Paul Miclea

Senior Turbomachinery Engineer at GE Oil & Gas

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

About

- Resourceful, self-motivated and detail-driven project team leader with over 35 years of experience in the Oil & Gas Industry gained on Upstream, Refinery and Petrochemical Engineering and Construction projects. Strong expertise in Static and Rotating equipment design, fabrication, installation, pre-commissioning, commissioning, plant start-up, maintenance and turnarounds. - Project team leader with extensive expertise in Conceptual, Basic, Front End and Detailed Engineering Design, EPC, EPCC, LSTK projects, with specific experience on several Refinery and Petrochemical Units including: Gas/Oil Separation, LNG/NGL Recovery, Oil Desalting and Stabilization, Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation, Fluid Catalytic Cracking, Hydro-Cracking, Catalytic Reforming, Isomerization, Hydro-treating (Naphtha, Diesel, Kerosene), Delayed Coker, Sulphur Recovery, Naphtha Ethylene Crackers, Ethylene Production, Air Separation Units, etc. - Key Skills: Environmental and Safety Improvement Initiatives ♦ Front End and Detailed Engineering Design ♦ Project WBS, Planning, Scheduling and Execution ♦ Strategic and Tactical Project Planning ♦ Tendering / Designing ♦ Budget Estimation and Implementation and Project Cost Control ♦Time Management and Multiple Task Prioritization ♦ Risk Assessment and Risk Management ♦ Quality Assurance and Audit performance ♦ Process and Performance Improvements ♦ Customer, Vendor and Stakeholders Satisfaction. - In-depht engineering expertise with a variety of rotating equipment such as: ♦Steam Turbines (Elliott, Dresser-Rand, Coppus, Terry, Siemens, Hitachi) ♦ Gas Turbines (Hyundai H-25GT, GE-NP Frame6, Tumanski R13-300, RollsRoyce RB211-535E4) ♦ Turbo-expanders (Atlas-Copco, GE-NP, Hyundai, Cryostar) ♦ Reciprocating Compressor (GE-NP, Thomassen, Ingersoll Rand, NEA, Burkhardt, Hoerbriger) ♦ Centrifugal Compressor (GE-NP, Ingersoll Rand, MAN, Hitachi, Ariel, etc.) ♦ Multistage process pump (Sulzer, Flowserve, KSB, Ingersoll Rand, Weir-Gabbionetta.

Experience

  • Senior Turbomachinery Engineer - Turboexpander / Compressor Expert at GE Oil & Gas
    Aug 2015 - Present · 11 yrs

    1. Inspect and analyse all the GE rotating equipment installed on site. 2. Assist the fully dismantle of the gas compressors, steam turbines, turbo-expanders, during major overhauls, and looking for damaged parts. 3. Preparing the inspection reports and recommendation reports regarding necessary spare parts. 4. Assist the start-up of the machinery after major overhauls. 5. Improve the overall performance of the turbomachinery. 6. Managing a group of engineers and technicians during turnaround or major overhauls in order to execute all the necessary maintenance operation according with the schedule. 7. Responding to breakdowns, evaluate and diagnose the machinery faults, find the best repair solutions and assist repairing activities related to critical equipment. 8. Offering technical expertise to the engineers, supervisors and technicians during maintenance activities related to the rotating equipment on site.

  • Commissioning Mechanical Engineer at Staatsollie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.
    Dec 2014 - Jul 2015 · 8 mos

    Commissioning and Start-up Engineer for Refinery Expansion Project (REP) -Managing and execute various project EPC activities concerning mechanical equipment (static, rotating, packaging); -Ensuring necessary coordination with EPC contractors, PMC consultants, including the provision of necessary inputs and engineering deliverable; -Coordinating all the activities related to the main compressors K-3001A,B / K-3002A,B / K-5301 / K-5302, start-up and performance test; -providing technical assistance to Operation and trouble-shooting to difficult start-up and run tests

  • Senior Mechanical Engineer / Vibration Analyst Level 3 at Neste Oil Netherlands B.V.
    Apr 2011 - Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    1.Created Preventive Maintenance Master Plan and Schedule, maintenance procedures, working instructions and methods related to rotating equipment; 2.Created Preventive Maintenance strategies for rotating equipment based on Criticality Matrix and Asset Management Standards (ISO 55000 and PAS55) in cooperation with Marco van der Hout (NOIL MM); 3.Performed Criticality Study for ranking all rotating equipment to be used for preventive maintenance master plan and schedule (cooperation with Neste Oil Finland); 4.Responded to breakdowns, evaluate and diagnosed faults, found best repair solutions and assisted repairing activities related to critical equipment; 5.Offered technical expertise to maintenance supervisor, foreman and technicians during repairing activities; 6.Evaluated, expertise and repair the damaged foundation of the GE-NP Recycle Gas reciprocating compressors (in cooperation with EMHA NV); 7.Evaluated, expertise and repair the piping system belong GE-NP Recycle Gas reciprocating compressor affected by high vibration (cooperation with Technip Rome); 8.Evaluated, expertise and improve the design for the suction/discharge valves and packing rod for GE-NP compressors (H2S and Recycle Gas)in cooperation with NP Firenze and Cozzani-Italy; 9.Evaluated, expertise and found solutions for MIC corrosion inside of Emergency Safety Shower piping system; 10.Evaluated, expertise and repair Emergency Release Coupling- components and performed detailed maintenance to the Kanon marine loading arms; 11.Offered technical expertise for B&KV vibration monitoring system used for daily evaluation of health of reciprocating compressors; 12.Implemented SKF @ptitude Analyst system for Machine Condition Monitoring and used within preventive maintenance program based on Asset Condition Monitoring (cooperation with Neste-Oil Finland and SKF).

  • Technip Italy (4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Mechanical Commissioning Superintendent
      Apr 2010 - Apr 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

      1.Coordinated pre-commissioning team (4 supervisor and 17 technicians) of Technip-IREM during B2G project execution; 2.Coordinated all the vendor representatives during pre-commissioning, site tests and activities; 3.Created and executed the Master Schedule Plan for pre-commissioning of 976 rotating equipment and electrical motors (3 GE-NP reciprocating compressors, 1 Neumann-Esser reciprocating compressor, 7 air compressor Ingersoll Rand, 317 process pumps (Flowserve, KSB, MiltonRoy, Weir Gabbioneta ,etc., 20 submersible sump pump, 20 side mixers Milton Roy, 46 top side mixers, 22 air fin fan coolers, 570 different power-electric motors); 4.Prepared, implemented and supervised application of pre-comm procedures, work instruction and alignment methods used for all specific rotating equipment; 5.Prepared, implemented and supervised application of pre-comm procedures, work instruction and alignment methods used for all specific rotating equipment; 6.Offered technical engineering expertise to the Technip / IREM supervisor, IREM / RES foreman and technicians during execution of pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up activities related to the rotating equipment; 7.Responding to faults found in execution of pre-commissionning and start-up activities, analyzed and found best technical solution and supervised execution; 8.Supervised all the Solo-Run test performed with electrical motors and prepared all the handover documents; 9.Supervised all the activities connected to the oil flushing of compressors and piping belong oil system and complete reinstatement of piping system; 10.Supervised the full execution of alignment program applied to specific rotating equipment and solved the punch list problems; 11.Supervised all the specific activities related to the rotating equipment during commissioning and start-up program; 12.Developed, implemented and supervised the Lubrication Program during pre-commissioning activities.

    • Mechanical Commissioning Superintendent
      Mar 2007 - Apr 2010 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      1.Coordinated pre-commissioning team (8 supervisor and 100 technicians) Technip/CCC/Saudi Aramco during KGP project execution; 2.Coordinated all the vendor representatives during pre-commissioning, site tests and activities; 3.Created and executed the Master Schedule plan for pre-commissioning of 5145 rotating equipments and 2570 electrical motors (12 GE-NP centrifugal compressors, 2 RotoFlow turboexpanders, 4 GE-NP steam turbine, 9 Howden hot gas blowers, 1079 process pumps (Flowserve, KSB, MiltonRoy, Goulds,etc., 94 submersible sump pump, 84 top side mixers, 316 air fin fan coolers, 2750 different power- electric motors); 4.Prepared, implemented and supervised application of pre-comm procedures, work instruction and alignment methods used for all specific rotating equipment; 5.Prepared, implemented and supervised application of pre-comm procedures, work instruction and alignment methods used for all specific rotating equipment; 6.Offered technical engineering expertise to the Technip/CCC/Saudi Aramco supervisor, Saudi Aramco/CCC foreman and technicians during execution of pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up activities related to the rotating equipment; 7.Responding to faults in execution of pre-comm and start-up activities, analyzed and found best technical solution and supervised repair execution;; 8.Supervised all the Solo-Run test performed with electrical motors and verified & certified all the handover documents; 9.Supervised all the activities connected to the oil flushing of the compressors and all piping belong oil system and complete reinstatement of piping system; 10.Supervised the full execution of alignment program applied to specific rotating equipments and solved the punch list problems; 11.Offered technical engineering expertise for repair of DGS of RotoFlow expander, propane pumps sealing system, oil/sealing system of 2 steam turbines and surge problems of centrifugal compressor, during start-up activities.

  • Mechanical Commissioning Engineer at Technip
    Jul 2004 - Dec 2006 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    1.Coordinated pre-commissioning activity of 3 supervisors and 27 technicians in new Low-pressure Gas Sweetening, new Sulfur Recovery Units, new Propane Refrigeration unit, upgraded old SRU and Flare units and Sulphur Storage facilities; 2.Executed all the activities according with Project Master Plan and Schedule, and reported daily/weekly progress to Pre-comm Manager; 3.Supervised and coordinated the installation of new Feed Gas and Propane centrifugal compressor (Dresser-Rand, Elliott), air compressor (Elliott) and combustion air blowers (HV Turbo) according with API 618 and 686; 4.Supervised and coordinated the installation and pre-commissioning of 317 process centrifugal pumps (Flowserve, Goulds, Lorentz, etc.) 82 metering pumps (Milton Roy) according with API 610, API RP 686; 5.Offered technical expertise to CCC/Saudi Aramco supervisors, foreman and technicians during pre-commissioning and start-up activities; 6.Prepared and implemented oil flushing procedures for all compressors according with ISO_4406, NAS_1638, API_614 and ASTM D6439, prepared the piping system for flushing, supervised flushing activity and piping re-instatement; 7.Supervised all the Solo Run test of electrical motors according with Technip-Saudi Aramco procedures, recording the measurements and handover to proponent; 8.Created and implement Alignment procedure for rotating equipment and supervised the alignment activities, verified and certified the recorded results before handover.