Jimmie Riesenberg

Chevron Energy Technology Company

Jimmie Riesenberg is retired from Chevron Corp. after 34 years in process/facilities engineering with Texaco and Chevron. He is the chair for the API 12J Separations Committee and was a coauthor of the GPSA Engineering Data Book, Section 7—Separations. He was the Chevron separations lead, including serving as the lead author for the Chevron Separations Design Guideline and led design assurance for separator design. He is a past chair for the SPE Separations Technology Technical Section and chair of the Technical Advisory Committee for the STAR (Separation Technology Research Program) JIP. Reisenberg holds MS and BS degrees in chemical engineering from Drexel University.

Processing systems/design

Savvy Separator: Are the Separators Really at Fault? Part 3—Instrumentation and Operations

The Savvy Separator series continues as we share case studies of troubleshooting separator problems. This article focuses on instrumentation and operating issues. Brief problem statements, root causes, and lessons learned are given.

July 24, 2024 • Robert Chin • Oil and Gas Facilities
Separation/treating

Separations Technology Technical Section Continues Success and Growth Into 2016

In its fifth year, the Separations Technology Technical Section has grown to more than 1000 members. The new section chair provides his perspective on what the future holds.

November 5, 2015 • Jimmie Riesenberg • Oil and Gas Facilities
Separation/treating

Savvy Separator: Scrubber Debottlenecking

An underperforming scrubber that was suffering from too much oil carry-over is described along with options for debottlenecking and improving performance.

September 26, 2015 • Robert Chin • Oil and Gas Facilities