Romeo de Castro has over 40 years of experience in process engineering for oil and gas projects. He currently works as a senior technical advisor for Wood Group PSN in Melbourne, Australia. Previously he has worked as a lead process engineer for various companies in Malaysia and the Philippines. He has extensive experience in developing engineering documents and designs for refining, petrochemical, and offshore oil and gas facilities.

1. ROMEO L DE CASTRO
12 Rutherglen Way
Caroline Springs, VIC 3023
Australia
(03) 99445925 Office / (03) 93632369 Res
WORK EXPERIENCE
Summa ry: Broad experience (40 years) in Process Engineering Design for
Petroleum Refining, Petrochemical and Oil & Gas (Offshore and Onshore) for both
green field and brown field. Extensive exposure in developing PFDs, UFDs, H&MBs,
C&E Matrices, P & IDs, Operating Procedures Manual (OPM), Process data sheets,
Process calculations and other process deliverables for both process units and
utilities. Excellent exposure in Energy Conservation, Plant Operation Optimization
and Plant Problem Trouble Shooting. Also, good exposure in developing Operating
Procedures Manual, Hazardous Area Classification, Emergency Escape Routes,
Safety Equipment Layout and Safety Philosophy. Provide assistance to Process
Engineers whenever process or technical judgment is solicited.
Jan 2007 Senior Technical Advisor / Lead Process Engineer
Present Wood Group PSN
Melbourne, Australia
Responsible for providing Conceptual Engineering, FEED and Detailed Design
Engineering for the various Offshore Brown Field Projects for SEIC (Sakhalin
Energy Investment Company Ltd - Russia), KTTP (Kipper Tuna Turrum Project -
Australia), ENL (Exxon Neftegas Limited - Russia) and Onshore & Offshore Projects
for EAPL (ESSO Australia Pty Ltd – Australia). Reviews and approves all Process
Engineering deliverables for SEIC, ENL, EAPL, and PNG pro jects. Responsible for
completing the project on schedule, and within or below the established budget.
Ensures that the process engineering is of the highest integrity, and design is in
accordance with contractual obligations and good engineering practice.
Coordinates design efforts with all other lead disciplines on the project, maintain job
records progress, and ensure compliance with all Clients’ standards, procedures and
Company’s Quality Assurance and HSE procedures. Provide assistance to young
process engineers whenever process or technical judgment is solicited.
Dec 1994 Lead Process Engineer & Lead Safety Engineer
Dec 2006 Aker Kvaerner Engineering South East Asia Sdn. Bhd.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Involved in the Process Engineering Design & Safety Engineering Design of the
various Offshore and Onshore projects in Malaysia and other countries:
Detailed Engineering Project
Responsible for the detailed Process engineering design and Safety engineering
design, writing of Operating Procedures & Commissioning Manual and r epresent the
Process and Safety disciplines in HAZOP studies, Process Hazards Review (PHR) and
other safety studies. Ensures that the Process / Safety deliverables are completely
on schedule, completed within or below the established budget, Process / Safety
Engineering design is of the highest integrity and the design is in accordance with
contractual obligations and good Chemical / Process / Safety Engineering practice.
Coordinates design efforts with all other lead disciplines on the project, maintain job
records progress, and ensure compliance with all Clients’ standards, procedures and
Company’s Quality Assurance and HSE procedures. Also, ensure that all process
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2. equipment and safety equipment, supplied by Vendor, are in accordance with
process and safety requirement. Supervise and give training to process and safety
engineers.
Projects:
1. Talisman Malaysia Limited (TML) Northern Field Development Project - Bunga
Orkid Central Processing Platform (BO-A CPP offshore) in Malaysia – Involved
as Lead Safety Engineer for BO-A CPP in providing detail safety engineering
design to produce 500MM scfd of sales gas, 25,000 BPD of crude oil and
10,000 BPD of condensate.
2. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited, India (ONGC) BCP-B2 Compression
Platform Project – Involved as Lead Process and Safety Engineer for the
detailed engineering design of the 15 MMSCMD of gas processed in BCP-B2
Compression Platform.
3. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited, India (ONGC) BCP-A2 Compression
Platform Project – Involved as Lead Safety Engineer for the detailed
engineering design of the 2 MMSCMD of gas and 12000 BPOD of condensate
processed in BCP-A2 Compression Platform.
4. Sabah Shell Berhad’s F6 Rejuvenation Project (Offshore Platform in Malaysia) –
Involved as Lead Safety Engineer for the rejuvenation of F6 Complex (F6DP-A,
F6P-A and F6Q-A).
5. Korean National Oil Corporation (KNOC) Rong Doi Gas Development Project
(Offshore Platform in Vietnam) – Involved as Lead Safety Engineer in providing
safety engineering design to produce 130MM scfd of sales gas. Involved in
generating safety philosophy and attending HAZID workshop.
6. China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) Nambao 35-2 Offshore Oil
Field Development Project – Involved as Lead Safety Engineer and Lead
Process Engineer.
7. Sabah Shell Berhad’s SC(F13W)DR-A Development Project (Offshore Platform
in Malaysia) – Involved as Lead Safety Engineer in providing safety
engineering design in the production of 120MM scfd of sales gas.
8. British Petroleum BP & Petronas Carigali joint venture – Malaysia Acetyls Plant
Seal Flush Onshore Project – Involved as Senior Process Engineer in providing
technical expertise in trouble shooting the product pump sealing problem.
9. Talisman Malaysia Limited (TML) Bunga Raya and Bunga Kekwa Offshore
Platform in Malaysia (BR-A CPP, WHRPs BR-C and BK-C) – Involved as Lead
Safety Engineer and Process Adviser in providing safety engineering design to
produce 300MM scfd of sales gas and 60,000 BPD of crude oil.
10. BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Berhad’s Butanediol (BDO) Onshore Project in
Kuantan, Malaysia – Involved as Lead Process Engineer and Safety design
Coordinator in providing the OSBL facilities and utilities design engineering.
Converted the German standard P&IDs into ISA standard.
11. Huntsman Tioxide’s Uprating of the Titanium Dioxide Pigment Onshore Plant
in Kerteh, Malaysia – Involved as Lead Process Engineer in providing an
additional facilities to further improve the performance of the existing Process
Plants.
12. Trans Thailand Malaysia (TTM) Songkhla Gas Separation Plant Offshore Project
in Thailand (Designed up to AFD only) – Involved as Senior Process Engineer in
providing process engineering design to produce 425MM scfd of dehydrated
gas and co-produce LPG. The Gas Separation Plant includes Acid Gas Removal,
Gas Dewpointing and liquid recovery facilities with supporting utilities and
offsites.
13. British Petroleum (BP) / Petronas Joint Venture on Malaysian Acetyls Onshore
Plant Project in Kerteh, Malaysia – Involved as Senior Process Engineer in
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3. providing an additional Guard Bed facilities to satisfy the consumer’s stringent
product specifications.
14. Sabah Shell Berhad’s St Joseph Gas Re-injection Scheme Offshore Project –
Involved as Lead Safety & Process Engineer in providing detail design to
increase the ultimate recovery reserves of the St. Joseph Field. A new gas
injection compression facility of 60 MM scfd capacity is installed to enable re-
injection of all the formation gas produced. To facilitate the new gas injection
module and the process requirements, SJK-A platform and other satellites
facilities are also modified, upgraded or removed.
15. Occidental Oil & Gas (M) LLC - SK8 Jintan Upstream Development Offshore
Project in Malaysia – Involved as Senior Process Engineer in providing detailed
engineering design to produce 800MM scfd of natural gas components C1-C4,
on an annual average basis, +15% excess to cater for onshore peak
production.
16. Petronas Carigali’s Sabah Gas Pipeline Project (Onshore Gas Terminal OGT 12
in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia) – Involved as Senior Process Engineer at the early
stage of the project and later I was designated as Lead Process Engineer in
providing detailed process engineering design of the Onshore Gas Terminal
facilities in receiving and separating the 150MM scfd of sales gas and 560 BPD
of condensate prior to supplying to the consumers.
17. Miri Crude Oil Terminal (MCOT) – Onshore Firewater System Upgrade –
Involved as Senior Process Engineer in upgrading the MCOT Firewater System.
Conceptual Engineering Project and Process Engineering Study
Responsible in providing process studies, PFDs, P&IDs and Safety drawings of the
various Process Schemes (that will be considered by other engineering discipline in
their respective design) to achieve the design intent and recommend the optimum
process scheme by considering Safety, Economics, Operations and Maintenance.
Also, responsible in optimizing the Process and Safety design requirement of the
selected Process Scheme. Represent the Process and Safety disciplines in Coarse
HAZOP studies, Process Hazards Review (PHR) and other Safety review. Ensures that
the Process / Safety studies are completely on schedule, completed within or below
the established budget, Process / Safety Engineering design is of the highest
integrity and the design is in accordance with contractual obligations and good
Chemical / Process / Safety Engineering practice. Coordinates design efforts with all
other lead disciplines on the project, maintain job records progress, and ensure
compliance with all Clients’ standards, procedures and Company’s Quality
Assurance and HSE procedures. Represent the Company in providing Technical
Presentation with the Client concerning Process Engineering Studies. Supervise and
give training to process and safety engineers.
Projects:
1. Reliance Industries Limited, India - KG-D6 Field Development Project (Control
and Riser Platform) – Involved as the Lead Process Engineer and Safety
Engineer in providing front end engineering design of the Control and Riser
Platform (CRP). CRP is receiving about 1400 MMSCFD of gas from deep water
subsea facilities and exporting gas product to Onshore Gas Terminal.
2. Petronas Carigali’s Samarang and Erb West Capacity Study (Offshore
Samarang A,B,C Oil & Gas Fields Complex and Erb West A, B Oil Fields
Complex) – Involved as Lead Process Engineer in determining the existing
capacity limitation of the Samarang A, B & C Fields and Erb-West A & B Fields
in Malaysia covering only the main process equipment, piping, control valves
and relief valves.
3. Talisman Malaysia Limited (TML) Northern Field Development Project - Bunga
Orkid Offshore Complex in Malaysia (BO-A CPP, WHRPs BO-B, BO-C and BO-D)
– Involved as Senior Process Engineer for BO-B and BO-C and Lead Safety
Engineer for BO-A CPP & WHRPs in providing process / safety engineering
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4. design to produce 500MM scfd of sales gas, 25,000 BPD of crude oil and
10,000 BPD of condensate.
4. Sabah Shell Berhad’s BSTAB 1&2 Rejuvenation Project in Bintulu, Malaysia
(Onshore) – Involved as Lead Safety Engineer in providing safety design
engineering for the Bintulu Stabilization Plant Rejuvenation Project. BSTAB
1&2 Rejuvenation Project covers replacement and/or refurbishment of ageing
critical process equipment, HSE critical items and utilities to ensure technical
integrity of the Plant. It is also an intention of this project to enable continuous
operation of a reliable, efficient and HSE compliant Plant beyond the original
20 years design life.
5. Sabah Shell Berhad’s Sabah Infrastructure Capacity Project (Offshore St Joseph
Complex, Kinabalu Complex, South Furious Complex and Barton Complex in
Malaysia) – Involved as Lead Process Engineer in determining the existing
capacity limitation of the complex.
6. Petronas Carigali’s Melor Offshore Gas Field Project in Malaysia (TBCP-A CPP
Offshore) – Involved as Lead Safety Engineer and Process Adviser in providing
safety engineering design to produce 340MM scfd of sales gas and 6,000 BPD
of condensate.
7. DuPont & Asahi joint venture on Poly Acetal Onshore Project in China –
Involved in Leading the Screening Process Hazards Assessment (SPHA) in
Beijing, China.
8. BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Berhad’s Steam Verbund Projects or Steam
Integration Study in Kuantan, Malaysia – Involved as Senior Process Engineer
in integrating the existing and newly designed steam and condensate facilities
to ensure reliable steam source for normal operation and to sufficiently
responsive that stable steam flows and pressures can be provided to users
under upset conditions.
9. Petronas Carigali (Vietnam) Sdn Berhad’s Ruby Field Water Injection Project –
Involved as Lead Process Engineer in providing conceptual / basic engineering
for an integrated drilling platform, RBW-A, which includes water injection,
crude production facilities and provision for future gas lift facilities. The
unstabilized crude oil from RBDP-A flows through the sub sea pipeline to the
FPSO where it is degassed, dehydrated and stored before being exported.
10. Petronas Gas Berhad’s (Malaysia) Gas Processing Plant Boiler Optimization
Study and GPP 2/3/4/KSC Boiler Integration Study - Involved as Lead Process
Engineer in providing feasibility studies for integration of Steam production
and consumption, Boiler Feed Water Supply and Condensate return at GPP
complex.
11. Miri Crude Oil Terminal (MCOT) Capacity Extension (Basic Option) – Involved
as a Senior Process Engineer in providing adequate plant flexibility to handle
the forecasted increase in crude oil production (250,800 BPD). As a result of
new forecasted production rates, the capacity of the existing crude handling
facilities, Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and Emulsion and Wax Treatment
Plant (EWTP) is required to be evaluated.
Nov 1993 Senior Process Engineer
Sept 1994 Protek Engineers Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Involved in the Process Engineering design of the various Petronas Carigali’s
offshore projects:
1. General Platform Upgrade - Baram "B"
2. Updated Operating Procedures Manual for Betty, Tukau and West Lutong fields.
3. Updated Hazardous Area Classification for the entire Baram Delta Field.
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5. Oct 1989 Senior Superintendent
Nov 1993 Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corp.
Manila, Philippines
Projects:
1. Gabaldon Pumping Station Expansion
First Philippine Industrial Corporation
Involved as Project Engineer / Lead Process Engineer
2. $150 million ABS Monsanto Thailand Plant
Five (5) months assignment in the United State of America U.S.A.
Involved as Senior Process Engineer
3. $ 250 million Adi-Pure* DuPont Singapore Plant
Thirteen (13) months assignment in the U.S.A. as Senior Process Engineer and
seventeen (17) months in Singapore as Project Engineer / Lead Process Engineer
Joint venture with Morrison Knudsen Ferguson (MKF-USA) in providing technology
package and production engineering design. Performs economic feasibility and
process design studies. Develops process flow diagram and P & IDs for both process
units and utilities. Prepares process engineering document for the process / utility
equipment and instrumentation. Utilized computer program such as Tri-therm,
Chemshare, Engineering Aid, and Chemcad in all process engineering calculations.
Coordinate designs efforts with all other group on the job (Miescor side) and ensures
compliance with all standards and procedures of the client. Ensures that the project
is completely on schedule, completed within or below the established budget, design
engineering is of the highest integrity (safe, economical & operational), and design is
in accordance with contractual obligations and good engineering practice.
Represents the Engineering Department of the Company in meeting with MKF and
the client.
Mar 1984 Senior Process Engineer / Area Engineer
Mar 1989 Jeddah Oil Refinery Company
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Conducts technical studies and recommends changes and possible alternative
actions to maintain the process units safe at all times and at its best efficiency and
ensures high quality products. Provide assistance to field personnel whenever
process or technical judgment is solicited. Monitors and reviews daily refinery
operations to spot potential upset by evaluating operating condition and unit
material balances. Also, monitors and reviews product qualities and ensure
adherence to manufacturing specification. Performs research and recommends
necessary process variable changes and equipment revisions as well as providing
technical expertise to enable optimum operation of the refinery process units. Also,
provides technical data necessary to formulate major and minor revisions of the
refinery process. Involves in providing Schedule A package and commissioning of the
JP-5 and JP-4, respectively. Occasionally deals with computer application, as job
assignment requires.
Sep 1983 Project Engineer / Lead Process Engineer
Feb 1984 AEP Builders and Developers Inc.
Manila, Philippines
Project: Storage Tank Modification – Caltex Refinery, Philippines
Responsible for the scheduling of work- in-process to insure optimum utilisation of
manpower. Ensure that the project is completely on schedule, completed within or
below the established budget, design engineering is of the highest integrity, and
design is in accordance with contractual obligations and good engineering practice.
Responsible for the coordination, summary of the status report of each section prior
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6. to submittal to the client. Represents the Engineering department of the Company in
meeting with the client.
Feb 1983 Project Engineer / Senior Process Engineer
Sep 1983 Engineering Equipment Inc.
Manila, Philippines
Project: Crude Distillation Unit #1 Revamp Caltex Refinery, Philippines.
Joint venture with Davey McKee (USA) in providing production design of the CDU #1
revamp of Caltex Refinery. Coordinate design efforts with all other group on the job,
maintain job records progress, and ensure compliance with all clients standards and
procedures. Represents the Engineering Department of the Company in meeting
with the client.
Jan 1981 Senior Process Engineer
Jan 1983 Parsons International Limited
Manila, Philippines
Involved in the process and instrumentation design of the various petrochemical and
refinery projects including:
1. Atmospheric Crude Furnace (Balance Draft) - Caltex Refinery
2. LRSN Storage tank fire protection system - Caltex Refinery.
3. Insulation study (Economical thickness and retrofitting) - Caltex Refinery
4. Insulation Study - OICC (Officer in Charge of Construction) – U.S. Naval Base
5. Phosphoric Acid Plant (PFD, P & ID and estimate) – Polyphosphates
6. Additional Air Pre-heater - Shell Refinery
7. Boiler Rehabilitation – OICC – U.S. Naval Base
8. Crude Distillation Revamp - Caltex Refinery
July 1979 Process Engineer / Area Engineer
Dec 1980 Aramco, Abqaiq Plants Operations Engineering
Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia
(Stabiliser & Tank Farm Areas and LNG Unit)
Duties and functions included undertaking engineering job such as plant process
design studies, project proposals, optimisation of plant operations, plant trouble
shooting and product development. Conducts technical studies, test runs and
recommends changes and possible alternative actions to maintain the process
units safe at all times and at its best efficiency and ensures high quality products.
Provide assistance to field personnel whenever process or technical judgment is
solicited. Monitors and reviews daily plant operations to spot potential upset by
evaluating operating condition and unit material balances. Also, monitors and
reviews product qualities and ensure adherence to manufacturing specification.
Performs research and recommends necessary process variable changes and
equipment revisions as well as providing technical expertise to enable optimum
operation of the plant process units. Also, provides technical data necessary to
formulate major and minor revisions of the plant processes.
Apr 1979 Assistant Production Manager
Jun 1979 Kimberly Clark, Philippines
Assist the production manager in the scheduling of work- in-process to insure
optimum utilisation of materials, men and machines.
Sep 1974 Process Engineer
Mar 1979 Caltex Refinery
Batangas, Philippines.
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7. Assigned Units: Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Gas Recovery Plant and Distillate
Desulfurizing Unit. 1 year and 6 months in Atmospheric Crude Distillation Unit and
Vacuum Distillation Unit.
Performs research and recommends necessary process variable changes and
equipment revisions as well as providing technical expertise to enable optimum
operation of the refinery process units. Also, provides technical data necessary to
formulate major and minor revisions of the refinery process. Conducts test runs and
recommends changes and possible alternative actions to maintain the process units
at all times at its best efficiency and operational limits and ensures high quality, on
specification product streams.
Special Assignment: 6 months in Refinery Operations Department.
Safely operates the process units consisting of reactor, regenerator, fractionator,
blower, compressor and other equipment necessitating utmost attention. Prepares
the equipment and surroundings areas safe for hot work whether major or minor
maintenance repairs. Maintains the process units at all times at its best efficiency
and operational limits and ensures high quality, on specification product streams.
Special Assignment: 9 months in Energy Conservation Program.
Investigates current power plants operations and survey steam, power and other
energy consumers. Conducts test runs and recommends changes and possible
alternative actions to bring down use of energy to agreed base reference. Look into
every angles of recovering waste energy. Make economic and technical feasibility
studies.
Aug 1973 Production Planner
Jun 1974 Philippine Carpet Manufacturing Corporation
Manila, Philippines
Responsible for follow- ups, routing and scheduling of work- in-process to insure the
optimum utilisation of materials, men and machines.
EDUCATION:
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Feati University, Manila, Philippines
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
Member - Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers
Certificate No. 5730 issued on 20 August 1973
Member (Temporary) - Board of Engineers (Malaysia)
Certificate No. 0496- 0700- T-537
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