Petroleum Industry Instrumentation and Control Systems Expert

Technical Consultant #2113

Petroleum refining industry planning and developing complex Instrumentation and Control Systems projects (I&CS).
Defining and communicating business case and other strategic justifications to obtain project funding from senior management.
Leverage technical, logistical, and financial knowledge to analyze and address constraints and overcome project challenges.

Independent Consultant, Present

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Program Development Lead, 1975 - 2013

I&CS specialist for upstream research and project development companies with global work experience.
Designed and implemented FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) and EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction) contracting strategies to complete control and safety systems scope on several projects.
Developed project scopes for replacement of 39 TDC2000 control systems ($2.1 billion) across 30 refining and chemical sites in Asia, Australia, Europe, Canada, and U.S.
Conducting business case analyses.
Defining scopes of work and estimating costs.
Presenting contract strategies to senior management for program approval and program development.
Participated with a task force developing a case for the replacement of aging TDC3000 control systems in over 35 global locations in upstream, refining, and chemical ($2 billion).
Represented ExxonMobil on the Board of Directors of the Fieldbus Foundation.
Served as Instrumentation Specialist for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering's Safe Operations Committee.
Reviewing lessons from industry incidents.
Assessing safety and environmental risks of novel designs and new technologies deployed in ExxonMobil plants.
Developed improvements to I&CS cost and schedule estimating methods
Developed tools that are applicable to both early project development and front end engineering design (FEED) phases of major capital projects.
Prepared and delivered training programs for instrumentation, custody transfer, and safety instrumented systems.

Project Development Manager (ExxonMobil Downstream and Chemical affiliates)

Managed development of ten control and safety systems replacement projects with budgets ranging from $5 million to $50 million each.
Led multiple risk assessments, project technical design reviews, cost reduction task forces, and 'cold eyes' project readiness reviews.
Prepared scoping studies and design specifications for I&CS on major capital projects.
Selected the suppliers of control system goods and services for large capital projects, with some global strategic business agreements applicable across the company.
Developed and maintained ExxonMobil instrumentation engineering standards and best practices as Chairperson of the Instrumentation.

Credentials

Educator

Company and industry training programs covering technical, project management and communication skills.

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Patents

Obtained patent for a control system and strategy that allows deep water drilling at 10,000 feet.