Dr. Harry H. West, PE
Consulting Chemical Engineer

 A Sample of Oil & Gas Production
Project Experience

LIQUEFIED GAS PROJECTS

Involved in over 20 baseload and peak-shaving LNG and LPG plants worldwide. Assignments ranged from conceptual design to operational troubleshooting of process control, emergency shutdown systems, and fire control systems.

OIL/GAS PRODUCTION AUTOMATION

Design of SCADA system for several large onshore/offshore gas production system, Saudi northern area, Abu Dhabi, North Sea, Lake Maracaibo, US onshore and Gulf of Mexico, North Africa and Far East.

COMPRESSOR PROJECTS

Development of gas turbine condition monitoring system. Programmable logic controller based control systems for underground hydrocarbon storage

PIPELINE

Evaluation of pipeline automation upgrade systems, applications software (including leak detection software systems), review of shutdown system capability and safety for gas/liquid pipeline networks and tank farms.

TANK FARM AUTOMATION

Development of Tank Farm SCADA to monitor tank inventory, valve conficuration, etc. for refineries, terminals and military fuel depos.

GAS LIFT SYSTEMS

Design of 1MMBPD gas lift water injection control system for the Buhasa oil production fields and the water injection networks for several adjacent smaller oil production fields.