League City, TX 77573

281-334-7956

jimhwade@aol.com

Jim H. WADE, P.Eng.

Mr. Jim Wade, P.Eng., is a Fabricated Equipment Specialist with 36 years of experience in design,
specification, and procurement of mechanical equipment for process plants in Chemical, PetroChemical, Refining and Off-Shore Oil & Gas Industries.

He has worked 3 years as a direct employee of WorleyParsons plus 1 year on loan to

WorleyParsons from SNC-Lavalin.

His expertise has primarily been in the design of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, fabricated
equipment, and piping.

His experience includes procurement of fabricated equipment from North America, Europe and
China.

He has contributed to North American and Global Corporate piping and fabricated equipment
standardization teams.

His positive working relationship with equipment manufacturers have served him well as he has
audited numerous fabrication facilities.

He has construction inspection experience and has supervised shifts during boiler and gas turbine
maintenance turn-arounds.

He has acted as Mechanical Lead Engineer for a total of 9 years.

He has project management experience on both lump sum and cost reimbursable projects, as well
as problem solving skills performing pipe stress analysis and equipment modifications.

Mr. Wades detail and results-oriented style strives for high quality and customer satisfaction.

His project experience includes Canada, United States of America, Russia, Trinidad, Brazil, and
Peru.

EDUCATION
Carleton University - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

June 4, 1979

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical

EXPERIENCE
WorleyParsons Hydrocarbons - Bellaire, Texas

6/2011 - Present

Senior Technical Consultant

Lead Mechanical Engineer, Gran Tierra Energy Peru S.R.L.; Bretaa Development Project
Amazonia Peru; Onshore (handled like an Offshore) Heavy Oil & Gas Field FEED Services for
facilities to produce phased capacity of 20,000 bpd to 40,000 bpd crude and 125,000 bpd to 375,000
bpd produced water. Supervise 4 rotating equipment engineers, 3 static equipment engineers and 1
static equipment designer. Coordinated with other disciplines and vendors. Participated in schedule
development and updating. Also included is estimating, planning schedules, reporting progress and
earned hours expended.
Heat Exchanger Engineer, Celanese Fairway Project Methanol Plant Expansion Pasadena TX;
Detail design, equipment data sheets, review and approval of vendor calculations and drawings for
shell & tube (21) heat exchangers designed and fabricated from China. Programs used: HTRI

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Xchanger Suite, ASPEN EDR & Ensea, and Compress with Heat exchanger module. Coordinated with
other disciplines, High Value Engineering (HVE) office, and vendor during detail design & fabrication.
Checking of vendor data for adherence to project requirements and quality was performed.

Heat Exchanger Engineer, Chevron Rosebank, Offshore Oil & Gas FPSO Project; equipment data
sheets and purchase requisitions for shell and tube (36), hairpin (11) and plate & frame (5) heat
exchangers. Coordinated with other disciplines.

Lead Mechanical & Lead Piping Engineer, BP Juniper Project Offshore Trinidad & Tobago, Bellaire
TX; Gas Riser Platform - Piping Studies, Mechanical Handling Study, Equipment List, Brownfield
Equipment & Piping Fitness for Service Evaluations, Energy Institute Flow Induced Vibration Studies,
Pig Launcher/Receiver, Pedestal Crane, Survival Craft, Sewage Treatment Unit, Sump Pile, Open &
Closed Drain Tanks, static equipment, equipment data sheets, equipment specifications, equipment
preservation requirements, equipment and skid requisitions, supervise rotating equipment engineers
(compressors, pumps, diesel & gas engines), material/corrosion engineers, piping specification
engineers (piping & valves), and piping stress engineers (12 engineers total). Coordinated with other
disciplines and vendors. Participated in schedule development and updating. Also included is
estimating, planning schedules, reporting progress and earned hours expended.

SNC-LAVALIN ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS INC. - Houston, Texas

2007-6/2011

Lead or Senior Pressure Equipment Engineer

Pressure Vessel Engineer, Arkema/Total Pasadena TX; equipment data sheets and purchase
specifications for shop fabricated API 650 storage tank, steam traps (3), re-rate distillation columns (3)
and re-rate two API 650 storage tanks. Detailed design.

Pressure Vessel Engineer, Invista Victoria TX & Orange TX; equipment data sheets and purchase
specifications for 316/316L pressure vessels (18), detonation arrestors (8), field and shop erected API
650 storage tanks (4), bolted non-API tank (1) and one process filter. Detailed design

Pressure Vessel Engineer, Invista Orange TX; equipment data sheets and purchase specifications for
316/316L distillation columns (2), horizontal flash vessel, and two process filters. Detailed design.

Pressure Vessel Engineer, Invista Orange TX; equipment data sheets and purchase specifications for
316/316L storage tank, Inconel 625 Separator vessel, and large Alloy 800H replacement head for
column. $850 K value. Detailed design and construction support, e.g. sizing welds for crane
mobilization and demobilization. Checking of vendor data for adherence to project requirements and
quality was performed.

Lead Storage Tank Engineer, WorleyParsons Inc., Bellaire, TX; COMPERJ Project, Petrobras, Rio de
Janeiro Petrochemical Complex: assign tasks for 6-8 engineers, review datasheets, calculations, and
technical reports for field erected storage tanks to various codes (API 620, API 650, AWWA D100, &
NFPA 22). 89 datasheets (129 tanks and 4 silos). Detailed design. Coordinated with other disciplines.

Pressure Vessel Engineer, SNC-Lavalin Inc., Toronto Canada Office, Amursk Gold POX Project,
Russia: general specifications, mechanical design criteria, equipment specifications for Flash Tank,
Autoclave, Brick Lining System and Autoclave Agitators, Request For Inquiry packages, detail
drawings. Detailed design

Pressure Vessel Engineer & Lead Piping Engineer, Conoco-Phillips Borger, TX: Borger Gasoline
Benzene Reduction Project, rerate studies for various columns and pressure vessels, modernize

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piping specifications & provide MOC documentation

Pressure Vessel Engineer, DKRW Advanced Fuels Coal to Liquids Project, WY: specifications, bids for
over $100 MM of heavy wall pressure vessels and fabricated equipment from Europe and Asia

Pressure Vessel Engineer, Cornhusker Energy, Super B Ethanol Plant Expansion Project, NB:
specifications, data sheets, bids for $17 MM of field erected API storage tanks (26 total)

Pressure Vessel Engineer, Conoco-Phillips Sweeny, TX: various rerates and alterations to pressure
vessels and heat exchangers

BAYER CORPORATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES - Baytown, Texas

1999-2007

Principal Mechanical Specialist/Principal/Senior Engineer, Mechanical Department

Note: All the following Bayer projects involve detail design, coordination with other disciplines,
vendors and construction support, including field job scopes. Also included is estimating,
planning schedules, reporting progress and earned hours expended. Checking of vendor data
for adherence to project requirements and quality was performed.

Lead Mechanical Engineer, TDI II Rectification Column Project, TDI II Plant:

Lead Mechanical Engineer, HCL Neutralization Project, HCL Plant:

Lead Mechanical Engineer, Aniline Phase II Infrastructure Project, MR III plant:

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Utilized Alloy 33 fabricated equipment and piping

Lead Mechanical Engineer, TDA I Rebuild (2003), TDI II Rebuild (2006):

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Efforts to restore plant to operations after plant incidents resulted in extended shutdown

Received Special Recognition Award

Lead Mechanical Engineer, Makrolon Debottlenecking Project, Makrolon Plant:

Mechanical Engineer responsible for new PMA Column, PMA Column Condenser and
Phosgene Generator, MR III plant

Lead Mechanical Engineer, Phosgene Generation Project, Makrolon Plant: total of 5

phosgene generators.

Mechanical Design and trouble shooting for Capital projects:

Projects included BPA Plant Crystal Slurry Coolers, MDA II Plant Ortho & Metha Column
Reboilers, TDI II Plant Final Column Condensers, MR III Plant Dephosgenator Pre-Heater, MR
I Phosgene Generator, MDA Double Containment Storage Tank, Maleic Anhydride Plant
Storage Tanks Repairs & Modifications, Makrolon Plant Reactor #1 Titanium Cooler Head
Modification, Coatings & MR I Plants Rubber Lined Decomposition Towers, various heat
exchanger modifications and small vessels (i.e. pots & pans)

Duties included design, specification, bid preparation/analysis, vendor data review and field
installation assistance

Coordinated and lead role in Quality Assurance, Engineering & Purchasing (QEP) Team for fabricated
equipment activities
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Duties included plant surveys, shop audits, documentation and evaluation of fabricator

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performance

Major role writing 16 Global Practices and 30 appendices for fabricated equipment
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Also rewrote four Corporate Engineering pressure vessel and heat exchanger standards,
including those for critical Lethal service

Major role creating new Special Interest Makrolon plant standard for heat exchangers

BAYER INC. - Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

1990 - 1999

Associate Design Engineer, Mechanical Specialties Department

Responsible for all pressure vessel, heat exchanger, and piping design in the Polybutadiene (BR), Nitrile
Rubber (NBR) and Olefins Plants

Responsible for all mechanical and piping standards including maintenance and approval of
warehouse stock descriptions

Mechanical Design for Capital projects

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Projects included Unit Containment/Secondary Cooling BR Unit, Secondary Cooling I-Plant,

Co BR De-Bottlenecking, BE-II ReBoiler, T-404 ReBoiler Addition, NBR Sulphuric Acid Tote
System, BR Hydro-Quip Baler Installation, HIPS De-Bottlenecking, East-West Flare System,
Sphere Safety Valve Replacement, Underground Lines Replacement, etc.

Member of the "Quality Engineering Package" Team, the "ISO Element 3 - Planned Inspection" Team,
the "Design & Drafting Improvement" Team and the Turbulator Piping Improvement Team

DOW CHEMICAL CANADA, INC. - Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

1979-1990

Piping Design Specialist/Senior Design Specialist, General Sites Engineering Group

1987-1990

Acted as PIPING SPECIFICATION COORDINATOR:

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Responsible for implementation and generation of new piping specifications, maintenance and
technical correction of piping descriptions, vendors, and catalogue information

Site focal point for all pipe specification work

Cost savings to company resulted from standardized specifications, correct material

descriptions, and improved compliance to piping codes and local regulations

Responsible for Piping Stress Analysis consulting for the whole site

Division PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY CENTER CONTACT, LINED PIPE CONTACT, and PROCESS
CONTAINMENT EQUIPMENT EMPHASIS TEAM CONTACT person

Senior Design Engineer (1984-1987)

Vinyl Chloride Monomer Plant Engineering Group:

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Reported directly to the engineering supervisor and when providing back-up support, directly
to the engineering manager

Directed engineering project team consisting of four engineers, six design/draftsmen, one
construction administrator, and two field inspectors

Responsible for US $5MM environmental modernization project

Completed without business interruption or plant shutdown

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Also was responsible for approximately US $500K expense maintenance projects using two
additional design/draftsmen

Chlor-Alkali Plant Engineering Group:

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Responsible for the design and construction of a brine well "cluster-house", a building
containing control piping for four well heads

Completed design was duplicated for an expansion and is to be used for future expansions of
the wells

Project included locating drilling site of wells allowing for equipment placement, future piping,
and directional drilling to desired down hole location

General Sites Engineering Group:

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Responsible for Piping Stress Analysis consulting for the whole site

Responsible for engineering projects for the Service Groups of the site

Projects included HVAC upgrading in the managers and other areas of the administration
building, building renovations, and perimeter fence security improvements

Mechanical Design Engineer

1979 - 1984

General Sites Engineering Group:

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Responsible for modernization and maintenance projects in the Power & Utilities Plant

Projects included Gas Turbine inlet filter, temperature profile monitoring and control for
wasteheat recovery boilers

During a period of reduced work, augmented project work by assisting the plant personnel in
supervising plant shutdown activities in the gas turbine and boiler areas

"Styrofoam" Plant:
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Manufacturing Representative for projects which included new lunch room, new
instrument/electrical shop, dust collection system, and raw material loading system

Responsible for maintenance engineering projects

Acted as Industrial Hygiene Coordinator; monitored employees and work environment for
exposure to chemical and physical agents

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Introductory German (Bayer 1997/1998)
Problem Solving II (Lorne Plunkett & Assoc. Ltd. 1997)
Group Organizational & Leadership Skills (Zenger Miller 1989)
Presentations That Work II (M.R. Communication Consultants Inc. 1989)
Interpersonal Skills Development (Dow Chemical 1985)
Interaction Management (Dow Chemical 1985)
Network Methods of Project Management (University of Alberta 1983)

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ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Lead Training (WorleyParsons 2012)
Nozzle/ Pro & Introduction to FE/Pipe (Paulin Research Group 2008)
FLO-Master Seminar (Engineered Software 2007)
PVRC Conference Flange Assembly & Maintenance (WRC 2005)
Above Ground Storage Tanks (API 2004)
PVRC Workshop Bolted Flange Design Rules (WRC 2002)
Section VIII, Division 2, Pressure Vessel Design (ASME 2000 / 2007)
API RP 579, Fitness For Service Training (2000)
Section IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications (ASME, 1999)
AutoCad Release 12 (MicroAge, 1995)
Piping Stress Analysis Using CAESAR II (COADE, Inc. 1994)
Thermal & Mechanical Design of Heat Exchangers (B-JAC International 1992)
Design of Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers, Mechanical Aspects
(Center for Professional Development 1992)
Section VIII, Division I, Pressure Vessel Design
(Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. 1991)
Repair to Boilers & Pressure Vessels
(Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. 1991)
Repair of Pressure Relief Valves "VR"
(The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors 1991)
Chemical Process Relief System - Diers Design Seminar
(Fauske & Associates, Inc. 1991)
Design and Fabrication of Pressure Vessels
(ASME Short Course, Toronto 1984)
Triflex Piping Analysis
(AAA Technology and Specialties Co., Inc. 1983/1981)
Piping System Analysis and Design Seminar
(AAA Technology and Specialties Co., Inc. 1981)

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Registered Professional Engineer, Association of Professional Engineers and
Geoscientists of Alberta, Canada (APEGA, note formerly APEGGA), Member No. M42753
Issued August 25, 1985. Active
Registered Professional Engineer, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), Member No.
90299603 Issued April 16, 1991. Active

LANGUAGES
English

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Canada
United States of America
European Union
Trinidad and Tobago
Brazil
Peru

MISCELLANIOUS
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