Oil & Petrochemicals

With over three decades of technical depth in heavy industry, this portfolio highlights extensive experience within the regional energy landscape. By integrating high professional standards with strategic project execution, these assignments reflect a proven track record of delivering reliable solutions that withstand industrial fluctuations and drive operational excellence.

  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Advisory Services Ltd.; 2024: Provide expert advice to PwC for the preparation of Paria Fuel Trading Co.’s Business Continuity Plan, Risk Assessment, BIA and Standard Operating Procedures.

 

  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Advisory Services Ltd.; 2021-2024: Provide engineering and expert witness services to support a crude Oil production fraud investigation led by PWC, on behalf of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.

 

  • West Indian Oil Company Limited (WIOC); 2021 – 2023:
    Upgrade of Electrical infrastructure at Farley Hill Fuel Storage and VC Byrd Airport facilities in Antigua & Barbuda, EC. Work includes Wide area Control System infrastructure, new 11kV distribution ring, MV and LV digital substations development and upgrade.

 

 

West Indian Oil Company Limited (WIOC) Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade 2021-2023

  • SOL Guyana Inc; (2020 - 2025):
    Design and Construction of the electrical revamp of the SOL ROME & RAMSBURG Terminal facility in Guyana. Includes New Electrical Substation with switchgear and MCCs and ESD shutdown System, expansion of the bunkering capability for receipt and delivery of hydrocarbons. CCTV for process and security monitoring and Plant Lighting.

 

  • Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd: Design of a Bus paralleling scheme for the major incoming power supply from T&TEC to the four gas processing Plants (2019).

 

  • Trinidad Lake Asphalt: La Brea, Trinidad: Cold Milled TLA Plant Development and Construction: Owners Engineer for Project Electrical, Control/SCADA and Mechanical Front End and Detailed Engineering (2016-2019). Joint Venture with Q-tech (Project Management and Process Engineering). Project involves the process research and development of a new product for the processing of Asphalt from the Lake in La Brea.

 

  • TRINIDAD GENERATION UNLIMITED (746 MW Generation Facility) - Miscellaneous Projects:
  1. Design of Fire Water Main for the facility
  2. Design of Oil Storage Facility
  3. Design of Trolley System to allow extraction and Maintenance of Generator
  4. Provide Drawing of Isometrics for the Supplementary Firing Drain System Isometrics.
  1. ACC Wash System Upgrade
  2. Parasitic Load Study
  3. Design of New Alternate Compressed Air Supply to TGU's Existing Air Distribution System

SOL Guyana Inc Electrical Revamp 2020-2025

  • GFD/Trin Oil – Nigeria: 300 MMSCFD, US$1.2b Gas Processing Plant and Wet and Dry gas pipelines, Niger Delta, Nigeria. Owners Engineers for Project oversight. Joint venture with ACES Caribbean T. O. Sylvester Project Manager designate. (2013 – 2015)

 

  • Suruji Limited/Savannah Cement – Kenya: 300MW, US$600M Coal Fired Power Plant, Tema, Owners’ Engineer for project oversight (2014)

 

  • Petrotrin: Design and Construction Engineering Support for a Sulphur Line as a subcontract to Delta Hudson and Clico

 

  • Trinidad & Tobago Methanol Company (Methanol I) - Pt. Lisas, Trinidad. Consultants for Strategic Assessment and Detail Engineering for the retrofit of the existing Methanol Plant with a Distributed Control System, Emergency Shutdown System and PLC’s; US$3M (1994 - 1995). The system was commissioned on-line without any down-time to the facility.

 

  • Trinidad & Tobago Methanol Company (Methanol I)- Lisas; front-end engineering study for a Distributed Computer Control system for use in an MTBE plant (1993).

PCS Nitrogen Engineering and Development work on a DCS retrofit

  • Caribbean Methanol Company Ltd (Methanol II).: Scope included responsibility for DCS configuration and Advanced Control Schemes Development and systems commissioning for US$270M Methanol Plant in Lisas, Trinidad.

    Also responsible for Design Co-ordination of all instrumentation and power on the project as a joint effort with Davy McKee (UK) and Clico Energy, Trinidad (1991-1993)

 

  • Fertilizer of Trinidad and Tobago (now PCS Nitrogen): Engineering and Development work for a DCS retrofit to an Ammonia Making Facility at Pt. Lisas Industrial Estate, Trinidad (1990 - 1992)

 

  • Trinidad Cement Ltd: Consultants for Detail Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering for a Kiln expansion Project. Carried out as a joint project with Consultants Lee Young and Partners of Trinidad (US$50M ,1993- 1995).
  • Proman mbH: Principal Engineers for Detail Engineering of the Distributed Controls and Instrumentation for the construction of a US$265M Methanol (Methanol III) Production facility at Lisas, Trinidad (1994-1996)

 

  • TTMC: Detail Engineering and Construction Engineering Supervision to retrofit the Methanol Plant (Methanol III) with a Toxic/flammable gas detection System (1995)

 

  • ECGC: Project Management, Electrical, Mechanical and Control Engineering for The East Caribbean Group of Companies Flour Mill Mill-Feed Upgrade Project (US$1M), (1995-1996)

 

  • Arcelor-Mittal: Furnace Automation; Detail Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Engineering and Construction Engineering Supervision to support the retrofit of the Furnace Controls with a Siemens PLC based system (1996).

 

  • Petrotrin: design and construction of an MTBE Plant as an engineering subcontractor to Delta Hudson for Construction Engineering Support for Electrical & Instrumentation including the Honeywell TDC3000 control System (US$8.6M, 1995-1997).

 

TRINMAR E&I Evaluation Studies for Ten (10) Platforms

  • TRINMAR: E&I Evaluation Studies for ten (10) Platforms. Scope involved the development of P&IDs and Basic Engineering package for rehabilitation. Project was carried out jointly with Paragon Engineering (USA) and Trintoplan Conultants (1996-1997).

 

  • Trinidad & Tobago Methanol Company (Methanol I): Detail Engineering & Project Management for Projects including (1995-1997);
  1. Demineralisation Plant Automation (Toyo Design): Control System retrofit using Allen-Bradley PLC and Icom MMI Software with an alternate operator interface through a Rosemont RS-3 via the AB DH+
  2. Mass Spectrometer Plant Integration; included sample conditioning system design and integration of an Extrel mass Spectrometer into the DCS and Optimisation Control in the
  3. Admin/MIS Power Rehabilitation: Design upgrade of the Power and Air- condition systems at the TTMC Administration Building at Lisas.

 

  • Trinidad & Tobago Water Services: WASA Chatham and Granville Water Treatment Plants Development of Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation Basic Engineering tender package in conjunction with Trintoplan Consultants (1998).

 

  • TRINMAR: Electrical Area Classification Study of Platform and Block Station No. 18 (1997)

 

  • Proman GmbH (Germany): Detail DCS Engineering and commissioning for the Methanol Plant IV in Lisas. (1996-1998)
  • YARA: Control System and Instrumentation Design for the retrofit of The HAT Ammonia Storage Facility at (1997)

 

  • WASA: Five (5) Booster Pump Stations Rehabilitation Studies and Basic Engineering with Trintoplan Consultants (1997)

 

  • TRINMAR: Strategic Assessment and Engineering of the Automation of BlockStation No.25 to allow de-manning of the Station and surveillance from shore and Platform No.13. Scope involved technology and engineering economic assessment, Detail Engineering Design for a SCADA/Digital Controller platform, Construction Engineering Supervision and overall Project Management and System uses a hybrid of a Test Inc. SCADA and Moore Industries Digital Controllers in a redundant configuration. (US$2M, 1997-1998).
  • ARISTECH: Urea Formaldehyde (UFC- 85) Plant at Point Lisas. Scope involves offsite Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and local engineering for B Western. (1997-1999)

 

  • SRA International: UF Resin Plant at Point Scope involves Basic and Detailed Electrical, Mechanical, Instrumentation and Control Engineering for a Resin Reactor. (1997-1999)

 

  • AMOCO Trinidad (now BPTT): Automation of ten (10) Oil Production platforms in the Teak, Samaan and Poui fields. Project began in December 1997 and taken through the AMOCO ACP process. Scope of work included Strategy Development for Technology & Economic Assessment, Basic and Detail Engineering and Control System programming and integration. Work carried out in conjunction with Honeywell and AMOCO’s World Engineering &Construction US$6.0M (1997-2000)

 

  • TRINMAR: North Field Electrical Assistance to TRINMAR in the Strategic Assessment, Basic Engineering and Project Management of the Generation in the North Field. Project Involved a 13.8KV, 1MW Gas Turbine Generator Upgrade, along with HV Switchgear and submarine distribution cabling. US$1.5M (1998-2000)

 

  • Clico Energy Ltd.: Strategic Assessment and Basic Engineering for the Development of a centralised Control Centre for the four (4) Methanol Plants at point Lisas; Caribbean Methanol, Methanol IV Co. Ltd., TTMC I and TTMC II. The Project involved looking at the most cost-effective way of implementing a centralised control facility which linked the existing DCS Systems to allow limited de-manning of the (1999)

 

  • Cliff & Associates: DCS commissioning services provided, until Plant Start-up. This involved troubleshooting of control loops and debugging of the Rosemount RS-3 DCS control program. The work was carried out as a joint venture with Process Management in San Fernando. (1998-1999)
  • Arcelor-Mitaal (DR3): As an engineering subcontractor to Lockwood Greene Engineers (Project Design Engineers), Sylvester Engineering provided commissioning assistance and Site Engineering Construction supervision for the OSBL control system network. The network used Siemens PLC S7 technology with an extensive optical fibre Profibus-DP data highway. Scope involved Site engineering changes as required to logic and control documentation along with ISPAT. (1998-1999)

 

  • Potassium Permanganate Plant: Responsible for all Mechanical, HV/LV Electrical design, DCS and Instrumentation Systems Detail Engineering, Construction Engineering Supervision and Plant (1999 – 2000)

 

  • Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd: Electrical engineering upgrade of power systems for Administration Facilities (2001).

 

  • Caribbean Nitrogen Company: Ammonia Plant – Owners’ representative for Electrical Instrumentation and Control on Project Team, also Electrical& Mechanical Services Design for Admin Building and detail Engineering of HV Electrical Systems and Power Generation and Instrumentation. Also provided the engineering and supply of toxic Gas detection and monitoring SCADA System for the plant.Project involved the Construction of a 2040TPD Ammonia making facility at Point Lisas (2000-2002) US$300M. Plant successfully started up in June 2002.

 

  • Gasoline Blender Upgrade for Petrotrin, Point-a-Pierre: Turnkey project with Emerson (formerly Fisher-Rosemount) and Process Management SYLENG was responsible for all detailed engineering (Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation and Project Management for the upgrade of the Blender. The project used the Emerson Delta V DCS system for blend ratio control (2001- 2002).

 

  • Shell Caribbean:
    • Suriname: Custody control of Av-Jet Fuel Depot at International System using PLCs to monitor and control filling and dispensing of fuel (2002- 2003).
    • Grenada: Custody Control in Storage Tank Farm (2002).

 

  • Trinmar Ltd.: West Soldado Heavy Oil Project – Project Team for Management, Design and Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical & Process) for a 12,000BPD heavy Oil Platform and one 6MW Generation platform along with Alliance Engineering (Structural engineering) in Houston (2000-2004)
    Capital cost US$15M (2002-2004)

 

  • Trinmar Ltd.: Upgrade engineering (Process, Mechanical and Electrical) for six (6) oil processing platforms to RP 14C Standards.
  • GBH Inc (Argentina): Project Management and Engineering Design Coordination for an Ammonia and Urea making facility in Brazil (2001-2003) Project abandoned after basic Engineering

 

  • Atlantic LNG of Trinidad: Project Management and Engineering services on a variety of Plant wide projects, Electrical, Instrumentation, Process and Structural Engineering (2002 to present).

 

  • Nitrogen 2000 Company: Ammonia Plant – Owners’ representative for electrical Instrumentation and control on Project

Also providing the engineering and supply of toxic Gas detection and monitoring SCADA and Plant Wide Communications Systems for the plant. Construction of a 2040TPD Ammonia making facility at Point Lisas (2002-2004) US$300M.

 

  • British Gas Trinidad & Tobago Ltd: Engineering, Procurement & Construction Management Services for ALNG-NCMA Valve (2004).
  • NM-WoodGroup/British Gas: ECMA Beachfield Onshore 450 MMSCFD Gas Processing facility Electrical, Instrumentation & Control Engineering Design and Construction Services. (2004-2006).

 

  • BPTT Ltd: Offshore facilities and Terminal 14c upgrade Safety Systems Assessment and rehabilitation. Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering Design (2003- 2006)

 

  • Petrotrin-Trinmar Operations: Engineering, Project Management and Procurement for an offshore 25MW Gas Turbine Power Generation Platform GP- 2 (2006)

 

  • Petrotrin-Trinmar Operations: Detailed Engineering for Wide Field Electrical Upgrade, which includes and onshore 66KV Substation and a full Network management system

 

  • Petrotrin-Trinmar Operations: Detail Engineering;
    • Platform PL/BS-14 Debottlenecking (2008). Detail Engineering/ Project Management and Procurement to improve the throughput of the platform from 12,500 bpd to 26,000
    • Tank Farm Upgrade project (2007). Detail Engineering for the upgrade of the existing facility at Point
  • British Gas - Carapal Ridge, gas processing facility – Grounding and Lightning Protection Design (2006)

 

  • Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd
    Power Reliability Improvement (EPmPC contract) - Detail Engineering/ Project Management/ Procurement/ Construction & Commissioning Services to improve the power reliability of their Phase 1 Gas Plant. (2009-2010) 

 

  • Caribbean Petrochemical Manufacturing Company Ltd: FEED Study for Facilities expansion to include an additional12,250 MT/yr UF Resin Plants (UFC 85 plant with 50% Formaldehyde (HCHO), two (2) 40 T Resin Reactors, upgrade of Operator Control System, Power distribution, Spray Dryer, Tank storage and ancillary support (2010)

Petrotrin-Trinmar Operations: Tank Farm Upgrade

Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd Power Reliability Improvement

  • Atlantic LNG: Preliminary ARC Flash Study of Trains 1, 2 & 3, from Generation to Power Distribution Switchgear (2010)

 

  • CARISAL Unlimited: FEED Study of Terminal facilities to accommodate two (2) 2- million-gallon atmospheric storage tanks. One to store 36% hydrochloric acid and the other 42% calcium chloride (2010).

 

  • Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd: Facility Wide Electrical Power System Study using ETAP. (2011 – 2013)

 

  • Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd: Emergency Power Study & Remediation Project (May 2012 – 2013)

 

  • Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd: Vapour Compressor Motors and Controls Upgrade (May 2012 – 2013)