Employee
Spindletop Awards
Teams recognized for their efforts receive first Beaumont Area Spindletop Award
through a joint Chemicals and Refining effort that the transportation values for the Aromatics concentrate were higher than we thought and the amount of money that we were getting from third-party sales was much lower than in our planning models. We decided to make less of it and change the cut points, which means what percentage you put into gasoline and what percentage is placed in the aromatics concentrates stream,” says Provenzano. Their efforts resulted in a $7 million dollar savings for the company. According to Beaumont area HR Manager Ryan Phillips, it’s just one example of the ambition, dedication and commitment to excellence exhibited by Spindletop award winners. “ExxonMobil in the Beaumont Area has an extremely bright future. This bright future is powered by the competitive advantage we create through our ambitious, committed, and talented workforce. The Spindletop Award allows us another occasion to shine the spotlight on our most important resource – Our People,” says Phillips.
The Two Magnolias room at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas was abuzz as guests chatted and were transfixed by the colorful two-dimensional art work displayed on the walls. It was the stage for the first Beaumont area Spindletop Award ceremony recognized as the highest local honor an ExxonMobil employee can receive in Beaumont. This year eight teams from both the Beaumont refinery and the chemical plant won the award for their outstanding work. During the catered recognition luncheon, members of the leadership team expressed their thanks for each award winners’ effort in successfully tackling difficult challenges and finding solutions. “These award winners are pushing us forward as we continue on our journey to make Beaumont a world class refinery. We recognize that the success of the Beaumont refinery is dependent on our high quality employees. Today’s award winners are outstanding examples of the excellence that is occurring at our plant,” says Fernando Salazar, Beaumont refinery plant manager. It’s that kind of excellence Ricky Battle and Dale Hunter believe their tanks team demonstrated by servicing more than thirty tanks last year. “Our biggest challenge was completing the cleaning of three high solids tanks. Tank Sweeps were used to enable us to pump the material out of the tank and reduce the amount of manual cleaning required. We utilized LPS and developed specific JLA’s to assist us with the safe removal of this material,” says Battle. Dale Hunter is proud of the success he and his team accomplished last year with safety as a priority. “This accomplishment was a direct result of the entire Refinery working together towards our API 653 compliance goal. It truly took top level team work from Process, Technical, Safety, and Mechanical working together and reaching across all of the Business organizations,” says Hunter. Collaboration at all levels was also instrumental for Charles Provenzano and his R&S and Chemicals team to reduce transportation costs. “We figured out
Pictured Left to Right the R&S Chemicals team: Zachary Wendel, Jeff Macha, Charles Provenzano, James Davison.
Pictured Left to Right the Aromatics and alarm rationalization team: John Hunley, Tim Schreck, Benjamin Korff, Justin San- doval, Shanna West, Ebony Tongo, Rebecca Figueroa, Richard Furlow, Michael Mullins. Not Pictured: Victoria Satizabal, Catherine Madden, Monica Sage.
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