Experience

Westview Engineering Ltd

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Apr 2010 - Present

  President, principal engineer and project manager. Providing mentorship to a team of E.I.T.’s, professionals and draft persons.$5.5 MM (TIC) oil battery and $6 MM gathering system pipeline (30km) project in Pierson Manitoba. Scope of work was from project conception thru to commissioning support. (Molopo / Legacy)Design / construction support and commissioning of brown field site for a $5 MM oil battery / satellite and pipeline project in Three Hills, Alberta region. (Canaxas)Field survey / as-building / de-bottle necking of existing infrastructure. Feed studies for optimization of mature oilfields and investigation into secondary recovery methods (i.e. jet pumps / water floods) in Albania. (Exergy / Stream)



Next Step VRtual

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Next Step VRtual enhances stakeholder engagement with 3D visualization tools. The 3D visualization tool provides an immersive to scale environment helping stakeholders experience the proposition. Next Step VRtual enhances stakeholder engagement with 3D visualization tools. The 3D visualization tool provides an immersive to scale environment helping stakeholders experience the proposition.



Tri Ocean Engineering LTD

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2010

  Shell – Solution Gas Storage (CO2) - Working on FEED through Detailed Design, duties include discipline co-ordination, interface with client operations group, Design Basis Memorandum and Plot Plan development. Shell – Solution Gas Storage (CO2) - Working on FEED through Detailed Design, duties include discipline co-ordination, interface with client operations group, Design Basis Memorandum and Plot Plan development.



WorleyParsons MEG

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principle Process Engineer

  • Sep 2008 - Mar 2009

  Suncor, Fort McMurray – Sustaining Capital Projects – Working as a process engineer on various operations based projects for the Suncor Oil Sands facilities.Sherritt Power, Cuba – Boca de Jaruco Combined Cycle Power Project ($180MM) – 160 MW combined cycle power plant. Working as a process engineer on P&ID development and Detail Design. Suncor, Fort McMurray – Sustaining Capital Projects – Working as a process engineer on various operations based projects for the Suncor Oil Sands facilities.Sherritt Power, Cuba – Boca de Jaruco Combined Cycle Power Project ($180MM) – 160 MW combined cycle power plant. Working as a process engineer on P&ID development and Detail Design.



Rangeland Engineering

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr Mechanical Engineer

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2008

  Working on FEED for several de-ethanizer fractionation facilities, P&ID development, budgetary inquires and cost estimate development. Utilizing Est$pro software package to develop “fast” factored (using Guthrie/Lang methodology) estimates for installed equipment for fractionation facilities. Working on the design / de-bottlenecking of truck and rail loading facilities for various liquid petroleum products; the scope of the work included development of P&IDs and operating and logistical philosophies.



GRB Engineering Ltd

• Project Engineer

  • 2003 - 2007

  Responsible Engineer overseeing / managing a group of 10-12 project engineers ensuring workload, guidance and mentor-ship. Range of projects included upstream sour gas well sites, compression, dehydration, pipelines, and gathering systems; Coal Bed Methane poly gathering systems and central compression facilities. Responsible for client management through to construction. Responsible Engineer overseeing / managing a group of 10-12 project engineers ensuring workload, guidance and mentor-ship. Range of projects included upstream sour gas well sites, compression, dehydration, pipelines, and gathering systems; Coal Bed Methane poly gathering systems and central compression facilities. Responsible for client management through to construction.

• Mechanical Engineer

  • 1999 - 2003

  Working on the FEED, preliminary and detailed engineering phases for the ExxonMobil Sak I Orlan project; an offshore drilling/production platform located off Sakhalin Island, Russia. Working as Lead Mechanical ensuring equipment met Russian and International Codes and Standards. Major equipment included inlet separation (2500#), pig launcher (NPS 36-600#) / receiver (NPS 24-2500#), sodium hypochlorite package, fresh water maker, vent tip and snuffing unit, sewage system, chemical injection packages and specialty items. Worked on the base load group for the Shell Alliance responsibilities ranged from project manager to project engineer with duties overlapping dependent on the size of the project. Projects consisted of pipelines and well site facilities designed for sour service (H2S 28% - 36%).



Tartan Engineering

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Nov 1997 - Feb 1999

  Worked on the base load group for the Norcen/UPRI Alliance. Responsibilities ranged from mechanical engineer to project engineer. Projects included pipelines, well site, facility modifications and a heavy oil battery. Major equipment included: FWKO, treater, horizontal centrifugal disposal pumps, tanks, shell and tube heat exchangers, instrument air compressor, vapour recovery system and glycol heat tracing system. Worked on the base load group for the Norcen/UPRI Alliance. Responsibilities ranged from mechanical engineer to project engineer. Projects included pipelines, well site, facility modifications and a heavy oil battery. Major equipment included: FWKO, treater, horizontal centrifugal disposal pumps, tanks, shell and tube heat exchangers, instrument air compressor, vapour recovery system and glycol heat tracing system.



BAR Engineering

• Australia
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Mar 1997 - Nov 1997

  Worked as a project engineer on a heavy oil battery and a produced water disposal facility. Major equipment included treater, horizontal centrifugal disposal pumps, shell and tube heat exchangers, steel, fiberglass and cone bottom tanks and design of desand systems. Worked as a project engineer on a heavy oil battery and a produced water disposal facility. Major equipment included treater, horizontal centrifugal disposal pumps, shell and tube heat exchangers, steel, fiberglass and cone bottom tanks and design of desand systems.



Norward Energy

• United States
• Oil and Gas

• Field Engineer

  • Nov 1994 - Feb 1997

  Operation of surface equipment for both production well testing and under balanced drilling operations. Field and shop maintenance and repairs to equipment. Involvement in the development of new software applications, technical manuals and training of field personnel. Operation of surface equipment for both production well testing and under balanced drilling operations. Field and shop maintenance and repairs to equipment. Involvement in the development of new software applications, technical manuals and training of field personnel.