Juan is a mechanical engineer with 45 years of international offshore/onshore upstream and midstream experience in design, research, projects, team leadership, oil-field Asset Manager, and executive duties.
The experience includes designing oil-gas separators, oil and gas dehydration units, gas compression, pumping systems, production gathering systems, and marine operations.
Some of Juan’s key achievements include:
• Held key engineering and managerial positions with British Petroleum (BP) and Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
• Developed and shaped Flow Assurance teams at Technip and Bechtel while leading more than twenty offshore projects. Received the SME recognition from Technip’s College of Experts (Paris, France) and Bechtel’s Distinguished Engineer acknowledgment.
• Led key projects for BP and Exxon at Jacobs Engineering while holding the Process Engineering Manager position.
• Broad involvement with O&G industry technology organizations including GPA Midstream, RPSEA, ASME Multiphase Flow Committee, SPE Flow Assurance Technical Group, AICHE Flow Assurance, and the University of Texas at Austin.
• Job assignments as an Engineering Designer, R&D Team Leader, Project Manager, Sr Facilities Engineer, Sr Production Engineer, Sr Process Engineer, and Asset Manager of a large oil and gas field (DZO) in Venezuela.
• Research experience includes Flow Assurance, multiphase (gas-liquid) flow through pipelines and rotating machinery, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermal-hydraulics.
• Author of the recently published book: “Multiphase Transport of Hydrocarbons in Pipes”, Wiley Publishing Company (2024) that is already available at stores (e.g. Amazon). https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Multiphase+Transport+of+Hydrocarbons+in+Pipes-p-9781119888512
Most recently Juan has been appointed as the Technical Director for Flow Assurance at Fluor Corporation.
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Juan is a mechanical engineer with 45 years of international offshore/onshore upstream and midstream experience in design, research, projects, team leadership, oil-field Asset Manager, and executive duties.
The experience includes designing oil-gas separators, oil and gas dehydration units, gas compression, pumping systems, production gathering systems, and marine operations.
Some of Juan’s key achievements include:
• Held key engineering and managerial positions with British Petroleum (BP) and Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
• Developed and shaped Flow Assurance teams at Technip and Bechtel while leading more than twenty offshore projects. Received the SME recognition from Technip’s College of Experts (Paris, France) and Bechtel’s Distinguished Engineer acknowledgment.
• Led key projects for BP and Exxon at Jacobs Engineering while holding the Process Engineering Manager position.
• Broad involvement with O&G industry technology organizations including GPA Midstream, RPSEA, ASME Multiphase Flow Committee, SPE Flow Assurance Technical Group, AICHE Flow Assurance, and the University of Texas at Austin.
• Job assignments as an Engineering Designer, R&D Team Leader, Project Manager, Sr Facilities Engineer, Sr Production Engineer, Sr Process Engineer, and Asset Manager of a large oil and gas field (DZO) in Venezuela.
• Research experience includes Flow Assurance, multiphase (gas-liquid) flow through pipelines and rotating machinery, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermal-hydraulics.
• Author of the recently published book: “Multiphase Transport of Hydrocarbons in Pipes”, Wiley Publishing Company (2024) that is already available at stores (e.g. Amazon). https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Multiphase+Transport+of+Hydrocarbons+in+Pipes-p-9781119888512
Most recently Juan has been appointed as the Technical Director for Flow Assurance at Fluor Corporation.
