Enrique Laya
Houston. TX
enriquelaya@gmail.com
PDVSA / INTEVEP. Venezuela.
Oil & gas Research and Development
Automation and Instrumentation Manager.
Jun. 1987 - Sept. 1988
Define, negotiate and direct projects, technical services and research and development of instrumentation and
automatism.
- Directed innovative developments in oil-in-water fraction measurements and proprietary design industrial
SCADA equipment.
Structural Mechanics. Leader.
Jue. 1987 - Sept. 1988.
Develop research group and technical services specialized in structural mechanics.
- Led the development of novel techniques of experimental structural analysis for structural condition
evaluation by means of static and dynamic multichannel measurement.
Offshore structures. Leader.
Sept. 1980 -Sept. 1984 .
Develop technical services group, specializing in offshore engineering and construction.
- Led the first study of simultaneous offshore drilling and production platforms in Venezuela at North of
Paria.
- Directed the development study of the Tuy - Cariaco (Offshore Venezuela) marginal field (12 MMBLS) based on Jack-up pre-drilling in subsea template and tie-back and FPSO in Tuy - Cariaco area (with Technip Geoproduction). (PDVSA – Maraven).
- Collaborated with planning and execution of a full-scale instrumented load test of LPG Tank 250130 (PDVSA/ Lagoven. Las Salinas). 1984. Test program comprised 90 days data acquisition of multiple strain gauges, Horizontal (LVDT) and vertical displacements (hydrostatic pressure cells).
Sully, Rajani, Pifano.Tank bottom plate movements due to freeze and thaw of foundation soils
1985_04_0096.pdf (issmge.org)
- Established the group of specialized technical services in digital analysis of offshore structures for oil & gas in Venezuela.