Saturday, December 2, 2017

CHARLES K. PRICE, JR., PE, PMP – PROFESSIONAL RESUME

CHARLES K. PRICE, P.E., PMP
809 Veiled Court
Keller, TX 76248
(682-404-2448) | E-mail: ckennethprice@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-kenneth-price-p-e-pmp-91a56863/
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project Management
• Initiating – Project Charter, Project Scope Development, etc.
• Planning – Development of Project Execution Plan, Risk Management Plan, Scope Management Plan, Project Time Management Plan, Project Cost Management Plan, Communications Management Plan, Human Resources Management Plan, Procurement Management Plan, etc.
• Executing – Integration Management, Quality Management, etc.
• Controlling – Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Communication Management, Risk Management, etc.
• Closing – Development of Performance Measurement Documents, Product Documentation, Project Archiving, Project Closure Checklist, Formal Acceptance and Closure Documentation, etc.
• Significant experience in phase-gated project processes.

Engineering Management
• Primary refinery operations (separation, fractionation, hydro-treating, hydro-desulfurization, fixed-bed and CCR reforming, alkylation, benzene hydrogenation, product blending and shipping and E&P onshore and offshore oil and gas production, processing and pipeline transportation operations.
• HAZOP reviews (leading and participating).

Technical Writing
• Technical and management reports, engineering and operations procedures and manuals, engineering directives, safety procedures, etc. throughout my career at every level of responsibility.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Oil and Gas Professional, Keller, TX – 7/2011–Present
• Attempted start-up of project management and engineering management consulting company
• Continuing education on PE and PMP certifications.
  
CB&I (Chicago Bridge & Iron), Richardson, TX                                                                   
Sr. Project Manager – 6/2008–7/2011
• Managed grass roots sulfur block project (SRU, Amine Treating, SWS, TGTU, Incinerator), $100 MM as part of a 150,000 BPD refinery expansion. Work included: Design of new units, tie-in to existing refinery facilities, increasing sulfur storage and loading capacity, re-rating of existing lines and equipment.
• Managed grass roots sulfur block project for Columbian refinery expansion (from 50,000 to 150,000 BPD), $180 MM. Included: The above plus close coordination with design work in four other locations handling additional aspects of the expansion.

S&B Engineers & Constructors, Houston, TX
Project Manager – 9/2005–8/2007
• Managed a $24 MM refinery-wide flare H2S mitigation and VOC and HRVOC compliance project to comply with TECQ State Implementation Plan. Work involved a total of seven plant flares including: Correlation and analysis of flare emissions data; identification and analysis of BACT; specification, design; and installation of flare flow meters; sample probes; flare flame monitoring equipment; and flare flame temperature controls; required piping revamps; flow measurement and analysis equipment.

Valero Energy Corp., Houston, TX                                                                                                
Contract Project Engineer – 4/2005–9/2005
   • Represented client, as Project Manager, for a $40 MM Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel project         revamp. Project included: Addition of one HDS reactor and associated piping revamps;       expansion of compression capacity; re-rating of feed exchangers; air condenser re-               design; and hydrogen supply enhancements.
                                                                       
Independent Oil and Gas Professional – 9/2003– 4/2005
• Obtained PMP certification. Continuing PE education equirements.

Phillips Petroleum Company/ConocoPhillips CompanyHouston, Texas
Project Manager – 5/1995–9/2003
Process Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager
• Managed a $40 MM refinery-wide NOx and VOC reduction program to meet Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) compliance.
• Project manager for $140 MM grass roots CCR Reformer project.
• Managed a 35,000 BPSD gasoline desulfurization project using Phillips S Zorb™ technology.
• Managed a fast-track revamp project to produce depentanized light straight run gasoline ($3.6 MM), increasing profits by $37,000/day in summer gas blending season.
• Process Engineering support for Sweeny, TX refinery.
• Process support for Phillips Licensing Division.


Phillips Petroleum Company/ConocoPhillips CompanyHouston, Texas
Principle Project Engineer – 9/1991–5/21995
   (Total of 22 projects successfully completed in this position)
   • Negotiated settlement with design contractor saving Phillips over $4 MM.
   • Executed EPC of fast-track grassroots 8,000 BPD gasoline                   desulfurization demonstration unit using the Phillips S Zorb™ technology ($26 MM). The   unit was successfully completed on schedule and under budget.
   • Successfully led multi-discipline team to optimize project specifications resulting in a $3    MM project savings.
   • Design and construction of 200 MMSCFD ($8 MM) grass roots gas treating facility.
   • Engineered fast-track design of $7 MM Gulf of Mexico (GOM) gas field production
      platform and production pipeline. Design successfully completed but not installed.
   • Led screening study to determine viability of development of GOM field ($2 MM)
   • Directed engineering effort as Project Engineer on two simultaneous storage cavern 
      control modification projects ($11 MM) required due to change in safety regulations. The
     modifications were successfully implemented with minimal impact on operations and  in
     advance of regulatory deadline.
   • Engineered a boiler control management upgrade project ($2 MM) that was successfully
      implemented with no impact on operations.


PRIOR TO 1995

Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK  5/1989–9/1991
• Assisted Licensing group on HF alkylation designs.
• Corporate Engineering representative on refinery waste water assessment and debottlenecking project.
• Corporate Engineering contact for refinery process improvement projects.

Phillips Petroleum Company, Norway (Stavanger, Norway) 1/1982–5/1989
   Engineering Director – Offshore Operations, Director – Subsidence Modifications Project, Sr. Offshore Engineer, Sr. Offshore Operations Engineer
   • Optimized 2 BCFD gas pipeline operation to more efficiently utilize compressor capacity ($2MM/year savings).
   • Debottlenecked offshore gas dehydration unit operation through re-design of reboliers.
   • Debottlednecked offshore hot oil heater operation.
   • Re-design to unload flash gas compressor but rerouting discharge to low pressure side of     inter-stage compressors.
   • Worked with operations and Engineering and Construction on re-design of flare tips to       improve operation.
   • Handled E&P side of $400MM Ekofisk Jacking Project (coordination with partners,             government, and engineering and construction).

Phillips Petroleum Company, Sweeny, TX – 8/1978-1/1982
   Operations Manager, Operations Supervisor, Process and Operations Engineer (crude fractionation, NGL processing, benzene hydrogenation, catalytic reforming, sulfur recovery units)
   • Increased throughput on catalytic reformers through optimization of furnace and preheat operation.
   • Lead record on-spec/no downtime run on pentane isomerization unit through unit             debottlenecking and optimization.
   • Debottlenecked sulfur recovery unit increasing NGL throughput.
   • Supervised process work in relation to record turnaround time on propane fractionation    unit.
   • Optimized butane fractionation through revamp of overhead cooling. 

Amoco Oil Company, Casper, WY – 1975-1978
   Operations (crude oil fractionation and catalytic reforming), Light Oils Blending Engineer, Casper, WY (Refining)
   • Record refinery crude processing rate through optimization of furnace and crude       preheat.
   • Continuous-regeneration catalytic reformer run record,
   • Set light oils blending performance within 2% of spec for record run.

EDUCATION

M.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX (1995)
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (1975)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (1973)

CERTIFICATIONS

Registered Professional Engineer – Texas (73057)
Project Management Professional (PMP) – PMI
Master of Process Technology – Phillips Petroleum Company