Process
Process Engineering & Process Safety
Senior process and facilities engineering for operating plant troubleshooting, debottlenecking, optimization, process safety, relief systems and capital project development. Strong operating facility depth in SAGD and CSS, sour gas, gas processing, produced water, steam, oil treating and petrochemical systems.
150,000 bbl per day facility experience
- UEI
- ZR3PJZEA7A21
- CAGE
- 174X8
- Independence
- Findings challenged before release
- Deployment
- Remote response within 24 hours
What This Discipline Covers
Scope of the technical capability.
Senior process and facilities engineering for operating plant troubleshooting, debottlenecking, optimization, process safety, relief systems and capital project development. Strong operating facility depth in SAGD and CSS, sour gas, gas processing, produced water, steam, oil treating and petrochemical systems.
- Process simulation and modeling
- Debottlenecking
- Plant performance testing
- HAZOP, PHA and risk assessment
- PSV, PVRV and relief load
- Flare and vent systems
- Sour gas
- Amine sweetening
- Glycol dehydration
- Produced water
- Oil treating
- Hydraulics and sizing
- Process optimization
- RCFA and incident analysis
- Management of change
Problems The Technical Lead Solves
The questions this discipline is engaged to answer.
- 01
Process upsets
- 02
Capacity and bottleneck problems
- 03
Relief system review
- 04
Process contribution to failures
- 05
Process safety review
- 06
Venting and flaring reduction
- 07
Operating performance improvement
- 08
Capital feasibility and alternatives
Equipment And Systems
Assets this Technical Lead has worked on directly.
- Separators
- Scrubbers
- Tanks
- PSVs and PVRVs
- Pumps
- Control valves
- Compressors
- Amine and glycol systems
- Produced water systems
- Flare and vent systems
- SAGD surface facilities
Industries And Environments
Operating environments where this experience was built.
- SAGD and CSS
- Oil and gas
- Gas processing
- Petrochemical and polymer
- Midstream
Diagnostic And Investigation Methods
How the technical work is actually performed.
- Process chronology reconstruction from historian data
- Heat and material balance verification
- Relief system and overpressure scenario review
- Process hazard analysis and layer of protection analysis
- Operating envelope and deviation assessment
- Incident investigation using structured causal methods
Codes And Standards
Frameworks applied to the analysis.
- OSHA 1910.119 process safety management
- API 520, 521 and 2000
- NFPA 68 and NFPA 69
- CCPS process safety guidance
Credentials And Qualification
The professional basis for this discipline.
- 01
Chemical or process engineering background in operating facilities
- 02
Process safety management and PHA facilitation experience
- 03
Relief systems and flare design or review experience
- 04
Incident investigation leadership in regulated environments
Scale And Breadth
Reported scale of professional exposure.
- 01
150,000 bbl per day facility experience
- 02
Debottlenecked a facility from 120,000 to 150,000 bbl per day
- 03
105,000 bbl per day SAGD facility
- 04
100,000 bbl per day oil sands facility
- 05
600 tonne per day polymer plant environment
Representative Professional Experience
Assignment types this discipline supports.
- 01
Investigation of a process upset that resulted in equipment damage and lost production
- 02
Relief system adequacy review following a change in feed composition
- 03
Root cause analysis of a release event including operator response evaluation
- 04
Technical support for a regulatory response following a reportable incident
Assignment descriptions are generalized to protect client confidentiality. Specific references can be discussed during scoping where permissions allow.
Multidisciplinary Interfaces
Disciplines this work commonly coordinates with.
- Mechanical & RCA
- Controls
- Reliability
- Inspection
- Electrical
- Environmental
Discuss a process & safety assignment.
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