Post on 13-Jul-2020
On April 30, 2014, SPLC employees from the Commercial and Finance groups volunteered their time and talents to a Shell Day of Caring at DePelchin Children’s Center in Houston, Texas.
While the projects completed that day were small in comparison to all of the services and activities DePelchin provides for Houston area children, these projects will contribute to the overall environment and experience that children have there. The DePelchin campus is a very relaxed and comfortable environment, and the various projects SPLC did will add to that experience.
In their Donation Station, volunteers painted more than a dozen doors and cabinets a vivid orange color to help brighten up an area that is very busy during the Christmas donation season. Everything was a monotone off white color, so the orange doors not only fit in the DePelchin color theme, but also really bring some energy to the room. Outdoors, 40 shrubs were planted and mulched along the streets, which will help screen other buildings and homes that are not part of the campus. Volunteers also refinished two large outdoor wood decks that are used by the staff and older kids. These decks provide a great place to eat lunch or to enjoy some quiet time in the park like setting of DePelchin. There was a lot of hard work, especially for those digging holes and planting the shrubs, but everyone was happy to participate and help make a difference for the kids. (Continued on page 2)
Summer 2014
Shell Day of Caring
=Shell Day of Caring..........................cover=Crawfish Boil-off......................................3=Out and About in SPLC..........................4=Graduates.......................................6=Zoo Family Day........................................7=Bakersfield Bomb Squad Demo..............8=Police Dept. Donation..............................8=Process Safety Near Miss Seattle...........8=I&M Manual Training...............................9=Getting to Know Lisa Yan......................10=LOT-Ops Community Service...............11=Tykeliners............................................11=Service Anniversaries............. back cover
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The weather was great, all projects were completed and it was a rewarding experience. The staff at DePelchin was amazed at how much volunteers accomplished in such a short amount of time and very appreciative of all the hard work. A special thank you to Catherine Glaze, Aubrey Swanson, Tiffany Ho, Veronica Rincon and Vince Castro for helping keep our volunteers fed and hydrated.
“Aside from Ken Edmonds two-hour marathon trip for mulch, it was a wonderful experience working along-side fellow colleagues to help such a wonderful organization!” ~ Andy Stilly
“At first I wasn’t so sure about the bright orange paint, but once all the doors and cabinets were done it looked great! The craft room now has much more character, which should provide a comfortable place for the kids to be able to express themselves creatively. All in all, I was very impressed by the facilities and the support that DePelchin provides.” ~ Wade Clerkin
About DePelchin Children’s Center:DePelchin Children’s Center is committed to meeting the needs of children as one of the largest providers of mental health, foster care and adoption services in Texas. Their mission is to strengthen the lives of children by enhancing their mental health and physical wellbeing. Visit www.depelchin.org to learn more.
Shell Day of Caring (continued) PHOTO ON FRONT COVER: Back L to R: Wade Clerkin, Aubrey Swanson, Ken Edmonds, Mike Fleming, Tim Geiger, Charles Hawkins, Allen Moscon, Ken Zimmerman Middle L to R: Veronica Rincon, Margaret Prieto, Matt Mangum, Andy Stilley, Rachael Miller, Trey Hartstern, Tom Gates, Bob Headlee Front L to R: Tiffany Ho, Thy Phamnguyen, Susan Murphrey, Rebecca Frady, Akilah Leblanc, Dwight Amemiya, Vince Castro Not Pictured: Kevin Nichols, Catherine Glaze, Dana Dorron-Mitchell
Wade Clerkin
Kevin Nichols
Tom Gates, Bob Headlee
Charles Hawkins, Dwight Amemiya, Allen Moscon, Matt Mangum
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On April 26, 2014, SPLC participated in the Oil Field Crawfish Boil-off at Fort Jackson in Buras, LA. This is a charitable event sponsored by the Buras Volunteer Fire Department. The purpose of this event is to raise funds for department improvement projects, the purchase of small equipment items, in-house training, fire prevention awareness and more. It is fun event and everyone enjoyed the good-natured competition in the hopes of being awarded as the best boiler of crawfish! This year, SPLC took home that honor by winning First Place!
SPLC Wins 1st Place in Crawfish Boil-Off
3Todd Enloe & Mike D’amico
Matt Zuvich, Owen Borne, Bryan Bergeron, Jim Rampon, Ryan Pontiff, T J Henry, Billy Waalk
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Out and About in SPLC
2014 Common Ground Alliance Conference - Phil Barker, Shane Degruise, CGA Representative, Gweneyette Broussard, Shelley Piehet, Bob Marshall & Bob Kipp-CGA President
2014 National Safe Digging Month - Above: Terry Jouty, Wayne Hanson and Tommy Kling enjoyed 811 cupcakes at the Norco facility. Below: Keith Smith, Thomas Sparrow, Scott Rachal and Fred Ford sporting the new 811 stickers.
On April 12, 2014, SPLC participated in the Houma/Terrebonne Relay for Life Event held at the Houma Civic Center. Thank you to Lee Chadwick for cooking those awesome Chicken Enchiladas. Thank you to all who participated and came out to support this event.
Left: Andy & Connie ChauvinMiddle Left: Tammy Leonard & guestMiddle Right: Lee Chadrick, Matthew Pregeant, Jonathon Jones, Andy Chauvin, Philip LadnerBottom Left: Anneke Williams & sisterBottom Right: Greg & Kay Landry
On April 5, 2014, SPLC participated in the St. James Relay for Life event held at Lutcher Park. Thank you to Roy Landry for cooking that delicious Crawfish Stew and thank you to all that participated at this event.
Barney Callahan, Roy Landry, Tory Poche, Greg Landry, Wayne Hanson
Darwin and Andrea Lyons Debbie Bourgeois
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2014 Erath Tank Fire Class: On May 29, 2014, SPLC sponsored a training class for local fire departments in the Erath/New Iberia area as a Public Awareness Outreach to local officials and responders. There was a total of 24 participants from the following Fire Departments: Erath, Henry, Abbeville and LeBlanc. Pictured L to R: Johnny Labit, Clarence Manck, Randy Jones (IES), Shelley Piehet and Toni Atwell.
Kevin Nichols and Greg Smith enjoying the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Jody Braud, Toni Atwell & Keith Smith
2014 Admin Meeting - April 15th-17thStanding: Debbie Barbin, Crystal Guillot, Tina Brignac, Aubrey Swanson,
Terri Jouty, Lydia Thomas (hiding) & Erin Lopez Sitting: Mary Tompkins & Penny King
Bob Marshall & Teri Wohlgemuth
2014 Houma ER Training: On May 22, 2014, Alan Hunsberger led the Emergency Response Training Session and Deployment Exercise at the Houma Station. Pictured L to R: Mark Sewall, Jamie Breaux & Chief Russell DiSalvo (Coteau VFD), Tracey Cline, Ted Schexnayder, Joe Guillen, Alan Hunsberger and Randy Jones (IES).
Dennis Parrott, Mike Bringham & Peggy Montana
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Congratulations to the Class of 2014
Taylor GrahamOswego East High School
Daughter of Greg & Diane Graham
Sarah A. HolevinskiKlein Oak High School
Daughter of Michael & Christy Holevinski
Blair AllenConcordia University Texas
Daughter of Roy & Carla Allen
Heather PaganoSam Houston State University
Daughter of James & Kathy Pagano
Kristie LandryLouisiana State University
Daughter of Greg & Kay Landry
Rachel ThompsonPearland High School
Daughter of Mike & Deyna Thompson
Jaime RobinsonUniversity of Missouri
Daughter of Jerry & Terry Robinson
Betsy KingBarbers Hill High School
Daughter of Sam & Penny King
Austin WalkerEast Ascension High School
Son of Michael “Tracy” & Karen Walker
Josie GrahamThibodaux High School
Daughter of Lonnie & Christine Graham
Shelbi LabatLouisiana State University
Daughter of Ritchie & Tori Labat
Kaitlyn Mariah GreshamAnahuac High School
Daughter of Ron & Pam Gresham
Jordan Michael CazenaveEdward Douglas White High School
Son of Dennis & Kim Cazenave
Julia LeBlancSouth Terrebonne High School
Daughter of Chuck & Lisa LeBlanc
David DolinarUnited States Naval Academy
Son of Mike & Ann Dolinar
Gonzalo Rocha III (Trey)Sam Houston State UniversitySon of Roger & Janie James
Nicholas TsougarakisSan Francisco State University ‘13
Notre Dame de Namur University ‘14Son of Dan & Roxana Blades
Nicholas BraudH.L. Bourgeois High School
Son of Jody & Annette Braud
Thomas Sparrow IIIParkview Baptist High School
Son of Thomas Jr. & Michelle Sparrow
Ryan HendricksPearland High School
Son of David & Eileen Hendricks
Kimberly EzellChapelle High School
Daughter of Bobby & Diana Ezell
Kristin TonthatUniversity of North TexasDaughter of Hung Tonthat
Jamie Ann ZuvichSoutheastern University
Daughter of Matt & Robin Zuvich
Beau LeMaireLusher Charter School
Son of Blake & Yvette LeMaire
Lacie DuplessisDestrehan High School
Daughter of Rosco Duplessis
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Hayden GuidryAnaheim High School
Son of Russell & Crystal GuidryGrandson of Russ & Sue Guidry
Eyonnie LopezWoodrow Wilson Classical High School
Daughter of Alfonso & Holly Lopez
Emanuel Diaz Jr.Veterans Memorial High SchoolSon of Emanuel & Monique Diaz
Brett Eckhart & Austin EckhartSanta Fe High School
Sons of Dennis & Christine Eckhart
New Orleans Graduate’s LuncheonFrom L to R: Kimberly Ezell, Josie Graham, Jordan Cazenave,
Jamie Zuvich, Beau LeMaire, Greg Smith, Tammy Pimley
Blair Nicole BrignacOur Lady of the Lake
Daughter of David & Tina Brignac
Tammy Pimley & family
Chester Green & familyKeith Leckelt & family
Ben Faulkner & family
Zoo Family Day in New Orleans – May 17, 2014
Cliff Grabert & family
Terri Howell & family
Houston Graduate’s LuncheonRon, Kaitlyn & Pam Gresham
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Bakersfield Bomb Squad Demo Franklin, LA Police Department Donation
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The Bakersfield Tank Farm had a security drill and training in April, presented by the Kern County Bomb Squad. The team was able to see the bomb robot and various homemade bombs. Most importantly, it was discussed what to do if you get a bomb threat or find a suspicious object.
A great catch by a Seattle operator identifies a potential problem at more than one facility. Greg Goodman, a 23-year veteran operator at the Seattle terminal, noticed a large intermittent discrepancy between the recently installed electronic tank gauge system and the mechanical gauge on the tank during a pipeline receipt. This near miss prompted the engineer on the project to go back to the manufacture and discuss potential causes for the error. Greg is always looking for potential process safety gaps and has received the “PROCESS SAFETY CHAMPION” award for his near miss. Pictured: Greg with his award and team members during a safety meeting.
Congratulations to Greg on a job well done!
Matthew Pregeant, Right of Way Technician, recently met with the Franklin, LA police department for a follow up on the donation that was given to them by SPLC. The donation money was used to supply the Police patrol units with built in laptops. This allows them to complete all reports on site, which prevents them from having to drive back to the station. They expressed much gratitude for the donation that was given to them.
Process Safety Near Miss Seattle
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The theme of the 2014 I&M Manual Training was “Stepping it up in 2014,” in relation to the multitude of changes to the manual over the past year. These manuals enable us to meet the Department of Transportation regulations and our own internal Shell requirements. Members of the Reliability and Integrity group from the Downtown Houston Engineering office recently completed six Training sessions in the West Region and Gulf of Mexico. The group trained over 150 engineers, technicians, electricians, etc. The focus of the one day long sessions was to highlight the updates to the manuals, introduce the Community of Practice teams for the manuals and role out the new Temporary Piping Guide among other things. The training also offered a game of competitive “I&M Manual Football” to keep it interesting.
The training team and the Operations stakeholders did an excellent job of coordinating staff across the regions and completing this task. Staff was very supportive of having the training program back in place. Unlike most training road shows, there was a high level of interest and engagement by everyone.
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS: Karen McCray & Greg Smith (Sponsors), Jeff Whitworth (Visionary), Scott Olson, Brent Byrd, Jay Murphy and Tim Johnson (Presenters), Andrew Rivera (Presenter in Gibson).
During travel to all the different training sessions, the team tried to implement the concept of “BE SAFE & HAVE FUN.” Here are some of the highlights:
“Be Safe”=Tying your shoe with no thumbs can be difficult =Guys from Houston do not know when they are in an active earthquake=“Crazed individual on flight from LAX to IAH”
“Have Fun”=Visited the “busiest” Starbucks in the U.S., or so we thought…=Met Michael Douglas in the airport=The referee had to toss a few players from the “I&M Manual Football Challenge”
I&M Manual Training Road Show2014 I&M Manual Football Challenge Winners
Front Row L to R: Steve Mahaffey, Kim
Rentrop, Barney Hebert Back Row L to R: Tommy Kling, Todd Oubre, Marko
Williams, Roy Landry, Keith Ordoyne, Scot Rachal, Mark Poche,
Wade Nuccio
Front Row L to R: Ashley Harris, Michael Gallo Back Row L to R: James Rampon, Mike Zuvich, Patrick Rome, Matt Zuvich, Damico,
Mike, Bryan Bergeron, Todd Enloe, David
Murphy
L to R: Chau Nguyen, Kirk Parks, Will Price, Pat Coggins, Scarleth Ramirez, Alex Meza, Mike Gauthier, Jeff
Cullen, Russell Guidry
Back Row L to R: Alan Elliott, Dennis Parrott,
Paul Pelletier, Alan Pond, Tanner Martin
Front Row L to R: Jeff Thompson, Xavier Zapata,
David Sandoval
Front Row L to R: Wilson Gaspard, Kelsey Janda, Ruben Cheng, Adam Crawford, David Bartholomew, Kendall Lemelle Back Row L to R: Steven Hines,
Joshua Lakomiak, Michael Langhauser, Frank Stagg, Larry
Gunn, David Barber, Jereme Havard
L to R: Jeff Dutton, Royce Thomason, Bill Martini, Mike
Trahan, Keith Leckelt, Kelly Hudson, John
Williams
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Getting to Know...Lisa Yan
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Lisa Yan is a Project Manager/Engineer. She has been with Shell since Nov. 4, 2002. Lisa was with Shell Global Solution for the first three years and transitioned to Shell Pipeline for the last nine years. Before joining Shell, she worked as a Pipeline Engineer with multiple engineering consulting companies for five years. Lisa and her husband, Yang Si, have two children: daughter Cissy Si, and son Kevin Si. Yang is an Information Technology engineer at GE. Cissy graduated this May from Baylor College of Medicine and matched to Case Western’s Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency located in Cleveland, Ohio. Kevin is an incoming junior at Dulles High School in Fall 2014.
Where did you grow up? I was born in a small town in Sichuan Province in the Southwestern region of China. My home town is geographically small but with a population of tens of thousands. A branch of Yangtze River flows across the town. I had a very happy childhood while growing up with one younger sister and two older brothers. Hobbies: I enjoy working out when I have time, especially yoga. Personal accomplishments: I am the proud mother and a close friend of two young adults. I support them with passion and help them achieve their goals.
What is your favorite memory at Shell? There are too numerous to mention. The ones that stand out include taking on the project management role in construction and repairing work. I truly like working with our pipeline group where we treat each other like family by supporting and nurturing each other to achieve our respective job safety, quality and efficiency goals.
What is your dream job? When I was young, I had many dreams, such as becoming a dancer, medical doctor, but never thought of becoming an engineer. As it turns out, being an engineer is my favorite and dream job because I feel I enjoy solving problems and creating solutions that can positively impact one’s daily lives.
What is something that most people don’t know about you? I worked in the countryside as a farmhand for two years after high school at a time in China when there was no opportunity to enter college. Where I worked, it was a very rural setting, and I had no access to electricity. I consider it a kind of survival training and learned what hard work really entailed through it.
What are your plans for the future? I love what I am doing now, and I consider my work with Shell as the last stop of my professional career. After I retire, I plan to travel around the world with my husband. I have an interest in artwork and plan on taking art classes as well.
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Gage Anthony Ramos & Kaytin Elizabeth RamosBorn on May 25, 2014
Gage Anthony 6.2 lbs. & Kaytin Elizabeth 4.8 lbs.Son and Daughter of Joe & Stacy Ramos
Chanelle Duplessis & Colette DuplessisBorn on March 5, 2014
Chanelle Duplessis: 3 lbs., 7 oz., 16 in. longColette Duplessis: 4 lbs., 1 oz., 17 in. longDaughters of Rosco & Meghan Duplessis
Tykeliners
Emma Grey McGeheeBorn on April 6, 2014
6 lbs., 14 oz.Daughter of Mitch & Brittany McGehee
Bowen John HenryBorn on April 8, 2014
7 lbs., 4 oz., 21 in. longSon of Tony (T.J.) & L’erin Henry
The LOT-Ops (Leader of Teams - Operations) Class of 2012 recently performed a community service project at the Greater New Orleans Therapeutic Riding Center (GNOTRC). “The Greater New Orleans Therapeutic Riding Center is a non-profit organization that was founded to help provide a fun and therapeutic experience
for individuals with physical, emotional and learning disabilities. GNOTRC is a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH International) member operating center.”
SPLC staff in the Class of 2012 includes Rosco Duplessis, Emil Armendariz (CC&OS), who helped to coordinate this event, Tim Carter, Chad Cavalier, Andrew Chauvin, Kim Cook, Stuart Joergens, Jeff Wilcoxson, and Linh Nguyen.
LOT-Ops Community Service
ServiceAnniversaries
20 YearsJohn Sawyer, WR-CARSON TERM-OPER-MORMAN IS.-MARINE, USS3 Carson TerminalAndy Stilley, Joint Interests, USDW HOUCBD
25 YearsWhitney Mativa, WR-CARSON TERM OPERATIONS, USS3 Carson TerminalDana Dorron-Mitchell, Finance Products Gulf of Mexico, USDW HOUCBDJames Buckheit, One Call Center, USDW HOUCBDRicky Allen, GOM Tech-Craft Colex, USW9 Mt Belvieu Operations
30 YearsRonald Claybon, Measurement & Quality Services, USDW HOUCBDKirk Parks, Asset Integrity & Pipeline Mtce - WR, USS3 Carson TerminalWilliam Estes, LOWER SJV-BAKERSFIELD MTC, US7R Bakersfield Tank Farm / Renfro
35 YearsKenneth Winchester, GOM Chemical Products - Norco, USR6 Norco OperationsVeronica Hernandez, Regional Engineering - NA Distribution, USDW HOUCBDDebbie Vaughn, GOM Pasadena Oper-Dry Gas, USED HOU AREA/COLEX TERMRosalie Given, OFFSHORE SCHEDULERS, USDW HOUCBDDavid Felger, Asset Integrity & Pipeline Mtce - WR, USS3 Carson TerminalLydia Thomas, Facility East, USED HOU AREA/COLEX TERMRay Capone, GOM Chemical Products - Sorrento, USR5 Sorrento OpsEric Fanguy, GOM Offshore Operations East, USR3 Gibson OperationsMarvin Hawley, GOM Craft Reliability & Integrity, USR6 Norco OperationsVaughn Letbetter, GOM Pasadena Oper-Colex/E Houston, USED HOU AREA/COLEX TERMTom Eikmeier, Facilities North, UST3 Sacramento Terminal
40 YearsMichael Burton, GOM Tech-Craft Colex, USED HOU AREA/COLEX TERMClarence Manck, GOM HO-HO Opers - Erath, USR2 New Iberia Area
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