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Solar Turbine Controls Upgrade Package

2023 | Automation Engineer | Advanced Integrated Services - Lafayette, Louisiana

This project took place on Green Canyon 65 "Bullwinkle" platform in the Gulf of Mexico for Quarter North Energy. The upgrade packages included enclosures removal and replacement with new field devices and Control Logix Processors + tie back to the onboard DCS. This included enclosures for 1 Taurus generator, 1 Taurus natural gas compressor, 1 Mars natural gas compressor. We removed the PLC-5 era processors and replaced them with Control Logix processors, upgraded the graphics in Factory Talk View. Solar Turbine Crew replaced all of the field mounted instruments and remote I/O racks. I also made some outside of scope repairs for text to the flow diagrams on the HMI, added a timer for maintenance bypass and added a graphic for a gas sales line.

PTTEP Compressor MCC HVAC's

2020-2022 | Automation Engineer | PTT Exploration & Production - Surat Thani, Thailand

This project took place in the Gulf of Thailand for state owned PTT Exploration. Turbine compressors were installed on multi-decks, in series to utilize hyper-pressurization feature as a means for gas lifting the formation. Due to real estate issues and proximity of the switchgear to the compressors, engineering wanted control over HVAC in the MCC rooms that powered the compressors. I performed the onsite development and technical translations. These were Wago PFC200 processors over CODESYS, communicating over ethernet to the DCS.

Cloud Application Development

2019-2020 | Self - Bangkok, Thailand

Curious about application development, I learned Python programming language and built a few personal SaaS applications along with this website you are viewing right now (not "wix" or "wordpress")! These were scattered between fin-tech and legal-tech sectors. Also, with the help of Georgia Tech, I was able to build a visualization app that shows data from sensors measuring sea level and atmospheric conditions via IoT.
oceansensor.app
lobbytrader.com

Pressurized Welding Enclosure Controls Development

2018-2019 | Automation Engineer | MMR Group - Lafayette, Louisiana

Taking on the task of building a control system for welding enclosures used in classified areas. A series of fans inflates the enclosure with constant fresh air, welding and hot work can then be performed with no combustibles present. I used Honeywell 3 sensor detection (O2, H2S, LEL) over MODBUS on the intake and exhaust trunks. If gas or oxygen is greater or less than the specified levels, power to the enclosure is removed automatically and notification to the occupants via strobe light and horn are given. Allen Bradley Control Logix processor and PanelView HMI were used for this project.

Halon Gas Recovery Unit and Arctic Trucking Modules

2015-2018 | Automation Engineer | ASRC Energy - North Slope, Alaska

This was an operations and maintenance contract for ConocoPhillips Alaska lease property known as Kuparuk. Halon is used field wide as a fire protection measure inside of production modules. Over time, halon purity is compromised due to corrosion from the vessel it resides, Conoco purchased an automatic PLC controlled refining machine that was a bit maintenance intensive. I was tasked to optimize the process and automated reports on halon purity. Also, "hot stand-by" trucking modules that generate steam are kept at the ready. The diesel engines that operate the steam generator needed monitoring along with gas detection and a reporting system. I used Automation Direct controllers and a paging system for the field mechanics on watch.

Enclosure Design and Power Distribution

2012-2015 | Project Engineer | Detector Electronics Corporation - Houston, Texas

During this role, I engineered, drafted and programmed flame and gas detection enclosures for many of the large chemical and oil giants. The Eagle Quantum Premier (EQP) uses proprietary software (S3) for programming, which is similar to function block. Panel and field device power was often provided by LaMarche, Kepco or Phoenix Contact power supplies. Houston was a sales and engineering office and manufacturing of enclosures were in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FAT testing for larger or customer specific projects were usually done in the Houston office.

Gas Detection Commissioning

2008-2010 | Project Engineer | Udelhoven Oilfield System Services - Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Tasked with commissioning gas detection for British Petroleum, this was my first time doing work in the Arctic. Open path gas detectors were installed in production modules HVAC plenums in all of the Central Gas (CG) facilities on Alaska's North Slope. Using a Trex via HART to set instrument details and loop test back to the i/o cards. This was also my first introduction to HMI development and Wonderware!

Data Center Fire Protection

2005-2008 | Project Manager | Orr Protection Systems - Southeast United States

During this era I was outside of the oil and gas industry and in telecommunications working for a fire protection company. We installed fire suppression systems in data centres. I project managed the rebuilding of Cox Communication assets along the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina, I also oversaw the installation of the Frito Lay Data Center in Plano, Texas.

Atmospheric Monitoring and Notification

2000-2004 | Project Manager | Sola Communications - Lafayette, Louisiana

This was the time I earned most of my project management experience. Sola Communications had a Safety and Controls Division, I was tasked with managing several projects for independent producers, some photos are from the Port of Iberia shipyard, production facility refurbishment for Houston Exploration Company. The largest project I ever managed at the time was commissioning of deepwater installations being built in Morgan City, Louisiana. This was the Boomvang and Nansen spars, sister projects for Kerr-Mcgee. I'm standing on the snatch block of the liftbar before being set in place. We installed and commissioned all of the PBX (Private Branch Exchange) communications on the platforms.

Drilling Rig Instrumentation

1997-2000 | Instrumentation Technician | WMCO Instruments - St.Martinville, Louisiana

The year I began my career offshore in the Gulf of Mexico as an Instrumentation Technician. Drilling rig instrumentation was just beginning to switch over from pneumatic to digital, "AccuScan" was our new product, it was an SLC-500 in a main enclosure coupled with several i/o enclosures scattered through out the rig. Chevron was kind enough to allow us beta testing on the Noble "Tom Jobe" jack-up whilst under contract. WMCO went from family owned to getting bought out and merged with several other companies at the time.