M Castro 2009 Last

Miguel Castro

Education: Master's Degree, Chemical Engineering, Universida Nacional del Litorial, Santa Fe-Argentina

Summary:

Over 25 years of process engineering experience in oil & gas, polymers, petrochemicals, chemicals, etc. Specialized in polymers, gas treatment, ethylene, sulphur recovery, HDPE, VCM/PVC, etc.

Extensive process experience: P&ID development, mass and energy balances, equipment specifications, process simulation, using Hysis, Aspen, PRO2, etc. Proficient in heat exchanger design, using HTRI & HTFS. Experienced in safety aspects of Projects: Hazop and PHA studies, relief systems, depressurizing systems, safety instrumentation, interlocks, etc. Specific Experience: From March 2004 to Present: Fluor, Greenville, SC Principal Process Engineer Projects: - Sibur-Holdings, Tobolks, Russian Federation UI&O FEED package development for a Polyolefin Complex. Principal Process Engineer supervising the development of Design Basis, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, hydraulic calculations and Licensor interphase. - Woongjin Holdings, Polysilicon Projects, Seoul, Republic of Korea Conceptual study for a grass roots Polysilicon complex producing 10,000 TPA Photovoltaic (PV) Polycrystalline Silicon (PCS). Principal Process Engineer in the development of Design Basis and conceptual Process and Utility Flow Diagrams, Mass Balances and Utility Summary. Liaison with Client and Technology providers. - Jiangxi LDK PV Silicon Technology Co, Silicon Project, Xinyu City, Jiangxi, China $1.5 billion grass roots Polysilicon complex producing 15,000 TPA Photovoltaic (PV) Polycrystalline Silicon (PCS) and 90,000 TPA Trichlorosilane (TCS). Principal Process Engineer in the Detailed Engineering for a 5000 TA Solar Grade Polysilicon plant. Review and supervision of P&ID development of Utilities and Off Gas Recovery Unit. - SIPChem, Acetyls Complex, Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia Lead Process Engineer in the Detailed Engineering for a 400 KTA Acetic Acid & Acetic Anhydride plant. Supervised P&ID development, preparation of Instrument data, hydraulic calculations, relief system design, equipment design and specifications, etc. Coordinated with discipline leads and Client representatives.

- Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd., Borouge 2 Polyolefins, Ruwais, UAE Deputy Lead Process Engineer in the preparation of the Process Design Package (PDP) and Basic Engineering Design (BED) for a 540 KTA Borstar Bimodal Polyethylene Unit, a 400 KTA Borstar homopolymer PP plant and a 400 KTA Borstar copolymer PP plant. Developed Aspen simulations of the different plants and for various grades, designed and specified equipment, prepared interlock and instrumentation specifications, supervised development of Process Flow Diagrams and P&IDs. Supervised HTRI design of Heat Transfer equipment. Participated in Hazards Study and interlock SIL reviews. - Participated in the preparation of various Capital Cost Estimates: Polypropylene Unit in China using Borstar Technology Powerspan Ammonium Sulfate recovery Unit PMD BisPhenol- A Unit for Saudi Arabia - GE Plastics, HPP Global Expansion Project, Cartagena, Spain Conceptual and Basic Engineering for the GE Plastics HPP Global Expansion Project, which consisted of an oxidation unit and a 5,000 KTA polymer production facility. Developed Engineering Flow Diagrams, simulations, equipment sizing, specifications, value awareness, instrument data, heat exchanger design, etc. From January 2003 to February 2004: Technip USA, Houston, TX Principal Process Engineer Projects: - Feasibility study for a refinery gas treatment plant including pre-treatment, Cold Box, compression and separation sections. Mass balance, simulation, equipment sizing, PFD’s and approximate cost estimation. - Preparation of Hysis simulations and mass balance for an Ethylene Unit. - Study for a grass roots refinery in Yemen. Main involvement in off-sites and utilities. From January 1989 to December 2002: Kvaerner Process ( prev. J Brown), Houston, TX & Zoetermeer, The Netherlands. Principal Process Engineer Projects: - Chevron – Angola: Principal Engineer in the detailed design of an offshore oilcondensate complex consisting of a gas treating/compression platform, a drilling and separation platform and living quarters and utilities. - Pemex – Bay of Campeche: Principal Engineer in the construction of a new oil platform and modifications to existing facilities. Involvement in the certification of the detailed design. - ARAMCO – Saudi Arabia: Lead Engineer in the preparation of an LSTK package for

the expansion of the Abqaiq Pant NGL compression facilities and installation of a combustion Gas Turbine and Heat Recovery System. Mass and energy balances, P&ID development, flare and utility studies. - Lyondell - Channelview: Developed Basic Engineering Design to convert an MTBE unit to Iso-octane. Aspen simulations, mass and energy balances, PFD, P&ID and equipment specifications. - Conoco – Syria: Detailed engineering design of the DEZ Gas Project located in the Eastern desert of Syria. The project included six compression stations, five gas gathering stations, pipelines and a 460 MMSCFD gas separation plant. - SINCOR Venezuela: Lead Process Engineer on the detailed design, engineering and construction of a Sulfur Recovery Complex, to be built in Venezuela including amine recovery, sour water treatment, sulfur unit and tail gas treatment. - Nocil Modernization, Thane India: Basic Engineering of an ethylene unit and linear olefin plant, including a C4’s hydrogenation unit. Developed simulations, mass balances, PFD’s and P&ID’s. - Solutia USA: Development of a basic engineering package for a K/A oil plant (cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol), to be built in Pensacola, Florida. Technology development, Aspen simulations, development of PFD's and P&ID's. Preparation of equipment specifications and instrument data. - Borealis, Beringen, Belgium: Upgrade of a high density polyethylene unit to operate in bimodal mode. Mass balance development using Aspen simulation. - ICI, Rozenburg: Detailed engineering of the new MDI Complex. Main involvement in the design and development of safety systems. Feasibility study to implement improved MDI Technology. - Polycarbonate Complex Cartagena, Spain (General Electric Europe): Feasibility Study and basic engineering development of the monomer plants, DMC and DPC. Process simulation and plant trials. Preparation of P&ID's and equipment specifications. - Enichem's installations in Ravenna, Italy: Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and diphenyl carbonate (DPC) technology and plant revamp. Development of a basic engineering package for the debottlenecking of the DMC plant. - PVC Complex in Abadan, Iran: Feasibility study for the revamp of the complex, preparation of proposals, liaison with the client and the licensor. - Fina Olefins - Belgium: Feasibility study and basic engineering for the revamp of ethylene unit, gas separation and Ethylene/C4's hydrotreating unit. - China Chaung Dong Co: VCM technology package. Development of basic engineering for an acetylene based VCM grass roots project. - FMC- The Netherlands: Hydrogen peroxide plant. - BP Grangemouth - Scotland: High density polyethylene. - Neste OY - Belgium: Detailed engineering design for a grass roots high density

polyethylene plant. From December 1988 to December 1989: EMS-Badger, South Africa, & The Netherlands. Senior process Engineer. Projects: Worked as senior process engineer in the Mossel Bay GTL project (South Africa), licensed by SASOL. Worked in Synthol and Alcohol Recovery. From September 1984 to November 1988: Sasol-Sastech, South Africa. Senior process Engineer. Projects: - Responsible for major and smaller projects and process assistance to Production. - Overall debottlenecking of the Secunda synthetic fuel complex. - Sulfur recovery commissioning and start-up. - Gas reforming revamp. - Benfield and cold separation debottlenecking. From July 1982 to August 1984: GEA, South Africa. Project Engineer Projects: Responsibility for thermal design and preparation of proposals for heat transfer equipment.

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