Emmanuel Ekpo, PhD C Eng Mi Chem E
About Emmanuel Ekpo, PhD C Eng Mi Chem E
Emmanuel Ekpo, PhD, is the Site Catalyst Lead at ExxonMobil in Fawley, England, with extensive experience in process engineering and optimization.
Current Title and Role at ExxonMobil
Emmanuel Ekpo, PhD C Eng Mi Chem E, currently serves as the Site Catalyst Lead at ExxonMobil. He has been holding this role since 2018 in Fawley, England, United Kingdom. His responsibilities involve overseeing catalyst-related operations, ensuring cost efficiency, and implementing process improvements. His role is significant in maintaining technical and procurement support across ExxonMobil's EMEA refineries.
Previous Positions at ExxonMobil
Emmanuel Ekpo has held various engineering positions at ExxonMobil. From 2017 to 2018, he was a Project Development Engineer. Before that, from 2013 to 2016, he worked as a Distillation & Hydro-Treating Complex Engineer. His earlier role from 2009 to 2013 was as a Process Control Engineer. Each position was based in Fawley, and involved in different facets of project development, distillation processes, hydro-treating, and process control.
Industry Experience Before ExxonMobil
Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Emmanuel Ekpo worked at the National Nuclear Laboratory as a Technical Specialist in Chemical Process Modelling for three months in 2009, located in Cheshire. From 2007 to 2008, he was with SABIC as a Process & Plant Real-Time Optimisation (RTO) Engineer in Teesside. These roles involved technical specialization in chemical processes and real-time plant optimization.
Educational Background
Emmanuel Ekpo attained his PhD in Modelling & Optimisation of Engineering Systems from the University of Bradford between 2003 and 2006. Before that, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt, where he studied from 1995 to 1999. His educational background laid a strong foundation for his career in chemical engineering and process optimization.
Significant Contributions and Achievements
In 2020, Emmanuel Ekpo achieved over $2 million in savings by innovating changes to the original work process for spent catalyst storage and disposal. As a key subject matter expert, he delivered $500K in cost savings and efficiency improvements across ExxonMobil EMEA refineries. He led tenders for catalyst services, resulting in annual savings of over $300K on chemical dosing and a decrease of over $1 million in base costs for catalyst regeneration. He has maintained comprehensive data on catalyst-related expenditures since 2018, identifying optimization opportunities that generated average savings of $100K per year.