Steve Chastain

Process Engineer at Limetree Bay Ventures
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Wichita, Kansas Area, US

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Experience

    • Process Engineer
      • Dec 2019 - Present

    • Senior Process Engineer
      • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

    • Italy
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Process Engineer
      • May 2018 - Dec 2019

    • United Kingdom
    • Construction
    • Group Lead
      • Apr 2017 - May 2018

    • United States
    • Environmental Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Field Service Engineer
      • Jun 2014 - 2017

      Provide engineering support for design, construction and startup activities, including operator training at new facilities. Perform inspections, troubleshoot, and help to optimize existing units.

    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Owner
      • Nov 2010 - Jun 2014

      Provided process development engineering support for the mining industry. Work for primary client (Intercontinental Potash, Inc.) involved developing, helping to implement, and reviewing lab scale test work and pilot plant test work related to the production of sulfate of potash and langbeinite from polyhalite. Areas of focus were energy optimization, calcining, leaching, crystallization, and granulation. Principal author of patent #8802048, based on development work done on the crystallization circuit.

    • Senior Process Engineer
      • Aug 2005 - Nov 2010

      Assigned to Fuels Refinery Plant Site. Responsible for monitoring and daily operation of the FCC, Boiler, Alkylation, Diesel Hytrotreater, and Flare Gas Recovery Units. Provided process design packages for small and large capital projects, participated in HAZOPS and Incident Investigations, and was responsible for monitering and recommending changes to catalyst at both the FCC and Diesel Hydrotreater. Highlights include developing and successfully implementing rapid FCC catalyst replacement during operation, identifying and addressing several of the problems impacting the Flare Gas Recovery Unit operating reliability, and increasing the Hydrotreater throughput 12.5% to PSM limit.

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • Senior Process Engineer
      • Jan 2003 - Aug 2005

    • Operations Technical Specialist
      • Aug 2001 - Jan 2003

      Assigned to Lubricants Area within Refinery Plant site. Perforned tech service functions relating to day to day process and project problem solving. Prioritized maintenance activities and issued night orders for operations. Provided technical support for turnaround planning and associated shutdown activities, HAZOP reviews and followup actions. Highlights include helping develop a prioritization matrix used by operations during off hours and by all area OTS's when reviewing plantwide work, resulting in less lost production and reduced overtime.

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Operations Engineer
      • Oct 1998 - Aug 2001

    • Process Design Engineer
      • May 1994 - Oct 1998

    • OED Engineer
      • Dec 1991 - May 1994

    • Process Engineer
      • May 1989 - Dec 1991

      Assigned to refinery plant site. Responsible for process and project service for Reformers, LEU, PDA, and MEK units. Highlights included development of new feedstock for sale roofing company, solving coking problem within LEU, and converted propane cavern to butane service at 1/10th the proposed capital cost.

Education

  • McNeese State University
    Master's degree, Finance
    1995 - 1998
  • University of Wyoming
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering
    1984 - 1989

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