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AMERICO GOMEZ
Senior Piping Designer / Piping Checker / Piping Coordinator
136 Woodpark Circle SW
Calgary, Alberta, T2W 6E9
Home: 403-281-1144
Mobile: 403-889-8952
e-mail: gomeza@shaw.ca
Career Synopsis
- Professional Piping Designer with twenty-three (23) years of experience in the Oil and Gas
(Petrochemical) industry.
Technical Experience
- Experience in developing new designs and drafting of piping, equipment layouts, plant
layouts and creating efficient and accurate drawing packages for Grass Root Projects,
Expansion Projects and Tie-Ins using design tools:
- AutoCAD
- Bentley AutoPLANT
- SmartPlant 3D (SP3D)
- Plant Design System (PDS)
- MicroStation
- Experience in 3D model reviews using SmartPlant 3D Review (SPR) and Navisworks
design review tools to ensure design conformity to P&IDs, industry standards, clash free
design and safe design.
- Able to read PFDs, PIDs and engineering instruction.
- Knowledge of Instrumentation, civil, structural steel, electrical and process equipment
associated with piping design.
- Experience in designing underground firewater and closed draining systems.
- Knowledge of design principles, methods and product standards.
- Knowledge of industry Standards and Specifications including ASME B31.1, ASME B31.3,
API and CSA.
Field (Site) Experience
- Participated in field (site) visits for walkthroughs to verify piping design conformity to
P&IDs, surveying, information gathering, As-Built activities and construction support for
Tie-Ins, Expansion Projects as well as Grass Root Projects.
- Trained in H2S survival thru ENFORM.
Responsibilities and Supervisory Experience
- Extensive experience in checking and marking up piping documents, inter-disciplinary
documents and vendor drawings.
- Responsible for coordination with other disciplines including Civil, Electrical, Mechanical,
Instrumentation, Process Engineering, Stress Engineering, vendors/suppliers as well as
with the client.
- Responsible for support and coordination with the Fabrication shops, Field
Construction and RFI requests.
- Piping Squad Lead for the SUNCOR MacKay River Wellpads 5D & 5F project from
Conceptual Design Studies to Design Base Memorandum (DBM), Engineering Design
Specification (EDS), Front End Engineering Design (FEED), Detail Design, As-Building
and Close-Out activities.
- Responsible for all piping project deliverables including piping and equipment layouts,
reviewing vendor and in-house coordination drawings, all 3D modeling, General
Arrangements Drawings (orthographics), Isometrics, preparing and checking Bills of
Materials (BOM), Line List (LDT) and presentation of design ideas.
- Produced cost and time estimates for piping design.
International Experience

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- Fluent in Spanish and in Spanish technical terms.
- Coordinated with the Mexico design group and developed Spanish/English piping
documents including P&IDs, Piping Standards, Plot Plans, Isometrics and Mechanical
drawings for the TransAlta Chihuahua S.A. de C.V., Chihuahua III Combined Cycle Power
Plant, Samalayuca, Chihuahua, Mexico project.
- Responsible for coordination of work-share projects with overseas satellite offices in
Mumbai and Mahape, India.
- Work-share coordination tasks included: Tracking of documents, checking of all piping
related documents, Standards and Procedures, setting up and leading Smart Plant 3D
Reviews(SPR) collaboration meetings, teleconference and WebEx meetings.
- Able to work in both the US and Canada – US Citizen – Canadian Legal Resident
Work Experience
Jacobs Canada Inc.
Piping Design Specialist – Piping Checker (2007 to 2015)
 Suncor Energy, MacKay River Wellpads, PADs 750 & 751
(Used AutoPLANT design system)
35 SAGD Well Head Control Modules (Well Pairs), process equipment, piperacks, and gathering
lines connecting to the main gathering line system. Responsibilities include: Checking of all
documents related to piping design and coordination of work share with Mahape, India and
progressing of piping documents. Work-Share coordinator with Mahape, India.
 Suncor Energy, Firebag Wellpads, PAD 114
(Used AutoPLANT design system)
15 SAGD Well Head Control Modules (Well Pairs), process equipment, piperacks, and gathering lines
connecting to the main gathering line system. Responsibilities include: Checking of all documents
related to piping design and coordination of work share with Mahape, India.
 Suncor Energy, MacKay River Wellpads 5D & 5F
Fulfilled the role as Piping Squad Lead
(Used AutoPLANT design system)
EDS and Detailed Design Engineering of 18 SAGD Well Head Control Modules (Well Pairs), process
equipment, piperacks, and gathering lines connecting to the main gathering line system.
Responsibilities include; Well Pad Layout, produced scope of work and manhour estimates for piping
design, managed workforce in Calgary, scheduling, trending, coordination of work share with Mumbai,
India, progressing, responsible for all piping deliverables quality and schedule.
 Imperial Oil Resources, Nabiye Project
(Used PDS design system)
Engineering, Procurement and Construction for a grass roots facility designed to process 40,000
barrels per day of Bitumen. The plant also includes a cogeneration facility to generate electrical
power and steam and consists of Bitumen processing and water treatment facilities. Additionally
the plant has two GE Gas Turbines; two heat recovery steam generators and one packaged once-
through steam generator. A 144 kV substation exports electrical power through the Alberta Power
Pool.
 Suncor Energy, Firebag WellpadsPAD-105, 106 & 116
(Used SP3D design system)
EDS and detailed design of Well Pad 105 including complete development of one green field SAGD
Well Pad with 17 injection well pairs and associated Gathering Lines to connect the bitumen
production to Firebag Stage 3 central facilities.

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 Suncor Energy, Firebag 4
(Used SP3D design system)
Senior Piping Designer – Piping Checker - Design Technology Systems
Coordinator (1998 to 2006)
 BA Energy, Heartland Upgrader Project
(Used PDS design system)
Major project to upgrade bitumen and heavy oil feedstocks into high quality synthetic crude oil by
applying ADC (Unit Owner Technology). U&O Facilities, Piperacks, Diluent Recovery and overall
site plan. Principal responsibilities included the design of the Fire Water System and Design
Technology Systems coordination.
 Suncor Energy, Firebag Small Projects
Multiple Small Scope projects.
(Used PDS design system)
 Saudi Aramco, Hawiyah NGL Recovery Plant (WER 3), Sales Gas Compression
(Used PDS design system)
Major expansion of the largest gas plant in the world—4 BCF/d (1.8B USD). The expansion adds
an additional 800 MMSCFD of processing capacity, increasing sales gas output to 2400 MMSCFD
- Debottlenecking of existing sour water strippers.
- Two new gas treating units.
- Dewpoint control including propane refrigeration unit.
- Sales gas compressors, sulphur recovery unit, and dehydration unit (TEG).
The NGL Recovery plant is designed to maximize ethane recovery (80-95%) to meet 930 btu/scf
HHV specification for residue sales gas using turbo expander technology
- Inlet metering.
- CO2 removal.
- Residue gas compression.
- NGL surge and storage, metering and shipping pumps.
 Suncor Firebag Stage II
(Used PDS design system)
Provided engineering and procurement services for the continued development of Suncor
Energy’s Firebag In-Situ Oil Sands Project. The Firebag Program uses steam-assisted gravity
drainage technology (SAGD) to reach oil-laden bitumen deposits deep below the surface.
 Exxon Mobil, Shute Creek Treating Facility, LaBarge, Wyoming
(Used PDS design system)
Front-end engineering & design, detailed engineering, procurement and construction management
services to increase plant inlet gas by 18%. The project involves mothballing the existing sulfur
plants and installing an acid gas injection system consisting of compressors, pumps and pipelines
to dehydrate and inject acid gas. The project also includes installation of a cogeneration facility
consisting of 3-GE gas turbines with associated electrical generation and heat recovery steam
generators (HRSG’s).
 TransAlta Chihuahua S.A. de C.V., Chihuahua III Combined Cycle Power Plant, Samalayuca,
Chihuahua, Mexico
(Used PDS design system)
Front-end Engineering, Detailed Engineering and Procurement of a natural gas fired combined
cycle power plant in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The major equipment consists of two Alstom
gas turbines, two heat recovery steam generators, a single Alstom three pressure reheat steam
turbine and an air cooled condenser. Spanish/English coordinator.
 Confidential Client, Alberta, Canada
(Used PDS design system)
Engineering, Procurement and Construction for a grass roots facility designed to process Bitumen.
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consists of Bitumen processing and water treatment facilities. Additionally the plant has two GE
Gas Turbines, two heat recovery steam generators and one packaged once-through steam
generator. A 144 kV substation exports electrical power through the Alberta Power Pool.
 Aux Sable Liquid Products, Inc., Aux Sable Liquids Extraction Plant, Morris, Illinois, USA
(Used PDS design system)
Front End Engineering and detailed engineering, procurement and materials management and
commissioning of a grass roots facility designed to extract NGLs from natural gas. The plant is
located near Chicago, Illinois at the terminus of the Alliance Pipeline. The plant includes inlet
dehydration, NGL extraction in a two train turbo expander plant, ethane recovery and treating, full
LPG fractionation, treating, storage and loading.
 TransAlta, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
(Used PDS design system)
Modular power plant designed with one GE gas turbine coupled to a Once Through Steam
Generator. Steam will be produced at a sufficient rate to control the NOx emissions and to pre-
heat the fuel gas and combustion air via a close loop glycol/water system. A 1.5 km long 144 kV
transmission line connects the plant to the electrical grid.
 Canadian FertilizersLimited, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Ammonia Plant 2, Debottleneck
(Used PDS design system)
Responsible for drafting piping drawings including studies and piping layouts for synthesis gas
compressor suction chiller, synthesis gas/oil filter separator and molecular sieve unit. Piping
layout for modifications to the synthesis gas loop, split high pressure purge fuel flow and
replacement of pressure relief valves. Developing Tie-in list. Developing and updating line list.
Drafting of isometrics and flow diagrams (P&ID’s). Preparing bill of materials and valve take-off.
Visiting construction site.
 Newalta, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada, Waste Oil Recycling Plant
(Used PDS design system)
Responsible for drafting piping drawings including studies and piping layouts for residue recycle
pump skid, cracked products final condenser, cracker feed residue exchanger, oil cracker feed
booster pump, dewatered oil trim cooler and dewatered oil pump, dual basket strainer and fuel oil
product pump (replacement). Review of vendor and in-house coordination drawings. Developing
tie-in list. Drafting of isometrics and flow diagrams (P&ID’s). Developing and updating line list.
Checking orthographic and P&ID’s. Visiting Construction site.
 Husky Oil Ltd., Rainbow Lake Gas Plant, Alberta, Canada
(Used PDS design system)
Responsible for drafting piping drawings including studies and piping layouts for LP & IP
Separator Gas Compressor Project, replacing existing compressor, modification of existing 4-16
kV switchgear and MCC, addition of new 4-16 kV starter, 480V MCC, relay protection and
coordination.
Intermediate Piping Drafter (1995 to 1998)
 Canadian FertilizersLtd., Medicine Hat, Alberta-Nitrogen Complex (New Clarifier Addition)
(Used AutoCAD 3D design system)
 Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd., Rapid River, Michigan, USA-Depropanizer Facility
(Used AutoCAD 3D design system)
 Petroleum Development Oman, Front-End Engineering and Design 6.6 Million Tons Per
Annum LNG Plant
(Used AutoCAD 3D design system)
 Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd., Fort Saskatchewan Debutanizer Unit addition
(Used AutoCAD 3D design system)

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 Southdown Cogeneration Limited, Southdown Cogeneration Plant
(Used AutoCAD 3D design system)
 Pan Canadian Empress NGL Extraction Facilities
(Used AutoCAD 3D design system)
 Fluor Daniel Canada Inc., Union Carbide Chemical and Plastic Company Inc., Ethylene
Glycol Plant Expansion Enhancement Project
(Used AutoCAD 3D design system)
 North Canadian Oils Limited, Progress Plant Expansion Project
(Used AutoCAD 3D design system)
Junior Piping Drafter (1992 to 1995)
 MacDonald Engineering Group Ltd., Jafra Project, 60,000 BBPD Oil Treating Facility
 Westcoast Energy Inc., Pine River Plant Expansion Project
Additional Training / Technical Skills:
Courses / Seminars:
- SmartPlant 3D Piping / Equipment Modeling
- BENTLEY AutoPLANT Piping v8i
- AutoCAD Piping/Equipment Modeling
- PDS Piping Equipment Modeling
- Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD), Southern - Alberta Institute of Technology
(SAIT), AutoCAD Rel. 14.0
- Process Piping Drafting, SAIT
- Natural Gas Processing Course, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Detail Career History:
Jacobs Canada Inc. (1992 – 2015)
- Piping Design Specialist, 2007 – Present
- Senior Piping Designer/Checker, 2003-2006
- Senior Piping Designer, 1998 – 2003
- Intermediate Piping Drafter, 1995 – 1998
- Junior Piping Drafter, 1992 – 1995
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA