Leonard Krawitz has extensive experience in the conceptual and detailed engineering design of olefins plants, chemical plants, refinery units, and their associated offsite facilities. Len's petroleum refining experience includes crude fractionation, gas recovery, hydrotreating and hydrocracking, visbreaking, and grease and lube oil manufacturing.

Len's world-wide experience with design, revamp, startup, and operations analysis of ethylene plants and their associated utilities and offsite facilities includes:

• Process Design.   Process manager for design of olefins plants located at Orange, TX.; Taft, LA.; Marcus Hook, PA.; Feysin, France; Mantova, Italy, and Carrington, England.

• Project Engineering Management.   Project engineering manager for olefins plants located at Taft, LA. and Channelview TX., and for olefins plant offsites at Baytown, TX.

• Process Consultant.   Acted as consultant on the process engineering of ethylene plants for clients located in Odessa, TX.; Bayway, NJ.; San Dimas, CA.; Houston, TX.; Marcus Hook, PA.; Hillside, NJ.; Princeton, NJ.; Highland Park, NJ.; Boston, MA.; and London, England.

• Audits.   Reviewed process and project designs (done by others) of olefins complexes for the purpose of quality assurance and process improvement, for plants located in Fife, Scotland; Beijing, China; Mexico City, Mexico; Alvin, TX.; and Longview, TX. Audited the progress of field construction for quality assurance, for a plant located in Baroda, India.

• Ethylene Plant Startup.   Participated in the startup of ethylene plants located in Sarnia, Ontario; Baroda, India; Beijing, China; Mantova, Italy; and Carrington, England.

• Ethylene Plant Operations.   Provided consultation to d iagnose and solve operating problems, and to offer constructive evaluations of normal operating procedures, at plants located in Taft, LA; Geleen, Holland; Dunkirk, France, and Sarnia Ontario.

• Ammonia, Methanol, and Hydrogen Technology.   Complete designs for individual process units, including heat and material balances, process flow diagrams, and specification of major equipment for these facilities.

• Butadiene Recovery.   Process design for butadiene recovery from C₄ streams.

Len holds an MS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University. He received his BSChE from City College of New York. He is a registered professional engineer in New Jersey, Texas, and Massachusetts.

This page was last updated March 25, 2009