Houston, Texas, United States
Chemical engineer with extensive experience in turnarounds/start-ups, process improvement, and pushing technological boundaries. A consistent track record of maximizing profitability while maintaining safe and reliable operation. Particularly interested in Hydroprocessing & the production/utilization of hydrogen, along with the associated catalytic and reactor technologies.
North American team lead for hydroprocessing proposals & studies on a wide variety of grassroots and revamp applications, including: • HydroFlex® = Maximized SAF and/or RD yields and reliable performance from even the harshest renewable oil feedstocks • Polyshift™ = Maximized diesel volume gain and catalyst cycle length expansion • Aroshift™ = Maximized FCC profitability through upgraded FCC feed pre-treatment • HyOctane™ = Maximized octane number from FCC gasoline post-treatment • HPNA Trim™ = Maximized jet + diesel yield from full-conversion hydrocracking • HydroTech™ = A full suite of hydroprocessing catalyst + reactor internals + technology options to effectively meet any process objective Responsibilities include close coordination with R&D, technology licensing, process + mechanical engineering, and clean fuels/renewables technical service teams.
Primarily involved with Topsoe's Polyshift™ and HydroFlex® hydroprocessing technologies for the production of conventional diesel, renewable diesel (RD), or sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), including: • Grassroots & revamp project proposals, studies, and reactor design packages • Reaction kinetics & catalyst load strategies • New equipment specifications & existing equipment evaluations (reactors, vessels, columns, heat exchangers, pumps, etc.) • Process safety & depressurization systems analysis • Unit start-up support & performance evaluations • Operational support & margin/reliability upgrades
Various experiences at Imperial's Strathcona Refinery in technical/operations/turnaround support and process development/improvement in Hydroprocessing (diesel/jet/gasoline/naphtha), Naphtha Reforming + hydrogen systems, Crude Distillation (A&V), Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC), HF-Alkylation, Butane Isomerization, and Sulfur Recovery Refinery Coordinator highlights include: • Lead Supply Scheduler, managing crude slate & unit operation strategies to maximize site profitability • Guided Strathcona through multiple internal/external disruptions while mitigating financial impact • Aided other refinery with intermediates supply through unplanned crude unit outage for >$4M profit
Highlights include: • Technical Lead for 2021 Crude Unit turnaround • Substantially increased Naphtha Reformer profitability through new operating strategies & catalyst upgrades • Extensive improvements in operating complex's risk-reduction portfolio
Highlights include: • Capitalized upon gasoline/diluent/diesel opportunity windows for greatly increased site profitability • Record site energy performance two years in a row • Several OPEX reductions through hydrogen system improvements & optimizations