I once interviewed where it was asked that we DON'T wear a suit or even a tie, since the interview day involved a field trip to the oilfield. One guy still came in his fancy suit and tie. He got repremanded in front of every other candidate for not following simple orders. He did not get the...
When I graduated I put my degrees in a box in my room at my parents house. When I went back a few years later they were framed and one the wall. I never thought much of framing them but since my Mom did it I have hung them in my house since.
I may soon be moving into sales so I will definitly...
David,
If I were you I would head somewhere foreign, there are a lots of distant countries with English programs that are very good. The experience would be unbelievable and the research/thesis can be as good as you make it. I have a friend that is doing his MD in an English speaking school in...
Vibration stresses can also be a factor when dealing with rotating machinery. Small lubrticatng lines and similar small pipes need to be able to put up with various types of vibration.
I am no pump expert by any means but I once had similar problem with a pump when I was an intern. Everyone blamed the intern and said my pump was undersized. It turned out that the pump was wired up wrong by the electrician, instead of three phase delta configuration it was a three phase Y...
Gymmeh,
I was in the same position as you are when I started at my current position. I was the only enigneer in the local area for my company, therefore no mentoring. Not all metors for enigneers have to be engineers. My boss has been my mentor for the most part and is not an engineer but...
I bet these guys can help you
http://www.aciservicesinc.com/
They specializing in controlling reciprocation compressors!
They are in Cambridge Ohio, Ariel's home is in Columbus Ohio, I would not doubt if the two are related, which would be a good thing for you.
Good Luck.
The company I work for use a PLC system to control the Recycle valve and RPM of a Recip to meet varying demand from the gas gathering system. From what I have seen there is no book out there on how to do it. It is a combination of extensive knowledge of the compressor itself and the programming...
I have spent 3 years working for a huge oil and gas upstream service company, then a year with a mid stream oil&gas enigneering company, then two more with a midstream servce company. I understand the process from downhole to the O&G refineries but then I am lost.
There may be a book that will...
A cool trick is to take a string and measure the cirfumference and then get the diameter from that (circumferene=PI*Diameter). This is really useful with really big pipe like 30" and up where trying to measure the diameter directly is hard. I am assuming you don't have an open end on the pipe of...
For me there are not that many options for moving up the ladder that don't involve leaving traditional engineering jobs. If I was more willing to move to a bigger city I could move into high engineering roles, but to stay in my town and be an engineer means not really moving up in my company. i...
dcasto,
lombardo asked "I want to know if already exist a good additive (combustion improver) for natural gas, "
Wouldn't increasing the BTU content improve the combustion? Even thought it would not increase the octane?
I understand what you are saying about the problems with high BTU...
I am just thinking out loud but couldn't you just add some NG heavies to the low BTU NG. So add some pentane or butane to the Methane-ethane mix to bring up the BTUs. You would have to worry about adding too much but your should eaily know the final BTU contant with just analysing the gas and...
My advice:
Don't mistake a Scotsman for and Englishman.
They hate that. The Scots are not big fans of the English, mostly stemming from hundreds of years of war. You would think that things were not like that anymore but there is still a deep hatred in some people. And Scotland is it's own...
I once put my foot very deep into my mouth in a place I should not have.
I am Canadian and I was working in Northern Scotland. There was one guy I worked with who continually called me "Yank". I kept telling him I was a Canadian and not an American so call me Canuck if you like but I am not a...
