CHIRANTAN A GUPTA PE

B3-8, Murjan Village Cell: +966 553757922

Fahad Road, Fanateer email: cagupta@hotmail.com
Jubail Industrial City – 35814,
KSA

Professional Summary
Over 30 years of varied experience in EPC/EPCM environment involving Project Management, Electrical
distribution design in Oil & Gas plants, Power plants & process plants, equipment procurement & field support,
Value Engineering, Supervisory Experience, Mentoring & Training

Key Areas Of Expertise

 Proposal, FEED to Construction support  Management of International Vendors
 Client Engagement & Scope determination  Safety & Reliability
 Knowledge of International Codes & Standards  Planning & Progress Management
 Change Management & Cost Optimization  Supervision, Mentoring & Employee Leadership

Core Responsibilities
 Led various teams ranging from 2 to 60 people for  Managed and participated in conflict resolution in
engineering of projects in various business lines field, contractors and at suppliers
like Oil & Gas, Power Plants, Aluminum Smelters  Managed informal studies and technical briefings
etc with customer, suppliers, disciplines/contractors
 Prepared Electrical Engineering budget (Man- and other departments/parties
hours), Deliverables list, schedules & change  Identified lessons learned for future reference and
orders drew from previous “Lessons Learned” database
 Prepared and implemented electrical engineering for project deliverables
work plan in accordance with project scope,  Performed complex electrical activities on projects
schedule and budget and participated in field rework during
 Executed various stages of a Project from Design construction phase
Basis scoping, Proposal, Front End Engineering  Prepared and reviewed design guides and
design, Detail design, Construction & hand over to standards and coordinated such activities with
Start-up functional engineering
 Prepared various options for Client at scoping  Selected, specified and prepared material
stage & FEED, with cost optimization requisitions for electrical equipment and materials,
 Worked as Field Engineer responsible for major including bulk materials
Electrical systems and handed over these systems  Designed power distribution systems, learned,
to Start-up team applied and implemented improvements to
 Interacted successfully with socially & culturally standard tools
diverse work force  Familiar with standard suppliers of systems,
 Conducted Power system studies (thermal equipment and materials in business line
ampacity & grounding modules of ETAP)  Resolved field enquiries, executed design change
 Identified and implemented design issues related to notices and handled Change Management
constructability & conducted cold-eye reviews  Provided Training on various topics like Arc Flash,
Cable ampacity, Hazardous Area Classification etc
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Career Summary
Apr 2021 till present Lead & Principal Electrical Engineer – SABIC Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Jan 2015 till Mar 2020 Lead & Principal Electrical Engineer – Samsung Engineering. Seoul, S Korea
Nov 2012 till Jan 2015 Lead & Principal Electrical Engineer – Jacobs Canada Inc., Canada
May 2010 till Oct Lead Electrical Engineer – AMEC Americas Ltd., Canada
May 2007 till Apr 2010 Senior Electrical Engineer – Electrical Jacobs Canada Inc., Canada
Feb 2000 till Mar 2007 Senior Engineer – Electrical Bechtel India Pvt Ltd., Gurgaon, India
1999-2000 Senior Electrical Engineer Uhde India Ltd. Vikhroli, Mumbai, India
1996-1998 Electrical Engineer Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company, Al Khobar. Saudi Arabia
1993-1996 Assistant Electrical Engineer Tata Consulting Engineers, Carnac Design Office, Mumbai, India
1992-1993 Graduate Electrical Engineer Siemens Ltd. Switchgear Technical Dept. Kalwa Works, India

Education
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. College of Engineering, Pune (Poona), India August 1992. Ranked 8th in
Pune (Poona) University, India. Awarded Rank Certificate. Secured a First Class in all four years.
Core courses: Network analysis, Power systems, Power Electronics
Schooling in Indian Education Society School, Mumbai, India Awarded Merit Scholarship
Special Achievements
Managed $40 million worth E-house with Electrical equipment for a period of 3 years, involving 30,000 docs
Developed MS Excel based tool for conducting Arc Flash as per IEEE 1584-2018 revised calculations
Executed Cost Optimization in FEED for Texas LNG Project worth $20 million
Awarded twice by AMEC’s Rewards & Recognition program for significant contributions to projects
Awarded by Suncor Management for saving $70K in MCC design in Firebag 3 Project
Given Award Of Merit by Riley P. Bechtel for actively contributing to Bechtel Information Program (development of
non-linear regression analysis for two layer soil model for grounding calculations as per U
Special recognition award for excellent performance in EG LNG Project by Bechtel Project Management
Special recognition award by Bechtel Project Management, Maryland for superior work in Rijnmond Energy Center,
Power Project.
Certification
Certified as Professional Engineer in the State of Washington District of Columbia, USA from Dec 2007
Software Skills
Proficient in MS Office, ETAP grounding module & u/g ampacity, SPEL, Autocad & Microstation , conversant with
3D modelling
Codes & Standards
 National Electrical Code (NFPA70)  National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C2)
 Canadian Electrical Code, Part I  Dutch NEN1010
 NFPA standards (NFPA 497, NFPA 780 etc)  API RP 500, 505, 541, 546, 547
 NEMA standards (NEMA ICS, NEMA MG1 etc)  Shell DEPs
 IEEE standards (Color books, IEEE841, IEEE485,  SABIC Engineering Standards (SES)
ANSI/IEEE C57, C32 etc)  Saudi Aramco Engineering & Material Standards
 IEC standards (IEC 60079, IEC 60947 etc)  Suncor Standards
 BS standards (BS 7671, BS 6651 etc)  Syncrude Standards
 Imperial Oil Standards
Career Details

2021 till present Saudi Basic Industries Corp., Jubail, Saudi

Arabia

Mega Projects
RAK Blue Ammonia Complex – Pre FEED
CCUS Project – Pre=FEED & FEED / Various affiliates
LTRS-1 Project – EPC / Ibn Zahr
MTBE Improvement Project – EPC / SADAF
BCRU Project – FEED / Agri-Nutrients
Yanpet EG1 – FEED / Yanpet

Site Projects:
Upgrade LCP, Diesel Engines, Pumps & Motors of Fire Water System
Install new Air Dryers in Utility-1
Re-instate Cathodic protection System of CW pipeline
PDP – Install Tank VOC Emission Handling for IPA Project
LTRU Compressor Turbine configuration change
Installation of Titanium Catalyst Unit
Crude Oil Boilers Swapping from Crude Oil to Gas

Lead & Principal Electrical Engineer in Engineering & Project Management Dept. for
various projects as listed above with diverse functions like ITB preparation, review, Bid
Evaluation, Scoring, leading Kick-Off Meetings for FEED and EPC projects, conducting site
visits, main responsible engineer for design reviews of deliverables such as Design Basis,
Calculations, Adequacy Reports, Single Line Diagrams, ETAP studies, Material Requisitions,
Data Sheets, Layout drawings, schematics, Material Approvals etc Conducted numerous site
visits to aid contractor with scope of work, supported PMT for various technical issues

Internal Department functions like SES updates, amendments, Technical topic presentations,
Knowledge moment sessions, KMC sessions, mentoring of young Saudi Engineers, conducting
weekly Dept Meeting, submitted abstracts for SABIC Technical meet etc

Notable achievements:

 Subject Matter Expert for Electrical Section

 Was appreciated by Project Management for various projects for superior Technical competency and
problem solving skills
 Presented a technical paper at PCIC Middle East Ak Khobar in 2022; was voted one of the best 5
papers
 Contributed for Design Reuse initiative which involved development of standard templates for vital
documents & calculations at FEED stage
 Successfully introduced the concept of loop impedance in SES based on requirements from Saudi
Building Code
 Conducted Interviews for candidates for growth projects
2015 to 2020 Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd, Seoul, Republic of
Korea

FEED for Dos Bocas Refinery, Mexico for PEMEX

Lead & Principal Electrical Engineer for FEED of new refinery plant worth $3.6 billion;
Responsible for man-hour estimate and schedule; Developed Design basis, review of
Specifications & Data Sheets, Interpretation of Mexican NOM standards, Power distribution,
Overall Single Line Diagram, Area Single Line Diagrams, Load List, Equipment list, Substation
layout, Bill Of Materials with Cost estimate, Grounding studies, Underground ampacity
calculations, Client interactions, Technical queries, Interface with India office. Saved several
million dollars in grounding design.

Pre-FEED for 2x5MTPA LNG Liquefaction plant

Lead & Principal Electrical Engineer for developing prototype plant for TOTAL; Responsible
for man-hour estimate and schedule; Power distribution at 33 kV, 4.16 kV & 480 V. Overall
Single Line Diagram, Load List, Equipment list, preliminary Substation layout, Bill Of Materials
with Cost estimate

Standard Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol Plant design

Lead & Principal Electrical Engineer for $500 million project for developing standard MEG
plant in alliance with Process Licensor; Responsible for man-hour estimate and schedule;
development of deliverables list; Power distribution at 34.5 kV, 11 kV, 3.3 kV & 400 V. Overall
Single Line Diagram, Load List, Equipment list, Substation layout based on comparison between
likely vendor equipment and sizing, Specifications & Data Sheets, Material Requisitions & Bid
evaluations; Cable sizing calculations, Electrical design criteria, Bill of Materials, Layout dwgs;
Cost Optimizations

FEED for Texas LNG Project

Principal Electrical Engineer for $1.6 billion project with Texas LNG, presently in Early
Works stage; Responsible for preparation of FERC FEED package; manhour budget,
deliverables list, weekly progress. Responsible for all FERC interface and response to queries by
FERC board; Responsible for Utility interface at 138 kV, Substation Equipment Layouts, Power
distribution at 138 kV, 13.8 kV, 4.16 kV and 480 V; responsible for interface with Samsung
Engineering Houston office; spear headed Cost Optimization for period of eight weeks with cost
savings in the tune of $21 million. Interaction with Client's representative for various electrical
topics

Proposal for Salalah Ammonia Project involving preparation of Material Requisitions for
various Electrical commodities like 132 kV Outdoor Switchyard, HV Switchgear, LV
Switchgear and Controlgear; Technical bid evaluations; interaction with vendors for developing
synchronizing scheme between Ammonia plant and existing methanol plant; discussions with
compressor vendors (MHI and GE) for developing VFD automatic bypass scheme with
synchronizing facility; discussions with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Beckwith
Electric Co., Inc. for developing synchronizing scheme during VFD trip; Harmonic calculations
to meet IEEE 519 norms; discussions with Dhofar Power Company for 132 kV power interface.
2012 to 2015 Jacobs Canada Inc., Calgary, Canada
Firebag Produced Water Cooling Capacity Increase Ph 1
Lead Electrical Engineer for $70 million project with Suncor Energy, presently in detailed
design stage. Responsible for resource planning, manhour budget, deliverables list, change
orders, weekly progress. Responsible for engineering design involving power distribution to
entire plant. Development of Single Line Diagrams, Load Lists, Electrical building layout, MV
MCC extension in existing plant, LV MCC design and layout, Grounding Calculations, MV &
LV cable sizing calculations, UPS sizing calculations, Generator sizing & transient response,
Generator operation case studies, Harmonic analysis, Power System studies. Development of
Heat tracing scope of work involving Line List and summary of EHT loads. Material
Requisitions for quote & purchase, Technical Bid Evaluation for: Electrical Building, LV VFD
MCC & non-VFD MCC, MV MCC, UPS, Transformers, Cable bus, MV cables, Generators.
Issued for construction Engineering Work Packages consisting of grounding & raceway layouts,
MV & LV schematics, cable schedules, panelboard schedules, wiring diagrams, bill of materials.
Vendor dwg reviews are in progress. Power Systems reports for Load Flow, Short Ckt, Motor
Starting, Arc Flash are in progress. Coordination study for breaker / relay settings are in
progress.

Firebag 3 & 4 Debottleneck Project Ph 1

Lead Electrical Engineer for $500 million project with Suncor Energy, presently in DBM
stage. Responsible for engineering design of plant involving Single line diagrams, Area
Classification, Power Distribution Block Diagram, Electrical Building Layout, Electrical heat
tracing, cable routing study & EHT optimization study, modification of MV MCC, LV MCC,
system studies using ETAP. Responsible for development of project schedule, cost saving
optimizations, weekly progress report, man hour reporting. Preparation of MTOs, cost estimation
leading to EDS stage. Identification and issue of Technical decisions, deviations to specifications
& Canadian Electrical Code variances.

2010 to 2012 Amec Americas Ltd., Calgary, Canada

(now Wood Group)

Kearl Fine Tailings Thickener Plant

Lead Electrical Engineer for $300 million project with Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd.
Presently in FEED. Responsible for 4K man hours in a period of 6 months; leading a team of 4
engineers, designers & cad; Responsible for progress reporting, managing schedule and
manhours; evaluation of three Options on Plot Plan with schedule impact; responsible for
development of Electrical Load list in excel, to replace SPEL report; development of Overall
SLD and Area SLDs; Equipment List; interface with Fluor for 72kV Overhead line; guiding
system studies using SKM; preparation of Data Sheets for 5kV Switchgear, 5kV MV MCCs,
600V MCCs, MV & LV motors; sizing of Electrical equipment and E-houses; developed new
design for bifurcation of 72kV power; day-to-day coordination with Client, conducting soft
milestone review with Client; participate in PDS model reviews
Mature Fine Tailings Centrifuge Full scale plant
Lead Electrical Engineer for $1.5 billion project with Syncrude Canada Ltd. Responsible for
90K man hours in a period of 65 weeks with team of 40 engineers, designers & cad; Man hour
estimation for detailed design, responsible for identification & generation of Trends, day-to-day
coordination with Client, coordination with Project Controls to set up Stage 4 schedule in
Primavera; Progress reporting; 72kV overhead line coordination & design with other Projects;
preparation of detailed MTOs in FEED stage; supporting Key quantities tracking for electrical
commodities; responsible for Electrical distribution design of entire plant including Single Line
Diagrams, Electrical Equipment layouts, 72kV Overhead line design, Cable Schedules, Load
List, Equipment List, I/O list, Transformer sizing, Calculations for cable sizing, grounding,
lighting etc; Harmonic analysis using IEEE519 recommendations; guiding system studies using
ETAP; Fiber Optic design with coordination with other projects; Electrical POs for Electrical
buildings, Power Transformers, MV Switchgear, LV Switchgear, MV & LV VFDs, MV & LV
MCC, UPS etc; participate in PDS model reviews, guide Area leads and designers on finer
aspects of physical design

Base Mine Lake Project & ATR-AEPS Project

Lead Electrical Engineer for two projects with Syncrude. Canada Ltd. DBM and EDS stage
estimation, led a team of 5 engineers, designers & cad; Single line diagrams, Electrical Load
List, Load Summary study, Man hour estimation for detailed design, coordination with other
disciplines, coordination with Client; study of satellite photos of existing installations, site visit
at Base Mine & Aurora Mine.

2007 to 2010 Jacobs Canada Inc., Calgary, Canada

Firebag Stage3 & 4 Oilsands Project
Package Engineer for S/S building package worth $28 million; One line diagrams, Metering &
Protection diagrams, Equipment Data sheets, vendor dwg reviews for 25kV, 13.8kV, 4.16kV
Switchgear, 4.16kV MCC, LV MCC, 125VDC system, DCS I/O List for electrical equipment,
LV & MV schematics, Modbus, Profibus & Electrical Monitoring System block diagrams; LV
relay settings, Fiberoptic estimation & loss calculations; 125VDC Battery & Charger sizing;
participated in FAT for all nine Ehouses and prepared Punchlists; generated and issued Change
Management contract for all LV MCCs & Switchgear; provided technical solutions for several
LV power distribution problems; saved approx $70K by proposing technical solution for LV
contactor selection for Treater Transformer feeds; awarded by Suncor

2000 to 2007 Bechtel India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, India

Sohar Aluminum Smelter Project
Area Lead Engineer for executing Infrastructure area; supervised of 12 engineers & designers
Developed detailed schedule & list of recommended deliverables, and labor hour estimate for
electrical; Day-to day reporting of progress and man-hour budgeting, S/S layouts, 33kV & 11kV
Switchgear design, LV & MV cable sizing, MV cable drum schedule, Loop impedance
calculations, grounding calculations, Lighting calculations, cable schedule, 400V MCC, Interface
with remaining areas, walkway design for cabling
Equatorial Guinea LNG Project
Engineering Group Supervisor for detailed design of LNG plant; led a team of 12 engineers;
designers & cad; executed Electrical systems comprising One line diagrams, Power Transformer
MR (worth $1.5 million), UPS MR, Area Classification drawings as per API RP 500, Substation
layouts, ETAP grounding calculations, Vendor dwg reviews, cable schedules, MCC &
Switchgear schematics; Interconnection diagrams for OSBL areas; Executed Mechanical systems
like Acid Gas Regeneration Unit, Water Treatment Plant, LNG storage etc comprising of vendor
dwg. Reviews, Cabling & Underground design for Turbo generator Package (supplied by Nuovo
Pignone); electrical load lists, vendor interaction. Project closeout & Site support

Atlantic LNG Project, Train 2 & 3 Trinidad

Senior Electrical Engineer for detailed design of LNG plant; power distribution involving
single line diagrams, metering and protection dwgs, Switchgear & MCC MR, Area Classification
diagrams, Vendor dwg reviews, lighting and grounding dwgs, Bill of Materials, site support

Various Power Plant Projects in India, USA, Mexico, Holland

Handling of Electrical systems comprising of 4.16kV switchgear, 480 V MCCs, Batteries, UPS;
work comprises of One line diagrams, MCC schematics, Battery sizing, UPS sizing, Material
Requisition ( Specification + Data Sheets ), bid evaluation, vendor dwg. review, cable sizing,
MCC schedule, vendor interaction, addressing site queries
Managing Mechanical systems like Water Treatment, Heat Recovery Steam Generator, Fuel
Gas, Boiler Feedwater system, Circulating Water system, Chemical Feed systems; work
comprises of vendor dwg. reviews, electrical load lists, feeder allocation in switchgear/MCC,
cable sizing, cable schedule, equipment layouts, cable tray & conduit layouts, terminations,
vendor interaction, addressing site queries
Delivered Heat Tracing design of entire Power plant; work comprising of making line lists,
collating MR package with all relevant P&Ids, Isometrics, General Arrangement dwgs. Vendor
dwg. Review, Area Classification comprising of study of Fuel gas system, identifying sources,
classifying areas as per NEC Article 505 & NFPA 497
Executed fast track estimation for bid for detail design of InAmenas Gas processing plant in
Algeria, in participation with Bechtel London
Executed Water Treatment Plant with review of all vendor dwgs & P&IDs, developed
Interconnections & populated cables & Terminations in Setroute 4 months. Site assignment as
Field Engineer at Dabhol Phase 2 site in India; work comprising of system handovers to start-up,
hi-potential test on HV cables, loop testing, solving problems on day-to day basis.

1999 to 2000 Jacobs Uhde India Ltd., Mumbai, India

Third Gasification Train project

Worked as Lead Electrical Engineer for Third Gasification Train project for GNFC, Bharuch,
Gujarat. Designed electrification of process plant; substation layout and one line diagram; all
electrical specifications; cable schedule; load schedule; Variable speed drive selection; bid
evaluation and technical recommendation; dry type transformer selection; transformer sizing;
fault calculations; MCC sizing, ground grid design
1996 to 1998 Saudi Arabian Bechtel Co., Al Khobar, KSA
Replacement of 3 substations at Safaniyah (World's largest GOSP)
Fast track project proposal cum LSTK package preparation; study of existing substations; ETAP
modeling for short circuit studies and ground grid design; preparation of one line diagram for
4.16 KV, 480 V and 125 V DC systems; equipment specifications; hot/cold cut over plans and
cable layouts; grounding layout; substation layouts; UPS and battery sizing; bill of materials;
cost estimation; extensive site visits; preparation of cable date base in Access 97.
Uthmaniyah Khuff Gas manifold expansion and pipelines
Designed power distribution system; electrical area classification; development of SLD;
transformer sizing based on comprehensive load study: standby diesel generator sizing using
software; sizing and layout of PCC and HV AC MCC, cabling and earthing; indoor; area, task
and security lighting; power distribution for motor operated valves; heat tracing; cathodic
protection design (impressed current) for new cross-country pipelines;
Abqaiq Surge Relief Upgradation
Study of existing plant operation philosophy ; extension of power & control for new motor
operated valves; switchrack design; cable routing and earthing layouts; interfacing with existing
control system; extensive site visits; development of as-built drawings; outdoor task & area
lighting; local control station design.

33 kV Hawtah Oil Well Electrification

Extension of existing 33 kV SCECO grid at Hawtah area oil fields ( central province) for
electrification of 8 oil wells; development of wood pole structures ( for different line angles ) per
ANSI C2 1997 and Saudi Aramco standards; mechanical strength calculations; short circuit
study; line voltage drop calculations; sag-tension calculations; protection scheme; material take-
offs developed at three levels : structure level, well level and total project requirement;
powerline routing drawings.

25 MBCD Nuayyim to Hawtah pipeline project, S.Aramco

Comprehensive cathodic protection design for 50 km long cross-country oil and water pipeline;
attenuation calculations; anodebed circuit calculations; anode life calculations; current density
calculations; Cathodic protection of remote oil wells (coated & uncoated ) at Nuayyim by
photovoltaic units; temporary C.P of pipelines by galvanic anodes; electrical area classification;
switchrack design; power distribution extension for new scraper receiver & launcher areas;
material take-offs; solar panel & battery sizing for solar powered air compressors; site
supervision during construction.

Ras Tanura Refinery Upgrade Process Interface Building # 9

Electrical detail design for PIB# 9; LV system SLD with auto-manual transfer scheme;
equipment layout; cable tray layout; lighting layouts/calculations; grounding; cable schedules;
data sheets for MCC, transformers; material procurement.
1993 to 1996 Tata Consulting Engineers, Mumbai, India
Various projects like Corning Fibreglass Plant, Water Pumping Station for Mumbai; Balco
Smelter Modernization etc;
detailed engineering involving developing of SLD, equipment sizing and layout, equipment
specifications; cable routing, lighting calculations and cost estimation.
BALCO Smelter modernization project with Kaiser Aluminum, Mead, US where I participated
in 3 months factory audit. I was instrumental in data collection on daily basis, issuing graphs and
charts, establishing Data base for audit figures (Energy consumption of 16.5MWhr / ton, carbon
paste consumption, moisture content etc). I also carried non-linear regression analysis when we
had temporary power outage, for aluminum production as per ISO rules & regulations. The audit
was concluded successfully in March 1995 and the project was declared a success.

1992 to 1993 Siemens Ltd., Thane, India

Responsibilities as a Graduate Trainee Engineer
Designed and developed low wattloss H.R.C. fuse (100 A size 00); conducted detailed market
survey of miniature circuit breakers (MCB); prepared drawings and testing schedule for MCB
with C characteristics; executed material substitution for MCB; examined tool reports for various
switchgear components; amended drawings for vital process requirements; participated in
extensive ISO-9000 certification activities for the first certification of the Kalwa Plant; interacted
with various other departments like Production, Quality, Incoming Inspection etc for day to day
factory issues; attended weekly presentations by experts in Switchgear, Switchboard & Motors

SOME EXECUTED PROJECT INFORMATION LINKS:

Dos Bocas Refinery: https://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-refinery/mexican-government-
unveils-winners-for-new-oil-refinery-work-idUSL2N24S018
Texas LNG Project: http://www.txlng.com/theproject/project-overview.html
Kearl Fine Tailings Thickener Plant: https://www.imperialoil.ca/en-
CA/Company/Operations/Kearl
Fine Fluid Tailings Project: Work nears completion on Syncrude’s $1.9-billion tailings spinner |
Edmonton Journal
Suncor Energy Firebag Stage 3 & 4 Project: https://www.ogj.com/drilling-
production/production-operations/ior-eor/article/17266404/suncor-energy-starts-firebag-stage-3-
bitumen-production
Equatorial Guinea LNG Project: First LNG Cargo From Equatorial Guinea Project Delivered -
Bechtel
Atlantic LNG Train 2 & 3 Project:
https://www.bechtel.com/newsroom/releases/2006/06/conocophillips-optimized-cascadesm-lng-
train/
Sohar Aluminum Smelter Project: Sohar Aluminum Smelter Project - First 'Hot Metal' - Bechtel
LaRosita Power Plant : Intergen Completes Financing on 1065-Megawatt LA Rosita Energy
Facility - Bechtel
Rijnmond Power Plant : Intergen Completes Financing on 790-Megawatt Rijnmond Energy
Facility - Bechtel