Project/Engineer/Technical Training/Manager. Oil & Gas Production/Transport/Processing

Project/Engineering/Technical Training/ Oil & Gas Production/Transport/Processing. Permanent or Project Contract

1) 3RPS Consultores - Venezuela
Eng. consulting:automation & control, technical training, energy optimization (PINCH Technology / VSDs), asset management. Oil & Gas, petrochemicals, mining and minerals
Position: DIRECTOR / Eng. Consultant
Project highlight: Saudi Aramco / Training programs on ¡§Variable Speed Electric Drives in Oil & Gas as Final Elements of Control and Energy Savings Tools¡¨, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Saudi Aramco - Sabic Eng. personnel).

2) ASEA BROWN BOVERI ( ABB ) - Venezuela
Utilities and Process Industries Automation Systems. Engineering, execution, installation and service, hardware and software (Power, Automation & Control, LV and MV applications).
Position: ENGINEERING DEPT. MANAGER
Project highlight: Artificial Lifting projects. Scope: Power / Automation and Controls. Typical financial scope 20 to 25 MMUSD (fields of > 300 wells, production ave. > 250 MBPD).

3) MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES (MTS), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Engineering / Business Consulting (Process Management, Personnel Training). Technical / Skills training: Operations / Maintenance / Eng./Supervision. Some clients: REPSOL, SHELL, EASTMAN CHEMICALS, IMPERIAL OIL, EXXON, ECOPETROL, TEXACO, AMOCO CHEMICALS, MONSANTO (SOLUTIA).
Position: PROJECT MANAGER / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT


4) WILLIAMS-ENBRIDGE Consortium
Crude Oil Storage and Shipping Terminal - TAEJ, Jose, Venezuela.
Nameplate capacities: Loading: 100 MBbls/hr (per berth / off-shore platform. Blending: 80 MBbls/hr. Shore Storage: 3 MMBbls. Operating target rate 1.2 MMBbls/day
Position: OPERATIONS MANAGER

5) PRECISION VALVE CORP., Yonkers, NY, USA (Venezuelan subsidiary).
Polymer extrusion and molding, coil-coating and stamping of metals, spring making, high speed assembly lines.
Position: TECHNICAL MANAGER

6) TECNICA INDUSTRIAL ROKER, C.A., Caracas, Venezuela.
Manufacturer of vessels (ASME / ANSI / API codes) and structurals (medium to heavy) for the Oil & Gas, Hydro-electric power generation, Telecomms and Automotive.
Position: FOUNDING PARTNER / DIRECTOR ¡V CONSULTANT

7) ORGANOCHEM, C.A., Caracas, Venezuela.
Solvents recovery (batch distillation) from industrial effluents (e.g. Methanol / Ethylene Glycol from Polyester plants.
Position: PLANT MANAGER

-- B.S. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING/ The Univ.of Texas,Austin, Texas, USA
-- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Membership Ref. # 58869
-- American Society for Quality (ASQ).
-- CONTINUAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT:
„y Multiphase Flow
„y Crude Oil: Production, Storage, Blending and Transport
„y Process Automation and Control
„y Processes & Technologies: Analysis, Evaluation and Audit
„y Process Integration / Optimization (¡¥PINCH¡¦ Technology)
„y Process Plant Physical and Functional Checkouts and Start Up
„y Process Documentation (Operations & Maintenance) Write-up and Management
„y Technical Training
„y Maintenance: TQM , TPM and Reliability Based
„y Planning of Manufacturing Resources and Materials
„y Interpersonal Skills (DDI program, Pittsburgh, PA)
„y Chemical Eng. Economics and Management (Finances for Non-Financial Managers)
„y ISO-9000: Fundamentals and Implementation
„y Polymers: Manufacture and Processing (various subjects under this title)

PUBLICATIONS Ref.s
1 --¡§Integration of Surface and Downhole Equipment on a Common Low Voltage (LV) Platform for Cost-effective Solutions in Artificial Lifting of Crude Oil ¡¨ L. Piccini, R. Fornez, M. Suarez. Asea Brown Boveri, S.A., ABB-Venezuela. PENNWELL PETROLEUM GROUP MULTIPHASE PUMPING and TECHNOLOGIES. Seminar, Short Courses and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, February 2004

2 -- ¡§Capital, Operating and Maintenance Cost Reductions via Low Voltage (LV) Applications in Artificial Lifting of Crude Oil ¡¨, X ACIPET CONGRESS (Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers), Bogotá, Colombia, October 2003.

3 --¡§Installing Training System Provides Pattern for Global Expansion¡¨, HYDROCARBON PROCESSING magazine, Nov. 1998.(Article on Eastman Chemicals Spain PET Plant Project)

4 --¡§Training Workers Better, Faster and Cheaper ¡§. FORTUNE magazine, Sept. 9, 1996 (Feature article on Eastman Chemicals Spain PET Plant Project).