Roberto Amaya

Mechanical Engineer with more than 5 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry as a static equipment and piping engineer at PDVSA, Cardon Refinery. Providing technical assistance for static equipment and piping systems during regular operations, routine maintenance and major/emergency turnarounds. Recommending best engineering practices to improve the performance of equipment, piping systems and processes. Experienced in conversion processes units such as: FCC, Alkylation, Isomerization; Amine Gas Treating Units: DEA, DIPA; Claus Units, Hydrotreating and Hydrogen Units and Oxygenating Units: TAME and MTBE.
Knowledge in the application of reliability methodologies such as: Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Technical support using risk analysis methodologies such as: What if? And HAZOP. General knowledge applying flexibility analysis of piping systems (CAESAR II) and simulation software as PVElite 2008 and CodeCalc. Familiar with international codes and standards such as: API, TEMA, ANSI, ASME, SHELL, UOP, among others.