Hazem Haddad

PGW Boiloff Gas Project

• Performed simulations for boiloff gas heating, compression and cooling via a closed loop glycol system. developed the PFD's, H&MB, datasheets, and completed the development of P&IDs, line list, manual valve list.
• Participated in the HAZOP study and tje closure of HAZOP action items.

• Performed the conceptual design and the simulations, developed the process flow diagrams and H&MB, issued all the datasheets/spec sheets for the equipment and instruments, reviewed vendor packages, developed the P&IDs, participated in the HAZOP study, implemented the action items, and assisted in the startup
• Performed the conceptual design and simulations, developed the block flow diagram, issued all the datasheets/spec sheets for the equipment, and reviewed vendor packages
• Currently assisting in the development of P&IDs
• Converted an old Fortran program to Excel VBA
• Currently filing an invention disclosure for a high recovery crude neon production unit

• Designed several amine units for the removal of CO2
• Designed an NGL fractionation facility
• Performed various CO2 freezing study to determine the maximum percentage of CO2 allowed in a feed at various ethane recoveries and various processing schemes
• Performed various Nitrogen expander refrigeration proposals for the liquefaction of LNG
• Prepared and presented a paper on the effect of errors in relative volatility, enthalpy, density and surface tension on the design of distillation columns
• Developed an Introduction to NGL manual intended for new engineers to familiarize them with the terminology, the various processing schemes and the pros and cons of each
• Participated in the preparation of various proposals as well as business development activities

• Lubrizol - Responsible for implementing MOC's, red lining of P&ID's and final checking
• Developed/checked line list, tie-in list, and equipment list
• Worked as the isometric drawings coordinator
• Responsible for developing tank datasheets for quotes
• Marine Well Containment System - Weatherford
• Developed the heat and material balance for 17 cases, checked vessel sizing calculations, finalized the line list, manual valve list, specialty items list, PSV index and equipment list
• Assisted in resolving some HAZOP items, checked a few PSV's and performed miscellaneous calculations
• Performed gap analysis for manual valves, specialty items and PSV's

• Spectra Energy - Design and amine unit, Glycol unit, and a compressor station for a 50 MMSCFD of natural gas
• Performed the process simulations, rough equipment sizing, and equipment list
• Confidential Client: 800+ mile pipeline
• Evaluated normal operation and turndown cases to determine the optimum number and location of compressor stations taking into account the tradeoff between operating and capital costs
• Integrated settling pressure and dew point calculations into HYSYSTM which enabled a much faster execution of the project
• Williams Energy: Performed GSP type NGL plant simulations for 'expander down' and ethane rejection cases
• Exxon Mobil - Significantly enhanced the heat integration for the CFZTM process which is designed to separate methane from CO2
• Developed the process flow diagrams, heat and material balance, and performed rough equipment sizing
• ConocoPhillips: Performed the simulations and optimization for a GSP type NGL plant for the recovery of ethane
• This was a scoping study; deliverables were limited
• Statoil Hydro: Developed, simulated and optimized a 4-column Ryan-Holmes based process to recover hydrocarbons from a CO2 rich feed, developed the PFD's, material balance, rough equipment sizing, equipment list, and assisted in writing the final report
• Buckeye: Performed a rating study on an existing facility to determine the feasibility of reducing the H2S content in the sales gas
• Developed a guideline, training module, and a power point presentation for pinch analysis
• Alaska North Slope: Developed, simulated and optimized a two-column Ryan-Holmes based process to recover hydrocarbons from a CO2 rich feed, developed the PFD's, material balance, rough equipment sizing, and assisted in writing the final report
• PCOSI - sub-lead engineer, revised, developed, and optimized the process water/cooling water heat exchange network resulting in $150 Million in savings
• Developed the process flow diagrams, established the basic controls philosophy, performed rough equipment sizing and costing, interacted with the client and vendors, and documented the work done in several reports
• Great Point Energy - Lead Engineer
• Work directly with the client to complete their process simulations and process flow diagrams of a coal gasification plant, performed rough equipment sizing, equipment list, heat and material balance, and utility summary
• Interacted with various disciplines to establish a preliminary cost estimate and plant layout
• ADCO Bab Project
• Performed various tasks such as the development of several PFD's and P&IDs, material balance, establishing some controls philosophies, equipment sizing and preparation of data sheets
• Determined maximum in-breathing and out-breathing blanket gas flow rates for storage tanks and designed offgas recovery units

• Worked as an area engineer and senior shift engineer and made on-the-spot decisions related to various plant upsets during the initial operations/developmental stage of production
• Identified various process design shortcomings and developed and issued recommendations aimed at achieving sustainable LAO production
• Provided primary technical support to precommissioning, commissioning, startup and operational activities
• Assisted in various risk assessments and root cause analysis teams to quantify operational problems and provide safe and assured solutions to avoid such in the future

• Responsible for the entire revamp strategy/conceptual design for an Ethane cracker and performed various simulations to check new loads for the existing major equipment
• Minor involvement in business development and sales efforts

• Invented an energy efficient process for NGL recovery from LNG
• (Patent granted)
• Invented a dual pressure distributed distillation scheme applicable for grass roots and revamps of Deethanizer/Depropanizer fractionation plants (Patent pending)
• Co-Inventor of the Randall High Pressure Absorber scheme; a low energy low capital C2 and C3 recovery
• (Patent granted)
• Williams Energy - On site experience monitoring a Ryan/Holmes process
• El Paso Chaco plant - On site experience gathering and analyzing plant operating data
• Developed a process design procedure for the Ryan/Holmes process
• Developed a guideline for feed enthalpy optimization which included various concepts such as two feeds with equal composition and different enthalpy
• Developed a guideline explaining the use of column grand composite curves and wrote a Hysim calculator to perform the calculations needed and plot the curve
• Applied such concepts to several processes which resulted in significant energy saving
• Used distributed distillation to design a demethanization unit linking a gas plant with an ethylene plant
• Simulated/designed various gas plants including Ethane recovery, Propane recovery, Refinery Offgas Enrichment, and briefly exposed to LNG, Nitrogen rejection and Helium recovery

• Led a team of engineers to perform 25% and 50% expansion studies for an ethylene plant
• Led a team of process engineers to perform a preliminary expansion study for an ethylene plant
• Led a team of engineers to develop correlations for plant traffic and major equipment sizing from the furnace effluent

• Taught Hysim, Aspen Plus, and SuperTarget to design and heat integrate processes including ethylene recovery, NGL separations, air separation, crude oil distillation, methanol synthesis and Fluidized Catalytic Cracking gas recovery unit
• Illustrated the use of various software and assisted students in preparing industrial type design reports

• Member of the Novacor Chemicals process design team (Firm design of a Demethanizer/Expander and Cold Box)
• Analyzed operating data for four C 2 splitters and determined the overall column efficiency
• Revamped a methyl-acetylene/propadiene hydrogenation reactor
• Revamped/designed a straight run naphtha depropanizer
• Developed a procedure for the stagewise simulation and heat balance of dephlegmators
• Trained two process engineers to use the above procedure
• Developed, simulated and optimized a low energy advanced hydrogen recovery scheme