Andrew López
Long Beach,CA
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hydrogen Tech Team Lead – Pipeline & Facilities
Burns & McDonnell
Los Angeles, CA
08.2019 - Current
- Developed Safety Plan for Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub, ensuring compliance with NFPA, ASME, ANSI/AIAA, and API standards. Implemented fire protection, detection systems, and PPE protocols.
- Led hydrogen infrastructure feasibility study, performing hydraulic calculations, process simulations, and equipment sizing for a 1,000-mile pipeline in Southern California.
- Managed brownfield replacement of a peak shaver plant, coordinating all engineering disciplines and ensuring quality control.
- Engineered pipe sizing, P&IDs, and control valve sizing for a microgrid and charging infrastructure, supporting zero-emission transport.
- Led process engineering and QC for RNG project from an Anaerobic Digester, optimizing feedstock and digestate processing.
- Evaluated technical and economic feasibility of CO2 sequestration in deep geologic formations.
- Routed CO2 pipeline network with eight production sites to a single injection facility.
- Coordinated installation of major equipment and environmental permitting for gas engineering projects.
Sr. Project Engineer – Mechanical, Systems and Process Engineering
SPEC Services
Fountain Valley, CA
04.2011 - Current
- Project Management and Coordination for multiple disciplines (civil, electrical and mechanical) engineering and design for facility and pipeline projects
- Lead Engineer coordinating and reviewing work from all engineering and design groups
- Shutdown Management and Coordination for 20 – 40 projects, totaling millions of dollars
- Equipment sizing, material specification and procurement for projects up to $11 MM
- Seconded as Engineer and Project Manager for mid-sized oil & gas client for one year
- Cost estimates and proposals for multi discipline projects, including 30% and Issued for Construction
- Managed multiple day facility shut-ins in charge of scheduling, equipment layout and coordination between multiple construction contractors
- Provided expert witness in city planning commission meetings
- Hydraulics calculations for liquid, gas and multiphase pipelines; include clean products, produced crude oil and wet/dry gas
- Review and PE stamp P&IDs for federal submittal
- Process analysis, simulation and design using various Aspen programs
- Capacity studies for equipment and facilities, design tank and vessel internals for increased equipment capacity
- Pipeline Stress Analysis using CAESAR II
- Construction support, field coordination and RFI management
- Lead Engineer for on projects for Oil & Gas companies including: Tesoro, Shell, SoCalGas, Oxy/CRC, BreitBurn & Kinder Morgan
Sr. Project Engineer – Leak detection and pipeline modeling projects
ATMOS International
Anaheim, CA
04.2005 - 12.2009
- Manage multiple projects as lead contact to ensure all project milestones completed
- Interpretation of P&IDs to create pipeline drawings (PFDs)
- Training non-technical operators and management to understand technical material
- Performed installations and Site Acceptance Tests on four continents for major Oil & Gas and Chemical companies, Including Dow, Emerson, Shell, Sonacol, Suncor & Tesoro.
- Projects included Crude Oil, Gasoline, Diesel, Ethylene, Xylene, Natural Gas, etc.
- Pipeline installations from 3 miles up to 100 miles
- Mentored and trained new engineers during last two years of employment
- Consistently completed the most projects in the Engineering group.
Education
ALM - Sustainability & Environmental Management
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA05-2020
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA05-2004
Skills
- Peer Training
- Hydrogen & CCUS
- ASME Codes B313/B314/B318/B3112
- 49 CFR Part 192/195
- Aspen: HYSYS/EDR
- ProMax
- AutoCAD
- CAESAR II
- PIPEFLO & OLGAS
- Bluebeam
- AFT Arrow/Fathom
- Microsoft SQL
- Microsoft Excel/Word/Visio/PowerPoint/Project
- OPC
- SCADA/DCS
- Various other communications formats
- Programming in VB6
- VBNET
- Fluent in Spanish
Registrations
- Chemical Engineer, California, CH 6657
- Mechanical Engineer, California, M 38107
- Envision Sustainability Professional, 20133
Certification
- Professional Engineer (CA) Mechanical (M38107) and Chemical (CH6657)
- Envision Sustainability Professional (20133)
- Graduate Certificate Environmental Policy and International Development (August 2019)
- Graduate Certificate Corporate Sustainability and Innovation (January 2020)
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Full Professional
Affiliations
- Chair Board Of Directors - LA Basin SPE (Jul 2020 - Present)
- Vice Chair Board Of Directors - LA Basin SPE (Feb 2020 - Jul 2020)
- Secretary - LA Basin SPE (Nov 2018 - Jul 2020)
Timeline
Hydrogen Tech Team Lead – Pipeline & Facilities
Burns & McDonnell
08.2019 - Current
Sr. Project Engineer – Mechanical, Systems and Process Engineering
SPEC Services
04.2011 - Current
Sr. Project Engineer – Leak detection and pipeline modeling projects
ATMOS International
04.2005 - 12.2009
ALM - Sustainability & Environmental Management
Harvard University
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
- Professional Engineer (CA) Mechanical (M38107) and Chemical (CH6657)
- Envision Sustainability Professional (20133)
- Graduate Certificate Environmental Policy and International Development (August 2019)
- Graduate Certificate Corporate Sustainability and Innovation (January 2020)