Process Engineer - Eduardo Carrera

Design and modeling of oil and gas process equipments, and project evaluation to optimize the production.

Repsol, Exploration and Production. Lima, Peru Sep 08 - today
Facilities Engineer
Contribution in the phases of visualization, conceptualization and definition of hydrocarbon projects. Participation in the FEED stage of Kinteroni gas project. Conceptual design of transportation and processing facilities. Survey in the construction of process facilities. Preparation of development plans, Capex and Opex estimations.
1. Early development of Kinteroni project and transportation of natural gas and NGLs. Block 57, Peru. Basic Engineering, FEED phase, long lead items procurement, pipeline design and hydraulic simulations, etc. Aug 09 - today
2. Screening for the development of Mapi and Mashira at Block 57. Visualization of alternatives for the development of wet gas fields, process simulations and design, cost estimations, project schedule, cargo and personnel movement.
3. Development of project for heavy oil processing and transportation. Block 39, Peru. Conceptual Engineering, process facilities and pipelines for Raya 4X extended well test.
4. New Visualization for the development of heavy crude oil fields at Block 39. Analysis of synergies such as transportation and processing alternatives, Capex and Opex estimations, process equipments design and simulations.

Tecna SA. Lima, Peru Nov 07 – Aug 08
Process Engineer
Engineering and technical assistance services for petroleum and natural gas
industries. Elaboration of data sheet and calculation memory of process equipments.
Process design and simulation. Elaboration of PFD, UFD and P&ID
1. “Precommissioning, Commissioning and Start-up of NGL fractionation plant”. Pisco, Peru. Technical assistance (construction phase). As built engineering drawing validation.
2. “Reinjection of produced water”. Pluspetrol Norte, Block 1AB, Peru. Basic and detailed engineering, and technical assistance in the facilities.
3. “Process equipment replacement at the PDU/VDU Talara’s Refinery”. Conceptual engineering and process simulations.
4. “Gas Compression station for the Parinas project”. Basic and detailed engineering.

Inspectra SA. Lima, Peru Feb - Jul 05
Process Engineer
Engineering projects in mining, petroleum and chemical industries. Process design and simulation. Engineering calculus with specialized engineering softwares. HAZOP analysis. Devising of PFD, UFD and P&ID.

University of Puerto Rico (USA), M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, May 2007 (GPA: 4.0/4.0)
Graduate thesis work: “Novel separation methods for removing copper and nanoparticles from Chemical Mechanical Planarization wastewater”
Highlights: Removal of Cu(II) and aluminosilicate nanoparticles by means of coagulation and filtration. Solid-liquid phase separation.
Research developed at the University of Arizona and University of Puerto Rico.
Oral presentation and paper: 2007 AICHE Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah.
8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering. Montreal, Canada

Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (Lima, Peru), BS in Chemical Engineering, December 2003 (GPA: 4.0/4.0).
Undergraduate thesis work: “Technological development to produce nectar of Papaya”
Highlights: An alternative way to produce nectar. Conceptual engineering design, equipment design and cost evaluation.
Oral Presentation: X Latin American Chem. Eng. Congress. Bogota, 2004.