EDUARDO CALIXTO - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Process Industry Team

From 2003 to 2012 Alexandre has worked in a oil production and exploration base in the Amazon Jungle as an integrity engineer and reliability engineer, in charge of 14 technicians and around 2000 pieces of equipment. During that time he has developped fitness for use analyses using BS-7910, API-579 and software crackwise for pressure vessels, pipes and other static equipment, coordinated inspection tasks and three general maintenance stops. He has implemented remaining life analysis process for corrosion, creep and crack propagation for 2000 plant equipment that was followed by technicians. Some special cases were developped, like evaluation and control of corrosion-erosion of choke valves optimizing scheduled substitution. He has conducted the first life data analysis on safety valves in Brazil, which resulted in the optimization of inspection intervals for over 600 valves, resulting in 30% efficiency gain. During that time it was also proved that some valves actually failed at random. The causal analysis of this phenomena led to improving process controls. Alexandre has also evaluated CO2 corrosion on well pipes, using degradation data and NORSOK M-506 standard, which led to recommendation of technology change to be adopted company-wide. Alexandre has developed analysis on pump failure data due to incrustration, resulting in the recommendation of changes in the process of US$10.000, leading to increased availability of the system and lower maintenance costs. The alternative proposed by the dynamics team using classic mechanical engineering approach would result in higher investment and increased maintenance cost. Alexandre has coordinated corrective maintenance and inspection of a large Aluminium Brazed Plate Fin Heat Exchanger, including failure analysis, contracting of vendor and specialized repair teams. Later he has counseled the project for the new BPFHE and conducted fabrication inspection in Japan. From 2012 to 2016, he was invited to develop and manage the inspection team of the second largest and most productive business unit in Brazil, directly responsible for 20% of national oil production. Managing a team of over 100 personnel, 60% of which offshore, over 13 Installation. After four years he had created the hierarchical structure composed of coordinators and supervisors, developed new skills, software and standardization, reduced costs and improving efficiency by 30% and raised business indicators to the best historical level. During this period he started a lean six sigma project to study inspection time and business process losses which was the main base for changing team culture and organization. He proposed and managed a three stage study of over 6000 safety valves to determine the ideal inspection interval, stock replenishment politic, and also to determine which brands and models were more reliable for subsequent standardization. The study required the compilation of data from thousands of reports, the development of a fault tree analysis, Pareto analysis and life data statistical analysis, and subsequent scheduling of the new inspection strategy. He has conducted sample analysis for the evaluation of electrical continuity of bonds between topside pipelines, proving that electrical continuity was not significantly affected by common sources of variation, such as corrosion or painting, under different configuration of gaskets, materials and types of flanges. That allowed the company to prove to regulators there was no need to implement an inspection plan that would have cost thousands of dollars. He also tutored new engineers and trained operational personnel on integrity legislation, FMEA and RCM. From 2016 onward he has moved offshore to work as prosecutor on the main FSO of the fleet, dealing with thirteen different nationalities, to help foster safety culture and integrity management. During this period he also negotiated new contract deals, acted as consultant on the repair of another BPFHE, tutored a reliability project to evaluate oil ground pipes using PIG data and statistical analysis and gave six sigma training on other business units. Alexandre has acquired a large and varied set of skills in asset integrity, quality and reliability engineering, lean six sigma, asset management and process management. He has also developed work in reliability based inspection using six sigma, lean, life data analysis, system reliability and reliability centred maintenance methods and tools in a more pragmatic and simpler way for creating a thorough and comprehensive inspection plan for pipelines, pressure vessels and safety valves. Among the most recent results are the assessment of over 6000 PSV valves using reliability analysis, optimization of offshore inspection work for 13 rigs and 70 personnel and evaluation of resistivity in electrical bonds on pipelines in offshore rigs, resulting in cost cutting amounting to millions of dollars per year. He also developed work in workflow process reengineering, resulting in 30% more team efficiency, business culture development and business intelligence.

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Process Industry Team
• Team Leader

Since 2016, Dr. Eduardo Calixto has been working with Enkelt with the solution Integrity PRO SaaS for Asset Management, it's based on ISO 55001 elements, and has developed an asset management solution for the Oil and Gas and Railway industry.

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Process Industry Team
• Reliability Engineer Expert

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Aerospace Industry Team

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Aerospace Industry Team
• Member of the ECC Railway Industry Team
• Team Leader

Karl's abilities are not just purely all academic, he has abilities to foster a better working understanding by bringing together key aspects and integrating them to optimise the processes, to highlight areas of improvement and suggest solutions to not only to improve but to gain a significant advantage on the clients' behalf and to those of the client's customers.

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Process Industry Team

Job Titles:

• Machinery Reliability Expert
• Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Mr Allan McNally is Mechanical Reliability Engineer with significant experience and technical expertise in rotating equipment found in the chemical, mining and metals, municipalities, nuclear power generation, petrochemical, petroleum (downstream and upstream), fossil power-generation, pulp and paper, oil and gas, and steel Industry. I am an effective problem solver with strong people skills and good communication focused in solving and eliminating high-impact chronic problems, reducing downtime, and saving money for the customer ensuring the solution is sustainable.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Member of the ECC Aerospace Industry Team
• Member of the ECC Railway Industry Team
• Team Leader

Frederick Appoh is the director of RAMS Engineering and Asset Management Consultancy Limited (www.reamc.com). He is an experienced Senior RAMS and Asset Management Engineer and has worked for several rolling stock manufacturing organisations including; Bombardier Transportation, Alstom Transport and Hitachi Rail Europe and UK Ministry of Defence. He served in various engineering and leadership positions: System, Project, Reliability, Performance, Maintenance development, and RAMS LCC across Western Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He holds an MSc in Reliability engineering and asset management from the University of Manchester and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Science and Technology and Higher National Certificate in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Teesside. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) and Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) of the American Society for Quality. He has three research publication relating to RAMS LCC and Maintenance Engineering.

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Aerospace Industry Team
• Member of the ECC Railway Industry Team
• Reliability Engineer Expert ( ALT / HALT HASS )

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Process Industry Team
• Inspection Engineer Expert / API 653 Certified Storage Tank Inspector

Steve Scott was born in Hartlepool on the North East Coast of England in 1952. Steve was educated at Henry Smith Grammar School and Teesside Polytechnic to degree level in Chemical Engineering. He is a member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the Energy Institute (previously the Institute of Petroleum), the Institute of Wastes Management and the Wales Innovators Network. On leaving full time education, Steve joined Imperial Chemical Industries, I.C.I., in their Research Department, where he gained a thorough grounding in Physico-Chemical Analytical Techniques and was ultimately involved as a key player in the development of improved operational performance across a broad range of chemical manufacturing plants. A spin-off from these projects resulted in the development of innovative chemical formulations designed for the October 3, 2017 dispersal of oil spills at sea and to enhance secondary and tertiary recovery of crude oil from the UK's North Sea oil fields. A further development of this research led to the discovery of a range of chemicals capable of recovering hydrocarbon from oily waste. I.C.I. formed a joint venture company (Emultec Ltd) to exploit this discovery and Steve assumed responsibility for the sales and marketing of this novel concept. In 1985, the Institute of Petroleum became aware of the need to produce a code to cover the safe cleaning of large diameter black oil storage tanks. Steve was invited to become a member of the team, which included representatives from all of the UK and European oil companies, charged with producing this Safety Code. In March 1989, the Institute of Petroleum produced its ‘Tank Cleaning Safety Code', which has become the definitive document worldwide. At about this time Steve was invited to join the board of Progressive Technical Services with particular responsibility for international sales and contracting. PTS was a totally owned subsidiary of Leigh Environmental Waste Management Group. In 1992 he became Managing Director of this leading Oil and Petrochemical Industry Service Company. P.T.S. specialising in oil spill response and in the cleaning of large diameter black oil storage tanks and the subsequent processing of the resultant hydrocarbon waste for oil recovery, recycling and waste minimisation. Steve had direct technical responsibility for the Exxon developed ‘P43' sludge resuspension system. Several innovative techniques were developed by Steve during this time, including the ‘Topographic and Analytical Survey' for crude oil storage tanks and an ‘Actuating Nozzle System' for sludge resuspension without man-entry on live tanks. He has recently developed a crude oil sludge control system, Solv8, which industry experts are already hailing as a major innovation for the bulk liquid storage industry. As legislation increases the pressure on industry to improve Health & Safety and Environmental performance, so the need to develop new, innovative techniques falls to the service industries. Steve has assisted in the development of a number of non man-entry and waste minimisation systems around the globe. As a result of his increasing profile in the industry, Steve was asked to present technical seminars to international audiences on themes such as ‘Bulk Liquid Storage Tank Design and Management', ‘Storage Tank Cleaning and Sludge Disposal' and ‘Classification, Storage, Transport of Hazardous Chemicals', ‘Environmental Awareness', ‘Waste Minimisation' and ‘Process Operations'. In support of and often directly as a result of this training, Steve has been asked to provide a range of directly related services including a ‘Storage Tank Health Check', Sludge Topographic Surveys', ‘Tank Desludging without Man-Entry', ‘Sludge Processing', and Crude Oil Sludge Control with his innovative ‘Solv8' sludge control system. These are activities in which he is heavily involved today, constantly researching and developing new techniques and updating his operational knowledge to accommodate technological advances in these fields. As a recognised industry expert, Steve decided to offer his services to a wider audience and in 1997, formed Bro Nant International as a vehicle through which to achieve his ambitions. As an independent, Steve is able to work for both contractor and industrial major alike and has built up an enviable reputation both in the UK and overseas. Strategic alliances have been formed with leading Oil Industry Service Companies Willacy Oil Services and KB Oil Environmental, and with Motherwell Bridge Group whose expertise in the building and maintenance of storage tanks is second to none. Each of these contracts operate as retained consultancies and rely upon a two-way flow of information and expertise. Independent companies, picked for their particular skills and hands on expertise, including Willacy Oil Services, KB Oil Services, Separation Oil Solutions Ltd., Solids Control Services, DBI Ailsa, Veolia Industrial Services, Total Waste Management, GJJ Engineering, Technical Demolitions, Carter Oil and Gas and others, complete the portfolio of services, which allows Bro Nant International to offer a full turnkey capability from a single managed source.

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Process Industry Team

Job Titles:

• Member of the ECC Process Industry Team
• Reliability Engineer Expert / Asset Management Expert

Rao Set up a standardized reliability process and integrated various reliability tools such as Weibull Analysis, Reliability Block Diagrams, FMECA and other. Rao and his team completed analyzing more than 20 power plants around the world comprising 40 units and 121 substations. Rao Developed ‘Plant CheckUp', an asset management tool, where a systematic analysis of the asset condition, processes, KPIs etc. are reviewed and recommendations are made for improving the asset Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM). Performed ‘Run/Retire' assessment of a six unit power plant, impact of cycling on a supercritical plant and cycling impact on 2 on 1 combined cycle plants. Rao retired from Alstom/GE in February 2017 Mr. Rao is also author of several scientific and technical publication since 1991 and has received Honored Awards, Skills and Certification such as Alex Dow Award, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Black Belt, Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Reliability and Maintenance Professional (CMRP), Member, ASME Reliability and Performance (RAP) Committee, Professional Engineer (PE) licensed to practice in the State of Michigan, Kepner Tregoe Root Cause Analysis, Cause Mapping Root Cause Facilitator, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) facilitator and Kaizen facilitator.