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Larry F. Gerstmar, P. Eng.

Senior Electrical and Controls Engineer

Key Attributes

• Senior Electrical and Controls Engineer experienced (30 yrs) in electrical and control systems design.
• Experienced in project management and engineering.
• Experienced in design supervision (mechanical, electrical and civil).
• Experienced in detailed design (electrical, controls and instrumentation), studies, investigations (trouble shooting) and budget estimating.
• Experienced in construction supervision, commissioning, start-ups, "as-builds", etc.
• Experienced in the design supervision of electrical power generation and distribution.
• Experienced in the design of Variable Frequency Drives systems on electric motors up to 20K HP.
• Experienced in the operation and design of oil and gas related facilities.
• Expertise includes automation of pipeline and plant facilities including the control and protection of rotating and reciprocating machinery, electrical equipment specifications and evaluations, electronic instrumentation including "custody transfer" flow measurement, cathodic protection, and safety in hazardous areas including fire and gas protection systems.
• Good coordinator of work and people, thorough, conscientious and good team player.

Summary of Major Projects and Assignments

1985 - Present

Shell Canada Limited Oil and Gas Related Projects - Alberta

• Electrical engineering lead responsible for detail design including the installation of hydraulic power recovery turbines to generate power (2 megawatts) for the Shell Caroline Gas Plant.

ExxonMobil Sakhalin 1 Offshore Production Project - Russia

• Electrical engineering lead responsible for the FEED design of topsides of Orlan drilling and production platform relocated from the Beaufort Sea Alaska to Sakhalin Islands.

Enbridge MacKay River Pipeline Project - Alberta

• Electrical, controls and instrumentation engineering coordinator of the FEED for pipeline project to deliver hot bitumen via an insulated pipeline system from Petro-Canada's SAGD facility at MacKay River to Enbridge's Athabasca Terminal near Fort McMurray.

TransCanada Midstream Hydrocarbon Liquids Conservation Project - Alberta

• Electrical engineering coordinator (client representative) on the Hydrocarbon Liquids Conservation Project. Liquids from the off gases at Suncor's oil sands production are recovered and batched in pipeline to TCM Redwater plant where Olefins are removed.

CT Tarapoa Power Project - Ecuador

• Engineering manager responsible for the engineering and design of a 24 megawatt power plant (multiple Allison KB 501 turbo-generators fuelled by local conditioned flare gas) and 35 KV transmission line to supply remote AEC oil production facilities.

Alberta Natural Gas Pipeline Related Projects - South Eastern British Columbia

• Lead Electrical Engineer, Senior Electrical Engineer and client representative on various projects responsible for compressor unit replacement projects involving Nouvo Pignone, Dresser Rand and GE LMl600s, unit control system selection and implementation on upgrades to Solar Mars and Cooper Bessemer RT248R turbo-compressors, station distributive control, flow measurement, gas analysis, fire and gas detection, etc.

Alliance Pipeline Project - Edmonton to Chicago

• Senior Electrical Engineer assisted in preliminary engineering including mainline compressor station design basis and turbo-compressor specifications.

Westcoast Energy, Compressor Station Unit Addition Projects - Summit Lake and Quesnel, British Columbia

• Lead Electrical Engineer responsible for the design and installation of Nouvo Pignone LM2500 compressor unit additions and station upgrades involving electrical design and installation of large 125vdc UPS, ac and dc motor control centers, switchgear, commercial power transmission line and 1 megawatt Solar Saturn emergency turbo-generator.

SaskEnergy (SaskPower), Compressor Station Control and Unit Addition Projects - Southern Saskatchewan

• Senior Electrical Engineer involved in the design and installation of controls systems for station and large hp reciprocating compressor units (new and retrofit) including coordination of unit and station digital control systems and detailed design of unit electrical instrumentation upgrades.

Petro-Peru, Petro-Canada, Talisman (BP Canada), Gibson Petroleum, Mark Resources, Pan Canadian, Canadian 88, BC Gas, CNRL, Husky, Shell, etc Oil & Gas Related Projects - Peru and Canada (British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan)

• Senior and Lead Electrical Engineer responsible for power systems, control systems, SCADA systems (including line break control), flow measurement, LACT and pumping/compressor facilities, processing plants, equipment manuals and inventory.

Alberta Energy, Cold Lake Bitumen Expansion Project - Cold Lake to Edmonton

• Supervising Engineer with Canuck Engineering responsible for detailed design, installation and commissioning of oil pipeline sectionalizing valve site facilities.

Interprovincial Pipe Lines, Norman Wells Pipeline Project - Norman Wells to Zama Lake, Alberta.

• Supervising Engineer with Canuck Engineering responsible for detailed design, installation and commissioning of 24 remote control oil pipeline sectionalizing valve facilities.

TransQuebec and Maritime Pipeline Project - Quebec

• Supervising Engineer with Consortium Canest joint venture responsible for supervising the detailed civil, mechanical and electrical design of meter stations for natural gas pipeline.

Alberta Energy Company, Alberta Oil Sands Pipeline Project - Fort McMurray to Edmonton

• Supervising Engineer with Canuck Engineering responsible for electrical and control design and start-up for the electrical and turbine pump stations on synthetic crude oil pipeline.

Dubai Natural Gas Company of the United Arab Emirates Dubai Gas Recovery Project - United Arab Emirates

• Supervising Engineer with Canuck Engineering responsible for instrumentation and control commissioning of an off shore turbine compressor station in the Persian Gulf.

AGTL (Alberta Gas Trunk Line - NOVA), Pipeline Related Projects - Alberta

• Project Engineer with AGTL responsible for coordination of design and commissioning electrical, instrumentation and control systems for natural gas compressor stations including coordination of design and installation of first computerized station control system.

Public Works Department - Western Australia

• District Engineer with Public Works Department responsible for the operation and maintenance of electrical, instrumentation and control installations for water pumping stations, cathodic protection systems, and high and low voltage distribution systems.

TCPL (TransCanada PipeLines) - Burstal, Saskatchewan and Toronto, Ontario

• Design Engineer with TCPL responsible for the design of electrical and control systems.
• Operations Field Engineer assisted with maintenance, construction and commissioning duties.

Career Summary

1985 to Present	GERSTMAR ENGINEERING LTD. Calgary, Alberta Senior Electrical and Controls Engineer / Principal
1986 to 1991	PROCESS AUTOMATION CONTROLS (ALBERTA) LTD. Calgary, Alberta Senior Electrical and Controls Engineer / Principal
1978 to 1985	CANUCK ENGINEERING LTD. Calgary, Alberta and Montreal, Quebec Supervising Engineer
1975 to 1978	ALBERTA GAS TRUNK LINE COMPANY LIMITED (NOVA) Calgary, Alberta Project Engineer
1973 to 1974	PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Perth, Australia District Engineer
1969 to 1971	TRANSCANADA PIPELINES Burstal, Saskatchewan and Toronto Ontario Design Engineer, Field Engineer

Professional Affiliations

• Member (present) of The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA)
• Member (past) of The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC)
• Member (past) of The Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Saskatchewan (APES)
• Member (past) of The Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Ontario (APEO)
• Member (past) of The Order of Professional Engineers of the Province of Quebec

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - 1969

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