Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Cameron, D.

Tesoro Petroleum (retd.), Anacortes, Washington

has over 34 years of refining experience. Mr. Cameron began his career in 1980 with Shell Oil as an operator in Anacortes, Washington. Between 1980 and 1985, he worked as an alkylation operator, a catalytic cracking unit (CCU) operator and a CCU board operator. He was also union president of OCAW Local 1-591 in Anacortes. From 1985 to 1998, he worked in Anacortes as operations shift supervisor, operations/maintenance coordinator, CCU training supervisor, refinery training superintendent and operations superintendent. He joined Tesoro Refining and Marketing in 1998 and worked as an operations superintendent, operations manager and production manager in Anacortes. From 2007 to 2012, he worked as refinery manager at the Tesoro Salt Lake City, Utah, refinery. In 2012, he returned to Anacortes and worked there as the refinery manager until his retirement in December 2014. Mr. Cameron received an Associate of Arts degree from Skagit Valley College, and BS and MS degrees in business from City University in Seattle.

Create an operator ownership culture to achieve continuous improvement in reliability—Part 2

Shell: Parris, M.
Tesoro Petroleum (retd.): Cameron, D.

Operators have a significant influence on a plant’s reliability.

Create an operator ownership culture to achieve continuous improvement in reliability—Part 1

Shell: Parris, M.
Tesoro Petroleum (retd.): Cameron, D.

Operators have a significant influence on a plant’s reliability. In spite of this, little attention is focused on improving operators’ capabilities or on developing an operator ownership cul..

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