SORESCO, Limon, Moin Refinery Revamp FEED LS. Project. Misho Consulting Inc., Technical Consultant/Project Manager Monrovia, CA. (2010-2012)

• WorleyParsons Monrovia: Consultant/Project Manager for SORESCO, Limon, Moin Refinery Revamp FEED LS Project. This project was comprised of cost reimbursable definition phase. The outdated hydroskimming process facilities were obsolete. , The process facilities in the Moin Refinery were shutdown due to hazardous operations. A Scope of Work was developed and a LS bid was put in place to develop a FEED package to bring the facilities to international standards. WPM optimized the equipment and pre-heat train and completed the LS FEED and TIC estimate successfully, on schedule, under LS budget with excellent quality.
• WorleyParsons Monrovia CA.: Performed Value Engineering Practices (VIP) for Refining New Zealand Platformer Project. The timing of the VIP was after completion of the FEED and at the start of Detail Engineering. Significant cost savings were identified.
• WorleyParsons, Monrovia CA: Facilitated a 14 week training course for Junior Project Managers and Project Engineers to cover all aspect of project management through WPMP.
• WorelyParsons China, Beijing China: Assigned to the BASF NASA and ACAI project, SAP and GAA plants to be built in Nanjing China and Bahia Brazil. The Estimated TIC was over $1 billion. I led the WorelyParsons PreFEED and planning activities for FEED and EPC from Beijing and later from Ludwigshafen, Germany.
• WorleyParsons, Monrovia, CA. Led and managed proposals, the Jazan Refinery and Marine Terminal FEED and PMS proposal. Chevron VRSH, Completed these major technical and commercial proposals in record time with excellent quality.
• WorleyParsons, Monrovia, CA. “Cold eyes review” of Exxon-SAMREF project: Member of integrated team of ExxonMobil, SASREF and WorleyParsons reviewed this critical Compliance Project.

Misho Consulting Inc., Technical Consultant/Project Manager Monrovia, CA. (2010-2012)

• WorleyParsons Monrovia: Consultant/Project Manager for SORESCO, Limon, Moin Refinery Revamp FEED LS Project. This project was comprised of cost reimbursable definition phase. The outdated hydroskimming process facilities were obsolete. , The process facilities in the Moin Refinery were shutdown due to hazardous operations. A Scope of Work was developed and a LS bid was put in place to develop a FEED package to bring the facilities to international standards. WPM optimized the equipment and pre-heat train and completed the LS FEED and TIC estimate successfully, on schedule, under LS budget with excellent quality.
• WorleyParsons Monrovia CA.: Performed Value Engineering Practices (VIP) for Refining New Zealand Platformer Project. The timing of the VIP was after completion of the FEED and at the start of Detail Engineering. Significant cost savings were identified.
• WorleyParsons, Monrovia CA: Facilitated a 14 week training course for Junior Project Managers and Project Engineers to cover all aspect of project management through WPMP.
• WorelyParsons China, Beijing China: Assigned to the BASF NASA and ACAI project, SAP and GAA plants to be built in Nanjing China and Bahia Brazil. The Estimated TIC was over $1 billion. I led the WorelyParsons PreFEED and planning activities for FEED and EPC from Beijing and later from Ludwigshafen, Germany.
• WorleyParsons, Monrovia, CA. Led and managed proposals, the Jazan Refinery and Marine Terminal FEED and PMS proposal. Chevron VRSH, Completed these major technical and commercial proposals in record time with excellent quality.
• WorleyParsons, Monrovia, CA. “Cold eyes review” of Exxon-SAMREF project: Member of integrated team of ExxonMobil, SASREF and WorleyParsons reviewed this critical Compliance Project.

Project Manager, Fluor Corporation, Madrid, Spain (2007-2009)

• Two major blocks of the Repsol C-10 Refinery Project. The C-10 Project is located at Cartagena, Spain. Presently this 100,000 BPD grass roots refinery is under construction. A 100% conversion refinery, the scope was split into four blocks and 4 contractors. The two blocks consisted of a 3,000 KTA, 4 drum Coker licensed by FWUSA, with a Gas Concentration unit, a 5,000 KTA Vacuum unit, LPG Merox, Butadiene Hydrotreater, Flare Gas Recover and compression, Four CEntry licensed SRU plants, coupled with two trains of Sour Water Strippers and Amine Regeneration Units. In the role of PMC, was responsible for technical and interface management of a JV of Foster Wheeler Iberia and Intecsa Industrial SA. The two independent contractors under the auspices of UTE executed their portion of the project in their respective offices 30 kilometers apart. Managed this complex arrangement of both blocks from the inception of FEL through completion of Class III estimate, through successful completion of detail engineering and procurement of the project. The team of 25 nationals was responsible in major cost reduction, during FEL with plot plan optimizations and other innovations. At the time, departure both projects were well over 80% complete in detail engineering and over 90% complete in procurement.
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Project Manager, Fluor Corporation, Houston, Texas (2006-2007)

• Package #3, Utilities, Buildings and Offsites to Kuwait National Petroleum Co., KNPC, the New Refinery Project, in the State of Kuwait. Responsible for Pretender Meetings presentations to the EPC bidders. Managed EPC contractor’s technical and commercial queries throughout the bidding cycle and was an integral part of the management team that evaluated risk factors and deviations to the tender documents. Team Leader for evaluation of the EPC bidder’s technical and commercial tenders, for the Utilities, Buildings and Offsites. Also responsible for detail engineering and materials requisitions for the Preparatory Work and Temporary facilities. The Preparatory Work included extensive site grading, the relocation of two 1,600 mm and one 400 mm ductile iron water pipelines, two 18” gas oil lines, the relocation of 33 kV and 11 kV aboveground power lines and a segment of four lane divided highway that The Starts of the EPC contracts was delayed.
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Project Manager, Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo, California (2003-2006)

• Offshore Associated Gas Alternative (OAG) Pre-FEED for Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (Gasco). The OAG feasibility study was comprised of compression facilities for 211 MSCFD of rich gas at Das Island, UAE, and transportation of the compressed sour gas via a dense phase, 28” sub-sea pipeline from Das Island to Habshan Gas Processing Plant 100 Km inland. The Habshan facilities included condensate stripping, debutanizer and other supporting facilities to process the gas in OGD-1 trains 1 and 2. The major features of this project was the strategic importance of the study to de-couple the Das Island oil production from associated gas with no flaring criterion as well as the connection of offshore and onshore gas production in the UAE. The LS Techno-economic study was completed successfully in 25 weeks with excellent quality in two stages. The recommended case was optimized in Stage 2 and presented to ADNOC Group of Companies in Abu Dhabi. The study was earmarked for a FEED, appointed to Fluor by Gasco, due to the high quality and innovation of the study. The OAG innovation was earmarked for an additional parallel pipeline and compression facilities at Das Island to transport offshore gas to UAE onshore facilities.
• Responsible to convert the Ethane Recovery Maximization ERM feasibility study to $25 million EPC contract with Gasco in July of 2003. This project was bid lump sum sole source without a FEED. The project entailed a complete propane refrigeration package with an 8 mW compression train and a stainless steel demethanizer tower with bottom pumps and other ancillaries. The project exceeded capacity in the Performance Test and was completed in 22 months total with excellent quality.
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Project Manager, Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo, California (2003-2006)

• Offshore Associated Gas Alternative (OAG) Pre-FEED for Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (Gasco). The OAG feasibility study was comprised of compression facilities for 211 MSCFD of rich gas at Das Island, UAE, and transportation of the compressed sour gas via a dense phase, 28” sub-sea pipeline from Das Island to Habshan Gas Processing Plant 100 Km inland. The Habshan facilities included condensate stripping, debutanizer and other supporting facilities to process the gas in OGD-1 trains 1 and 2. The major features of this project was the strategic importance of the study to de-couple the Das Island oil production from associated gas with no flaring criterion as well as the connection of offshore and onshore gas production in the UAE. The LS Techno-economic study was completed successfully in 25 weeks with excellent quality in two stages. The recommended case was optimized in Stage 2 and presented to ADNOC Group of Companies in Abu Dhabi. The study was earmarked for a FEED, appointed to Fluor by Gasco, due to the high quality and innovation of the study. The OAG innovation was earmarked for an additional parallel pipeline and compression facilities at Das Island to transport offshore gas to UAE onshore facilities.
• Responsible to convert the Ethane Recovery Maximization ERM feasibility study to $25 million EPC contract with Gasco in July of 2003. This project was bid lump sum sole source without a FEED. The project entailed a complete propane refrigeration package with an 8 mW compression train and a stainless steel demethanizer tower with bottom pumps and other ancillaries. The project exceeded capacity in the Performance Test and was completed in 22 months total with excellent quality.
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Project Manager, Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo California (2001-2002)

• Feasibility study for GASCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Proposed and successfully negotiated a lump sum contract with GASCO, a subsidiary of ADNOC. The Ethane Recovery Maximization Project is for enhancement of ethane recovery by 500 TPD in their Habshan OGD-I NGL recovery plants. Prior to this, participated in the preparation of a number of proposals including a $40MM guaranteed target price Gas Processing FEED and a PMC proposal for a $950 MM PIC, Kuwait Aromatics complex.
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Deputy Program Director, Parsons Corporation, Houston, Texas; Pasadena, California; Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia (1997-2000)

• Kemya Major Projects. A key member of the successful proposal team for Al Jubail Petrochemical Co., Saudi Arabia where first managed all Kingdom activities, and later, as program director for the PMC, managed all activities of the program through mechanical completion. The program was a cost reimbursable contract to manage 5 major projects: a 700 KTA ethylene unit, a 218 KTA, Exxon technology, high pressure LDPE unit and self perform expansion of existing LLDPE plant to 850 KTA, including EPCM of utilities additions to support the existing-new plants and the new control systems. Personally led the planning and the constructability effort preamble to design of the LLDPE polymerization phase, from the onset of design which included 800 tie-ins, stretching of two reactors, replacement of several pieces of equipment, all completed in record time, on schedule, under budget in a series of complex shutdowns and overall plant shutdown. The Offsites Infrastructure upgrade included several substation buildings, 230 kV incoming power and 13.8 kV distribution throughout the plant, a complete Seawater intake and outlet facilities, including several kilometers of large bore FRP throughout the plants, an office building, and several maintenance and workshop facilities. Spearheaded the first of a kind, on-line data exchange between various locations worldwide and the Site.
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Principal Project Manager, Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, California (1996-1997)

• Uthmaniyah Additional Gas Treating Facility. Overall director of a major lump sum turnkey EPC Project for Saudi Aramco Uthmaniyah gas treating facilities. The project included detail engineering, complete procurement and construction, comprised of 700 MMSCFD high pressure DGA gas treating unit, 2-600 tons per day sulfur recovery units with proprietary BTX destruction technology, liquid sulfur transfer facilities, several ancillary in plant revamp work, including 240 tie-ins. Managed the project from the proposal stage through detail engineering, procurement. Involved in development of the BTX destruction innovation. This alternative design saved Saudi Aramco 15% of the LSTK budget.
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Principal Project Manager, Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, California (1994-1996)

• Saudi Aramco Shaybah Development Projects, Ru’b al Khali Saudi Arabia, managed conceptual design, Project Proposal (FEED) and three EPC-LSTK package preparations for central production facilities and two satellite gas oil separation plants. The three producing facilities had a combined capacity of 500 MBCD. The facilities included wet crude handling, gas compression and re-injection, 200mW of power generation, diesel topping and demineralizer plants, interconnecting power and pipelines and 650KM of crude pipelines to Abqaiq processing plants. Also responsible for the Abqaiq Plants Downstream Facilities Upgrade conceptual design and Project Proposal (FEED). Included were spheroiding, stabilization, NGL compression and stripping, demineralizer plants, control system upgrade. Evaluated the scope of work for this major Project Proposal (FEED) of the Shaybah development and Abqaiq plants utilities, flare system and extensive revamp of existing facilities, including 900 tie-ins and planned the design, in coordination with Saudi Aramco, such that the lump sum turnkey package preparation and detail estimates were completed ahead of schedule. Responsible for several innovative plans, which accelerated the project by three months including demonstration to Saudi Aramco that significant procurement of long lead equipment was essential to the Program success. Subsequent to the completion of both Project Proposal (FEED) packages, team was awarded the detail engineering and procurement of 900 tie-ins in the Abqaiq plants. They completed the engineering and the procurement on schedule and prepared construction packages for lump sum bidding. Managed extensive interface with the Abqaiq plants operations during Project Proposal (FEED) and detail engineering of the tie-ins as the Abqaiq plants were in midst of major DCS conversion and fire deluge system upgrade.
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Principal Project Manager, Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, California (1994-1996)

• Saudi Aramco Shaybah Development Projects, Ru’b al Khali Saudi Arabia, managed conceptual design, Project Proposal (FEED) and three EPC-LSTK package preparations for central production facilities and two satellite gas oil separation plants. The three producing facilities had a combined capacity of 500 MBCD. The facilities included wet crude handling, gas compression and re-injection, 200mW of power generation, diesel topping and demineralizer plants, interconnecting power and pipelines and 650KM of crude pipelines to Abqaiq processing plants. Also responsible for the Abqaiq Plants Downstream Facilities Upgrade conceptual design and Project Proposal (FEED). Included were spheroiding, stabilization, NGL compression and stripping, demineralizer plants, control system upgrade. Evaluated the scope of work for this major Project Proposal (FEED) of the Shaybah development and Abqaiq plants utilities, flare system and extensive revamp of existing facilities, including 900 tie-ins and planned the design, in coordination with Saudi Aramco, such that the lump sum turnkey package preparation and detail estimates were completed ahead of schedule. Responsible for several innovative plans, which accelerated the project by three months including demonstration to Saudi Aramco that significant procurement of long lead equipment was essential to the Program success. Subsequent to the completion of both Project Proposal (FEED) packages, team was awarded the detail engineering and procurement of 900 tie-ins in the Abqaiq plants. They completed the engineering and the procurement on schedule and prepared construction packages for lump sum bidding. Managed extensive interface with the Abqaiq plants operations during Project Proposal (FEED) and detail engineering of the tie-ins as the Abqaiq plants were in midst of major DCS conversion and fire deluge system upgrade.
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Senior Project Manager, Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, California (1992-1993)

• Managed the development of a Pre-FEED for the addition of a fluid catalytic cracking unit for Krasnodar Refinery, Krasnodar, Russia. Previously assigned to the Naftan Refinery Upgrade Program, Novopolotsk, Belarus in the role of PMC, conducted technical, commercial and financial feasibility of proposed major refinery upgrade, estimated the overall cost and prepared capital cost and economic evaluation of the proposed facility.
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Project Manager, Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, California (1991-1992)

• Haradh Gas Oil Separation Facility. As senior project manager, managed the Project Proposal (FEED) and EPC Packages of Haradh 300-Mbod and Fazran 55-Mbod Gas Oil Separation Plants (GOSPs) for Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for which the work scope also included preparation of detail estimates and lump sum turnkey bid packages. Additionally, took over the responsibility of ongoing Hawiyah GOSP’s 2, 3 and 4 detail engineering and procurement, and managed the work through completion. Collaborated with Saudi Aramco in standardization of 330-MBOD GOSP design. The project savings were substantial in reduction of manhours for preparation of the Project Proposal (FEED and the re-rating/reuse of existing mothballed equipment.
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Site Manager, Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, California; Seoul and Ulsan, South Korea (1989-1991)

• New Reformer and #4 Crude Distillation Plants. The project was a lump services contract with Yukong, S. Korea for FEED, offshore procurement, supervision of detail engineering and construction contractor. The facilities were a 35,000-BPD of BTX-UOP reformer, LPG and gas concentration unit, and a 250,000-BPD crude distillation unit and associated waste water treatment plant. Managed the construction, first by participating in overall planning and work split responsibilities of the facility during FEED in Pasadena and later, leading the detail engineering office in Seoul in constructability, contracting strategy, and construction planning effort. Completed the construction successfully in Ulsan, under budget and schedule as the senior manager of the overall program. A major accomplishment was planning and meeting Yukong’s desired schedule to complete the construction of the crude distillation unit in 13 months, an achievement which was managed with meticulous detail planning and successfully completed with noted quality.
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Site Manager, Parsons Corporation, Pasadena and Wilmington, California (1988-1989)

• Shell MSI Projects. Managed the Shell MSI projects in Carson, California. Responsible for a variety of environmental and refinery task projects. Developed simple system which reduced the cost of double bottoming of hydrocarbon tanks. Further developed and utilized and innovative system to install deep buried bed and plastic pipe, in order to skim hydrocarbons from the ground water. Previously, performed construction sequencing, planning, and design review for the EPCOT Center’s Wonders of Life Pavilion for Walt Disney Imagineering.
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Site Manager, Parsons Corporation, Torrance, California (1987-1988)

• Energy Conservation Projects. Managed the construction of a major modernization and expansion of Mobil Oil’s Refinery in Torrance, California. Completed the construction through a one month overall plant shutdown.
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Site Manager, Parsons Corporation, Wilmington, California (1985-1987)

• Energy Conservation Projects. Responsible for the revamp and energy conservation project of crude and vacuum units for Shell Oil Company, Carson, California. Participated from the start, in strategy development, design of the upgrade which minimized shutdown duration and maximized pre-shutdown activities with stringent safety requirements approved by Shell, including the installation and hot cutover of Honeywell TDC 2000 instrument control system. This cost-reimbursable project was the first of a kind where the client had minimum involvement, on a trial basis. The revamp was closely coordinated with refinery operations and maintenance completed on schedule, budget and top quality, utilizing merit shop labor, which was a first of a kind in Southern California. Shell appraised this Minimum Shell Involvement, MSI, project as a total success.
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Construction Manager, Parsons Corporation, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia (1982-1985)

• Petromin-Shell Refinery. On the construction of a 250,000-bpd grass-roots refinery for Petromin-Shell at Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, administered and supervised construction of a 125,000-bpd train, including a hydrocracker, hydrogen, crude, vacuum, visbreaker, sulfur recovery, flare, and wastewater treatment units. Developed full rapport with South Korean and Filipino labor where leadership culminated in segment of the scope of work completing ahead of other priority units.
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