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YOEL A. ULACIO

Electrical Engineer
Fulshear,Texas

Summary

Senior Electrical engineer with more than 30 years of international experience, with a strong background in the design, construction, maintenance, reliability, project management, and modeling of electrical systems for Petroleum Refineries. Assessment of Electrical Systems for the Oil & Gas Industries through ETAP, Quality Control/Quality Assurance of Electrical Equipment and Installations. Extensive experience in Field Testing of Substation’s electrical equipment during pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup of new projects. Expertise in reliability projects for power generation and distribution systems for industrial plants.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Corpus Christi Refinery
, USA
  • Office projects for the Oil & Gas Industry
  • Lead engineer responsible for development of short circuit, load flow, protective devices coordination, motor starting, Arc Flash Hazards and Stability studies for new electrical systems through ETAP), and for the engineering deliverables of basic and detail design associated to electrical equipment specifications (Medium Voltage Switchgears and MCC,s, Power Transformers, Battery Chargers, UPS’s ) , underground and aboveground cable routing, switchgears retrofit, MCC Specification and new electric motors required in accordance with CITGO requirements, procurement and commissioning support for the following projects:
  • B1E Boiler Replacement Project
  • CITGO Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex, , USA
  • TIER III Gasoline Compliance
  • CITGO Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex
  • Louisiana, USA
  • MODIFY AND REPAIR FINAL CLARIFIER 44TK-5A CITGO LEMONT REFINERY, Illinois, Chicago
  • DETAIL DESIGN ENGINEERING ELRP ALCOH, ISOM, B Reformer - Sub 79 Project - 13.8kV Cable Tray Route
  • CITGO Lake Charles Refinery
  • Cooling Tower CT3 Rebuild Detailed Engineering
  • CITGO Lake Charles Refinery, USA
  • ULSD Exchangers 590E008C/D Installation.

R&D Electrical Engineer

  • PDVSA Petroleum Refineries
  • Tasks included conceptual design and feasibility, detailed operational procedures, basic and detailed engineering, training for operation staff, spare parts recommendations, operation outsourcing, operation optimization analysis, asset evaluation/technical audits.

Lead Electrical engineer

Energy
Houston
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • For detail design, Procurement and construction support for Bandurria Gas Processing plant (Argentina) and JOBO 3 Gas Processing Plant (Colombia), Tapinhoa Station PETROBRAS/Brazil (Automatic Generator Synchronizing), Alvopetro Gas Processing plant/Bahia, Brazil
  • The engineering deliverables are related to the design of one-line diagrams, electrical studies, equipment technical specifications, Electrical load studies, design basis, power and control plans, area classification drawings, etc
  • The project will also cover the revision of detail engineering, procurement support, electrical equipment fabrication process and technical assistance during construction.

Senior Electrical Engineer

VEPICA/Edoxx Engineering
Houston
01.2017 - 01.2018

Electrical Engineer Specialist

AMEC FOSTER WHEELER
Monterrey
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Project (ULSD), Cadereyta Jimenez Refinery and Salina Cruz Refineries, PEMEX
  • New Hydro Process Unit, Sour Treatment Plant No.9 and Sulphur Recovery Unit No.7, and OSBL Auxiliary Services
  • Responsible for detail engineering deliverables for the design of MV Power Transformers, Switchgears, Power Circuit Breakers, MCC’s, Substation Battery chargers for 5 new MV Substations and electric motors and lighting system to be installed at process plants
  • The responsibilities of the position also included procurement, construction and commissioning support
  • The scope of the project covered the development of electrical studies through ETAP, such as Short-circuit, Load Flow, Motor Starting, Protection Devices coordination, Harmonics and Stability studies to design the substations and process plan in a reliable way
  • Experience or deep knowledge on cable sizing/selection, cable routing, one line diagrams, Bus study,
  • Grounding study, Lightning study, short circuit study, coordination study, etc
  • Design of electrical facilities including site and equipment layouts, elevations, buswork, ground grids, lighting, lightning shielding etc
  • Prepare initial SOW and DS for electrical equipment
  • Selection of equipment,material and preparation of specifications
  • Review and approve Electrical design package from external Engineering Firm as Owner Engineering
  • Familiar with IEEE, ANSI, IEC and NEC standards and design practice
  • Delivery of accurate and thorough electrical designs that will meet industry standards, specifications and meet prudent engineering practices
  • Review of internal and external designs for code compliance, good design practice and constructability
  • Coordinating design activities with other multi-discipline project team members
  • Construction support, including resolving site inquieries, attending site meetings and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects
  • Maintain complete project documentation with respect to engineering studies and calculations, all design packages and as-built requirements
  • Maintain good working relationship with internal groups that support projects such as other engineering disciplines, Drafting, Project Management, etc
  • Consult with other disciplines on system design including piping, instrumentation, controls, process, etc
  • Support other disciplines in DS, C&E matrix, load balance, etc
  • Maintain all information in a strictly confidential manner
  • Experience or deep knowledge on cable sizing/selection, cable routing, one line diagrams, Bus study,
  • Grounding study, Lightning study, short circuit study, coordination study, etc
  • Design of electrical facilities including site and equipment layouts, elevations, buswork, ground grids, lighting, lightning shielding etc
  • Prepare initial SOW and DS for electrical equipment
  • Selection of equipment,material and preparation of specifications
  • Review and approve Electrical design package from external Engineering Firm as Owner Engineering
  • Familiar with IEEE, ANSI, IEC and NEC standards and design practice
  • Delivery of accurate and thorough electrical designs that will meet industry standards, specifications and meet prudent engineering practices
  • Review of internal and external designs for code compliance, good design practice and constructability
  • Coordinating design activities with other multi-discipline project team members
  • Construction support, including resolving site inquieries, attending site meetings and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects
  • Maintain complete project documentation with respect to engineering studies and calculations, all design packages and as-built requirements
  • Maintain good working relationship with internal groups that support projects such as other engineering disciplines, Drafting, Project Management, etc
  • Consult with other disciplines on system design including piping, instrumentation, controls, process, etc
  • Support other disciplines in DS, C&E matrix, load balance, etc
  • Maintain all information in a strictly confidential manner
  • Experience or deep knowledge on cable sizing/selection, cable routing, one line diagrams, Bus study,
  • Grounding study, Lightning study, short circuit study, coordination study, etc
  • Design of electrical facilities including site and equipment layouts, elevations, buswork, ground grids, lighting, lightning shielding etc
  • Prepare initial SOW and DS for electrical equipment
  • Selection of equipment,material and preparation of specifications
  • Review and approve Electrical design package from external Engineering Firm as Owner Engineering
  • Familiar with IEEE, ANSI, IEC and NEC standards and design practice
  • Delivery of accurate and thorough electrical designs that will meet industry standards, specifications and meet prudent engineering practices
  • Review of internal and external designs for code compliance, good design practice and constructability
  • Coordinating design activities with other multi-discipline project team members
  • Construction support, including resolving site inquieries, attending site meetings and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects
  • Maintain complete project documentation with respect to engineering studies and calculations, all design packages and as-built requirements
  • Maintain good working relationship with internal groups that support projects such as other engineering disciplines, Drafting, Project Management, etc
  • Consult with other disciplines on system design including piping, instrumentation, controls, process, etc
  • Support other disciplines in DS, C&E matrix, load balance, etc
  • Maintain all information in a strictly confidential manner
  • Experience or deep knowledge on cable sizing/selection, cable routing, one line diagrams, Bus study,
  • Grounding study, Lightning study, short circuit study, coordination study, etc
  • Design of electrical facilities including site and equipment layouts, elevations, buswork, ground grids, lighting, lightning shielding etc
  • Prepare initial SOW and DS for electrical equipment
  • Selection of equipment,material and preparation of specifications
  • Review and approve Electrical design package from external Engineering Firm as Owner Engineering
  • Familiar with IEEE, ANSI, IEC and NEC standards and design practice
  • Delivery of accurate and thorough electrical designs that will meet industry standards, specifications and meet prudent engineering practices
  • Review of internal and external designs for code compliance, good design practice and constructability
  • Coordinating design activities with other multi-discipline project team members
  • Construction support, including resolving site inquieries, attending site meetings and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects
  • Maintain complete project documentation with respect to engineering studies and calculations, all design packages and as-built requirements
  • Maintain good working relationship with internal groups that support projects such as other engineering disciplines, Drafting, Project Management, etc
  • Consult with other disciplines on system design including piping, instrumentation, controls, process, etc
  • Support other disciplines in DS, C&E matrix, load balance, etc
  • Maintain all information in a strictly confidential manner
  • Experience or deep knowledge on cable sizing/selection, cable routing, one line diagrams, Bus study,
  • Grounding study, Lightning study, short circuit study, coordination study, etc
  • Design of electrical facilities including site and equipment layouts, elevations, buswork, ground grids, lighting, lightning shielding etc
  • Prepare initial SOW and DS for electrical equipment
  • Selection of equipment,material and preparation of specifications
  • Review and approve Electrical design package from external Engineering Firm as Owner Engineering
  • Familiar with IEEE, ANSI, IEC and NEC standards and design practice
  • Delivery of accurate and thorough electrical designs that will meet industry standards, specifications and meet prudent engineering practices
  • Review of internal and external designs for code compliance, good design practice and constructability
  • Coordinating design activities with other multi-discipline project team members
  • Construction support, including resolving site inquieries, attending site meetings and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects
  • Maintain complete project documentation with respect to engineering studies and calculations, all design packages and as-built requirements
  • Maintain good working relationship with internal groups that support projects such as other engineering disciplines, Drafting, Project Management, etc
  • Consult with other disciplines on system design including piping, instrumentation, controls, process, etc
  • Support other disciplines in DS, C&E matrix, load balance, etc
  • Maintain all information in a strictly confidential manner
  • Experience or deep knowledge on cable sizing/selection, cable routing, one line diagrams, Bus study,
  • Grounding study, Lightning study, short circuit study, coordination study, etc
  • Design of electrical facilities including site and equipment layouts, elevations, buswork, ground grids, lighting, lightning shielding etc
  • Prepare initial SOW and DS for electrical equipment
  • Selection of equipment,material and preparation of specifications
  • Review and approve Electrical design package from external Engineering Firm as Owner Engineering
  • Familiar with IEEE, ANSI, IEC and NEC standards and design practice
  • Delivery of accurate and thorough electrical designs that will meet industry standards, specifications and meet prudent engineering practices
  • Review of internal and external designs for code compliance, good design practice and constructability
  • Coordinating design activities with other multi-discipline project team members
  • Construction support, including resolving site inquieries, attending site meetings and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects
  • Maintain complete project documentation with respect to engineering studies and calculations, all design packages and as-built requirements
  • Maintain good working relationship with internal groups that support projects such as other engineering disciplines, Drafting, Project Management, etc
  • Consult with other disciplines on system design including piping, instrumentation, controls, process, etc
  • Support other disciplines in DS, C&E matrix, load balance, etc
  • Maintain all information in a strictly confidential manner

Lead of Electrical commissioning

AMEC FOSTER WHEELER
Houston
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Texas (Cartagena Refinery Expansion Project, Responsible for redesign engineering documentation as needed, pre-commissioning , commissioning and startup operation activities, creation of test packages, and equipment preservation procedures, start up and successful operation of electrical equipment , preparation of SOW packages for sub-contractor bids in the Cartagena Refinery Expansion project (Colombia).The scope of work of the project covered testing and installation of electrical equipment for 25 MV substations (115/34.5 kV), 12 synchronous generators and electrical equipment for 30 process units
  • The job responsibilities included preparation of testing procedures and commissioning and energization for power transformers, MV Switchgears, MCC’s, UPS, MV and LV Electric motors, HV Power cables and MV synchronous generators
  • All electrical testing was made in accordance with NETA, IEEE, IEC Standards and ECOPETROL specifications.

Electrical Engineering Leader

Empresas Y&V
Caracas
01.2004 - 01.2013
  • Responsible for development of Front-End Loading (FEL), basic and detail design, project leader, strategic planning and procurement support for new plants and expansion of existing plants for the Cardon and Amuay Refineries, Venezuela (PDVSA)
  • The scope of such projects was related to the expansion of existing process plants, such as: Alkylation I, HDT-2, Butane Butylene, Lube Oil Bottling for Cardon Refinery and Distillation Expansion Plants and Upgrading of MV Electrical substations for Amuay Refinery
  • The job responsibilities included preparation of technical specs, power and control plans, grounding plans, lighting plans, material take off, material requisitions, BID Evaluation, testing procedures, electrical studies though ETAP to design the substation equipment (Power Transformers, Switchgears, MCC, Power Circuit Breakers, Electric Motors and Power cables) and Construction support to the installation of new Power Transformers (6.9 /0.48 KV), Switchgear and MCC’s at the Substation 27B to provide power to new process plant Butane Butylene, Cardon Refinery
  • PDVSA, Venezuela
  • Project AXENS
  • Empresas Y&V
  • Electrical Construction support to the installation of new 13.8 KV Switchgear, PF/VAR Panel, Cable trays, Power and control cable routing, Protection relays testing, and all commissioning tests required to New 3000 HP Synchronous motor belonging to HDT-2 Expansion Project
  • Cardon Refinery

Head of Reliability Engineering, Electrical Project Engineer, Head of Reliability Engineer

PDVSA CRP
01.1988 - 01.2003
  • (Electrical Section) responsible for the failure analysis of the medium voltage motors and power electrical equipment, process changes, performing scheduled maintenance, field commissioning of electrical for new plants, troubleshooting and minor projects required to improve the operational reliability of the electrical systems of Cardon and Amuay Petroleum Refineries (PDVSA/Venezuela)
  • Responsible for the engineering, simulation through ETAP, construction and commissioning of the electrical equipment to be installed at the main Substation T41 (115/34.5KV), which included MV Switchgears, Medium Voltage MCC, LV MCC, Lighting panels, LV and MV Electric motors installed at the process area, commissioning tests required to put in service all feeders and power transformers connected to the main Substation and DEMIN Process plant (PDVSA/KBR)
  • Cardon Refinery, PDVSA
  • Responsible for the construction of the electrical equipment to be installed at the Substation T27B (34.5/6.9KV), which included MV Switchgears, MV MCC, LV MCC, Lighting panels, all LV and MV Electric motors in the process area, commissioning tests required to put in service the Substation and MTBE/TAME Process plant (PDVSA/KELLOGG)
  • Cardon Refinery, PDVSA
  • Application of RCA (Root Cause Analysis), RCM ( Reliability Centered Maintenance) and maintenance based on conditions methodologies to solve the High Frequency of Failures of Low and medium voltage motors installed in the Utilities and Deep Conversion Processes for Amuay and Cardon Refineries (Total quantity of motors: 1500 motors in both refineries)
  • Responsible to update continuously the electrical system of Amuay and Cardon Refineries through ETAP either by construction of new process plants or expansion of existing plants
  • The requirements for this job considered the development of electrical studies to evaluate the conditions and scenarios of the electrical system under new plants incorporated
  • Responsible for the Engineering and Construction support for the electrical installations required for new Process Plant Gasoline Blending MOGAS, Cardon Refinery Expansion Project
  • PDVSA/KBR
  • The scope of work included the installation of MV and LV MCC’s, Lighting panels, Outlets AND Electric motors to be installed at the plant
  • Head of Electric Testing Department
  • Cardon Refinery PDVSA Venezuela
  • Responsible for electrical testing of power transformers, HV/MV Switchgears, MCC’s, Electric motors for 114 Substations and 40 process plants of the refinery either by preventive maintenance, failures, and field testing of new equipment
  • All electrical tests were made according to NETA Recommended practices.

Education

Bachelor Science - Electrical Engineering

Doctorate - Regional Planning

Universidad del Zulia

Advanced Electrical Engineering Course for Oil and Gas. - undefined

SHELL. Amsterdam

MBA - Finance

College of Business. University of Houston-Victoria
2020

MSc - Biomedical Engineering

UPTA
2012

MSEE - Electrical Engineering (Power Systems Analysis

UNEXPO
1999

BSEE - undefined

Universidad del Zulia
1988

Skills

  • MS-office proficiency
  • AutoCAD (Intermediate knowledge)
  • Ability to work in and outside of an office environment
  • Writing skills for preparing manuals, parts lists, proposals and design documentation
  • ETAP Power System Analysis
  • Lone Star College North Harris Campus/Houston, USA (2019 – 2022) Full time Associate professor
  • Electrical Technology program Assoc Time professor in the following courses: Electrical system design, Electrical theory, Motor Controls, Electrical Machinery, Industrial Wiring, Electrical Testing, Power Distribution systems, Electrical safety, Electrical Drafting, National Electrical code (NEC), Power system analysis, Industrial power systems, Protection of power systems
  • Research, modeling, and testing of FESTO Electrical machines and power systems simulating loads and processes requirements (Pumps, Compressors and conveyors) in order to project results at Industry facilities level Modelling and simulation of electrical systems using ETAP/Digsilent Installation and programming procedures for PLCs and VFDs Commissioning procedures
  • Senior Electrical Engineer

Accomplishments

  • SHELL Protection Course, 1993, Stafford, England
  • Member of IEEE Industry Applications and Power& Energy Societies
  • Professional Engineer Licensed by Texas Board Professional Engineers (TBPE)
  • Professional Project Management (PMP)/PMI ( In progress)
  • Electric Systems for Refineries and Industrial facilities
  • Power Systems Analysis and Modelling
  • Field Acceptance Tests
  • Familiar with IEEE, ANSI, IEC and NEC standards
  • Reliability Engineering
  • Lecturer of Electrical engineering subjects
  • Substation design through ETAP
  • Solid experience in both field engineering and pre-commissioning / commissioning

Affiliations

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Project Management Institute

Certification

  • Licensed Professional Engineer - Texas Board Professional Engineer

Languages

English
Full Professional
Spanish
Full Professional
Italian
Limited Working

Timeline

Lead Electrical engineer

Energy
01.2018 - 01.2019

Senior Electrical Engineer

VEPICA/Edoxx Engineering
01.2017 - 01.2018

Electrical Engineer Specialist

AMEC FOSTER WHEELER
01.2015 - 01.2016

Lead of Electrical commissioning

AMEC FOSTER WHEELER
01.2014 - 01.2015

Electrical Engineering Leader

Empresas Y&V
01.2004 - 01.2013

Head of Reliability Engineering, Electrical Project Engineer, Head of Reliability Engineer

PDVSA CRP
01.1988 - 01.2003

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Corpus Christi Refinery

R&D Electrical Engineer

Bachelor Science - Electrical Engineering

Doctorate - Regional Planning

Universidad del Zulia

Advanced Electrical Engineering Course for Oil and Gas. - undefined

SHELL. Amsterdam

MBA - Finance

College of Business. University of Houston-Victoria

MSc - Biomedical Engineering

UPTA

MSEE - Electrical Engineering (Power Systems Analysis

UNEXPO

BSEE - undefined

Universidad del Zulia

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