July: Digital oil field design

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1 June 2011 Inside This Issue 3 - Control System Engineer PE Exam Review 4 - ISA Summer Leaders Meeting - Support for ISA Central California - CCST Testing Window Open 6 - Local Events 7 - Regional Events 8 - Analysis Division Symposium Christmas Party 9 - Job Shop and Business Opportunities Upcoming Regional Events This Fall: Automation OC Expo and Oktoberfest planning is moving full steam ahead Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own. -- Scott Adams ISA Orange County Events Record attendance anticipated for AES generating plant tour and Poseidon presentation At publication time over 60 people had pre-registered for the tour of the AES power generating station on Newland in Huntington Beach schedule for June 8th. The tour was expertly promoted by Publicity Chair Sergei Seleznev of Blair-Martin and by special postcard. If you did not receive an about it, please contact ISA at (919) or info@isa.org and ask that your address be listed on the Section roster. Conducted by AES technical staff personnel and the short presentation made by Poseidon about the proposed salt water desalinization facility on the same site, tour photos that are received will be published in an upcoming issue of the Chart. July: Digital oil field design The July monthly program will be a presentation by Romel Bhullar, P.E., on Digital Oil Field Design. A Senior Technical Fellow/Director Control Systems at Fluor Corporation and technical speaker in much demand, Romel traveled from Houston earlier this month to conduct a Saturday seminar. More details about the July program and meeting will be in the July Chart newsletter and posted on the Section website, Nearby Summer Events I&C Expo 2011 & Golf Tournament and Technical Training Aug If you are looking to get out of town for a couple of days, please check out the I&C Expo in San Diego to be held this year on Thursday, August 18, 2011, again at the Town & Country Resort & Convention Center. On the following day, Friday August 19, a shotgun style golf tournament will be held at the championship Riverwalk Golf Club which is adjacent to the Resort. Advance tournament registration fee of $75 includes green fees, golf cart, range balls, BBQ buffet and beverage, closest to the pin and long drive contests and raffle. Check in is 7:00-7:30am with shotgun start at 8:00am. Registration is $85 in advance and $95 on the day of the event. Contact Bill Smith at (858) or Jim Van de Wetering at (858) for more information. Riverwalk Golf Club is located at 1150 Fashion Valley Rd, San Diego. Registration forms are posted at For info about exhibiting or presenting a technical training class, please call John Prince at (714) June, 2011 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 1

2 Orange County Section Officers President - Jesus Moncayo South Coast Systems, Inc. (714) jesus.moncayo@southcoastsystems.com President-Elect - Fred McEachen Fluor Corp. (949) fred.mceachen@fluor.com Secretary - Ed Naranjo General Monitors (949) edwardn@generalmonitors.com Treasurer - Rafael Agrazsanchez Fluor Corp. (949) rafael.agrazsanchez@fluor.com Past President, Alternate Delegate - Sebastian Zielonka Fluor Corp., (949) sebastian.zielonka@fluor.com Delegate - Romel Bhullar Fluor Corp. (949) romelsbhullar@yahoo.com Education Chair - Hiten Dalal Kinder Morgan (714) hiten_dalal@kindermorgan.com Historian Christine Dorgan, P.E. Disneyland Resort, (714) christine.dorgan@disney.com Honors & Awards, Student Liaison - Craig Lanternier Fluor Corp., (949) craig.lanternier@fluor.com Marketing Chair - Bis Mitra Fluor Corp. (949) bis.mitra@fluor.com Membership Chair - Mike Parvizi Fluor Corp. (951) mike.parvizi@fluor.com Newsletter Editor - John Prince APG Analyzer Systems (714) jprince@calcems.com Nominations Chair - Raj Adani Emerson Process Management (800) Raj.adani@emerson.com President s message By Jesus Moncayo, Section President I would like to express my gratitude to the ISA Orange County Section Board Members for unconditionally supporting the Section and myself as Section President for the current fiscal year that is about to end. Behind the scenes, there are several individuals who volunteer their time, knowledge, efforts to bring to us quality events. I am sure that you would agree with me that our monthly meetings have been held by knowledgeable speakers presenting interesting topics. This effort would not have been possible without the support of our Program Chair, Manny Martinez. Our Web Master Bob Harrison and Sergei Seleznev kept you promptly informed about the Section events. Our second table top show, Automation OC, was a success thanks to the Board Members and students from Cal State Long Beach and Orange Coast College lead by Raj Adani. Bis Mitra, our Arrangements Chair, did an excellent job by inviting sponsors and exhibitors who helped funding our Section and the table top show. Ed Naranjo, our Secretary, and Rafael Agrazsanchez, our Treasurer, helped maintaining the day to day activities needed to keep our Section functioning, just to mention a few of them, documenting the meeting activities, keeping accurate financial records, filing taxes, etc. Robert Castano, liaison to Orange Coast College and Walter Martinez, liaison to Cal State Long Beach were an important bridge that kept us informed about student activities and their projects, in return, our Section helped finance their projects. Hiten Dalal coordinate with ISA Instructor, Neil Finch, to bring you a helpful hands on Education Seminar on Field Instrument Calibration that was a success. Our Past Presidents, Don Zee, John Querido, Craig Lanternier and Sebastian Zielonka also supported our Section with their experience, knowledge and advise when needed. I am confident that our Section will keep growing under the lead of our President Elect, Fred McEachen. This has been a learning experience for me and rest assured that I have enjoyed serving you as Section President, thank you for giving me this opportunity. Program Chair Manny Martinez Fluor Corp. (949) manny.martinez@fluor.com Publications Chair Sergei Seleznev Blair-Martin Company sgseleznev@gmail.com Student Liaison, Cal State Long Beach Walter Martinez Cal State Long Beach, (562) wmartinez@csulb.edu Webmaster, Student Section Liaison Bob Harrison Conex Systems (714) Bob@TheHarrisonHouse.com Jesus Moncayo ISA Orange County Section President (714) jesus.moncayo@southcoastsystems.com District 11 Vice President - Brad Rupert Caltrol, Inc. (925) Bradley_Rupert@Caltrol.com District 11 Vice President Elect Gary Campbell, CCST III (623) gcampbellisa@cox.net The monthly ISA Section Newsletters and annual Regional Membership Directory and Buyers Guide are mailed to all ISA section members in Southern California and Southern Nevada and to ISA student affiliates at Cal Poly Pomona, Long Beach State University and Bakersfield College. Newsletters include the Southern San Joaquin Valley Alarm, Los Angeles Annunciator, Orange County Chart, San Diego Signal and Las Vegas Experience. Changes of address can only be processed by ISA by at (919) or For editorial submissions and feedback, please contact the newsletter editor. Advertising rates, circulation information and style guide is posted at Billing and publishing correspondence may be addressed to TechPubs Communications, PO Box 1605, Costa Mesa, California Submissions are copyright by the authors with all rights reserved. Copyright (C) 2011 TechPubs Communications. All Rights Reserved. 2 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 June, 2011

3 Engineering Career Training July 8: CSE PE Exam Application Deadline The deadline for taking the California CSE Professional Engineer License Exam is Friday July 8, earler than in past years. ISA Los Angeles will again be holding a 6-Saturday revew course, beginning in August. Cost for ISA members for the review course is $295 if paid by July 8th. After July 8th, the cost is $395. Non-members add $100 for one year membership. Class handouts are included. The ISA Study Guide and other references are not included and are ordered directly from ISA. Refunds... No cancellation fee if made before the first class meeting. 50% refund if cancelled after the 1st class. No refunds after the 2nd class. Schedule... The schedule will be announced by July 15. Classes will be held 8:15-12:00 on Saturdays. Location... Locations are being sought in North Orange County or South LA County. If your company has a conference room large enough for 16 people, and would like to support these future PE s, please send an to pe-exam@isala.org. Study materials... Links are posted at Be sure to order the ISA Study Guide (PDF) directly from ISA in time to review it before the first class. The instructors will let you know if there are any other study aids recommended. For information about the California PE license, the exam, exam deadlines, test dates & locations, test-taking rules and a contact telephone number can be found on the State website - Finally, and most importantly,... OJ and pastries will be provided at each class. Pls bring your own coffee, tea, etc., if you wish. Will confirm later if a refrigerator, etc., will be available in the classroom. To reserve a seat, please mail a check payable to ISA Los Angeles to ISA Los Angeles, Brookhurst Street, #156, Fountain Valley, CA (new address). For more info, please send an to pe-exam@isala.org. July 22-23: ISA District 11 Leadership Conference in SF Attendees should plan to arrive Friday, July 22, by 5pm and meet at Clipper Controls in San Francisco. A short meeting will be followed by BBQ tailgate and those interested will go to the Giants-Brewers game at 7:15 pm. Board members interested in attending this conference should make arrangements with the incoming Section president for Saturday morning meetings will be starting at 8am. Topics will include the review and develop of the draft business plans and budgets from each section. Other sessions scheduled are leadership and membership development presentations, sharing of ISA local forms and ideas and presentation of information from ISA on possible new governance task force and discussion, with meetings over by 3:30pm. The recommended hotel is Hotel Griffon, 155 Steuart Street, San Francisco, (415) , which is $145 per night plus tax. As for local travel, attendees can take a train directly from SFO Airport to the hotel Griffon, and ball park and meeting rooms are walking distance from Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). MANUFACTURERS INVENSYS FOXBORO TYCO THERMAL CONTROLS VEGA FLEXIM VAREC EATON FILTRATION PROTECTOSEAL MCCROMETER TELEDYNE HONEYWELL ANALYTICS MAHLE FILTRATION PGI SCHUBERT & SALZER RTK INSTRUMENTS BADGER METER THERMAL INSTRUMENT Sales Office Bakersfield CA Tel Fax Corporate Office 305 N. Berry Street Brea, CA Tel Fax CONTROL SYSTEMS INSTRUMENTATION ELECTRIC HEAT TRACING FILTRATION VALVES FEATURED PRODUCT CLAMP-ON ULTRASONIC FLOW APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUID & GAS OIL & GAS - Unsurpassed Temperature Range WaveInjector for -250F to 750F Refineries Coker Feed Oil Production Natural Gas Pipelines Underground Gas Storage HVAC - BTU Thermal Energy Meters BACnet Modbus Chilled & Hot Water Flow WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT - Clean Water to Sludge Pump Stations Chemicals POWER - Cooling Towers Natural Gas Check Meters Solar Power Heat Transfer Fluid Sales Office Danville CA Tel Fax June, 2011 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 3

4 ISA Society News ISA Summer Leaders Meeting in St. Louis by Kim Gordley, ISA Your fellow Society leaders are meeting June at the St Louis Chase Park Plaza Hotel for this year s Summer Leaders Meeting. ISA Leaders Meetings bring together Society leaders to review and discuss the Society s direction and adopt guiding policies. In addition to conducting Society business, the meeting provides new ISA Leaders with an introduction to Society structure, operations, and activities through numerous leader orientation sessions. For information, contact Kim Gordley at ISA at kgordley@isa.org or (919) ISA Central California Section Thanks for the support! By Scott Bender, Chevron Thanks to the following who donated gifts for the ISA Central California Section s May Raffle. - Reotemp Instruments, Chris Hodgetts - Central California Instruments, Tom O Leary - RM Controls, Mark Moffitt - Harrington Plastics, Mike Bush - Valley Instruments, Fernando Angelini Training and Certification Certified Control Systems Technician exam testing windows ISA s Certified Control Systems Technician Program (CCST) offers third-party recognition of technicians knowledge and skills in automation and control. If you are a manager and looking for qualified technicians, or you need to document and verify your current technicians knowledge and skills, the CCST program can help. The testing window for applications received by May 13, 2011 is July 1, 2011 through June For applications received between May 14 and September 15, 2011, the testing window will be November 1, 2011, through October 31, Details for upcoming exams can be found at For info about local review courses, contact your section Education Chair on page 2. 4 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 June, 2011

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6 Local section meetings For more details about any of the section meetings, please contact the section president, website or read each section s complete newsletter online at San Diego Section Thurs-Fri Aug Mike Wallace, (858) , mwallace@sdcwa.org I&C Expo 2011 & Golf Tournament - Town & Country Convention Center, Aug and Los Angeles Section See Website Bill Campbell, (562) , willcampbell@carr.com No Meeting Scheduled. Details at Orange County Section See Website Jesus Moncayo, (714) , jesus.moncayo@southcoastsystems.com Las Vegas Section See Website Stan Spence, Stan.spence@wmeng.com The section typically meets on the 4th Thursday for lunch. For current info contact the president or visit Central California Section Gone Fishing Fernando Ceja, (661) , fceja@bak.rr.com No Meeting Scheduled. at Bakersfield College Student Section No Information Sean Caras, (661) , scaras@bakersfieldcollege.edu Please contact advisor Sean Caras for the latest section information. Cal State Long Beach Student Committee No Information Walter Martinez, (562) , wmartinz@csulb.edu Contact Advisor. Cal Poly Pomona Student Section No Information Eric Nunnally, (562) , esnunnally@gmail.com Contact Sdvisor. Website: San Diego I&C Expo - Aug 18 w w w. I C E x p o 1 1. c o m -- E x h i b i t o r s C a l l ( ) ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 June, 2011

7 Regional events & training Dates subject to change. Always contact the sponsoring party before making your final plans to attend. To include an ISA or non-isa event, please contact the editor. June25-28, 2011 ISA Summer Leaders Meeting Chase Park Plaza Hotel St. Louis Aug 18-19, 2011 ISA San Diego I&C Expo 2011 and Golf Tournament Town & Country Resort Aug 21-25, 2011 SPIE Nano, Optics, Photonics & Solar Conf & Expo Oct 20, 2011 ISA Las Vegas Golf & Exhibition Fall 2011 ISA Orange County Automation OC CSE PE Review Course offered The State of California application deadline is in July and the ISA Los Angeles Section is again offering it s 6-week review course beginning in late August. Cost is $295 for members. $395 for non-members includes one year ISA membership. As of early May, there were 9 people signed up. If interested, please call John Prince at (714) Info will be posted at Sand Canyon Ave., Suite C Irvine, CA Office: Fax: Instrumentation and Control Systems for Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii Golden State Controls and Invensys Foxboro We are the authorized Representative for the Foxboro Systems group. We now support the full range of Foxboro control systems including IA and A Squared. Please call us for information, support and service. Instrumentation Control Valves Control Systems Distributor Rotameters Sub-Distributor for G M Cooke, Inc. Golden State Controls is affiliated with Western States Controls Professional Services Group that provides engineering and technical solutions to process control systems and instrumentation. June, 2011 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 7

8 ISA Divisions 2012 Analysis Division Symposium planned for Anaheim The Analysis Division, the one worldwide body for process analytics, will bring the 57th AD Symposium to Anaheim, CA in More information will be available on our new web site starting in late May. The symposium consists of: A full 3 day technical program (Monday - Wednesday), papers and tutorials...you can register for half day, full day (or any combination) The Process Analytics Fundamentals training (6 units) all day Sunday An advanced course on Sunday afternoon An all day course on Thursday Exhibitor displays, all directly involved in process analytics and populated with the top product support specialists in the industry The Banquet on Tuesday night For information about the Analysis Division Symposium, please contact Sandra Krauthamer, P.E., at (310) or krth@chevron.com. Solve your toughest application requirements with complete automation hardware and software solutions from GE and Gexpro For more information, contact John Chang at: (P) (M) john.chang@gexpro.com 8 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 June, 2011

9 Job Shop and Business Opportunities Circulation is ISA members and other industry personnel in California and Nevada. To place a Job Shop ad, call (714) The standard cost to place a job ad is $25 per block of 25 words. For ISA members placing ads, the first 75 words are at no cost. Position Wanted. With Electrical/ Electronics or Analytical Instrument Manufacturer. Cal State Long Beach EE MS 2010, Instrumentation & Controls Engineering BS Two years instrumentation and control experience at thermal power plant with heat exchangers, boiler feed pumps, booster fans, PLC programming, flue gas desulphurization, fly ash management system, boiler drum lever control system, particulate emission controls. Experience with design, commissioning, operation of oxygen, temperature, moisture, GC, hydrogen purity, CO2 analyzers. Computer skills include AutoCAD, LabVIEW, MS Office, Simulink, network processors, C/C++, Assembly language, VB. Ketaki Kunte, kunteketaki@gmail.com, (562) Position Wanted. Automation Technician and Design. Dedicated hard working ethical professional in technical environments looking for a challenging position the automation industry. Background in mapping and piping design for utility Companies (electrical, and gas) and Power Plants (Oil and Petroleum). Field walks for pipelines, surveys of tanks farms, and right-of-way areas. PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) course in Allen Bradley PLC s with basic and pneumatics and understanding of ladder logic programming. Great at troubleshooting PLC s, Motor Controls and residential - commercial and industrial problems. Please contact Larry Mullaly at Job Shop, continued on next page AN ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE: DON ZEE ASSOCIATES, a professional management consultant staffing firm dedicated to Executive Search and Placement assignments, successfully operating since 1976, is currently available for sale. Interested and motivated parties should contact Don Zee at (949) or Don@DonZeeAssociates.com. The firm is dedicated to the industrial measurement instrumentation, process control and automation software systems, and control valve markets in the USA for sales, marketing, engineering, and operations positions at the executive, management, and senior staff organizational levels. Startup and training assistance is available. June, 2011 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 9

10 Job Shop, continued from page 13 Vice President of Sales. Applied Valves and Controls, located in Southern California specializes in valves, valve automation and process control products, has an immediate opening for an Outside Sales Rep in the greater LA/OC area. This position requires selling into the biopharm, commercial HVAC, industrial process, and water/waste industries. Applicant must be highly motivated with a positive attitude and have excellent communication and organizational skills. Minimum 3 years sales experience. Engg degree preferred, but not required. Excellent compensation package including a base salary plus commissions, benefits, and a fun professionally encouraging environment. For immediate consideration please contact Ray Herrera at or resume to rherrera@appliedvalves.com. Senior Electrical Engineer. General Monitors, Lake Forest, CA. Industries: Safety instrumentation, oil & gas, energy, others. Job type: full time. Years of experience: 10+ years as lead design engineer - analog, digital, and embedded systems. Education level: BS EE, minimum. Overall responsibility: Lead the design, development, and testing of microcontroller-based fire and gas detection systems for the global leader in industrial safety. Requirements: Experience with one or more of the following microcontrollers: Microchip dspic30f, TI TMS320F, TI MSP430, Freescale 68HC11; experience with one or more of the following communication protocols: 4-20mA analog output, Modbus, HART; strong communication (written and verbal) and analytical skills; hands-on design engineer; adept at working with crossfunctional teams. If you meet the above requirements, please send your resume depicting your qualifications to zainam@generalmonitors.com. We respect, value, and welcome diversity in our workforce. General Monitors is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer (EEO/AA) M/F/D/V. ISA Benefits Unemployed ISA members continue to receive benefits Free membership extension offered As just one component of a larger effort on the part of ISA to assist members who have become unemployed, ISA is offering an extension of membership benefits for a limited time during these difficult economic times. ISA is granting an extension of membership benefits to unemployed Members for a period of one year. To find out more about this and other benefits, contact your section president or contact ISA directly at (919) or info@isa.org. (Note: ISA policies are subject to change - please confirm this info with ISA if interested.) Control Components, Inc. (CCI) is the world s leading provider of severe service control valve solutions. CCI develops, designs, and manufactures a wide range of valves for use in the power industry, oil and gas industry, and pulp and paper plants worldwide. CCI s brands include Sulzer, DRAG, BTG, Fluid Kinetics and STI. CCI s global headquarters are in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. It operates 12 manufacturing facilities (United States, Mexico, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, Czech Republic, China, Japan and Korea). Currently at CCI we are looking for quite a few talented individuals throughout or organization; including but not limited to Project Managers, Engineers & Designers. Please review the list at tbe.taleo.net/na2/ats/careers/jobsearch.jsp?org=cci&cws=1 (or and apply online for any positions that looks applicable. For questions please contact Ami Jackson at ajackson@ccivalve.com. ADVERTISERS INDEX Tunable Diode Laser Analyzers: Low-maintenance and results in seconds! SS2100 TDL Analyzers measure H2O, H2S, CO2, HCl and more at ppm and ppb levels. SpectraSensors process analyzers utilize proven spectroscopy techniques with a new advancement in light source design: drift-free laser diodes ensure robustness and maintenance-free use for many years SpectraSensors sales@spectrasensors.com Analyzer Products Group 11 Applied Valves & Controls 7 Automation Now 9 Calbay Controls 4 Capital Westward 6 CFM 11 Don Wolf & Associates, Inc. 4 Emerson Process Mgmt 4 FLW, Inc. 9 GEXPRO 8 Golden State Controls 7 icomtech, Inc. 7 JPR Systems 3 Moore Industries Insert Patten Systems 8 PR Electronics Insert Precision Instrumentation 4 SpectraSensors. 10 Summit Fluid Technologies 6 Valin Corporation 4 WestMark Sales, Inc. Back Cover Wilmington Instruments Insert 10 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 June, 2011

11 Celebrating Over 20 Years Serving and Supporting San Diego & Imperial Valley s Process Control Needs! TEMPERATURE PRESSURE VOLUME LEVEL FLOW GAS DETECTION POWER MONITORING Thank You to all of our Customers & to our Principal Manufacturers! (760) San Diego I&C Expo - Aug 18 w w w. I C E x p o 1 1. c o m -- E x h i b i t o r s C a l l ( ) When you don t need another hat... Call (714) Analyzer Products Group - Project Management, Training, Documentation - Regulatory Compliance Support - Emergency Analyzer Service 24/7/365 - Third Party Field Service & Upgrades - Process Gas & Liquid Analyzers - On Site Operator & Service Training Covering All of Southern California & Nevada Since 1995 June, 2011 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 11

12 ISA Section Newsletter Los Angeles Section of ISA c/o TechPubs Communications PO Box 1605 Costa Mesa, CA I&C Expo 2011 Exhibits - Training - Golf Town & Country Resort Aug 18-19, 2011 ISA San Diego Section Automation OC Exhibits - Training Is Returning This Fall Watch Your Newsletter & OR CURRENT RESIDENT OC 12 ISA Newsletters, Southern District 11 June, 2011