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Current
Position at CWA
External
consultant. Provides expertise on all aspects of refinery process
design, operations and trouble shooting, investigation of refinery
incidents.
Career Profile
Mike
spent 23 years in BP, mainly in the refining function, and in
refining and supply related functions within the corporate head
office, before leaving to join Statoil for 3 years in similar
roles. He then became General Manager of a small independent oil
refining and distribution business, leaving after 10 years to join
a process consulting company, from which he retired in
2002.
Activities
Since 2002 has been active
as an independent consultant to the downstream oil industry, in
which I have extensive experience in all aspects of refineries and
oil terminals from engineering to general management, and
specialises in planning, optimisation and operation of refinery
offsites and terminals, tanks farms, blending, loading and
unloading installations. Mike offer a results based service to
bring these activities to peak performance, including design bases
for new installations, recommendations for rationalization and
modification of existing installations, and training, advice and
help with implementing improved planning, operation, maintenance,
control, and custody transfer and management documentation.
Summary
of Previous Employment.
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2002 -
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Consultant
Mike
has participated in an extensive strategic study for Pemex
downstream, covering refinery offsites, terminal operations and
distribution facilities and optimisation. Also for Pemex he
carried out a study into the optimum location for a new
Petrochemical complex, considering distribution and synergy with
existing facilities. For Coastal Aruba Mike carried out a refinery
offsites rationalisation study and for Irving reviewed their
offsites structure and performance. For the International
Development Bank he advised on the potential location of a new
refinery in Central America. By arrangement with KBC, Mike acted
as client liaison for their projects in Kuwait, Kazahkstan and
Russia, supervising the implementation of operational profit
improvements. I have also given a number of training courses on
refinery offsites operation in Kuwait, and acted as an expert
witness in disputes involving the quality of shipments and
business interruptions due to delays in engineering supplies.
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1997 - 2002
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KBC
Process Consulting, UK – Vice President
Participated
in a Profit Improvement Program as the production planning
specialist for a Greek refinery, managed the start-up of KBC’s
office in the Netherlands, and co-ordinated a multi-refinery
Profit Improvement Program in South East Europe, one in Kuwait and
one in Spain. The work in SE Europe involved the valuation and
assessment of the re-start of war damaged refinery, including
inspecting the state of the equipment, the costs and efforts
involved in refurbishing and re-commissioning, and the recruitment
and training needed to make this possible. Latterly Mike managed
KBCs Implementation service, which places engineers at client
sites to assist them in realising improved profits from minor
investments and operational changes. He subsequently developed
KBCs capability and offerings in the refinery offsites area.
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1988 - 1997
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Belgian
Refining Corporation - General Manager
Mike
took over the management of BRC and its associated distribution
terminal, while it was refurbishing and re-commissioning after a
three year shut down for economic reasons. This involved managing
both the novel and challenging technical and engineering issues
which arose during such difficult exercise, as well as all the
other administrative, commercial, legal, safety and environmental
problems of bringing a business back to life. He successfully
turned round the company which had been running with substantial
losses so that by 1992 it was a commercially successful
independent oil refining and distribution operation, with some 220
employees and a turnover of about $600M. This was achieved during
a deep economic recession in the industry. He then initiated and
managed the purchase, transfer and rebuilding of a second hand
process plant designed to further enhance the refinery economic
performance.
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1986 - 1988
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Statoil,
Norway
Mike was responsible for
downstream business development, and played a major role in the
$300M evaluation and purchase of a downstream oil company and its
integration into the corporation while retaining the full
commercial independence of the operating entities.
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1963 - 1986
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British
Petroleum
Mike benefited from a
progressive career development path which gave me a wide
functional experience of the downstream oil industry, involving
extensive assignments abroad including the Netherlands, Sweden and
Singapore. This included periods spent in refinery process
engineering, operations, maintenance and production planning
Led
the coordination of the production interests of an extremely
diverse group of shareholding companies in a Singapore joint
venture refinery. (1980 – 1984)
In charge of a team
in London responsible for developing and marketing refinery
information technology, successfully initiating major sales to
third parties as well as to BP affiliates. (1976 – 1980)
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