Felipe Reffatti, CAMA

Experience

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  Chemtech

  Aug 2011 - May 2015

  Instrumentation Engineer

  Started as intern and, after 8 months, hired as project engineer. Developed projects for upstream and downstream oil & gas business in instrumentation discipline and contributed for its improvement by preparing internal technical procedures. Learned how to understand all kinds of projects documents and improved skills in Microsoft Office package. Main activities, skills and opportunities:- Preparation and verification of project documents. Examples:-- Lists - Instruments, Inputs/Outputs, Set-points, Alarms and Calibrated Ranges, Materials, Electrical Loads, etc.;-- Diagrams - Wiring, Loops and Logical;-- Data Sheets - Transmitters, Flowmeters, Control/Safety/On-Off Valves, Primary Flow Elements, Analyzers, etc.;-- Calculation Sheets - Control and Safety Valves and Primary Flow Elements;-- Hook-up Drawings - Electrical, Pneumatic, Process and Support;-- Instrumentation Plans;-- Technical evaluation of commercial proposals (valves, instruments, analyzers, etc.);-- Material Requisitions;- Check and evaluation of external documents (equipments packages);- Meetings with clients and suppliers for scope limits and technical clarifications;- Internal meetings with managers and coordinators to define deadlines aligned with other disciplines (process, piping, civil, electrical and safety);- International experience - technical visit to ZEECO (Oklahoma - USA) for 3 weeks;- Quotes for new projects;- Work with multidisciplinary softwares - COMOS and PDMS;- Work with sizing softwares for flow elements (orifices, venturis, etc.), control valves and safety valves (ex: Toolkit - Rosemount, ValveStar and ValSpeQ);- Main Projects: Abreu and Lima refinery; FAFEN III (Nitrogen Fertilizers Unit); Flotation Units for plataforms P-75 and P-77; Show less

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  TKOcyan

  May 2015 - May 2019

  Metering Engineer

  Technical support to the FPSOs Pioneiro de Libra and Cidade de Itajaí. Main activities:- Support to offshore operation in the metering, laboratory and instrumentation disciplines;- Support to project modifications in the instrumentation discipline (review documents, specify new instruments and valves, etc.);- Preparation and verification of metering procedures. Examples: calibration of meters with provers and master meters, assets management, uncertainty evaluation, valves leak tests, orifice plates and straight runs inspection, metrological control, etc;- Preparation and verification of laboratory procedures. Examples: sampling crude oil and natural gas, natural gas chromatography, crude oil BSW and density, etc.;- Daily metrological control of metering points (flowmeters, transmitters and flow computers);- Metrological control of well tests and offloadings;- Development of screens in the PI Process Book to monitor metering points and general process;- Development of structures and objects in the PI AF (Asset Framework);- Specify instruments and equipments to purchase and define requirements for external services of calibrations, maintenance and fluid analysis;- Ensure that the units operate in accordance to all legal requirements defined by ANP (Metering Technical Regulation - RTM 2013), clients requirements (Petrobras) and the best engineering standards (ex: ISO, AGA, API MPMS, ASTM, etc.);- Manage the development of a MMS software (Metering Management System) - software that manages assets, tasks, routines, events, operational data and generates performance reports (KPIs), uncertainty reports and critical analysis of certificates;- Configure crude oil, natural gas and produced water metering points in flow computers (models OMNI and Floboss);- Perform internal audits and follow external audits from client;- Develop VBA codes to automate repetitive tasks and data checks;- Start-up of the FPSO Pioneiro de Libra proving systems; Show less

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  Radix Engineering and Software

  May 2019 - Jun 2020

  Instrumentation Engineer

  Provide solutions and engineering services for Oil and Gas business. Main projects/services:- Bow-Tie Project (Client: MODEC)Develop and revise Work Instructions to maintain and test of Preventive/Recovery Safety Barriers to ensure that they will perform properly when needed.

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  MODEC, Inc.

  Jun 2020 - Sept 2024

  Principal Maintenance Reliability Engineer

  Technical lead the maintenance reliability support for MODEC’s Brazil FPSO Fleet (13 vessels). Main activities:- Modify, improve and develop maintenance strategies for installed systems, packages, equipment and instruments;- Perform all kinds of modifications in CMMS (e.g. create and modify maintenance plans, create new func. locations/equipment, etc.);- Development of new equipment taxonomies using ISO 14224 as guide;- Improve of asset hierarchy in CMMS to allow better visualization of equipment and its components;- Technical support for maintenance teams offshore and onshore;- Perform maintenance internal audits to specific systems (e.g. deluge systems, depressurization, etc.);- Support vessel’s teams in audits (from Clients and Regulation Agencies like ANP);- Criticality assessment for equipment and support the development of new criticality assessment process;- Support new projects on the development of maintenance setup in CMMS (hierarchy, maintenance plans, criticality, etc.);- Evaluate maintenance deferment requests for critical equipment (Safety Critical Elements);- Support development of automated Maintenance Reports (History Templates) to improve the quality of reporting in critical activities (e.g. deluge tests, full stroke test of critical valves, etc.);- Support the definition of maintenance activities to ensure the reliability of Safety Critical Equipment (SCE);- Support the definition of Safety Critical Equipment based on Global Process Safety Guides;- Perform reliability studies in order to optimize maintenance resources and understand the failure behavior of equipment/systems;- Perform RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for significant incidents/failures on equipment;- Check compliance of maintenance strategies with regulatory standards (e.g. IMO) and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) studies;- Evaluate materials for automatic re-supply;- Support the maintenance and reliability engineers in all relevant tasks; Show less

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  Nordika, Advanced Engineering Denmark

  Sept 2024 - now

  Senior Project Engineer