Experience

· Contract Project Development Expert, contracted to Exxon Baton Rouge Refinery, 2003-present

· Operations Management, Maintenance Management, Corporate Market Planning, Project Development Management, Exxon, 1968-2002

· Process Development Engineer, Tennessee Corp., 1965-1968

Fields of Experience

Mr. Jones has 35+ years’ continuous experience in the refining and hydrocarbon process industries. Mr. Jones has particular expertise with front-end project evaluation. For example, at Exxon’s regional engineering center in Baytown, Mr. Jones reviewed non-definitively defined (NDD) projects, Exxon’s term for potential capital projects proposed by refineries and other facilities. Mr. Jones has excellent experience sorting profitable projects from marginal ones.

Mr. Jones also has experience with the following process technologies:

· Hydroprocessing (hydrotreating, hydrocracking);

· Light ends fractionation;

· Naphtha reforming;

· Catalytic cracking;

· Coking (fluid and delayed);

· Lubes extraction;

· De-asphalting;

· Alkylation (sulfuric acid);

· Refinery utilities, offsite tankage, lines, and blending;

· Process simulation (primarily with Hyprotech’s programs, e.g., HYSIM)

Professional Affiliations

· AICHE

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Honor Graduate, 1965

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1968

Project examples for Jim Jones work with Exxon Engineering.

Catalytic Cracker revamps for the Baytown and Baton Rouge catalytic cracking units in the mid ‘90s

	4 units involved – capacities range from 90kBD to 120kBD
	All revamps were undertaken to install Short Contact Time Technology
	Each unit was addressed individually; projects were designed sequentially
	Fluid-solids equipment revamp design by Exxon FCCU technology group
	Oil systems and air blowers designed by teams led by Jim Jones
	Each of the 4 units had major revamps to the main fractionator’s internals
	Each of the 4 towers ran much more smoothly with good control and improved product recovery following the work
	The two Baton Rouge units also required upgrade of the air blowers and the associated control systems
	In both cases the new blowers and control systems ran smoothly with better control and significantly increased conversion capability for these units.

Light ends recovery system upgrade for Baytown and Baton Rouge – mid ‘90s

§ Opportunity to increase C3 and C4 olefin production from the catalytic cracking units at both locations by injecting ZSM-5 additive with the catalyst was very attractive

§ Light ends recover was limiting olefin recovery expansion at both locations

§ Existing light ends fractionation schemes were very different for each site

§ Jim Jones prepared simulation studies for the light ends systems at each site to identify opportunities to increase C3 and C4 olefin recovery with minimum investment

§ Final project design for each site closely matched the proposal from these simulation studies.

Last modified: June 27, 2008