Victor Corbella Torne

Operations Engineer at Lindsey Oil Refinery (Oct 07 till now): optimisation, day to day running of the units, reliability owner from Operations department, budget creation, follow up , cost control, etc for Stage1&2. Provide technical support and process troubleshooting for the Area Controller, cover this position where required. Ensure optimum operation of the process units in line with production programme objectives and energy efficiency objectives. Participate in safety studies, HAZOPs, etc..

Process Engineer for STAGE2 Units: CDU, Unifiner, Platformer, Kero-Merox, BSU, KHT, SFU and HDSU. In charge of monitoring these units: analyzing performances, updating operating ranges, liaising with catalyst suppliers, troubleshooting, reception of critical equipment, carrying out “test runs”, upgrading projects, participating in Hazops and implementing safety actions, etc.

Process Engineer of CONVERSION2 (Normandy Refinery, France): VDU, FCCU, Prime-G, ETBE, PolyC3, PolyC4, MEROX and DeiC5. In charge of monitoring these units: analyzing performances, updating operating ranges, liaising with catalyst suppliers, troubleshooting, reception of critical equipment, carrying out “test runs”, upgrading projects, participating in Hazops and implementing safety actions, etc.

Normandy Refinery, TOTAL. Gonfreville (France)Process Department: establishing and implementing reception tests and computer simulation of the modifications performed during the 2002 turnaround of the FCCU (main fractionation column and gas plant). Fouling studies of pre-heat train of atmospheric distillation column. Others subjects (ETBE, Isomerisation unit, etc.)

Steam Cracker, Repsol Petróleo. Tarragona (Spain)Troubleshooting of “raw gas” drying train with Triethylenglycol (absorption and regeneration). University’s last year industrial internship: grade 10/10.