CHARLES K. PRICE, P.E.

, PMP
809 Veiled Court
Keller, TX 76248
(817) 428-6532 | E-mail: cpf091ac@westpost.net
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PROFILE
Project Manager (P.E., PMP) with advanced degrees in Chemical and Petroleum Engi
neering and broad-based experience and demonstrated ability to lead teams of up
to 100+, consistently delivering projects on schedule and under budget. Backgrou
nd also includes experience in engineering, operations, operations supervision,
and engineering management positions.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Management
* Initiating - Project Charter, Project Scope Development, etc.
* Planning - Development of Project Execution Plan, Risk Management Plan, Scope
Management Plan, Project Time Management Plan, Project Cost Management Plan, Com
munications Management Plan, Human Resources Management Plan, Procurement Manage
ment Plan, etc.
* Executing - Integration Management, Quality Management, etc.
* Controlling - Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Mana
gement, Communication Management, Risk Management, etc.
* Closing - Development of Performance Measurement Documents, Product Documentat
ion, Project Archiving, Project Closure Checklist, Formal Acceptance and Closure
Documentation, etc.
* Considerable experience in phase-gated project processes.
Engineering
* Chemical: High pressure compression, pumping, fractionation, heat pump loops,
heat and mass transfer, kinetics. Also very experienced in PSM activities with m
ultiple HAZOP studies led and participated in.
* Processes: Desulfurization (Naphtha, Diesel, Sulfur), Reforming (semi-regen an
d continuous), Oil and Gas Separation, Gas drying and Dew-pointing, Benzene Hydr
ogenation, Alkylation, NGL treating and separation, High pressure/Large Volume G
as and Oil Pipeline.
* Petroleum: Formation Evaluation, Drilling, Reservoir, Well Engineering, Artifi
cial Lift, Water Flooding, Oil and Gas Facilities.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROJECT & ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, Keller, TX 2009-2010
Principal
* Developing startup company to provide P&EM consulting services.
CB&I (CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON), Richardson, TX
Sr. Project Manager 2008-2009
* Managed grass roots sulfur block project (SRU, Amine Treating, SWS, TGTU, Inci
nerator), $100 MM. Work included: Design of new units; tie-in to existing refine
ry piping and utilities; increasing sulfur storage and loading capacity; re-rati
ng of existing lines and equipment.
* Managed grass roots sulfur block project for Columbian refinery expansion (fro
m 50,000 to 150,000 BPD), $180 MM. Included: The above plus close coordination w
ith design work in four other locations handling additional aspects of the expan
sion.
Retired, Houston, TX 2007-2008
S&B ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS, Houston, TX
Project Manager 2005-2007
* Managed a $24 MM refinery-wide flare H2S mitigation and VOC and HRVOC complian
ce project to comply with TECQ State Implementation Plan. Work involved a total
of seven plant flares including: Correlation and analysis of flare emissions dat
a; identification and analysis of BACT; specification, design; and installation
of flare flow meters; sample probes; flare flame monitoring equipment; and flare
flame temperature controls; required piping revamps; flow measurement and analy
sis equipment.
VALERO ENERGY CORP., Houston, TX
Project Manager 2005
* Represented client, as Project Manager, for a $40 MM Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel p
roject revamp. Project included: Addition of one HDS reactor and associated pipi
ng revamps; expansion of compression capacity; re-rating of feed exchangers; air
condenser re-design; and hydrogen supply enhancements.
Laid off as part of reorganization due to Conoco-Phillips merger 2003-2005
* Obtained PMP certification.
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY (AND PREVIOUSLY PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY), Houston, Tex
as
Project Manager 1995-2003
* Managed a $40 MM refinery-wide NOx and VOC reduction program to meet Texas Sta
te Implementation Plan (SIP) compliance.
* Managed a 35,000 BPSD gasoline desulfurization project using Phillips S Zorb t
echnology.
* Managed a fast-track revamp project to produce depentanized light straight run
gasoline ($3.6 MM), increasing profits by $37,000/day in summer gas blending se
ason.
Principal Project Engineer (including but not limited to)
* Negotiated settlement with design contractor saving Phillips over $4 MM.
* Executed EPC of fast-track grassroots gasoline desulfurization unit using Phil
lips S Zorb technology ($26 MM). The unit was successfully completed on schedule
and under budget bringing this full-scale demonstration unit on line.
* A $140 MM grass roots CCR Reformer project.
* Successfully led multi-discipline team to optimize project specifications resu
lting in a $3 MM project savings.
* Design and construction of 200 MMSCFD ($8 MM) grass roots gas treating facilit
y.
* Engineered fast-track design of $7 MM Gulf of Mexico (GOM) gas field productio
n platform and production pipeline. Design successfully completed but not instal
led.
* Led screening study to determine viability of development of GOM field ($2 MM)
.
* Directed engineering effort as Project Engineer on two simultaneous storage ca
vern control modification projects ($11 MM) required due to change in safety reg
ulations. The modifications were successfully implemented with minimal impact on
operations and in advance of regulatory deadline.
* Engineered a boiler control management upgrade project ($2 MM) that was succes
sfully implemented with no impact on operations.

Prior to 1995
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY
Engineering Director - Offshore Operations , Director - Subsidence Modifications
Project, Sr. Offshore Engineer, Sr. Offshore Process Engineer, Operations Super
visor, Process and Operations Engineer
AMOCO OIL COMPANY
Process and Operations Engineer

EDUCATION
MS, Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX
MS, Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
BS, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Professional Engineer - Texas
Project Management Professional - PMI
Master of Process Technology - Phillips Petroleum Company

AFFILIATIONS
Senior Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Member Society of Petroleum Engineers
Member Project Management Institute, PMP