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        PERSONAL DETAILS    Peter Brian Warner P.ENG C.ENG M.I.E.T.

 

        Permanent address   1913 24th Avenue N.W.

                            Calgary, Alberta.

                            CANADA, T2M 1Z4

                                   

 

        Telephone       (907) 770-1850

   Fax             (907) 770-1851

 

        Date of birth:      25th April, 1953

 

        Marital status:     single

 

        Languages           English and Spanish.

 

 

 

               EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

 

 

 1964 ‑ 1972   Dudley Grammar School, Dudley, West Midlands, U.K.

               G.C.E. 5 `O' Levels; `A' Level Physics

  

 1972 - 1978   Huddersfield University, Yorkshire, U.K.

               H.N.D. Electrical and Electronic Engineering

               B.Sc Hons. Electrical and Electronic

               Engineering

 

Professional – Chartered Engineer, Professional Engineer

 

Member of the Institute of Engineering and

Technology, UK.

 

               Member of Association of Professional Engineers,

               Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                    

 

 

 

 

               EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

 

 

 August 2001       Various Clients including:

 To 2006

                   Apex Energy

                   Suite 700

                   815 – 8th Avenue S.W.

                   Calgary, Alberta. T2P 3P2

 

March 2004    (a) Hardware design and software for RR Avon control

-2005         panel for 3 stage turbo compressor. Panel test, startup and commissioning for MAS Athens Greece.

 

              (b) Inspection of 3 MS5000 Turbo-generator sets

              East Germany for suitability and purchase for

              use in a Kazhakstan gas plant for burning

              flare gas.

                  

              (c) Specification of replacement control

              systems for the above units.

 

              (d) Vetting of proposals from various vendors

              for the above systems.

 

              (e) Proposal of replacement retrofitted panels

              for a Rolls Royce Avon and Dresser-Rand

compressors for Greek Company.

 

 

                   Rotating Equipment Ltd.

                   P.O Box 112098

                   Anchorage, Alaska. 99511-2098

 

              (a) Supervise rebuild crew to rebuild a Ruston

Tornado Gas Generator for Encana.

 

                   GRB Engineering Ltd.

                   600, 707 – 7th Avenue S.W.

                   Calgary, Alberta. T2P 3H6

 

              (a) Propose, design, implement and supervise

              the station control modification to suction

control from flow control of a Ruston Tornado

and 2 stage Dresser-Rand compressor set at

Caribou Lake South Compressor station Alberta

              for Encana.       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 1997   -   Dresser-Rand Turbo Controls Department.

To date       -   Dresser-Rand Field services Department.

          1200/1202 W Sam Houston Parkway North.

                   Houston,

                   Texas 77043,

 

              (Designer and packager of new and retrofit turbo                    machinery control Systems)

 

Control Systems Engineering and field Services Consultant.

 

Pemex – Minatitlan, Pemex. Perform electrical protection site survey to enable protection relay to be set with the correct values in order offer electrical protection to a 4Kv 2300HP Synchronous motor.

 

Nuevo Pemex – Tabasco – Perform site survey to assess control panel refit, updating and installation. Two Seimens steam Turbines and DR compressors.

 

GUPCO – Ras Shukier, Egypt – Perform site survey for 3 Ruston TB5000 turbo generator sets to enable proper design of retrofit control systems.

 

Centrica gas, Barrow-in-Furness, UK – Install software and re-commission two turbo-compressor recycle valves and hot gas bypass valves.

Retune both recycle valve control loops.

Both units returned to normal operation 1 day ahead of programmed schedule.

 

PDVSA – Lagunillas, Zulia, Venezuela Field Project Manager of RCM project with PDVSA in Lagunillas, Venezuela responsible for introducing concept to the client with the object of implementation on a single platform. Established risk matrices to comply with customer norms and apply matrices to all platform equipment at sub-system and component levels to produce all associated risk assessments. Establish tasks to mitigate higher risk levels to facilitate more reliable plant operation. Work with all PDVSA departments and personal to improve result accuracy.

Pay particular attention to troublesome plant areas and assist client to overcome difficulties in these areas providing and managing resources as necessary.

Responsible to Project Director in Houston.

 

 

 

 

 

PEMEX – Paredon Tecominoacan Tabasco, Mexico. Supervision of installation, commissioning of four Chicago Pneumatic reciprocating compressors fitted with two retrofit control systems. Supervision and integration of the installed control system with Pemex’s wide area network via fiber optic links. Performed various training courses in Spanish for operators and engineers in Pemex. Installations of several PC based remote monitoring systems software and hardware.

 

Assistance provided with engineering, design and testing of replacement gas fuel valve for the TB5000 gas turbo-compressors.

 

Assistance provided with material listings and control system configurations for hydrogen compressors for Pemex petrochemical plants.

 

Troubleshooting and assistance with Pemex Abkatun platform LM2500 turbo-compressor sets, including anti-surge control and process problems.

 

Supervision of various installations, commissioning and start-ups including:-

 

(a) Platform based remote well monitoring systems.

 

(b) LM2500 turbo-compressor set control systems.

 

(c) TB5000 turbo-compressor set control system for La Venta compressor station Tabasco.

 

(d) Global Access internet based remote monitoring systems.

 

 

Installation supervision and startup of two gas pipeline station ESD systems and station flow and pressure controls including load sharing (Paredon and Jujo).

    

Responsible for the installation supervision and placing in operation of crude oil booster pump control system at two Pemex sites for transportation of crude oil to the pipelines for transportation across Mexico.

             

Responsible for startup and installation of

unit 7 and startup of unit8 turbo-compressor set in Veracruz at Matapionche site for Pemex.

             

 

 

Responsible for assisting with control system

              database design and operator interface system

              configuration for Pemex Jujo/Paredon stations

              and other engineering functions for the development            of EGT TB5000 retrofit systems fuel governor

              controls including fuel valve actuator prototype

              testing and development. Software used includes:-

              GE Fanuc LM90 Logicmaster, Alpha 4, OIW, and Windows                NT. Assistance provided with many other

              international contracts including Chinese.

              Responsible for installation site supervision

              in Mexico, control system checkout, commissioning                   and 17 unit startups.

              Training of customer’s staff in Spanish language

              and general co-ordination of all project related

              Site activities.

 

 

 February 1996   -  Stewart and Stevenson Technical Services inc.

 December 1996     7400 Round Pond Road,

                   Syracuse,

                   New York 13212,

 

              (Packager and installer of gas turbines)

              Field Service Engineer.

              Responsible for site commissioning and

              troubleshooting of gas turbine control systems

              throughout North America.

              Commissioning of Kodak Canada inc. co-generation gas

              turbine generator unit.

              LM1600 unit commissioning at Princeton N.J.

              co-generation facility for University of Princeton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 November 1991   -  G.E.C Alsthom Canada International inc.

 January 1996      for European Gas Turbines inc.

                   15950 Park Row,

                   Houston,

                   Texas 77218,

                   U.S.A.

 

              (Gas turbine manufacturing and packaging company

              with service and commissioning group supporting

              corporate global sales)

 

Technical Service Representative responsible

              to the Service Manager and Engineering Vice

              President in Houston. Administrative

              local responsibility to Calgary office

              manager.

 

              Responsible for coordinating the commissioning of                   control systems including P.L.C. software,

              instrumentation, fuel governor control

              systems, vibration measuring equipment,

              surge controllers, fire and gas monitoring,

              communication systems and operator interfaces.

              Assigned to engineering department to assist

              production of logic drawings, I/O drawings,

              software and other engineering documentation.

              Assigned to test area to assist starting

              engines undergoing performance checks and

              customer witness tests. Control system

              troubleshooting and system performance     checks.

              Responsible for the commissioning of

              control systems in the field and units

              under test in Houston, for several major

              customers e.g. Nova; Transcanada

              pipelines Ltd; UCLA, Los Angeles; Anheuser Busch,                   Newark NJ; Fincantieri, Genoa, Italy, etc.

 

              U.C.L.A project included commissioning a combined

              landfill/natural gas fuel combustion turbine

              generator with automatic fuel changeover to

              liquid fuel.

 

              Commissioned governor and control system three

              LM1600 generator sets on 'Spirit of Columbus'

              drilling and production platform for Italian

              shipbuilder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              A recent project included assisting writing

              software for a gas turbine, P.L.C., fuel

              governor, engine controller for a Dresser Rand

              gas compressor unit.

 

              A further project was the commissioning of the

              tornado dual fuel steam injected tornado, generator            set at Newark, NJ.

 

 

 January 1990      Bantrel Inc.

 October 1991.      703 6th Ave S.W.

                    Calgary,

                   Alberta               

                   CANADA, T2P 2M2

 

              (An Engineering, procurement and consulting company)

 

              Senior instrumentation engineer reporting to the

              instrumentation supervisor. Responsible for six

              engineers working on the project.

 

              Duties involved co‑ordination of D.C.S.

              deliverables, production activities, including logic                design, system configuration and customer oriented             design specifications and methodology.

 

              Project worked on :- Husky oil

              Biprovincial Upgrader. Foxboro D.C.S. I/A

              system used to implement control and monitoring

              for:‑

              (a). Crude plant.

              (b). Naphtha jet hydro-treater.

              (c). Gasoil hydro-treater.

 

              Stage tested (b). and (c). above for presite

              test requirements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 February 1986     G.E.C. (CANADA) Ltd.

 December 1989      5112 Timberlea Boulevard,

                    Mississauga,

                    Ontario,

                    CANADA  L4W 2S5

                            

              Moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada under the  employ

              of G.E.C. (Canada)  Ltd.  (National  sales  and

              manufacturing company of G.E.C. in Great Britain)

 

              Automation specialist responsible to the Sales

              Manager for Western Canada.

 

              Duties across Western Canada included:‑

              Sales visits; P.L.C. trouble shooting and

              service calls,

              Customer training, meetings with consultants,

              Software and project work in P.L.C. systems,

 

              Automation systems tendering and configuration.

              Product design work and liaison with

              manufacturing centers in U.K. and Canada for the

              purposes of product adaptations for the Western

               Canadian market and the oil patch.   

 

 

              A specific project was to adapt the product

              communication system for radio interfacing for

              wellhead monitoring.

                   

              Subsequent work included assistance with

              Canadian manufacturing enhancement at the

              Vancouver plant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 October  1983     G.E.C. Industrial Controls Kidsgrove Ltd.

 December 1985      West Avenue,

                    Kidsgrove,

                    Stoke‑on‑Trent, U.K.

              (Manufacturer of Programmable controllers for

              technical support and P.L.C. project design

              adaptations)

                   

              Customer support engineer reporting to the

              product manager. Duties included programmable

              controller system hardware configuration and

              tendering, technical support to customers,

              including site visits. Moved to engineering

              section for software writing and product

              engineering for car plant automatic paint spray

              equipment.

 

              Seconded to Canada by G.E.C.(U.K.) in order to

              provide product engineering assistance to G.E.C.

 

              (Canada) Ltd. for customer support and automation

              expertise for an initial twelve month period.

              Organizing of and lecturing to, customer training

              classes for P.L.C. systems.

 

 

 March 1980        British Brown Boveri Co. Ltd.

 October 1983       Darby House,

                    Lawn Central,

                    Telford. U.K.

              (Engineering of drives and drive control systems)

 

              Design engineer for standards and development

              ‑ responsible to the Standards Manager.

 

              Seconded to Projects department for

              programmable logic controller software designs for

              process lines for South Africa..

 

              Visited South Africa in June, 1981, to commission

              three process control systems in cold rolling

              process lines and a steel rod mill.

 

              Employed as Project Engineer on a contract for the

              New Zealand Steel Company to develop a slab casting

              machine and the associated P.L.C software.

              My responsibilities included interfacing of the

              P.L.C  with the plant, liaising with the customer

              and selecting bought‑in items and ancillary

              equipment; e.g. MCC designs.

 

 

 

 

 September 1978    British Broadcasting Corporation,

 October  1979      Oxford Road,

                    Manchester.U.K.

              (T.V. Studio and outside broadcast center)

              Operations Engineer. Responsibilities included

              maintaining and operating broadcast quality

              recording equipment and studio T.V. cameras,

              mixers, V.T. and tele-cine machines.

 

 1974 ‑ 1977        Sheerness Steel Ltd.,

                    Bluetown,

                    Sheerness,

                    Kent  ME12 1TH.

                    U.K. 

                    (ndustrial training)

 

              Student assistant to the Electrical Engineer

              responsible for plant projects for the

              Engineering Department. Activities included project

              assistance in the selection of a plant logging

              computer system and the commissioning of equipment

              for regulating a gas/oil furnace.

              Sponsored by this company for my degree course

              studies program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

                      Courses attended.

                    

              1 Micro‑processor (Nascom system)

              machine code.

 

              2 micro‑computer (Apple II)

              basic.(Dudley Technical College.)

 

              3 Micro‑computer (B.B.C. Model B)

              basic and graphics.

              ( Stoke Technical College.)

 

              4 Timetext time management course.

                           

              5 Modicon 984, short courses.

 

              6 Wordperfect, Lotus, (general courses).

 

               7 Foxboro D.C.S. Automated Data Capture.

 

              8 Honeywell T.D.C. 2000/3000 preliminary course.

 

              9 Quality Assurance update (ISO 9000).

 

              10 Fuel governor courses, Hawker Siddeley and

              Rustronic MK II, for various gas turbine units.

 

              Owner/President of Techni-Pro consulting inc.

 

              Interested in gaining wider experience, prepared  to

              travel if work so necessitates.  

 

              Dual citizenship, Canadian/British,

              holder of valid driving licence.

 

              In possession of a TN work permit for renewable 12             monthly access to the U.S. for work purposes.

 

              Interests include tourist travel, photography,

              Hi - Fi recording, listening to recorded music,

              swimming and hiking.

 

 

              October 16, 2008.