James F. Langer, P.E.Founder / Owner / Consultant

Process Engineering Center of Excellence LLC

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Opportunities

REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, TEXAS & CALIFORNIA

B.S. ChE 1978 UCLA

MBA PEPPERDINE

39 years experience

SHELL PROCESS ENGINEERING / PROJECT MGMT 28 YEARS

Shell Global Solutions 15 Years – Upstream Development Engineering

HESS 8 YEARS

PETROSKILLS INSTRUCTOR 2012 – Process Safety / Troubleshooting / Front End Field Development

PRINICPAL TECHNICAL EXPERT AT SHELL - ONE OF 25 SURFACE ENGINEERS GLOBALLY

Optimization

Hands on debottlenecking / troubleshooting – Globally

Produce the Limit

EXPERIENCE:

ONSHORE GAS PROCESSING

HIGH H2S / HIGH PRESSURE – MISSISSIPPI, TEXAS

OFFSHORE EXPERIENCE – SHELF / DEEPWATER GULF OF MEXICO

COMMISSIONED JV HESS ENCHILADA PLATFORM

PROJECT MANAGER HUNTINGTON BEACH GAS PLANT

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Where I started…

• Thomasville:– 1970’s Mississippi– 23,000psi– 410 deg F– 46% H2S– 1200 LT/day– Inhibitor Oil

injection through open annulus

– Sulfinol– 3 Stage Claus

• Eustace- 1980’s Texas- 800 LT/day- 60mmscfd plant- 5,000 bpd

condensate- Inlet Separation- Condensate

Stabilization- Cryogenic- MDEA Amine

Treating- 3 Stage Claus- Cascaded SCOT- Catalytic

Incinerator

Tar Sands – Getty Oil Diatomite Pilot Plants

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Jobs I’ve had…

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Jobs I’ve had…

Places I’ve worked..Onshore / Offshore / Shelf / Deepwater

• Norway• Denmark• Netherlands• Germany• UAE• Dubai• Qatar• Oman

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• Italy• France• England• Russia• Equatorial Guinea• Australia• Thailand• China• Brazil• Mexico

• Venezuela• Canada• Brunei• Malaysia• Indonesia• GOM• California• Texas• Louisiana• Mississippi• North Dakota

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Training

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More training…

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More Training

Onshore Safe Design Standard

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• THE CHALLENGE

• Are we getting the most from our Asset?

• What’s the Technical Limit?• Is there more we can do?• What and Where are the limitations?

• THE SOLUTION:

• Seven Day Produce the Max Workshops:• Okume (27,000 bopd 160 Million bbls Reserves)• Ceiba (2 million bbl/yr 100 Million bbls Reserves)• S Arne ( $40 million/yr 80 Million bbls Reserves)• JDA ($410 million/yr 50 BCF Reserves)• NMB ($80 million/yr• Baldpate (40,000 bopd 1.5 TCF & 600 Million Reserves)• Bakken Subsurface($90 Million/yr 460 Million Reserves)• Bakken Surface ($250 Million/yr)

• THE BENEFIT:• Better Understanding of the Asset• Better Understanding of Each other on the Team• Time to allowed for completed staff work.• Asset Owns and presents the results• Members develop individual action plans for implementation

Produce the Max Workshop

Principal Technical Experts

Qatar – Dukhan PTL – Results - $275,000,000/yr

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GOST- PATENT- Crude Oil H2S Stripping

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Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons

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FIELD HANDLING & PLANT PROCESSING OF NATURAL GAS

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PS4 Process SafetyPF49 Troubleshooting FacilitiesPF3 Concept Selection

Principal Technical Experts

Process OptimizationBenchmarking Against Physics

Online Field Data

Off line Field Data

Web Star TM

Process Optimization

Process Simulator

Hydrate Simulator

Engineering Tools

Principal Technical Experts

Operating Envelope Guidelines

Principal Technical Experts

Vessel Envelopes Online

Shows current operating point (X) versus Design limits.

Current Operating Point

Maximum Relief Valve Capacity

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Dimensions of any Project

Challenging Threshold Normal Above Enabling

•What aspects of this project are challenging?

•What things can you change?

•What can’t you change?

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TEMPA ROSSA DIMENSIONS Comment Result

Heavy Oil at 12,000 Ft API 22 to API 11 with 5 Wells

Prize 268 million barrels of Oil Recoverable

Geology / GeophysicsHIGHLY FRACTURED MATRIX. GOOD COMMUNICATION

ReservoirDrive Mechanism not confirmed20% API 22 80% API 11RAPID WELL DECLINE

Drilling 12,000 Ft Wells, $150MM/well=> Can’t afford to drill many wells

Wells Artificial Lift ESP – 1 MW – High Technical Risk

FacilitiesRemote Surface Location / Mountainous Terrain / Pipelines Difficult & Expensive / No Spares / PlateauLow API / H2S / CO2 /Batching Oil Sales

Operations Standard Processes / Remote Location

EconomicsTotal Capital $1.5 BRecover 268 MM BBLs => UTC $5.5/bblRecover 53 MM BBLS => UTC $28/bbl

HSSE H2S / LPG / Trucking

Project ManagementStakeholder Management / Complexity – Advanced ClassCommercial & National Park / Permits

Challenging Threshold Normal Above Enabling

Principal Technical Experts

Sakhalin OPF

Technical Integrity Assistance – London – 2 weeks

2000 Fluor Sugarland Texas

Principal Technical Experts

Spicy Gas - Sichuan

Dec 2003 243 killed

March 2006 15,000 Evacuated

10% H2S 15,000 PSI

Shell Team

STOP

Kill all 17 wells

Re-evaluate

21 days in China

Eliminated a Bhopal

Petro China

Recommendations

Fully Accepted

Offered Entry into Play

70 TCF

Principal Technical Experts

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Surface FacilitiesChallenges & Solutions

(1) Development Setting(2) Boundary Conditions(3) Well site(4) Project Management(5) Drill Cuttings Disposition(6) Hydraulic Fracturing Source Water(7) Hydraulic Fracturing Return Water(8) Well Testing(9) Gas Processing Facilities(10)Environmental Concerns(11)Sustainable Development

Principal Technical Experts

Hydraulic FracturingChallenges & Solutions

(1) Hydraulic Fracturing

(1) 300,000 barrels of water

Minimize your Impact

(1) Blend in

Minimize your Impact

(1) Blend in

Bureau of Land Management Best Management Practices: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/oil_and_gas/best_management_practices.html

Sustainable DevelopmentChallenges & Solutions

(1) Flaring(1) Thermal Oxidizer(2) Ground Flare

Sustainable DevelopmentChallenges & Solutions

(1) Flaring(1) Thermal Oxidizer(2) Ground Flare

A Different Way

Courtesy the Fluor Corporation

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