1. Maurice B. Singleton
Destrehan, Louisiana 70047 maurice.singleton@gmail.com
+1 504 957 0415 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricesingleton
As a new process engineer at Shell’s Geismar plant, supporting the Ethylene Oxide
units, I participated on a team that investigated the catastrophic release of the entire
Ethylene Oxide reactor loop. Had the release found an ignition source, the results
could have been devastating. This investigation led to redesign and increased
inspection of the system. This experience with a significant Process Safety event
so early in my career had an influence on my career path.
During my next assignment at the Taft Plant, a co-worker was sprayed with 98%
sulfuric acid. He survived, but he had chemical burns over a significant part of his
body. I led the project to replace the sulfuric acid (which was used to neutralize a
high pH effluent from the plant) with a carbondioxide based system. Since the
plant already had experience with cryogenic materials, this did not add any new
types of hazard to the process. This experience with a significant Personal Safety
event has also stayed with me my entire career. At Taft, I also led the first HAZOP
and fugitive emissions studies.
I have always had an interest in new technologies and how they can be used in the
work environment. So, in the late 1990’s, I took a job outside the Chemical
Process Engineering area to lead a small team developing Shell Offshore Inc.’s
first intranet.
As the intranet migrated from a locally managed system to a more corporate-wide
system, I moved into an Information Technology project manager role. Due to my
prior process engineering background, many of the projects I participated in or led
were directly related to Environmental, Health and Safety, including the following:
 Incident Management and Investigation system to manage all Health, Safety,
Environmental and Security events. This system was first introduced in
Shell Offshore, but later was adopted by Shell Chemical globally, and finally
by the entire global corporation.
 Custom built-for-purpose Behavior Based Safety Management tool based on
Behavior Science Technology (BST) methodology. As of last year, we had
over 8 million behaviors recorded and used for performance improvements.
 Electronic Management of Change system to comply with OSHA 29 CFR
1910.119 PSM standard. This system ensured that all proper approvals were

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made in a timely manner. In addition, since all steps in the workflow were
tracked, improvements in the overall process could be made.
 Permit to Work (PtW), Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Lock-Out/Tag-Out
(LOTO) processesbased on Petrotechnics’ Sentinel Pro™ system, which
was being used by Shell facilities in the North Sea.
 Environmental Permit tracking system to better manage the many phases of
HydrocarbonField and Well development.
I then posted to a promotion in the central business unit team as the Upstream
Americas HSE Data Manager where my major work duties included:
 Responsible and Accountable for accuracy and auditability of HSE Data in
Shell’s North and South Americas Upstream business units. This data is
used to better understand and improve business level HSE performance.
 Automating internal and external reporting of HSE data corporate
sustainability reports and to external regulatory agencies (OSHA, BSEE,
EPA, DEQ etc.) and industry associations (API, COS, etc.)