Expert in Decision Support Systems
Marc has over 45 years of experience in the Downstream and Upstream Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Petrochemicals industries. As the former Manager of the TECHNIP FRANCE Advanced Systems Engineering (ASE) business line, Marc had the responsibility for all decision support systems requested by the TECHNIP Group Clients as part of the Group multibillion EPC projects and for managing the growth of the ASE business worldwide. He also acted as a member of the TECHNIP Group College of Experts to manage over 400 specialists from the viewpoint of skills development and technical publications.
- Change Management
- In-line Certification of Petroleum Products
- Mass balance reconciliation
- NIR Spectroscopy
- Oil Accounting
- Oil Movements
- Optimal Blending
- Supply Chain Performance
- Technical Assistance
- Training Simulators
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Petrochemicals plants, Ethylene plants, Alumina plants, Oil and Gas production, offshore and onshore, Gas treatment plants, LNG (on-shore and floating) and GTL plants, Oil refining, Bio fuels depots, Shale oil processing
- Plant operations control room and field staffing
- Plant automation and unattended operations
- Ruggedized RTUs
- e-field technologies, gas lift optimization
- Operator training simulators for onshore and offshore facilities
- Real time data bases
- Oil Movements and optimal blending
- NIR spectroscopy
- In-line certification of petroleum products
- Mass balance reconciliation and oil accounting
- Plant and jetties optimal scheduling
- Supply Chain performance and refinery operations KPIs
- Master Planning / Feasibility studies
- Reengineering of production business processes
- Change Management
REFERENCES
Euriware (AREVA), Technip USA & Technip France, IFP Training, ECE, TOPNIR Systems, ZEONET, Resources2Energy
CAREER HISTORY
- TECHNIP Group Experts Network. Member of the College of Experts. 2007 – 2009
- TECHNIP. ASE Business Line Manager. 1996 – 2009
- ESIA Oil & Gas. Business Line Manager. 1981 – 1990
- FRANLAB. Analyst on High Performance Computer. 1972 – 1973
OTHER DATA
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France. Master of Science Chemistry. 1966 – 1969
- IFP School, France. Master of Science Chemical Engineering. 1969 – 1970
- Paris La Sorbonne University, France. Master degree in Advanced Physics. 1968 – 1969
- King abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. Arabic language course. 1984 – 1985
- Centre National d’enseignement à distance, France. Degree in Russian language. 1978 – 1982
- PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Marc has published 25 technical papers in professional magazines, 2 books chapters and contributed as speaker or Chairman to over 40 international conferences. He is also the co-author of a patent on biofuels quality certification by NIR spectroscopy.
- Marc is a referee for ASTM publications and an Associate Professor with IFP Training and with the Paris Electronics Engineering School (ECE).
BOOKS CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAIN ARTICLES
- HYDROCARBON PROCESSING. Integration of computerized offsites and refinery information systems. 1993
- OIL AND GAS JOURNAL. Near infrared technology in oil refineries. 1994
- HYDROCARBON PROCESSING. NIR for process optimization. 1995
- HYDROCARBON ENGINEERING. Information technology and Refinery Management. 1997
- EDITIONS TECHNIP (PUBLICATIONS IFP). Gestion du raffinage, Tome 5. Automatisation et informatization. Refinery Operations and Management – Volume 5. 1998
- HYDROCARBON PROCESSING. System Integration improves refining. 1998
- ERDÖL ERDGAS KOHLE. Near Infrared spectroscopy for In-Line blending of Gasoline. 1998
- HYDROCARBON PROCESSING. Optimal scheduling of refinery operations. 2004
- HYDROCARBON PROCESSING. Capture the long-term benefits of Operator training simulators. 2007
- RPBC 2008 MOSCOW. Conference paper. Poslednie dostijenia v oblasti blijnei infrakrasni spectroskopi dlia texnologicheski oustnanovok. 2008
- NPRA 2008 Q&A and Technology Forum. Conference paper. In-line laboratory and real time quality management. 2008
- HYDROCARBON PROCESSING. In-line laboratory and real-time quality management. 2009
- L’HYDROCARBURE (IFP SCHOOL December 2012). Cultural components of Management Information Systems. 2012
- ASTM Manual MNL58 2013. Petroleum refining and natural gas processing. Chapter “Refinery Planning and Scheduling” (Published after peers review). 2012
- L’HYDROCARBURE (to be published March 2017). Factory 4.0 concepts for oil refineries operational excellence. 2017
CONFERENCES
- INTERCAN, EDMONTON, CANADA. Gas lift operations of Western Siberian oil fields. 1982
- Energy conservation conference, UNITED NATIONS, BUCAREST. Energy savings by process units advanced control. 1983
- Karl Marx University, LEIPZIG, East Germany. Optimal gas lift operations. 1983
- Computer Society of India, RANCHI. Master planning for computer integrated manufacturing. 1986
- CFCE, BAGDAD, Iraq. Computerized management of oil fields. 1989
- OAPEC – IFP JOINT WORKSHOP, PARIS. Computerized decision support systems and the Middle East oil refining industry. 1997
- EEC TACIS PROGRAM. TACHKENT, OUZBEKHISTAN. Computerized decision support systems for the oil refining industry. 1998
- THE INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM, LONDON. Computerized scheduling of refinery operations. 1999
- KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, DHAHRAN. Refinery Information Systems Conference. 2000
- RUSSIAN REFINING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, MOSCOW. Information technology and process plant economics. 2001
- HONEYWELL USERS GROUP, NICE. Advanced technology and process plant economics. 2001
- ETHYLENE CONFERENCE, NEW ORLEANS. Process observability : a pre-requisite to optimal unattended operations. 2002
- EUROPEAN RUSSIAN COUNCIL FOR COOPERATION IN THE INDUSTRY OF PETROLEUM AND GAS, TYUMEN, WESTERN SIBERIA. Automation technology and decision support systems to reduce environmental risks. 2002
- MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS CONFERENCE. Evolutions des spécifications commerciales. Impact sur les schémas de raffinage et les operations. 2003
- PETROTECH 2003, BAHRAIN. Optimal scheduling of process plants Chairman Economics Session. 2003
- NIORDC, TEHERAN. Upgrading of plant automation systems. 2003
- JST6, ALGIERS. Quelles technologies et quelle organisation pour l’industrie du raffinage en 2004
- PETROBRAS AUTOMATION SEMINAR, SAO PAULO. Optimal oil refinery logistics. 2005
- European Ethylene Producers Conference (EEPC), ROMA. Advanced Process Control and Real Time Optimization tutorial. 2007
- PETCHEM ARABIA 2007, DUBAI. Spectroscopic technologies for real time process control of Ethylene plants. 2007
- PETROTECH 2008, BAHRAIN. OTS and plant reliability. 2008
- RPBC 2008, MOSCOW. Recent advances in Near Infrared Spectroscopy for in-line laboratory in oil refineries. 2008
- NPRA 2008 Q&A and Technology Forum, ORLANDO FL. In-line laboratory and real time quality management. 2008
- PEATEM 2008 SAUDI ARAMCO, DHAHRAN. Dual-use technologies for the oil and gas industry. 2008
- TOTAL M2M seminar, PARIS. Machine to Machine technologies for the oil and gas industry. 2009
- LYCEE FRANCAIS DE KUWAIT (LFK). The future of Petroleum and Petroleum of the future. 2010
- 5th Annual GAZPROM NEFT / ASPENTECH Conference, Moscow. Advanced technologies and Change Management in the oil refining industry. 2014
- ECE, PARIS. Field robotics under hostile environment. 2016
- SIMTECH 2017, GRENOBLE, France. Simulation and decision support systems for the oil and gas industry. 2017
LANGUAGES
French: Mother tongue
English: Fluent
Russian: ILR Level 2
German: ILR Level 2
Arabic: ILR Level 0