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Juan Valdez Piping / Mechanical Engineer


Summary 14 years of experience in piping and mechanical engineering, basic and detailed engineering production and engineering management. Extensive expertise in the planning of design packages, resources allocation, engineering calculations, design production , technical specifications production, drawings and data sheets generation. Expertise in the procurement activities related to process and mechanical equipment including the issuing of MRs, POs, bids evaluations , inspection and expediting, and vendors drawings reviews. The above experience has been obtained while working on international assignments during the design and construction of petrochemical and refineries facilities. Very experienced in the design and selection of mechanical equipment such as rotating equipment, centrifugal pumps, reciprocating pumps, reciprocating and centrifugal compressors, turbo-expanders, pressure vessels, tanks, , fans, filters, heaters, separators, air compressors, HVAC, bag filters, air-exchangers, utilities equipment, valves, process piping an other related equipment. Extensive expertise in performing stress analysis calculations for process piping. Other Skills : Knowledge and handling of codes and standards such as : ASME B&PV code sections I, II, IV, V, VIII AND IX, ANSI B16.5/B16.47, ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, B31.5 and B31.8, API STD 650, API STDs 520, 610, 611, 613, 614, 617, 618, 661, API Spec 5L, NEMA SM-21/22/23, WRC 107/297, AWS, AWWA Manual M11, MSS, ISA, TEMA, NACE, GPSA. Expertise in the use of Caesar II for piping stress analysis and PDS 3D model review. Education Mechanical Engineer : Universidad Nacional de Colombia . 1995 Specialist in Projects Management : Universidad Distrital. Col 2004. Mechanical Designer : Instituto Tcnico Distrital . Bogota 1986 Experience 2002 -Actual : Wood Group Alliance Engineering. Wood Group. Houston AGL Resources. Spindletop , Beamount Texas. Lead mechanical engineer during the design of a phase I of a as Gas Storage facility. Design of 2 gas storage caverns and its related leaching facilities, pipelines, and gas handling facilities capable of cycling approximately 12 BSCF on a high-turn basis. Design of the interconnecting gas pipelines, fresh water and brine injection pipelines. Specific responsibility associated to the preparation of the technical specs, preparation and issuing of the MRs, POs awarding for all the compression station and the leaching plant. Preparation of project class V estimate. Port Barre Gas Storage, Phases 1 & 2.Port Barre Louisiana Design of surrface facilities for natural gas storage, gas compression and gas dehydration for 13.5 BSCF. Interconnecting gas pipelines, fresh water and brine injection pipelines. Responsibilities associated to design reviews, tech specs preparation and estimates for the compression station.

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Juan Valdez Piping / Mechanical Engineer


Niska gas storage facility. Design of several mechanical facilities, data sheets preparation and technical specs reviews and preparation. BHP Billiton. Cerro Matoso Nickel Refinery : Design of mechanical systems for the slag feed system. Responsible for the coordination and preparation of the detailed engineering. BP EXPLORATION CO. Design of a 120MMSCFD injection and handling system at Recetor fields in Colombia. Responsible for the design and specifications of the boosting and injection compressor packages, technical bid evaluation and vendor drawings review. HUPECOL. Crude Pipeline and Pumping Stations. Lead engineer during the design of the crude pumping stations , equipment selection and fire protection systems. Techint . Mexico ; PEMEX Exploration and Production. Nitrogen elimination plant for the natural gas processing at Ciudad Pemex and Tabasco facilities. Stress analysis engineer spring and expansion joints calculations BP Colombia : Sales Gas Plant Long Term Option Stage Detail Engineering. Sales Gas Plant Long Term Option Stage I FEED and Technical Evaluation of LLI (Long Lead Items), Cusiana. 180 MMSCFD production facility . Preparation of specifications and datasheets for dewpoint control package for turboexpander/compressors, reciprocating compressors, gas sweetening and other mechanical equipment. Technical bid evaluations and vendor drawings review. BP Colombia. Cusiana Oil Field : Reliability study for piping gathering system and pipeline integrity evaluation and impacts under batching operation scheme. Working together with a corrosion specialist and a process engineer. 2000-2002 : Techint . Techint. Mexico : El Paso-Gasaductos Tamaulipas. Design of the San Fernando Gas Pipeline, Front End Design Phase. 114 km, 1,000 MMSCFD, and two compression stations. Pemex - Petroqumica Morelos S.A. de C.V. Mexico : Expansion of two Ethylene plants. 500 to 600 MTA. Coatzacoalcos, Estado de Veracruz. Responsible for the preparation of mechanical layouts, data sheets generation, piping drawings, isometrics, equipment selection, and MRs issuing. s: Engineer for specification on mechanical equipment, review of technical information, technical bid evaluations and vendor drawings review. Empresa de Acueducto Bogoa : Water injection tunnel and Construction of a 12.5 mws small hydro generation station. Design, calculation, construction and start up of the ventilation system for the tunnel. Design, calculation, and start up of the supply water system for the tunnel. Design, calculation, erection, commissioning, construction and start up of the bag-filter to precipitate the dust produced by the tunnel drilling. Design and calculation of large pipe ASME/AWWA for the tunnel.

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Juan Valdez Piping / Mechanical Engineer


1995-2000 Other Relevant Assignments : PERENCO LTda. Mechanical engineer during the design of well pads and flow lines for a 10,000 BPD field development. Colombia. Brown & Root. Techniavance. Colombia. Mechanical Engineer Design of Piedemonte 15,000 BPD facilities for BP in Casanare Colombia. Inelectra. Colombia : Orthoflow Project. Upgrade to improve gasoline production at the Ecopetrol refinery in Barrancabermeja. Colombia. TECHINT INTERNATIONAL CORP. Tenco : Design of the Central processing facility . 220.000BPD for BP in Cusiana Cupiaga oil fields. Technip. Tipiel. Colombia. Design of acid water and waste soda treatment facilities for the Ecopetrol Cartagena refinery. Technip. TiPieL. Termodorada . Design of 51 mws power generation plant using gas and a GE frame V turbine. Technip.Tipiel . BP Exploration : Well pads and flow lines at Cusiana and Cupiagua oil fields. Technip.Tipiel. Ecopetrol new toping unit at the Barrancabermeja refinery. Technip-Tipiel. Transmetano. Design of Sebastopol-Medellin gas pipeline and compression stations.

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