1. RESUME
DANNY KILPATRICK
Name: Danny Kilpatrick (979) 248-7488 (home and cell)
1702 Ave. G E-mail: danshere402002@aol.com
Danbury, Texas 77534
Title History: Project Manager; Project Engineer, Systems Commissioning Engineer,
Construction Manager, Estimator, Contract and Spec Writing,
Contract Administrator (Proposal and Bid Package Development)
Equipment Vendor Surveillance QC Inspection,
Field Engineer, Construction Engineering Consultant
Code experience: FERC, CF-195, ASME Sections I through IX, B31.1 and B31.3
API Codes; AWS Codes, DOT (Department of Transportation);
TEMA and the NBIC (National Board Inspection Code).
Education: High School Graduate, Angleton, Texas, 1980; Three Years, Junior College,
Mechanical Engineering Studies, Lake Jackson, Texas
Welding Engineer Studies
Many management and Industrial Scheduling studies, Micro-Station
and Auto-Cad; Metallurgy for the Petrochemical Industry; Structural Steel
Engineering and Construction; Dale Carnegie / School of Human Relations
Non-Destructive Inspection Training classes for RT, PT, MT, UT, AET
and Visual; Level II Certification of RT, PT and MT; AWS/CWI in 1986
(Certified Welding Inspection and Certification); API-510 (Mechanical
Integrity Inspection & Certification) in 1993
More than 40 years experience in project engineering, project controls, estimating,
design, fabrication, repair, commissioning and on-stream maintenance of natural gas
pipelines, chemical and fuel refinery piping and equipment. I have been involved a great
deal in positions of field engineering, mechanical design, piping design, front end loading,
plant layout and maintenance of mechanical equipment and modular units. I have also
maintained key leadership roles during review of contracts, drawings and specifications of
capital expansion equipment prior to being issued for purchase and construction.
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2. RESUME
DANNY KILPATRICK
Representative assignments include:
Afton Chemical, Pasadena, Texas (5/2015 thru 1/2016)
Project Field Engineering, Commissioning Manager, Project Coordinator & and
QC support during the construction of a 37’ x 50’ tall API storage tank. Other
various duties were: Heavy involvement with design engineering review, inspection
and mechanical integrity updates for various in-service pressure vessels, columns
exchangers and tanks located within the facility; random vendor surveillance inspection
for new and repaired equipment; Piping mechanical integrity overview and
corrosion monitoring throughout the facility.
Hess Oil Corp., Bakken Oil Fields, North Dakota (7/2012 thru 5/2014)
Project Engineering, Commissioning Engineer and QC support
Construction and Commissioning management of four Dew Point Systems being
added to recently constructed compressor stations and over four hundred miles of
feed-stock pipelines for all compressor facilities. This project with Hess Oil also
in Tioga, ND
Anadarko Oil and Gas fields; Eagle Ford, south Texas (3/2012 thru 6/2012)
Field Commissioning Engineer, PSM Manager
Duties were to perform as-built walk-downs as well as formulation of the PSM programs
for three oil and gas collection facilities owned and operated by Anadarko.
Westcon Industries, Bakken Oil Fields, North Dakota (12/2011 thru 3/2012)
Commissioning Engineer & Quality Control Mgr.
Provided support for several newly constructed N/Gas compressor stations owned and
operated by Hess Oil.
TransCanada (Bison) Pipeline, Gillette, Wyoming (6/2010 thru 11/2010)
Contract Administrator, QC Inspector
Construction of a 30” natural gas system spanning 302 miles from
Gillette, Wyoming to Dickinson, ND.
Shell Motiva Refinery, Port Arthur, Texas (3/2009 thru 5/2010)
Commissioning Engineering, Construction Management and Quality Control support
Multi-billion dollar refinery expansion of the Shell Motiva refinery from 325,000 to
600,000 BPD.
Miller/Coors Brewery, Brewery Modicifation Golden, Colorado (4/2009 thru 5/2010)
Commissioning Engineering, Budget and Quality Control Manager
Multi-million dollar brewing unit modification.
Climax Molybdenum Mine Expansion, Leadville, Colorado (1/2010 thru 3/2010)
Complete reconstruction of this existing above-ground Molybdenum mine site.
3. RESUME
DANNY KILPATRICK
Oil Transport Line Construction Project North Slope, Alaska (9/2008 thru12/2009)
Commissioning Manager, Field Engineer, Quality Control, Budget and Schedule Control
Responsibilities included several trips to the slope for FEL planning with the BP
process group. Secondly providing vendor surveillance QC inspection during the local
construction of all structural, mechanical equipment and piping components prior to
delivery to the slopes for installation and commissioning.
Refinery Expansion, Flint Hills Resources, Minnesota (4/2008 thru 9/2008)
Commissioning Manager / Field Engineer / Quality Control
Refinery expansion support to increase the existing refinery from 250,000 to
350,000 BPD.
Coker Expansion, Frontier Refinery, Cheyenne, Wyoming (6/2007 thru 4/2008)
Field Project Engineer, QC and Construction Manager
Replacement of three very old and brittle Coker drums within the existing
refinery complex.
Anvil Engineering, Billings, Mt. (4/2006 thru 5/2007)
Piping & Mechanical Designer / Estimator / Field Engineer
Dow Chemical, Houston, (8/1997 thru 3/2006)
Vessel and Exchanger Design Engineer
Chem-Fab Inc, Freeport, Texas (6/1977 thru 6/1997)
Corporate Co-Owner, Pressure vessel, Heat Exchanger, Tower,
Storage tank fabrication and field installation
References:
Kim Tompras, Project Manager, Afton Chemical, Houston, Texas (314) 281-1095
Matt Allphin, Burns and McDonalds, Houston, Texas (281) 755-7072
Roy Moss, Contract Administration Mgr, Jacobs Engineering, Houston, TX. (409) 790-9409
Darren Ginty; Piping & Mechanical Design Manager, CH2M Hill, Anchorage, AK.
(907) 529-9211
Kyle Anderson; NDT Level II Specialist, North Slope Alaska, (218) 533-0363
( Additional references upon request )
