GPA Convention
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Many times during my career with Phillips I was allowed to attend the GPA convention as part of my training. Pam went with me each time. This was one the better ones in San Francisco. Continue reading
Category Archives: Engineering Work
Take The Time
Take The Time
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Taking the time to personally praise a job well done will surely reap good rewards. Here’s my story. Continue reading
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch
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In about 1972, Phillips hired a bunch of graduate engineers that we eventually named the wild bunch because of the wild and crazy things they did. Only one of the four lasted more than three years before they were fired. Here’s some of the stuff they did. Continue reading
Riding With Jimmy
Riding With Jimmy
When I was on the Phillips Petroleum engineers training program, I was able to spend time with personnel in the various job areas in the oil field. This story reflects some of my experiences with a field operator. Continue reading
The Freeze
The Freeze
I have often heard the phrase “It was caused by a failure to communicate.” I found failure to communicate to be one of the contributing factors in a serious accident I was involved in in 1973. Here is the story. Continue reading
The Hero
The Hero
Sometimes you run into a dangerous situation, and you just do what your supposed to do and end up being called a hero. Here is how this happened to me. Continue reading
Odessa
Odessa
When your intuition is telling you not to do something, if you give in, you may deeply regret it later. This story reports the mistake I made that gave me an ulcer. Continue reading
The Cannibals
The Cannibals
Written with my iPad Notes AppSince I love to write and the Notes pad on the iPad is so easy to use from my recliner, I thought I’d revisit Notes in “iPad Notes App Part 2”. I use Notes to write all my emails because it is so easy. I write the email notes and edit them for mistakes in Notes. Then I hit the small square with the arrow pointing up at the top of the page. I select mail and the note goes into email format ready to add “to” addresses and “cc” addresses. So I send all my emails in a very comfortable position. Continue reading
Kenai, Alaska
Kenai, Alaska
When I was a Process Engineer for Phillips Petroleum Companies Corporate Engineering, I was fortunate enough to work on several Kenai Plant projects including a major project to significantly expand the capacity of the Kenai LNG ( Liquified Natural Gas ) Plant to increase LNG production. So I made many trips to Kenai. Some of my experiences follow. Continue reading
World Traveler
World Traveler
When I became Principal Process Engineer for Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, my responsibilities became international and I took many all expense paid trips all over the world. On most of the trips, I took a little extra time so I could see the local sights and enjoy parts of the world I had never seen before. Some of my experiences follow. Continue reading