gas processing plant.
Senior Staff Engineer 1982 - 1984
Developed process designs for crude production and refining in the Beaufort Sea, considering barge and land based modular equipment.
Participated in the Canadian Petroleum Association committee reviewing Federal Government (COGLA) regulations for offshore production facilities.
Senior Staff Engineer 1981 - 1982
Senior project engineer responsible for technical matters involved in the design, engineering and construction of the Empress II 62,323,000 m3/d Ethane Extraction facility. This included on-site approvals and direction to the EPC contractor from pre-award to P&ID completion.
DOME PETROLEUM LTD., Sarnia, Ontario 1980 - 1981
Plant Engineer - 24,000 m3/d Liquid Equipment Fractionation Facility
Provided engineering support to operations personnel for day-to-day problems in plant, in addition to capital, energy conservation and cost optimisation projects.
Designed and implemented advanced control technology for the facility.
DOME PETROLEUM LTD., Calgary, Alberta 1978 - 1980
Business Development Engineer
Responsible for the conception, initiation and project development of various projects. Primarily responsible for all in-house engineering, as consultants and interfacing with TransCanada Pipelines for the LPG portions of the Gas East Project. This was a major gas market penetration project into Eastern Canada.
Gas Engineer 1976 - 1978
Responsible for all technical matters involved in the design, engineering and construction of the Edmonton 8,923,000 m3/d natural gas ethane extraction facility. Provided on-site approvals and direction to the EPC contractor from the P&ID stage through to start-up.
THE RALPH M. PARSONS CO. LTD. (Now SNC – Lavalin) 1972 - 1976
Process Engineer EPC Contractor
Process designs, plant performance testing, pipeline gathering system design, and computer utilization.