Engineer Manager

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

John C. Soria

**** *********** ** ***********, ** 77546 Email: adkngy@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 346-***-****

POSITION DESIRED:

Senior Sales Engineer

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Youngstown State University – 3.4 GPA - Youngstown, OH (1980) -6/21/1980 YEARS IN ENGINEERING:

35 years.

EXPERIENCE

Suez WTS – Key Account Manager – Refining – Gulf Coast Region 5/2019 – January 4, 2021

Managed client relationships and acted as Account Manager for various refinery units at Total Port Arthur Refinery. Units I managed include Crude Units, Sour Water Strippers, Amine systems and SRU. Acted as the site’s safety and environmental lead for Suez WTS. Managed client relationships with Motiva SMEs in Downtown Houston and at the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery. Lead an important plant trial at Motiva’s Port Arthur finery US largest crude unit. Team member in a corporate effort to bring in Equipment Services technology and products into refineries’ amine units and sour water strippers. These technologies include electrodialysis and ion exchange amine reclaiming, membranes, filters, etc. The objective of this program is to also bring in corrosion and fouling inhibitors, antifoams, emulsion breakers, on-line and off-line cleaning technologies and services to refineries amine units with the goal to expand the reach into upstream and midstream globally.

Invented, and obtained provisional patent protection, for a new catalyzed oxygen scavenger formulated to minimize amine degradation, corrosion, and fouling in amine units and sour water strippers.

Carmelita Oil & Gas – CEO & Founder

1/2014 – 5/2019

Sour Gas Processing – Technical Service and Troubleshooting: Amine, SRU, TGTU, Membranes Separations, Glycol Dehydration.

Refinery Gas Processing, Midstream Gathering Infrastructure - Wellsite Tank Batteries, Rich-gas Compression Stations, Gas Plants and LNG facilities. Troubleshooting and Technical Service as well as operator, engineer, and maintenance personnel training and development. Formulation of treatment programs using my patented amine and glycol corrosion and fouling inhibitors as well as amine solvent swaps.

British Petroleum – Refining Technology Treatments Consultant and Texas City Refinery Senior Process Engineer

8/2005 – 10/2012

BP/Amoco Whiting Refinery Expansion. BP Treatments representative/consultant on the integrated project management team (IPMT) during the FEED package for the upgrades to the sulfur recovery network including amine towers, regenerators, 2 new SRU trains, TGTUs, and sulfur pits, as part of the Amoco Whiting major upgrade to enable the refinery to use ultra-heavy Canadian crude. Responsibilities included review of flow diagrams, material balances and P&IDs Acted as process expert for the HAZOP review. Also participated in OSBL reviews which included natural gas distribution, water supply and distribution, steam systems, waste water collection and treatment, and plant flares.

Transferred permanently in 2009 to the Texas City Refinery to help rebuild the refinery’s sulfur recovery and amine treating infrastructure which was damaged by Hurricane Rita This involved fast-tracking several projects simultaneously through all phases of project work from FEED studies, safety reviews, to construction and commissioning. Proposed, formulated, and coordinated implementation of an amine swap consisting of a blend of MEA and MDEA to replace the existing solvent to improve safety and environmental compliance, increase capacity, and improve reliability by minimizing system-wide corrosion and fouling of a 22- contactor, 2-regenerator amine system. Received a commendation for a corporate Helios award for this work in 2011.

Helped optimize operations of amine units, SRUs, TGTUs, and SWS through debottlenecking and process-improvement projects and programs.

Developed and delivered process, troubleshooting, and simulation unit-specific operator training programs for amine units, SRU, SWS, and other refinery units. Received a commendation for a corporate Helios award, the highest level of corporate technical achievement, for this work in 2011. Kvaerner Process Systems – Houston, TX Senior Process, Project, and Technical Sales/Service Engineer

8/1999 – 7/2005

Project Manager/Lead Engineer responsible for providing conceptual, FEED, detailed design, project scheduling, proposals, quality management/control and procurement for modular amine, glycol, mole sieve, membrane, and pretreatment system. Provided commissioning and training services for all units sold globally.

Design, build, commission an amine and glycol dehydration complex for Petroindustrial in Ecuador. This was a six-month assignment in Quito, Ecuador. Responsibilities included: Leading customer kick-off meetings and design reviews; directing internal and external teams; identifying and resolving inter-departmental issues. Also prepared and oversaw project schedules and set objectives and priorities for the team. Supervised supplier-designed modular unit and supervised their integration with our modules. Coordinated the sub-contractor’s engineering disciplines, and provide technical support in risk assessment, design review, constructability, and HAZOP. Coordinated with multi-discipline designers to develop P&IDs, general arrangement and assembly drawings and BOM for departments and customers. Collaborated with shop to facilitate Sold, lead the design, and selected local contractor to build gas processing facilities in Ecuador Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.

Developed and implemented in-house technologies and chemical-treatment methods to help simplify gas-processing systems, reduce corrosion and fouling, prevent amine degradation. Coastal Chemical – Houston, TX - Applications Manager and Technical Sales/Service Engineer 2/1995 – 7/1999

Developed and implemented corrosion and fouling inhibitors for amine treating in refineries and natural gas plants. Received a patent for a line of catalyzed oxygen scavengers for amine units. New products increased sales in this segment from $20K/year to over $1M/year in 3 years. Trained hundreds of operators, engineers, and maintenance personnel in the areas of Amine Treating, Claus Units, and Tail Gas Treating units in North America and Latin America commissioning. Crown Petroleum Company - Senior Process Engineer – SRU and Utilities 1/1991 – 2/1995

Performed technical service functions relating to day-to-day project and problem solving, monitoring performance, developing KPIs, optimizing efficiency, and troubleshooting problems at the SRU, NGL unit, reformer, and the steam generation and water treatment systems. Project engineering functions included conceiving, justifying, designing, implementing projects to improve environmental compliance and to increase reliability, reliability, and efficiency. Developed and implemented energy conservation programs that saved the company over

$2M/year. Received a corporate award for this work. Implemented projects and programs at the SRU that moved performance from 4th quartile Solomon ratings to 1st quartile. Received another corporate award for this work.

Solvay Polymers Inc. – Deer Park, TX Utility and Catalyst Operations Engineer 8/1989 – 12/1990

Performed technical service functions relating to day-to-day project and problem solving, monitoring performance, optimizing efficiency, and troubleshooting problems at the polyethylene plant as well as the steam generation and water treatment systems. Project engineering functions included conceiving, justifying, designing, implementing projects to improve environmental compliance and to increase reliability, reliability, and efficiency. Managed operations of the catalyst regeneration section and the utilities plant.

Arco Chemical Company – Bayport TX Operations Engineer 1/1987 – 7/1989

Performed technical service functions relating to day-to-day project and problem solving, monitoring performance, optimizing efficiency, and troubleshooting problems at the propylene glycol and the steam generation and water treatment systems. Project engineering functions included conceiving, justifying, and designing, implementing projects to improve environmental compliance and to increase reliability, reliability, and efficiency. Conceived, and was member of the project team to install facilities to recover a propylene glycol (PG) waste stream to eliminate

$2MM/year in waste processing costs while generating revenues of almost $1 MM/year by marketing the product as an anti-acing agent to various airports and airlines. Received a Corporate Award for this effort

DuPont – Victoria, TX Process Engineer

5/1980 – 12/1986

Performed technical service functions relating to day-to-day project and problem solving, monitoring performance, optimizing efficiency, and troubleshooting problems at the adipic acid plant, polyethylene unit, and the steam generation and water treatment systems. Energy conservation coordinator. In-house water-treatment consultant. Headed several safety- improvement teams. Received a Corporate Award in 1984 for accomplishments in energy conservation.

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