Senior Process Engineer

As an experienced professional (22 years), my expectations are related to expand my career in Petrochemical and Oil and Refining Process Projects and Research & Development business.

Petrochemical
 Process Engineer / Process Superintendent: Basic and detailed Engineering for HDPE plant debottlenecking from 60.000 to 100.000 Ton/year. Mass and energy balances. Calculations of pumps, heat exchangers, compressors and other process related equipment. Impact = 700,000 USD/year. Engineering Coordination of the Second Reliability Test of FertiNitro for the World Bank.
 Cathodic protection EPC Project manager for Plastilago polyethylene plant.
 Research & Development Specialist: development of procedure to n-hexane drying, used for Ziegler-Natta synthesis of LLDEP/HDPE; Impact: savings of 50 K$/year.
 Research & Development Specialist: mathematical simulation of HDPE drying section of the production plant  impact =1.0 MMUSD/year.
 Research & Development Specialist: technical and financial analysis for Plastilago plant extruders substitution  impact = additional 12 Kton/year of premium HDPE grade.
 Project Manager: 7.0 MMUS$ EPC project at Fertinitro to fulfill World Bank environmental standards and regulations. Management of 150 people EPC group. IPC Impact = 2.500.000 USD/year cost reduction + World Bank regulations fulfillment.
 QA/QC Superintendent: Laboratory accredtitation through ISO 17025:2005. Customers services & negotiation  impact =100.000 USD/year.
 Technology Production Superintendent: To support project definition, construction and operation of a Center for Research, Development and Innovation for Pequiven and its affiliates.
Petroleum - Enhanced Oil Recovery – Gelling systems.
 Research & Development Professional: experimental data base development for Multigel® technology.
 Research & Development Professional - Project Leader: hydro soluble polymers and gelling systems for water injection/production profiles control in oil wells. Design and succesfull execution of the first pilot field-test in Latin America using gelling systems for water production control in three PDVSA oil wells.
 Research & Development Professional: Mathematical modeling for Fluid flow through porous media.
University
 Research Assistant: Coke gasification project, Natural gasoline reforming using a clay based catalyst.
 Professor IUPSM: Plant design, Combustibles and Fluid Mechanics.

1979-1987 La Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Zulia.
 Chemical Engineer.
1988-1992 La Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Zulia.
 Magíster Scientiarum
 Chemical Engineering (Heterogeneous Catalysis)
2000-2001 Project Management – Universidad Católica Andrés Bello/CIED