Charles O'Nan

Experience

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  El Paso Natural Gas Company

  Jun 1970 - Jun 1978

  Conceptual and mechanical design of machinery and piping systems. Supervised engine analysts and mechanical engineers providing technical support for compression in the San Juan Basin area.

  • Senior Machinery and Piping Engineer

    Nov 1977 - Jun 1978

  • Division Compressor Engineer

    Jun 1970 - Nov 1977
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  El Paso LNG Service Company

  Jun 1978 - Jul 1979

  Precommissioning/Plant Engineering Services Engineer

  Part of the precommissioning/startup group in successful startup, performance testing, and de-bottlenecking a 1 BCFD Air-Products type LNG plant.

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  El Paso Natural Gas Company

  Jul 1979 - May 1984

  Supervised Operations and Maintenance for half of El Paso's San Juan area gas facilities including Chaco and Wingate Plants plus half the field compression. Directed technical support personnel (including Electrical, Instrument, Communications, Corrosion, Laboratory, Water Supply, and NDT) for all of El Paso's Four Corners area gas, gathering, processing, and compression facilities.

  • Assistant Superintendent, Plant Operations

    Nov 1981 - May 1984

  • Technical Services Superitentdent

    Jul 1979 - Oct 1981
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  ARCO Alaska, Inc.

  Jun 1984 - May 1990

  Led ARCO's development group in joint studies with Exxon, British Petroleum, Alyeska, and others for the commercialization of Prudhoe Bay gas reserves. Led a co-owners' technical task group to develop designs, cost estimates, and economic evaluation for the extraction of maximum LPG's at Prudhoe Bay, blending in TAPS, and separation at Valdez for export. Initially Project Director during design and construction of Prudhoe Bay's Central Gas Facility. Promoted to Superintendent of the Central Gas Facility during startup and later given added responsibility for the Central Compression Plant.

  • Director, Gas Opportunities

    Nov 1988 - May 1990

  • Director Gas Liquids Study

    Sept 1987 - Oct 1988

  • NGL/EOR Project Director - Superintendent Central Gas Facility

    Jun 1984 - Sept 1987
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  El Paso Natural Gas Company

  Jun 1990 - Feb 1998

  Directed the Operation and Maintenance of El Paso's mainline transmission pipelines in Northern Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. Represented El Paso on AGA/SGA Best-Practices Bench-marking committee. Member of El Paso's due-diligence team for the Tennessee Gas Pipeline acquisition. Recruited by El Paso to return and manage the implementation of a system-wide Condition-Based Maintenance program. Directed engine/turbine mechanics, engine analysts, reliability engineers, machine and welding shops, warehousing, trucking, inventory control, and computer-based maintenance management systems.

  • Director, Albuquerque Division

    Jan 1995 - Feb 1998

  • Director, Central Maintenance & Materials

    Jun 1990 - Dec 1994
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  Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolívia-Brasil S.A. - TBG

  Mar 1998 - Feb 2001

  Director (Vice-President) Engineering and Operations

  Secunded by El Paso Energy to the special purpose company for construction management, startup, and operation of the Brazil side of the Bolivia-Brazil pipeline. Lead accountability for establishing and supervising the engineering and operations groups through construction management, startup, and initial operations.

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  El Paso Energy

  Feb 2001 - Jul 2003

  Director, LNG Engineering and Operations

  Led a group of six project managers and engineers providing technical support for El Paso's Global LNG commercial developers. Did FEED studies for Altamira, Mexico (50/50 with Shell), Rosarito, Mexico (50/50 with ConocoPhillips); and South Riding Point, Bahamas. Involved in development and multiple site feasibility studies for the El Paso Excellerate/Exmar Energy Bridge concept.

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  O'Nan & Associates, Inc.

  Aug 2003 - Aug 2004

  Consultant, Natural Gas & LNG

  Established an independent consulting company after El Paso Merchant Energy exited the LNG business. Assisted El Paso in transitioning Energy Bridge development to their mid-stream group and completing a full-scale motion simulator test of the ship-mounted vaporizors. Owner's engineer representing El Paso Energia Mexico and PEMEX in supervising a FEED study for a Burgos to Monterrey LPG pipeline project.

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  GDF SUEZ

  Aug 2004 - Aug 2005

  Director, Process Engieering

  Technical support for North American LNG project development, primarily Bahamas land-based terminals in a joint-venture with El Paso Energy and FPLR. Some involvement in Floating Storage and Regas Units (FSRU) and Shuttle Regasification Vessel (SRV) projects offshore Boston and Florida. Performed technical due-diligence on five existing and proposed LNG terminals.

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  Technip

  Oct 2005 - Apr 2007

  Director Technology - LNG Terminals

  Technical resource on LNG technology, facility designs (on and off-shore), permitting, and business development. Project and permitting support for Gulf LNG Clean Energy Project, Pascagoula, Mississippi.

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  O'Nan & Associates, Inc.

  Apr 2007 - Dec 2009

  Consultant, Natural Gas & LNG

  Assisted Technip's Paris based R&D group market new technology for LNG transfer (cryogenic flexibles and Invar pipe-in-pipe) to US clients. Deputy project manager on a Brass LNG FEED for a sea-island type loading platform supplied by sub-sea LNG piping.

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  Enterprise Products

  Jan 2010 - Apr 2013

  Staff Field Engineer

  Lead engineer for Enterprise's San Juan area facilities for gathering, processing, and treating about 1 BCFD of conventional and coal seam gas. Heavy utilization of Promax and Hysys for emissions modeling, permitting, and compliance. Compressor modeling for optimization and de-bottlenecking studies.

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  O'Nan & Associates, Inc

  Apr 2013 - Dec 2016

  Consultant

  Consulting practice related to natural gas, gas processing, and liquefied natural gas. Independently developing small-scale (home-size) systems for LNG.

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  O'Nan & Associates

  Jan 2017 - now

  Retired

  Mountain Biking, Sailing, Traveling, Grand-parenting