Carlos Romero

Technical Support Lead - Central Projects Delivery at Petroleum Development Oman

Summary
Mechanical engineer with extensive 25-year of experience on Plant Maintenance Leadership for the Oil &
Gas industry. *Proven skills in Asset Maintenance & Integrity Consultancy, Reliability Engineering and
Maintenance supervision *Blend of abilities to contribute effectively towards projects operation readiness
development and implementation *Fluent in Spanish and English

Experience
Technical Support Lead - CPD projects at Petroleum Development Oman
February 2016 - Present (1 month)
Shell secondee into Petroleum Development Oman. Leading a team of 5 company staff. Enabling Operations
Readiness standardization across PDO Central Projects Delivery in the areas of Operations Management
Systems, Operations input to Design, Asset Integrity Process Safety, Human Factors Engineering,
Maintenance & Integrity, Pipeline engineering and OR Planning. Promoting & implementing lessons learned
from previous PDO projects and relevant Shell Group experience into new capital projects. Participating on
Operation Readiness Reviews, Pre-start up Audits, etc.

Head Maintenance & Integrity - Budour Project at Petroleum Development Oman

May 2013 - December 2015 (2 years 8 months)
Leading a team of 20+ company staff and EPC contractor to develop and implement maintenance and
integrity readiness for greenfield sour gas, multi-billion dollar Budour project. Challenges include:
development of CMMS system, AIPSM assurance, spare part readiness, staffing and competence
management in order to ensure Maintenace Integrity and Execution calculative level prior to start up.

Head Maintenance Execution at Shell

April 2008 - April 2013 (5 years 1 month)
Leading a team of 60+ Maintenance professionals to execute Safety Critical routines, Corrective activities,
Maintenance campaigns and Planned shutdown support in order to ensure safe, optimal Gas Production of
the Deep-Water-to-Power Malampaya complex in The Philippines. Improving the Execution of Maintenance
by implementing industry best practices, such as LEAN, RRM, RCA. etc

Asset Maintenance Senior Consultant at Shell Global Solutions

January 2003 - April 2008 (5 years 4 months)
Joined the Consultancy Business Improvement group as a core member of the Risk and Reliability
Management team (RRM). Involved in several asset performance improvement and change management
projects in AP, EMEAR and LATAM.. Facilitated and implemented Risk and Reliability management

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 on a wide range of cultures including most GCC countries (Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and UAE), as
well as Indian and Japanese audiences. Led GAME S-RCM implementation across Shell DS-One Europe.
Led all activities related to the Shell RCM (SGSi global methodology custodian & SME) facilitation and
training, quality review and implementation support on several Merit, Operation Implementation Programs
and Flawless start-up projects Implemented studies for plant turnaround optimization, including Scope
Challenge and Critical-Path Assessment Designed Maintenance, Reliability and plant integrity program
for implementation in oil & gas Greenfield projects, included Sakhalin, Pearl and Altamira LNG Assessed
and optimised PM programs for complex rotating machinery, including compression trains offshore
Implemented spare parts holding program based on the results of the Shell RCM studies and linked it to the
spare optimisation tool E-SPIR Aligned RRM results to input the Statistics & Risk Consultancy business
group in order to maximise accuracy on Availability studies.

Reliability Engineer at PDVSA Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.

January 1992 - April 2000 (8 years 4 months)
I developed and utilised wide technical analysis skills to resolve problems and improve performance for
critical rotary machinery in process plants and off-site. Supervised preventive and predictive maintenance
program coordinating a staff of technicians to inspect mechanical variables to monitor equipment
performance. Improved reliability of several rotary machinery, increasing process plant performance and
avoiding unexpected unit shutdown. Implemented inspection procedure to assess pumps installation and
commissioning hence reducing operational problems Selected to join multi-task team reviewing and updating
preventive maintenance programs to qualify for ISO-9001 certification for Lubricants manufacture plant.

Languages
Spanish (Native or bilingual proficiency)
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Skills & Expertise

Oil/Gas
Maintenance Management
Maintenance Improvement
Asset Maintenance Consultancy
Reliability Centered Maintenance
Change Management
Reliability Engineering
SAP PM Module
Petroleum
Gas
Preventive Maintenance
Inspection
Engineering

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Pipelines
Commissioning
Planned Preventative Maintenance
Refinery
Pressure Vessels
HAZOP
Petrochemical
Plant Maintenance
Onshore
Reliability
Upstream
LNG
RCM
Pumps
Oil
Oil & Gas
HAZOP Study

Education
Edinburgh University
MBA, MBA, 2001 - 2002
UNEFA
BS Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 1987 - 1991

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Carlos Romero
Technical Support Lead - Central Projects Delivery at Petroleum Development Oman

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