Case Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 1 of 111 Exhibit 4 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 2 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION CIARA NEWTON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC DBA SHELL OIL PRODUCTS, ) ) No. 4:17-cv-03961-YGR ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) VOLUME I VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF JEFFREY FISCHER (Pages 1 - 290) Held at the Law Offices of Lafayette & Kumagai 1300 Clay, Oakland, California Monday, March 5, 2018, 9:47 a.m. REPORTED BY: ELAINA BULDA-JONES, CSR #11720 U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 3 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 Q. Okay. And have you ever applied for 2 the -- a permanent position as the refinery health 3 and safety leader? 4 A. No. 5 Q. What are your job -- are you presently 6 still a mentor? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Okay. 9 A. Well, it's to fill in when any - - What are your job duties as mentor? 10 operations specialist or shift team leader, whatever 11 the -- whatever the needs are . 12 laws that come in to -- any new laws, we get 13 together, we discuss them, and we implement them in 14 procedures, documents, training to our department. 15 I'm in charge of all training documents. I'm in charge of all 16 I'm the possessor of those and procedures. Anything 17 that's changed comes through -- comes through 18 myself. 19 Q. For -- are you in charge of all training 20 documents, procedures for the OPCEN unit or for a 21 broader part of the refinery? 22 A. For my 23 Q. Okay . 24 A. There's five of us that do that job that 25 for my unit, for OPCEN. Anything else? t are in charge of their areas. U.S. Legal Support J www . uslegalsupport.com 56 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 4 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 Q. Okay . 2 A. We also help out in the training 3 department with the new hires. 4 Q. And what -- 5 A. And we also run the new hire class, 6 usually. 7 certain skills, classes. 8 9 10 Q. We all run -- we teach certain jobs, Okay. You said there are five other people with this job at the refinery, five other mentors? 11 A. Yeah. 12 Q. Okay. 13 A. Right now, they are -- let's see, those 14 And who are they? guys left. 15 Q. Let me ask a slightly different question. 16 A. Dan Carr. 17 Q. Do you recall who the -- 18 19 MR. LAFAYETTE: cutting him off. Let him answer. You're Let him answer. 20 MS. SMALLETS: 21 THE WITNESS: Sure. Dan Carr and 22 Kevin Goldsberry just left. He was one. 23 Chuck Decker, and brand-new guy, I can't remember 24 his name. And Anita I think it's Elrich. 25 U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 57 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 5 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 2 3 BY MS. SMALLETS: Q. Okay. Were those the same people in 2016 or was it different? 4 A. It's different. 5 Q. Okay . 6 A. Let's see, that's Jeff, he's now personnel 7 Who were they in 2016, the mentors? supervisor, Andre. , Jeff Andre. 8 Q. Okay. 9 A. Dan Carr, Kevin Goldsberry, and I don't 10 think Anita was there yet . 11 they had a whole bunch of different people at that 12 time for the delayed coker group. 13 remember who exactly was there at that time. 14 Q. Okay. 15 A. And myself. 16 Q. Got it. And I don't remember -- So I don't During the time that you had been 17 a mentor, do you have any direct reports, people 18 that you supervise? 19 A. Yeah . 20 Q. Okay. 21 A. It was at one point where I supervised 22 Who are your direct -- I had a class. 23 Q. Okay. 24 A. And I was in charge of these. 25 They were from the PTEC program at Los Medanos Junior College. U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 58 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 6 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 A. A-N-D, sorry. 2 Q. A-N-D. 3 Okay. And is that a verbal exam, verbal in - - is 4 there any -- is there any component - - let me ask a 5 different question . Is there any component of that 6 7 8 9 walk-through that's in writing? A. No, it's something they have to actually do for the operations specialist. 10 Q. Okay. 11 A. They have to perform tasks . 12 Q. So it's either -- and do they also have to 13 answer questions verbally? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Okay. 16 And is -- are they given a score on that or is it just a pass - fail? 17 A. 80 percent. 18 Q. Okay . 19 operations specialist? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Okay. 22 And that score is issued by the And so 80 percent is considered passing? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Okay . 25 what's that? , And then the lab certification, U.S . Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 84 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 7 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 BY MS . SMALLETS : 2 Q. Okay. 3 A. Mike Beck. 4 Q. Do you have -- do you report to Mike Beck 5 And who's currently the manager? in any manner? 6 A. I do things that Mike wants me to do, yes. 7 Q. Okay. 8 A. No, Bob Muller -- 9 Q. Okay. 10 A. -- is my supervisor. 11 Q. Sometimes people have more than one. 12 Is he considered your supervisor? Of the roughly -- do you know, of the 13 roughly 70 people who are in OPCEN, how many are 14 women? 15 MR. LAFAYETTE : Objection. Lacking in 16 foundation with this witness. May require him to 17 speculate . 18 knowledgeable with regard to this subject . 19 BY MS. SMALLETS: Not designated the person most 20 Q. You can answer . 21 A. I would need a time period. 22 Q. Okay . 23 24 25 Sure . In 2016, do you know how many women were in OPCEN? MR. LAFAYETTE: Same objection as before. Requires this witness to speculate . u.s. Legal Support I Lacking in www.uslegalsupport . com 91 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 8 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 foundation. Not relevant or likely to lead to the 2 discovery of admissible evidence. THE WITNESS: 3 With Ciara, four, not 4 including our associate staff person. 5 BY MS. SMALLETS: 6 Q. Okay . 7 A. Helen Forgan, Paula Kapestein, 8 Anita O'Donnell Durant, and then it was Ciara. 9 Q. Okay. 10 A. Newton. 11 Q. Okay. 12 Who were the other three women? How many women are there in OPCEN currently? 13 MR. LAFAYETTE: 14 THE WITNESS: 15 Same objection as before. Two. BY MS. SMALLETS: 16 Q. Who are they? 17 A. Paula Kapestein and then Candace Helter -- 18 oh, sorry, and Anita O'Donnell Durant. 19 Q. Okay. 20 A. Three. 21 Q. When was Candace hired? 22 MR. LAFAYETTE: Objection . Lacking in 23 foundation. Requires witness to assume facts not in 24 evidence. 25 designated the person most knowledgeable. May require him to speculate. U.S. Legal Support I Not www.uslegalsupport . com 92 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 9 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 you were training them, how long -- what was she 2 gone for? MR. LAFAYETTE: 3 Objection. 4 argumentative and harassing. 5 couldn't do that . It's He just told you he There's nothing new on the table. 6 Just tell her again . 7 THE WITNESS: I'm in charge of up to 70 8 employees. I cannot remember two years ago when 9 everybody was here and not here and that's why we 10 document everything. 11 BY MS. SMALLETS: 12 13 Q. MR. LAFAYETTE: 18 THE WITNESS: The question Yeah, like, 6:30. BY MS . SMALLETS: Q. 19 20 Objection. is vague and ambiguous. 16 17 What -- did you have a fixed start time for your training classes? 14 15 Okay . 6 : 30? And how did you communicate that start time to your trainees? 21 A. The first day when · they came in the class . 22 Q. Okay. 23 24 25 And was that communicated verbally or in writing? A. Verbally . Verbal agreement between the class and myself. U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport . com 131 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 10 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 safety glasses on and entering the units. 2 so on. 3 BY MS. SMALLETS: Q. 4 5 Okay. Earplugs, I'm sorry, how does going outside without her safety glasses - A. 6 Safety -- wearing when you enter a 7 unit, you have to have your safety glasses, you have 8 to have your H2S monitor, and you have to have your 9 earplugs on. 10 11 12 13 14 And she forgot several times . Q. Did you document that in any way -- in any A. I do not remember documenting it, but I way? remember having several talks with her. Q. Did any of your other trainees go outside 15 in the unit without their safety glasses, H2S 16 monitor, or earplugs? 17 A. Sure . 18 Q. Which ones? MR. LAFAYETTE: 19 20 their right to privacy. 21 MS. SMALLETS: Objection. They have Counsel, this is a sex 22 discrimination case . 23 comparative evidence and it's not their privacy 24 rights . 25 This is directly relevant MR. LAFAYETTE: I -- I -- I didn ' t say it U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport . com 166 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 11 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 BY MS. SMALLETS: 2 Q. What was the gender of the other people 3 who went outside without the safety glasses, H2S 4 monitor, and earplugs? 5 6 A. Well, I don't recall if they had all three of those missing, but we would remind each other. 7 Q. Okay. 8 A. If it becomes a habit then we write them Q. Okay. 9 10 11 This up. Okay. What was the gender of the people that you remind? 12 A. That I what? 13 Q. That you remind. 14 MR. LAFAYETTE: 15 THE WITNESS: 16 I'm sorry. Were they men or women? That I reminded? BY MS. SMALLETS: 17 Q. Yes. 18 A. It would be everybody, all men and women. 19 Q. Okay. 20 21 22 Have you ever reminded ... MR. LAFAYETTE: We just say the other three -- any of the other three on her team. THE WITNESS: Yeah, they all once or so. 23 I cannot recall how many times they did that or if 24 they done it once or twice but yes, we would sit 25 them down and tell them the importance of wearing U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 168 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 12 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 My question was not -- was not whether the 1 2 class was over. 3 4 That's sort of -- My question is, whether you asked anybody, regardless of whether or not the class was over. 5 A. No. 6 Q. Okay. Time had passed. Do you know whether anyone else 7 asked any of your -- any of the other trainees if 8 they saw that? 9 A. 10 11 Not that I know of. MS. SMALLETS: if you want. 12 MR. LAFAYETTE: 13 MS. SMALLETS: 14 What's that? Did you want to take a break? 15 MR . LAFAYETTE: 16 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: 17 We can take a break Okay. Yes, please. This concludes Video 2, Volume 1 in the deposition of Jeffrey Fischer. 18 Going off the record at 3:41. 19 (Whereupon, a brief recess was taken.) 20 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: 21 Volume 1 in the deposition of Jeffrey Fischer . 22 23 24 25 This begins Video 3, Going back on the record at 3:59. BY MS. SMALLETS: Q. Did you ever hear people talking in a fake, high, stereotypically female voice over the U.S . Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 192 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 13 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 radio? 2 A. Have I ever 3 Q. Uh-huh. 4 A. -- in 29 years? 5 Q. Yeah. 6 A. Yeah. 7 Q. Okay . 8 that Did you ever hear anyone doing oh, strike that, actually . Do you - - did you ever hear anyone doing 9 10 that during the time period that Ciara worked for 11 Shell? 12 13 14 A. I cannot recall a time during the period that she was there that I heard that voice. Q. Okay . Did you -- would you -- did you 15 consider that an appropriate thing for an employe 16 to be doing? 17 MR. LAFAYETTE: 18 THE WITNESS: 19 20 21 Same objection . No. BY MS. SMALLETS: Q. Okay . Did you ever hear an employee doing that during a time you were a supervisor? MR. LAFAYETTE: 22 What do you mean by-- I'm 23 going to object it calls for a legal · conclusion . 24 term not previously used by him. 25 about STO? U.S. Legal Support I A Are we talking www.uslegalsupport.com 193 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 14 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 2 3 MS. SMALLETS: I'm using that more generally . Q. During anytime that you had -- you were 4 I guess the word that Richard Metcalf used was 5 "staff." 6 7 Is that -- is that a word they used at the facility? MR. LAFAYETTE: 8 9 what they used is vague and ambiguous. 10 to speculate. 11 BY MS. SMALLETS: 12 13 Q. Asking him Requires him Requires him to assume facts. Is the word "staff" used to describe a group of people at the facility? 14 MR. LAFAYETTE: 15 THE WITNESS: 16 team leader . 17 BY MS. SMALLETS: 18 Objection. Q. No. Same objection . Staff or temporary shift Is that what you mean? Okay. So let's go back to the 19 question I'm trying to ask and put that detour 20 aside. 21 During anytime in which you had any 22 supervisory responsibility, be it as a temporary 23 shift team lead, a permanent shift team lead, a 24 mentor, any of those other capacities that you were 25 in, did you ever hear people talking in a fake, u.s. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 194 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 15 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 high, stereotypically female voice over the radio? MR. LAFAYETTE: 2 Objection. Argumentative. 3 Requires the witness to adopt characteristics to the 4 titles that you refe r to when he has not. 5 vague and ambiguous. 6 it's also compound. 8 were mimicking. 9 BY MS . SMALLETS: 10 And it is, therefore -- and THE WITNESS: 7 Q. Okay. It's I can't remember what they The question is did you ever hear 11 that happening at any time since you became a 12 temporary shift team leader in 2005? 13 14 MR. LAFAYETTE: "that." 15 16 17 Objection to the word Same question I had. THE WITNESS: I'm sorry. BY MS . SMALLETS: Q. Did you at any point since 2005, did 18 you hear an employee using a fake, high, 19 stereotypically female voice over the radio? 20 21 A. I had. MR. LAFAYETTE: 22 is compound. 23 argumentative . 24 25 Objection . The question It's vague and ambiguous. THE WITNESS: use my radio channel. It's There's lots of people that Lots of people. U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 195 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 16 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 2 3 Q. Okay. Do you recall anything that he asked you? A. I think it was about time she was getting 4 stuff signed off in her -- in her task or parallel 5 training. 6 Q. Okay. 7 A. He just wanted to know what happened and And what did Eric say to you? 8 was I treating her unfairly and so on. 9 know what happened. 10 11 12 Q. Okay. Did he ask specifically about a specific incident when he said, A. He wanted to "What happened?" Yeah, he wanted to know. So he had asked 13 me about one of the employees that wasn't a SME was 14 signing off things that only a SME, which is subject 15 matter expert, can sign off. 16 And so I didn't realize that this one guy 17 was signing off Ciara's and Patrik's paperwork. 18 so I had told him to stop because he wasn't a SME. 19 He couldn't sign those off. 20 but a SME ultimately has to sign off. 21 Q. Okay. And He could train them, The -- so is the issue about the 22 SME signing off on the paperwork, was that the issue 23 that Eric brought to your attention? 24 A. 25 Q. The one I know about, yes. . okay. And who was the person who was U.S. Legal Support J www.uslegalsupport.com 214 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 17 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 signing off on the paperwork who was not a SME? 2 A. Chris Salas. 3 Q. Chris Salas. 4 5 And did you ever white out Chris' signature from Ciara's paperwork? 6 A. Sure. 7 Q. Okay. 8 9 10 paperwork? A. I didn't know he was signing off Patrik's paperwork also at the time. 11 Q. Okay. 12 A. Yeah. 13 Q. Okay. 14 15 Did you white it out from Patrik's Did you ever learn that? And once you learned it, did you white out Chris' name on Patrik's paperwork? A. No, because Grayson Hilderbrand, the 16 supervisor who decides who becomes a SME, came up to 17 me and he decided later on that day that we were 18 going to make Chris a SME. 19 Q. Did Chris 20 A. Then I knew about Patrik's paperwork later 21 on because she didn't tell me that he was signing 22 off Chris' paperwork 23 24 25 Q. Okay. How Patrik's paperwork also. is there a documentation that tracks who's a SME? A. Yeah. U.S . Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 215 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 18 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 Q. 2 Chris' name? 3 A. And then did you white out the names, Yeah. 4 MR. LAFAYETTE: 5 MS. SMALLETS: 6 You just asked him that. Can I get the events in sequential order which I'm entitled to do? MR. LAFAYETTE: 7 You can keep saying, "I'in 8 entitled to do," like you just did, but that doesn't 9 make it right, okay? I'm making my objection. 10 you keep trying to bully me into not making my 11 objection. 12 My objection is is asked and answered. 13 You continue to do it. 14 call you on it. 15 you don't have to comment and say anything. 16 need to do is move on. 17 okay? MS. SMALLETS: 19 MR. LAFAYETTE: 20 please. 21 BY MS. SMALLETS: 22 24 25 All you Stop trying to bully me, Are you finished? I'm done. Move on, Did -- what was Ciara's response when you Q. said And if you do it, I will And just because you then -- and 18 23 And when you whited out Chris' name? A. response. I don't remember if she even had a I just told her she needed to get a SME's U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 217 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 19 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 signature. 2 Did -- who was the next person you had a Q. 3 conversation with regarding the -- the sign-off 4 issue? 5 A. Who was the next person? 6 Q. Did you talk to Eric next or did you talk 7 to someone in between? MR. LAFAYETTE: 8 9 question. 10 11 I 1 m not -- I 1 m lost by the Who•s the first person? MS. SMALLETS: I 1 m lost . Well, he said he talked to Chris and then he said he talked to Ciara. MR. LAFAYETTE: 12 Okay. That•s what you•re 13 asking, who -- who did he talk to after Chris and 14 Ciara? Is that -- 15 MS. SMALLETS: Yes. 16 MR. LAFAYETTE: 17 THE WITNESS: Go ahead. Okay . So at this point in 18 time, I -- I•m no longer her boss or -- I•m now 19 involved in the turnaround. 20 permits at this time. 21 contractors coming in the gates that I•m responsible 22 for. 23 situations that may hit. 24 25 I 1 m handling 30, 40, 50 I•ve got a thousand I•m responsible for anything -- emergency All these things. I can•t remember her reaction that day when I whited out those things. U.S. Legal Support [ www.uslegalsupport.com 218 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 20 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 could have signed off? 2 A. If we would have went that far, yeah. 3 Q. Okay. 4 Is there any consequence to an employee of not having that paper signed off on? 5 MR. LAFAYETTE: 6 THE WITNESS: 7 MR. LAFAYETTE: 8 THE WITNESS: "Consequence" is vague and Can you rephrase that -- BY MS. SMALLETS: 11 Q. 12 A. 13 Q. Sure. please? Is there -- 14 MR. LAFAYETTE: 15 MS. SMALLETS: 16 Yeah. ambiguous. 9 10 Objection. A risk? No. That's actually not the word I'm looking for. MR. LAFAYETTE: 17 I know, but it's the one I 18 think you should use to get the answer you need. 19 BY MS. SMALLETS: 20 21 Q. Is there any benefit to the employee of having that paperwork signed off on? 22 MR. LAFAYETTE: 23 THE WITNESS: 24 Benefit? Yeah, they get qualified on the -- 25 U.S. Legal Support J www.uslegalsupport.com 221 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 21 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 BY MS . SMALLETS : 2 Okay. Q. (Reporter clarification . ) 3 THE WITNESS : 4 5 BY MS. SMALLETS: Is that the last piece of paper they need Q. 6 7 Qualified on the unit. to fill out to get qualified? 8 A. No. 9 Q. What happens sequential -- what paper 10 A. That's like the middle of the road 11 towards -- the middle to two-thirds. 12 Q. Okay. 13 A. The final exam and then the off-spec 14 walk-through is -- is the final . 15 16 What paperwork? So the final exam and off-spec Q. walk - through happened after? What -- what is the SME sheet? 17 What -- 18 what is that, because that's really not what it's 19 called? 20 A. The SME sheet is a list of people that 21 are 22 people off in the training. 23 that the off-spec says are qualified to sign Q. I'm sorry. The paperwork that the SMEs 24 are signing, what's that called? 25 parallel? U.S. Legal Support I Is that the www.uslegalsupport.com 222 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 22 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 THE WITNESS: 1 2 have -MR. LAFAYETTE: 3 4 But I think that might problem, though. I think I've got a If I look at 461 -- 5 MS. SMALLETS: 6 MR. LAFAYETTE: Yeah. -- it says, "Parallel 7 training checklist complete." 8 three, 2316. 9 then I'm seeing these May 23s. 10 That looks like a Down at the bottom of the page. And there's stuff in these other parts of this document. 11 Do you see what I'm looking at? 12 MS. SMALLETS: 13 MR. LAFAYETTE: 14 And Let's go off the record. Okay. We'll go off the record. 15 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: 16 (Whereupon, a brief recess was taken.) 17 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: 18 4:53. 19 BY MS. SMALLETS: 20 Q. 21 22 23 24 25 Okay. Off the record at 4:41. Back on the record at So we•re looking at Exhibit 5. Are you familiar with what that document is? e MR. LAFAYETTE: The objection is overbroad as phrased. You mean the form of the document? U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 230 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 23 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 MS. SMALLETS: Yeah, the form of the 2 document. 3 the handwriting on the document. 4 THE WITNESS: 5 I'm not asking about you -- the -- about Yes. BY MS. SMALLETS: 6 Q. Okay. 7 A. A parallel training checklist. 8 Q. Okay. 9 10 And what is that document? And if you look at the second, third, and fourth pages, it's filled out for Ciara Newton. 11 Do you see that? 12 A. Uh-huh. 13 Q. And there are a number of initials here 14 for trainers. 15 16 17 Do -- is this the document that you whited out the trainer A. 18 19 22 25 Objection. Vague and ambiguous as phrased. Go ahead. BY MS. SMALLETS: Q. 23 24 Yes . MR. LAFAYETTE: 20 21 the trainer initials on? Yes. Okay. And you white -- you whited out the CBS initial; is that right? A. Uh-huh. U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 231 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 24 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 Q. Okay . 2 A. I 3 4 5 And that's Chris Salas' initials? believe so, yeah. I don't know what his middle name is. Q. Okay. Did you white out any other initials? 6 A. I 7 Q. Do you recognize any of the other initials 8 don't recall. on this page? 9 A. Yeah, they're mine. 10 Q. So the initials next to, "Demonstrate how 11 to put the control valve and hand wheel," that's 12 your initials on 462? 13 A. 462 . 14 Q. And the one below, is that yours too? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And, 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Those both are yours? 19 A. Yep. 20 Q. What about the one below that, the what-if 21 22 23 "Demonstrate" -- yes. "Show where to line up 300" -- scenario? A. Chuck. I think that one is Cameron or -- or They both have the same initials. 24 Q. Okay. 25 A. But it's got -- it's got to be Cameron. U.S . Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 232 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 25 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 BY MS. SMALLETS: Q. 2 3 Okay. Were you supervising Ciara in March of 2016? 4 A. Even though I went back on shift at -- 5 Q. No, no, different question. 6 asking about April. I'm not I'm asking in March. 7 A. Yeah. 8 Q. Before you went back -- 9 A. Even though I went back on shift, I still 10 signed off their stuff because they were in the same 11 room as us. 12 Q. Okay. 13 A. So I would try to help them out and sign 14 them off. 15 Q. Okay. 16 A. Okay. 17 Q. -- during that six to seven-week period 18 were you supervising Ciara? MR. LAFAYETTE: 19 20 So before you went back on shift -- Objection. legal conclusion. 21 THE WITNESS: During the time we were in 22 classroom I was supervising Ciara. 23 BY MS. SMALLETS: 24 25 Calls for a Q. that Okay. Okay. And so but you're saying that the -- that these April dates you may U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 241 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 26 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 a-- it says "immediate supervisor." 2 3 Do you know who that is? A. Which -- where are you talking about? 4 MR. LAFAYETTE: 5 MS. SMALLETS: 6 MR. LAFAYETTE: 7 THE WITNESS: 8 MS. SMALLETS: 9 THE WITNESS: 10 11 The final page. 432. Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry. I was on the wrong page . Yes. BY MS. SMALLETS: 12 Q. Who is that? 13 A. Donny Goff. 14 432. He must have been -- she must have been on his team when he -- she qualified. 15 Q. Okay. 16 A. Ashton's last name is Elzy. 17 remembered . 18 Q. Elzy? 19 A. If you want to write that down . 20 Q. Thank you. 21 (Whereupon, Exhibit 7 was marked for 22 identification.) 23 BY MS. SMALLETS: 24 25 Sorry, I just Q. The court reporter has given you a document that's been marked as Exhibit 7. U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 243 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 27 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 Can you tell me what this is? 1 2 A. This is what keeps track of every time a 3 training employee finishes some of the paperwork, 4 they have this signed off. 5 Q. Okay. Is that one of the pieces of 6 paperwork that needs to be completed that you listed 7 earlier or is this a way to keep track of all those 8 pieces of paperwork? 9 10 A. This comes in with all the final paperwork. 11 Q. Okay. 12 A. To show that they've completed everything. 13 Q. Okay. 14 A. Andrew Green. 15 Q. And who's he? 16 A. He's a board operator of ours. 17 Q. Okay. 18 A. Box 9, okay. 19 Q. The lab training complete. 20 Do you know who A. Green is? The -- under Box 9? Do you recognize that signature? 21 A. I do not. 22 Q. Okay. 23 training form. 24 25 And then Box 10, evaluation of Do you know who signed off on that? A. It's not necessary to complete the U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 244 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 28 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume I March 05, 2018 1 2 3 4 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE I, ELAINA BULDA-JONES, CSR NO. 11720, Certified Shorthand Reporter, certify: That the foregoing proceedings were taken 5 before me at the time and place therein set forth, 6 at which time the witness was put under oath by me; 7 That the testimony of the witness, the 8 questions propounded, and all objections and 9 statements made at the time of the examination were 10 recorded stenographically by me and were thereafter 11 transcribed; 12 13 14 15 16 That a review of the transcript by the deponent was requested; That the foregoing is a true and correct transcript of my shorthand notes so taken. I further certify that I am not a relative or 17 employee of any attorney of the parties, nor 18 financially interested in the action. 19 I declare under penalty of perjury under the 20 laws of the State of California that the foregoing 21 is true and correct. 22 Dated this 16th day of March, 2018. 23 24 25 U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 290 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 29 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION CIARA NEWTON, Plaintiff, CASE NO. 4:17-cv-03961-YGR vs. EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC dba SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US, Defendant. ________________________ ! VIDEO DEPOSITION OF JEFFREY FISCHER Volume II Pages 291 - 417 CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS EXCERPTED Thursday, May 24, 2018 1:15 p.m. 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 550 San Francisco, CA 94104 REPORTED BY: NOEL CARTER DEGNAN CSR No. 6921 U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 30 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 1 MR. LAFAYETTE: 2 MS. SMALLETS: 3 Just a second, please. I'm simply reciting for the record what the document is. MR. LAFAYETTE: 4 And I simply would like, if I 5 ask for a second, all I need is a second. 6 allow me to do that. 7 Please just Okay? MS. SMALLETS: Counsel, as you -- contrary to 8 what we previously agreed which was that we were not 9 going to abide by the seven-hour limit, you have 10 informed me earlier today of your intent to attempt to 11 do so which I object to. 12 intent, then I need to move as rapidly as possible. MR. LAFAYETTE: 13 However, if that is your All I asked for was a moment so 14 that I could write down on the exhibit what you called 15 it. 16 of this. 17 attention to what you were doing and write at the same 18 time on this thing. 19 we just move forward, please? 20 MS. SMALLETS: 21 22 That's all I asked you for. I didn't ask for all It was a moment so that I didn't have to pay That's all I asked for. Now, can Counsel, I'd appreciate it if you don't waste my time. Q. The court reporter has given you a document 23 that's been marked as Exhibit 16. 24 DEF 7715 through 7717. 25 before? It's bates stamped Have you seen this document U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 301 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 31 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Could you describe for me what this document A. I haven't read it in about five years, but this 3 is? 4 5 is what we would give a mentor and put on the job 6 posting for a new mentor that applied for the job. Q. 7 And is this document -- does it contain an 8 accurate description of your duties, the duties you 9 performed as a mentor? 10 MR. LAFAYETTE: Why don't you read the whole 11 document since you haven't read it in five years and see 12 if it does. 13 THE WITNESS: 14 MS. SMALLETS: 15 Thank you. Q. Yes. Thank you. As a mentor, are you in charge of training documents? MR. LAFAYETTE: 16 17 vague and ambiguous. 18 THE WITNESS: Objection. The question is Use of the term "charge of." There are lots of different 19 training documents that different people are in charge 20 of. 21 operators suggest. 22 changes. I'm in charge of any changes that the STLs or the I'm in charge of making those MS. SMALLETS: 23 Q. To what documents? 24 A. Our department training documents . 25 Q. And by department are you referring to OPCEN? U.S . Legal Support I www . uslegalsupport . com 302 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 32 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 Q. 1 So either on March 1st or February -- the last 2 day of February, whatever it was, in 2016 Ciara was at 3 class for a few hours and then left because she had 4 because she had gotten a text about her dad; is that 5 right? 6 A. 7 Yes. She got a text about her dad the first day of our class, yes. 8 Q. It was the first day? 9 A. It was the first day of class with me . 10 Two-and-a-half hours into the first day of class with 11 me. 12 Q. So let's go back to the text messages or -- do 13 you recall how long was it until Ciara returned to class 14 after she got that text that her dad was in a coma? 15 16 17 A. I do not remember the exact day that she returned to class. Q. Eric was handling all that. Was she out for a -- we know from this text 18 that her dad did die; correct? 19 MR. LAFAYETTE: 20 in evidence . 21 22 23 Objection. Assumes facts not Lacking in foundation with this witness. MS. SMALLETS: Q. You were told that her father died? A. How I found out was I got a very garbled 24 message . Her fiance it was very windy and I couldn't 25 hear it, but I could understand her dad died . U.S. Legal Support I Her dad www.uslegalsupport.com 383 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 33 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 1 passed away. 2 Q. And was Ciara to your recollection was she 3 in class at any point in time between the time when she 4 got the text that her dad was in a coma and she left up 5 until the point in time where you got that phone message 6 saying her dad had died? MR. LAFAYETTE: 7 This is becoming cumulative. 8 He's answered this question on more than one occasion 9 and we now burned eight minutes on that . 10 THE WITNESS: We're two-and-a-half hours into 11 class and she had her phone down here and she "oh my 12 God" and got up and left and I chased after her in the 13 hallway. 14 That's how I found out. MS . SMALLETS: Q. What I'm saying is from the 15 moment of that text until the moment you got the phone 16 call from the fiance had she come back to class? MR . LAFAYETTE: 17 18 times already . 20 Go ahead . THE WITNESS: 19 You've asked this question five I don't remember her coming back to class at that point . MS . SMALLETS: 21 Q. And so then you get the 22 phone call from the fiance. You send this text that's 23 the first page of Exhibit 21 . 24 you a text -- it looks -- looks like there's a text to 25 you, Okay . And then she sends "Hi Jeff, Is it possible I could have one more day U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 384 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 34 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 1 Ciara and to the other three members of her class whose 2 numbers we established in the previous session. 3 have -- each exam is 30 pages or something. 4 question about one page. 5 you want the full thing 6 MR . LAFAYETTE: I have a For purposes of the record, do Just give me the bates 7 ranges -- okay -- of what you're talking about . 8 give him the page. 9 MS . SMALLETS: Okay . take more time to disassemble after I asked that 11 question. I'm just going to mark them. 12 MR. LAFAYETTE: 13 MS. SMALLETS: 14 Let's Actually, it's going to 10 Okay. I Okay. We're going to go ahead and just mark four at once. 15 (Exhibit 26 was marked.) 16 MS. SMALLETS: 17 (Exhibit 27 was marked.) 18 MS. SMALLETS: 19 (Exhibit 28 was marked . ) 20 MS. SMALLETS: 21 (Exhibit 29 was marked.) 22 MS. SMALLETS: Here is 27. Here's 28 . And here's 29. Q. So the court reporter has 23 given you a series of documents. 24 Exhibits 26, 27, 28 and 29. 25 final written exam for each HP-2 Process Operator. U.S. Legal Support We've marked them as They are copies of the I The www.uslegalsupport.com 401 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 35 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 1 first one is for Ciara. 2 individuals in your -- what we have previously 3 established were the three individuals or Jose, Patrick 4 and Mena. 5 administered by Jeffrey Fischer. 6 7 The next three are for In each case it says the test was Did you give this final exam to these four individuals? 8 A. I must have. 9 Q. Let's look at Exhibit 26 for a second, the 10 first one, and run to the page that's bates stamped DEF 11 441. 12 MR. LAFAYETTE: 13 MS. SMALLETS: 441? Yes. 14 Q. I'm interested in question 26. 15 A. Okay. 16 Q. Did you mark question 26 wrong on Ciara's test? 17 A. I don't remember. 18 Q. Is that your handwriting where it says "3"? 19 A. No. 20 Q. It's not your handwriting? 21 A. I don't think it's my handwriting. 22 Q. Is it your handwriting on the first page where 23 a score is given? 24 A. Yeah . I think so . 25 Q. Did you mark Ciara•s answer to question 26 U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 402 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 36 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 1 quarter of a point? 2 A. Minus a quarter of a point. 3 Q. So then if you -- and you can do this math. 4 you use okay. 5 other three exhibits. 6 26. Yeah. And let's go ahead and look at the Again, I'm interested in question 7 A. Which one would you like to look at? 8 Q. Let's look at Exhibit 3569 for a second 9 Exhibit 27. Do The one that starts with 3569 and the page 10 I'm interested in is 3577. 11 26; correct? This person circled 2 for 12 A. Correct . 13 Q. And there's no points taken off for this and we 14 can tell that because their score on the test was a 15 hundred percent; right? 16 A. (Witness nods head.) 17 Q. I'm sorry. 18 A. Oh, I'm sorry. 19 Q. And let's look at Exhibit 29, the last one I 20 gave you. 21 percent? Yeah. I was reading it . Yes. And again this person scored a hundred MR. LAFAYETTE: 22 23 You have to say yes. Which one are we looking at now? 24 MS. SMALLETS: 25 MR. LAFAYETTE : Exhibit 29. Which question? U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport . com 405 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 37 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 MS. SMALLETS: 1 2 The total score is what I was looking at. 3 Q. So this person scored a hundred percent? 4 A. M-hm. 5 Q. And they also circled two things for Exhibit 6 26. 7 MR . LAFAYETTE: 8 MS. SMALLETS: 9 Correct. MR. LAFAYETTE: 11 MS. SMALLETS: Q. Okay. 14 Q. Is that right? 15 score? 16 A. That is correct. 17 Q. And MR. LAFAYETTE: No points were taken off their I figured something out. I'll share it with you when we finish . 20 MS. SMALLETS: 21 MR. LAFAYETTE: 22 MS . SMALLETS: 23 So no points were taken off their score. A. 19 I'm That's why I keep asking you. 13 18 Question 26. sorry. 10 12 You mean Okay. We have five minutes. Okay. I understand that's your position. 24 MR . LAFAYETTE: 25 MS. SMALLETS: Yes. Q. As you sit here today, can U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 406 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 38 of 111 Jeffrey Fischer Volume II May 24, 2018 1 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE I, NOEL CARTER DEGNAN, CSR 6921, a Certified 2 3 Shorthand Reporter, do hereby certify: 4 That the foregoing proceedings were taken 5 before me at the time and place therein set forth, at 6 which time the witness was put under oath by me; That the testimony of the witness, the 7 8 questions propounded, and all objections and statements 9 made at the time of the examination were recorded 10 stenographically by me and were thereafter transcribed; 11 12 That a review of the transcript by the deponent was requested; 13 14 That the foregoing is a true and correct transcript of my shorthand notes so taken. 15 I further certify that I am not a relative or 16 employee of any attorney of the parties, nor financially 17 interested in the action. 18 I declare under penalty of perjury under the 19 laws of California that the foregoing is true and 20 correct. 21 Dated this 4th of June, 2018. 22 23 24 25 NOEL CARTER DEGNAN, CSR No 6921 U.S. Legal Support I www.uslegalsupport.com 416 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 39 of 111 Exhibit 5 to the Deposition of Jeffrey Fischer, Exhibit 4 to the Declaration Sonya L. Smallets, Bates Numbered DEF 000460-DEF 000463 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 40 of 111 HP-2 RELIABILITY OPERATOR CERTIFICATION FORM C') 0 z "T1 Activity c I I Duration Complete Lesson 1-6 I 3 days m z :::! . Lessons to Complete I Date Completed 1 I (Course Code: 15529) score I • . '7 I 00 t • I 2-fl"'/llf ~l:'\i:~llii£1~~1 ):> r Employee Name: Complete Lessons 1,2,3 5 days complete Lessons 1,2,3 5 days CompleteLessons1 ,2,3l 5days ~ 0 . " j '3 J2 tJI, tQQ d}. ~~~~rf~ rl~';J1i"~i!llfu~ ,../ Jf- d /u 1/ · 'J~ HR Scheduler' !2. G..(I( · L&D Coordinator ·r- CYPC.EN :0..:.. N ·-- ~I Department Mentor Revised: 6/12/14 JSF Q ~ '-A 5 C N . ·.' --"' I 5}z.~Jt~ Input History Job----- 2l .s+ o\..(~ l l-+P ~"'~ P(;\..tY' .. ·· Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 41 of 111 .... ( X I I ~MMENTS/EXAMJ'LES: 6 exhjbits good work habits. CONFIDENTIAL EXHIBIT 1 0 DEF 003377 ·, , Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 42 of 111 .; X can always be COMMENfS/EXAMPLES: on to stay busy whether or not the instructor is in the room. He is showing the discipline and behaviors of someone who will need minimal supervision. is picking up on COMMENTS/EXAMPLES: process at a above normal rate. Needs to continue his No lssuc.s "Uh evAluation, Goals Is to be R JttUe for aggnll.!livc and !cam an the oulsidcjobsln 1 year or n 11111e longer. EXPLAIN1 Performing os expected, CONFIDENTIAL no Issues. DEF 003378 .., Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 43 of 111 Exhibit 16 to the Deposition of Jeffrey Fischer, Exhibit 4 to the Declaration Sonya L. Smallets, Bates Numbered DEF 007715-DEF 0077117 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 44 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page I ofl7 ( The following information must be completed: 15529 Check One: Initial Training (Final Exam) X or Refresher Training _ __ Computer User ID: _ _ _ _ Date: Test Administered By: ~ \=-\~ '" ¥/jo/ttp Score:__q~'-:;....:·~'"t-=-- Remediatcd Incorrect Test Questions to 100%: Yes __ / _ _ _ No _ _ _ __ Note: A score of less than 80% will require that the trainee review appropriate areas and be re-tested on all areas. A score of 80% or greater will require that the trainee be remediated on test questions answered incorrectly. Test Instructions: This is a written exam, the examples of question types that can be found on the test are True or False, Multiple Choice, Matching, Fill-in-the-Blank, Sequencing, Graphical Interaction, Drawing Completion, Yes/or No, Essay. On Multiple Choice questions please select the Best Answer, unless the question asks for more than one answer (Identified by Select the 2 best answers, Select all that apply, etc.) (,, Example Test Questions: 1. The 1973 National League Cy Young Award winner was: Tom Seaver Juan Marichal Bob Gibson )[.d. Nolan Ryan a. b. c. k\ The number oflifetime home runs by Henry Aaron is: ~ 660 c. 714 _j. e. 7~ 3. - 785 ~ Gt:, EXHIBIT (t,rnclor False: WIT:~ The 1968 Reisman Trophy winner was none other than O.J. Simpson. DATE: 5- ;;t_~ .:.oeto~ This form and test should be attached to the Initial Training Cettification l''orm and foUow the routing slip on the Certification form. ( Print Date: 4/20/2016 HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 4/07/16 CONFIDENTIAL DEf,000433 I - - - -- - - ·-· ·· ·- · --- - ---·- Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 45 of 111 Shell Oil Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 2 of 17 MODULE #4 HYDROGEN PLANT FEED GAS SYSTEM 1. What is the purpose ofHP-2? a. To remove H2S from process gas streams in the various conversion units in the __ Complex. To produce hydrogen for use in the various hydrogen consuming units in the Complex. c. To create 340# steam for use in various units in the complex. d. To remove sulfur and nitrogen from various gas oil streams. lliJ 2. The three main Feed Gasses to HP-2 are: [iJ Sats Dry Gas from the Sats Gas plant in DIH. lliJ c. d. @] f. PG&E Natural Gas from Utilities. Refinery Fuel Gas from Utilities. DEA Acid Gas from SRF#3. Coker Dry Gas from the Flexicoker. Flexigas (FXG) from the Flexicoker. 3. The purpose of the Feed Gas Compressors J-205 and J-206 are to: a. circulate already reacted Process Gas back to the inlet of the Hydrotreater. b. · control the temperature of the Feed Gasses by circulating the flow through the Kickback Loop. [§] raise the pressure of the Feed Gas to approximately 350 psig so that the Feed Gas can enter the process. d. control the temperature of the F -104 outlet temperature by varying the amount of Feed Gas. 4. The purpose of Pressure Controller PC-610 is to: a. control the temperature of the Process Gas goii:tg to the Hydrotreater V -11 03. lliJ control the Feed Gas flow to Furnace F -104 by circulating more or less flow through the Kickback Loop. c. control the temperature of the Feed Gas by circulating more or less flow through the Kickback Loop. d. control the suction pressure of Feed Gas Compressors J-205/205. Print Date: 4/20/2016 HP-2POFinal Exam. doc Reviewed Date: 4/07/16 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 000434 · - ··- - - ·· - - - - · - - - - - --07/31/18 - - - -Page - - 46 -------. Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed of 111 ,. !· Shell Oil Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam '------------'---HP=......:-2;__Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 3 of 17 ( MODULE# 5 HYDROTREATER AND SULFUR REMOVAL 5. What is the purpose of the Hydrotreater V -11 03? Circle the Two that apply. a. To remove water from the Feed Gas. To convert any olefins in the Feed Gas to satmated gasses (ethane, propane). c. To separate the Coker Dry Gas from the other HP-2 feed streams. "@ To convert sulfur compounds in the Feed Gas, in the presence of hydrogen (H2) to hydrogen sulfide (H2S). e. To remove nitrogen and ammonia fi·om the Feed Gas. [f) 6. What is the purpose of the Hydrotreater Recycle System? To raise the pressure of the Recycle Gas to approximately 290 psig so that the Recycle Gas can enter F -104. To maintain a flow of already treated gas back to the inlet of the Hydrotreater for diluting the Feed Gas flow through the Hydrotreater. c. To maintain a flow a process gas to the inlet of Caustic/Water Wash Column C225. d. To cool the vapors entering the Caustic/Water Wash Column C-225 to a low enough temperature for optimum H2S removal. a. \liJ ( ··"' 7. The purpose of the Recycle Compressors J-207 and J-208 is to: _a. To raise the pressure of the Recycle Gas to approximately 300 psig so that the ·.. Recycle Gas can enter F-104. To maintain a flow of already treated gas back to the inlet of the Hydrotreater ;for diluting the Feed Gas flow through the Hydrotreater. c. To maintain a flow a process gas to the inlet of Caustic/Water Wash Colurmi C225. d. To cool the vapors entering the Caustic/Water Wash Column C-225 to a low enough temperature for optimum H2S removal. G) .How is the Hydrotreater outlet temperature controlled? a. By TIC-172 which controls the flow of Recycle Gas that either bypasses or goes through E-1203 the Hydrotreater Recycle· Cooler. b. By TIC-170 which controls the flow of cooling water to E-1203 the Hydrotreater Recycle Cooler. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 4/07/16 ( Print Date: 4/20/2016 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 000435 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 47 of 111 Shell Oi I Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 4 of17 c. By the Jacket Cooling Water system on J-207 and J-208. By TIC-170 which controls the flow of treated gas, or diluent, back into the inlet ofV-1103 @J 9. The purpose of the Caustic/Water Wash Column C-225 is to: a. convert any sulfur compounds in the Feed Gas to H2S before the gas goes to the · Zinc Oxide Guard Beds. remove most of the H2S from the Feed Gas before the gas goes to the Zinc Oxide ~~B~. . . c. add caustic to the Feed Gas to aid in the Steam Methane Reforming that takes place in F-104. d. remove nitrogen and ammonia from the Feed Gas. ® Print Date: 4/20/2016 HP-2POF1nal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 4/07/16 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 000436 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 48 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator l Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 5 of17 ( 10. What is the purpose ofthe Zinc Oxide Guard Beds V-1104N-11057 @ To remove all remaining sulfur compounds and/or I-I2S from the Feed Gas before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F-104. b. To convert the remaining sulfur compound in the Feed Gas to H2S before the gas enters Refonning Furnace F-104. c. To remove entrained caustic from the Feed Gas before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F-104. d. To convert any CO in the Feed Gas to C02 before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F-104. 11. Why must ALL H2S be removed fi:om the Feed Gas before it flows to F -104? a. Because H2S is a poison to the HTS catalyst · Because H2S is harmful to the reforming catalyst in the heater tub~s. c. Because environmental regulations prohibit emitting ANY H2S from F-1 04' s stack. d. To allow the H 2S to be recycled back to the front end of the unit @ ( MODULE #6 STEAM REFORMER FURNACE F-104 PROCESS FLOWS 10. The purpose of Feed Gas Preheat Exchanger E-1206 is to: ·· a. preheat the 340# Process Steam before it joins the Process Gas flow upstream of ·F-104. ~ preheat the Steam/Feed Gas Mixture on the tube side by exchanging heat with hot Furnace Effiuent on the shell side of the exchanger. c. create 650# steam by exchanging heat with Boiler Feed Water on the shell side and HTS effluent on the tube side of the exchanger. 11 . What is the purpose of the 300 psig nitrogen that ties into the feed gas line before entering F -104? a. It is used during start-ups and shutdowns to maintain the back end of the plant at a high enough pressure to continue circulating MP from the Contactor to the Stripper b. It is used to help cool the flue gas exiting fue F-104 stack dwing nmmal operation. €) It is used during start-ups and shutdowns to maintain the front end.plant pressure and provide a flow through F -1 04 tubes to cool off the catalyst. d. It is used while at low feed rate to aid in the Steam Methane Reforming. . ( Print Date: 4t20/20 16 HP-2POFinal Exam. doc Reviewed Date: 4/07/16 CON FIDE NTIAL DEF 000437 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 49 of 111 ';~·-r ..· •· Shell Oil Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 6 of 17 12. The purpose of Steam Reformer F -104 is to: a. convert the Feed Gas/Steam Mixture to mostly methane (CH4) and nitrogen (N2). b. create 340# steam for use in various conversion units in the Complex.. c. heat the Feed Gas/Steam Mixture to a high enough temperature for the reaction in the Hydrotreater to occur. convert the Feed Gas/Steam Mixture to mostly hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide(CO) and carbon dioxide (C02). @) 13. What are the four necessary components for the reforming conversion in F -104? Circle the four that apply. @ Feed Gas b. Caustic @ Source of heat d. H2S Nickel catalyst 340# steam g. Nitrogen ~ 14. How is the 340 psig Process Steam flow controlled? a. It is temperature controlled by TC-253, reset by F-104 outlet temperature. (~} It is ratio controlled by RC-243, reset by the Feed Gas flow. c.· It is on level control, reset by V -1106, 650# steam drum level. MODULE #7 SHIFT CONVERSION SYSTEM 15. The purpose ofthe High Temperature Shift (I-ITS) Converter V-1108 is to: a. convert the sulfur compounds in the Process Gas into H2S. b. convel1 all off the carbon monoxide (CO) in the Process Gas into Methane and hydrogen. ~ convert approximately three quarters of the carbon monoxide (CO) in the Process Gas into carbon dioxide (C02) and hydrogen. d. convert any methane in the Process Gas into hydrogen. 16.~or False The reaction in the LTS is exothennic. Print Date: 4/20/20 16 HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 4/07/16 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 000438 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 50 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By; RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page? of 17 ( MODULE #8 MP SOLUTION CONTACTOR, WATER WASH COLUMN AND METHANATOR 17. The purpose of the MP Solution Contactor is to: a. strip C02 from the Rich MP solution making it Lean MP solution so that it can be reused. <()remove carbon dioxide fi·om the Process Gas by scrubbing it with a Lean MP solution. c. wash, or remove any MP solution entrained in the Process Gas. d. remove I-hS from the PIOcess Gas by scrubbing it with a Lean MP solution. 18. What is the purpose ofthe 300 psig nitrogen line going to the Process Gas line upsteam ofWater Wash Column C-228? a. To cool the Process Gas exiting the MP Contactor b. To purge the Water Wash Colmnn to the flare. c. To remove any entrained MP in the Process Gas exiting the MP Solution (';\ Contactor. V To maintain pressure on the back end of the plant when HP-2 is split during a start-up or shutdown. ( 19. The plirpose of the Water Wash Column C-228 is to: (i} remove any MP Solution entrained in the Process Gas. b. remove carbon dioxide from the Process Gas. c. cool the Process Gas stream before it enters the Methanator. d. remove caustic from the Process Gas. 20. Why must all of the MP Solution be removed from the Process Gas before it enters the Methanator? ..· ~ Becaus~ it is more econom~cal to recover the MP Solution and recycle it to the · MP Str1pper to be used agam. ~ Because MP solution is a Methanator Catalyst poison. c. Because the Oxazolidone content of the MP will react with the Methanator catalyst to fmm Nickel Carbonyl, a toxic gas. d Because environmental regulations do not allow any MP solution to be in fmished Hydrogen. ( HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 4/07/16 PtintDate: 4/20/2016 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 000439 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 51 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP"2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 8 of 17 I 21. The purpose of the Methanator is to: a. convert any entrained MP solution in the Process Gas to carbon dioxide (C02). b. remove any residual H2S from the Process Gas @ convert the residual carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (C02) in the Process Gas to methane (CH4). d. convert the residual methane (CH4) in the Process Gas to hydrogen (H2). 22. Why must most of the CO and C02 in the Process Gas be converted to methane before it leaves HP-2? a. Because CO and C02 are poisons to the Methanator catalyst ~. Because CO and C02 are catalyst poisons for the units that use our product hydrogen. c. Because environmental regulations do not allow CO and C02 to be processed in the downstream units that use our product hydrogen. d. None ofthe above. 23. Where can the 200# product hydrogen from HP-2 be routed? Check the three that apply. @) The 200# Hydrogen Header to LOP. b. The Flexicoker Gas Plant. (S) The atmosphere via PIC-399 @ The refinery Fuel Gas Blend Drum in Utilities. e. The Depropanizer Column in the Dimersol. f. The refinery Flexigas (FXG) header; •. '. MODULE #9 FEED GAS COMPRESSORS J-20S AND J-206 AND RECYCLE COMPRESSORS J-207 AND J-208 24. What are the two different lublication systems for Feed Gas Compressors J-205/J206? Circle the two that apply. a. The Jergenson Lube Oil System. C]i] The McCord Lube Oil System. c. The D. J. Goff Lube Oil System. @ The Crankcase or Main Lube Oil System. Print Date: 4/20/20 16 HP-2POFinal Exam. doc Reviewed Date: 4/07/16 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 000440 - - - - - - - ·------· · ·--- Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 52 of 111 ·•· Shell Oil Products -US Martinez Refmery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 9 ofl7 ( 25. The purpose of the Feed Gas Compressors' Jacket Cooling Water System is to: @ cool the compressor cylinders by providing a means of removing heat caused by compression. b. cool the Process Gas exiting the Feed Gas Compressors with cooling water. . c. cool the circulating crankcase lube oil. d. none of the above. ~Which of the following conditions will cause the Protective Instrwnent Systems ES-2 for J-205 and ES-3 for J-206 to shut down the compressors? ~\.\/ Circle the.,tWdthat apply. c.-kr DATE: 5,P.'-f- I J( 3. True or False: WIT: ·. The 1968 Heisman Trophy winner was none other than O.J. Simpson. NOEL DEGNAN, CSR 6921 This form and test should be attached to the [nitial Training Certification Fonn and follow the routing slip on the Certificntion form. HP-2POPinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4n flO 16 DEF 003569 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - ------···· - · -·Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 62 of 111 Shell Oil Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 2 of 17 Final Written Exam HP-2 Process OJ!erator MODULE #4 HYDROGEN PLANT FEED GAS SYSTEM 1. What is the purpose ofHP-2? a. To remove H2S from process gas streams in the various conversion units in the Complex. @ To produce hydrogen for use in the various hydrogen consuming units in the Complex. c. To create 340# steam for use in various units in the complex. d. To remove sulfur and nitrogen from various gas oil streams. 2. The three main Feed Gasses to HP-2 are: '& ~ c. · d. ·@ f. Sats Dry Gas from the Sats Gas plant in DIH. PG&E Natural Gas from Utilities. Refinery Fuel Gas from Utilities. DEA Acid Gas from SRF#3. Coker Dry Gas from the Flexicoker. Flexigas (FXG) from the Flexicoker. .. 3. The purpose ofthe Feed Gas Compressors J-205 and J-206 are to: a. circulate already reacted Process Gas back to the inlet of the Hydrotreater. b. control the temperature of the Feed Gasses by circulating the flow through the Kickback Loop. @ raise the pressure''of the Feed Gas to approximately 350 psig so that the Feed Gas can enter the process. d. control the temperature of the F-104 outlet temperature by varying the amount of FeedGas. · ,. 4. The purpose of Pressure Controller PC-610 is to: a. control the temperature of the Process Gas going to the Hydrotreater V -1103. control the Feed Gas flow to Furnace F-104 by circulating more or less flow through the Kickback Loop. c. control the temperatw·e of the Feed Gas by circulating more or less flow through the Kickback Loop. d. control the suction pressure of Feed Gas Compre~sors J-205/205. @ HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL P1int Date: 4nflOl6 DEF 003570 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 63 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process 0 erator ------------~----~~~ Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 3 of 17 MODULE# 5 HYDROTREATER AND SULFUR REMOVAL 5. What is the purpose of the Hydrotrealer V-1103? Circle the Two that apply. a. To remove water from the Feed Gas. @ To convett any olefins in the Feed Gas to saturated gasses (ethane, propane). c. To separate the Coker Dry Gas from the other HP-2 feed streams. @ To convert sulfur compounds in the Feed Gas, in the presence of hydrogen (H2) · to hydrogen·sulfide (H2S). e. To remove nitrogen and ammonia from the Feed Gas. 6. What is the purpose of the Hydrotreater Recycle System? To raise the pressure of the Recycle Gas to approximately 290 psig so that the Recycle Gas ·can enter F-104. @ To maintain a flow of already treated gas back to the inlet of the Hydrotreate1· for diluting the Feed Gas flow through the Hydrotreater. c. To maintain a flow a process gas to the inlet of Caustic/Water Wash Colunm C225. d. To cool the vapors entering the Caustic/Water Wash Colwnn C-225 to a low enough temperature for optimwn H2S removal. a 7. The purpose ofthe Recycle Compressors J-207 and J-208 is to: a. To raise the pressure of the Recycle Gas to approximately 300 psig so that the Recycle Gas can enter F-104. @ To maintain a flow of already treated gas back to the inlet of the Hydrotreater for diluting the Feed Gas flow through the Hydrotreater. c. To maintain a flow a process gas to the inlet of Caustic/Water Wash Column C225. d. To cool the vapors entering the Caustic/Water Wash Column C-225 to a low enough temperature for optimum H2S removal. llfHow is the Hydrotreater outlet temperature controlled? a. By TIC-172 which controls the flow of Recycle Gas that either bypasses or goes through E-1203 the Hydrotreater Recycle Cooler. b. By TIC-170 which controls the flow of cooling water to E-1203 the Hydrotreater Recycle Cooler. HP-2P0Final Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Pl'int Date: 4n120 16 DEF 003571 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 64 of 111 OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Shell Oil Products -US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Pege 4 of 17 c. By the Jacket Cooling Water system on J-207 and J-208. @ By TIC-170 which controls the flow of treated gas, or diluent, back into the inlet ofV-1103 · 9. The purpose of the Caustic/Water Wash Column C-225 is to: a. convert any sulfur compounds in the Feed Gas to H2S before the gas goes to the Zinc Oxide Guard Beds. remove most of the H2S from the Feed Gas before the gas goes to the Zinc Oxide Guard Beds. c. add caustic to the Feed Gas to aid in the Steam Methane Reforming that takes place in F-104. d. remove nitrogen and ammonia from the Feed Gas. @ HP-2P0Final Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/1 9/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4n/2016 DEF 003572 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 65 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 5 of 17 10. What is the purpose of the Zinc Oxide Guard Beds V-1104/V-1105? e> To remove all remaining sulfur compounds and/or H2S from the Feed Gas before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F-1 04. b. To convert the remaining sulfur compound in the Feed Gas to H2S before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F-104. c. To remove entrained caustic from the Feed Gas before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F~104. d. To convert any CO in the Feed Gas to C02 before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F~104. 11. Why must ALL H2S be removed from the Feed Gas before it flows to F-104? a. Because H2S is a poison to the HTS catalyst . @ Because H2S is harmful to the reforming catalyst in the heater tubes. c. Because environmental regulations prohibit emitting ANY H2S from F-104's stack. d. To allow the H2S to be recycled back to the front end of the unit. MODULE #6 STEAM REFORMER FURNACE F-104 PROCESS FLOWS 10. The purpose ofFeed Gas Preheat Exchanger E~1206 is to: a. preheat the 340# Process Steam before it joins the Process Gas flow upstream of F-104. preheat the Steam/Feed Gas Mixture on the tube side by exchanging heat with hot Furnace Effluent on the shell side of the exchanger. c. create 650# steam by exchanging heat with Boiler Feed Water on the shell side and HTS effluent on the tube side of the exchanger. 11. What is the pw-pose of the 300 psig nitrogen that ties into the feed gas Jine before entering F- 104? a. It is used during start-ups and shutdowns to maintain the back end of the plant at a high enough pressure to continue circulating MP from the Contactor to the Stripper b. It is used to help cool the flue gas exiting the F-1 04 stack during nonnal operation. . It is used during start~ups and shutdowns to maintain the front end plant pressure. and provide a flow through FM 104 tubes to cool off the catalyst. d. It is used while at low feed rate to aid in the Steam Methane Refonning. \8 HP-2P0Finnl Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8119/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4ni20t6 DEF 003573 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 66 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 6 ofl7 12. The purpose of Steam Reformer F-104 is to: a. convert the Feed Gas/Steam Mixture to mostly methane (CH4) and nitrogen (N2). b. create 340# steam for use in various conversion units in the Complex .. c. heat the Feed Gas/Steam Mixture to a high enough temperature for the reaction in the Hydrotreater to occur. convert the Feed Gas/Steam Mixture to mostly hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide(CO) and carbon dioxide (C02). '@) 13. What are the four necessary components for the refmming conversion in F -1 04? Circle the four that apply. Q Feed Gas b. Caustic @ Source of heat d. H2S @ Nickel catalyst (D 340# steam g. Nitrogen 14. How is the 340 psig Process Steam flow controlled? a. It is temperature controlled by TC-253, reset by F-104 outlet temperature. It is ratio controlled by RC-243, reset by the Feed Gas flow. c. It is on level control, reset by V -1106, 650# steam drum level. ® MODULE #7 SHIFf CONVERSION SYSTEM 15. The purpose of the High Temperature Shift (HTS) Converter V-1108 is to: a. couvert the sulfur compounds in the Pl'Ocess Gas into H2S. b. convert all ofiithe carbon monoxide (CO) in the Process Gas into Methane and hydrogen. (§) convert approximately three quarters of the carbon monoxide (CO) in the Process Gas into carbon dioxide (C02) and hydrogen. d. convert any methane in the Process Gas into hydrogen. 16.Sor False The reaction in the LTS is exothermic. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc 'I \y ~-t.,. Print Date: 4nf2016 Reviewed Date: 8/19115 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 003574 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 67 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Enm HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 7 of 17 MODULE #8 MP SOLUTION CONTACTOR, WATER WASH COLUMN AND METHANATOR 17. The purpose of the MP Solution Contactor is to: a. strip C02 from the Rich MP solution making it Lean MP solution so that it can be reused. @ remove carbon dioxide from the Process Gas by scrubbing it with a Lean MP solution. c. wash, or remove any MP solution entrained in the Process Gas. d. remove H2S from the Process Gas by scrubbing it with a Lean MP solution. 18. What is the purpose of the 300 psig nitrogen line going to the Process Gas line upsteam of Water Wash Column C-2287 a. To cool the Process Gas exiting the MP Contactor b. To purge the Water Wash Column to the flare. c. To remove any entrained MP in the Process Gas exiting the MP Solution Contactor. To maintain pressure on the back end of the plant when HP-2 is split during a start-up or shutdown. @ 19. The purpose ofthe Water Wash Colwnn C-228 is to: Q remove any MP Solution entrained in the Process Gas. b. remove carbon dioxide from the Process Gas. c. cool the Process Gas stream before it enters the Methanator. d. remove caustic from the Process Gas. 20. Why must all of the MP Solution be removed from the Process Gas before it enters the Methanator? a. Because it is more economical to recover the MP Solution and recycle it to the MP Stripper to be used again. {jV Because MP solution is a Methanator Catalyst poison. c. Because the Oxazolidone content of the MP will react with the Methanator catalyst to form Nickel Carbonyl, a toxic gas. d. Because environmental regulations do not allow any MP solution to be in finished Hydrogen. HP-2P0Final Exam .doc Print Date: 4ni2016 Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 003575 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 68 of 111 Shell Oil Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 8 of 17 21. 1be purpose of the Methanator is to: a. convert any entrained MP solution in the Process Gas to carbon dioxide (C02). b. remove any residual H2S from the Process Gas (9 convert the residual carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (C02) in the Process Gas to methane (CH4). d. convert the residual methane (CH4) in the Process Gas to hydrogen (H2). 22. Why must most of the CO and C02 in the Process Gas be convetted to methane before it leaves HP-2? a. Because CO and C02 are poisons to the Methanator catalyst @ Because CO and C02 are catalyst poisons for the units that use our product hydrogen. c. Because environmental regulations do not allow CO and C02 to be processed in the downstream units that use our product hydrogen. d. None of the above. 23. Where can the 200# product hydrogen from HP-2 be routed? Check the three that apply. {i) The 200# Hydrogen Header to LOP. b. The Flexicoker Gas Plant. @ The atmosphere via PIC-399 @ The refmery Fuel Gas Blend Drum in Utilities. e. The Depropanizer Column in the Dimersol. f. The refinery Flexigas (FXG) header. MODULE #9 FEED GAS COMPRESSORS J-205 AND J-206 AND RECYCLE COMPRESSORS J-207 AND J-208 24. What are the two different lubrication systems for Feed Gas Compressors J-205/J206? Circle the two that apply. a. The Jergenson Lube Oil System. @ The McCord Lube Oil System. c. The D. J. Goff Lube Oil System. ® The Crankcase or Main Lube Oil System. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4ni2016 DEF 003576 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 69 of 111 " ' Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 9 ofl7 25. The purpose of the Feed Gas Compressors' Jacket Cooling Water System is to: @ cool the compressor cylinders by providing a means of removing heat caused by compression. b. cool the Process Gas exiting the Feed Gas Compressors with cooling water. c. cool the circulating crankcase lube oil. d. none of the above. 26. Which of the following conditions will cause the Protective Instrument Systems ES-2 for J-205 and ES-3 for J-206 to shut down the compressors? Circle the two that apply. a. High compressor discharge temperature. b. High F-104 outlet temperature. c. High liquid level in V-1112 First Interstage KO Vesse!. @ High liquid level in V-1100 Feed Gas KO D1um. e. Low Hydrotreater outlet temperatw"e. © Bar over Jack MODULE# 10 REFORMER HEATER F-104 FUEL GAS AND FXG FLOWS 27. The two fuels used to fire Heater F-104 are: a. Flexigas (FXG) and Natural Gas. b. Refmery Fuel Oil and Flexigas (FXG). @ Refinery Fuel Gas and Flexigas (FXG). d. Flexigas (FXG) and Hydrogen. 28. What is the purpose ofthe Pilots in F-104? a. To control the pressure of the HP-2 fuel gas system. (g) To ensure that a flame source is always present in F-1 04. c. To control F-104 outlet temperature. d. None of the above. 29. What is the maximum allowable tube skin temperature in F-104? a. lOOO'To. b. 2500°F. c. 550°F. t<:ii) 1750°F. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/1 5 CONFIDENTIAL PrintDate: 4ni20l6 DEF 003577 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 70 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Pa·ocess Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 10 of 17 30. The following are the hazards ofFlexigas (FXG): Circle the two that apply. Carbon Monoxide (CO) Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) c. Ammonia (NH3) d. High Pressure e. Sulfur Dioxide (S02) 31 . The following are the precautions you must take when you go under F-1 04 for intrusive work: Circle all that apply. Q. Wear a flash hood, (9l Wear a flash jacket. @ Wear flash gloves. &) Carry a radio tuned to A-5 - OpCenl. @. Obtain verbal approval from the HP-2 Board Operator. MODULE #11 BOILER FEED WATER AND STEAM SYSTEMS 32. The purpose of the Boiler Feed Water (BFW) System is to: a. ~ c. d. supply treated water for the Hydrotreater Recycle Cooler. supply treated water for the 650 psig Steam Drum in HP-2. supply treated water for the MP and water wash systems. supply treated water for the Feed Gas Compressors' jacket cooling water system . . 33 . What is the purpose of Deaerator V -1117 A? a. Pmvide surge capacity for the Boiler Feed Water before,it enters V -1106 650 # Steam Drum. ~ Remove carbon dioxide and oxygen from the process water using 50 psig steam as a stripping agent. c. Cool the Boiler Feed Water before it enters V-1106 650 #Steam Drum. d. None of the above. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 41712016 DEF 003578 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 71 of 111 \ ' ,. Shell Oil Products - US Ma1tinez Refine•y OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 11 of 17 34. What is the purpose of waste heat boiler E-1207? a. Cool the Reformer (F-104) Effluent by exchanging heat with 340# Process Steam. Cool the HTS Effluent by exchanging heat with Boiler Feed Water. Make 650# steam by exchanging heat between Boiler Feed Water and Reformer (F104) Effluent. d. Preheat the Process Gas before it enters Ref(nmer Fumace F-104. 35. The purpose of Coil #2 in the convection section ofF-104 is to: a. preheat Flexigas (FXG). t(E> preheat Boiler Feed Water going to the 650 # Stewn Drum.. c. exchange heat with water from the 650 # Steam Drum to generate steam. d. superheat the 650 # steam leaving the 650 # Steam Drum. 36. The purpo~e of Coil #4 in the convection section of F-1 04 is to: a. preheat Flexigas (FXG) b. preheat Boiler Feed Water going to the 650# Steam Drum. c. Exchange heat with water from the 650 # Steam Drum to generate steam. Superheat the 650 # steam leaving the 650 # Steam Drum. @ 37. What is the purpose of340# steam in HP-2? a. Supply motive force to drive the Coil #3 Circulation Turbine. b. Supply motive force to drive the MP Circulation Turbine. ® Used as Process Steam in F-104 help the Reforming Process take place. d. Supplies Utility Steam to the HP-2 Utility Stations. MODULE #12 WATER WASH AND MP SYSTEM 38. What is the purpose ofthe Water Wash System in HP-2? a. Provide cooling water for the Feed Gas Compressors' Jacket Cooling Water System. b. To remove C02 from the Process Gas before it enters the Methanator. c. To cool the Product Hydrogen Gas downstream ofthe Methanator. @) To remove any MP Solution entrained in the Process Gas downstream of the MP Solution Contactor HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4nl2016 DEF 003579 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 72 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 12 of17 39. What must you do to obtain emergency Process Water if both Process Water P-5168 and P-5169 fail? a. Forget that, just initiate ES-1 to immediately shutdown HP-2. b. Cut feed to minimum and lower F-104 outlet temperature to 1000°F. Open the block valve on the 300 psig condensate line at E-1222 outlet and block in the discharge ofP-5168 and P-5169. d. Line up the First and Second Interstage KO Drums to the Process Sewer. €J 40. The purpose of the MP Contactor is to: a. Convert any Carbon Monoxide (CO) in the Process Gas to Carbon Dioxide (C02). b. Remove H2S from the Process Gas. tC) Remove Carbon Dioxide (C02) from the Process Gas. d. Convert any Carbon Dioxide in the Process Gas to Methane. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4/7/2016 DEF 003580 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 73 of 111 ... Shell Oil Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 13 of 17 41. What is the purpose ofthe MP Stripper C-227? (a). To strip the C02 from the Rich MP. b. To strip the H2S from the Rich MP. c. To strip the MP from the Process Gas. d. None of the above. 42. What is the pw·pose of Hand Indicator Controller HIC-364 and HIC-365 located on the east side of the MP Stripper C-227? a. To isolate the front end of the plant from the back end of the plant during start-ups and shutdowns. b. To control the pressure of the back end of the plant when the plant is split. '(9 To quickly reduce the heat input to the MP Stripper to prevent or minimize a boilover in the Stripper. d. To control the temperature of the Process Gas exiting the MP Stripper. 43. What are the two different heat sources to the MP Stripper Reboilers? Circle the two that apply. a. 650 psig steam b. Boiler Feed Water exiting CoiJ #2 in the convection section ofF-104. @ Process Gas exiting the Low Temperature Shift Converter (LTS Effluent). @ 50 psig steam. e. Debutanizer Bottoms from the Flexicoker Gas Plant (KGP). MODULE #13 SAMPLING AND TESTING 42. The purpose of testing the pH in C-225's Water Wash Section is to: a. determine the amount of H2S in the Process Gas stream exiting the Hydrotreater V1103. {J?) determine if there is caustic can-yover from the colwnn's caustic section. c. determine the amount ofH2S in the Process Gas stream exiting C-225. d. Control the acid injection rate into C-225. 43.~or False: You must wear goggles and mbber gloves when pulling aMP or caustic sample HP-2POFinol Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19115 CONFIDENTIAL -r \v~ Print Date: 4nf2016 DEF 003581 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 74 of 111 OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department Final Written Exam Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 14 of 17 HP~2 44.~or False: Information on sampling procedures can be found in the FRM (Field Requirements Manual) F(F) -1. r""-..e.. I MODULE #14 READINGS, PROCEDURES, AND THE OIL MIST LUBRICATION SYSTEM 45. The purpose of a pressure safety valve (PSV) is to: a. control the pressure on a column or vessel. protect a vessel or piece of equipment from damage due to over~pressuring by opening to relieve the excess pressure. c. protect a vessel or piece of equipment from damage due to over~pressuring by closing the process flow to that piece of equipment. d. Maintain a positive pressure in the flare header, thereby preventing the build-up of hydrocarbon vapor in the flare header. ~ '· 46. The purpose of the Oil Mist Lubrication System is to: a. lubricate the cylinders and packing on the Recycle and Feed Gas Compressors. b. lubricate fan bearings throughout the unit. (9 lubricate the bearings on pumps located throughout the unit. d. lubricate valve stems for ease of operation. 47. ~or False: a. It is important that we never steam out or use a steam lance on any piece of equipment that contains caustic because the equipment may have a pressure rating of less than 160 psig, which is the pressure of our utility steam. \ V"lAt- MODULE #15 CWT ~50, CPI, FLARES AND EMERGENCY POWER GENERATOR 47. What is the purpose of Cooling Water Tower CWT-50? a. To cool the blowdown water before it is routed to the basins. b. To provide cool, treated boiler feed water for use in V -1106 650 # Steam Drum. (9 To provide water to control temperatures by transferring heat from hot processes into the cooling water and then cooling the water for reuse. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print D11te: 4nn.ol6 DEF 003582 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 75 of 111 I I ·~ Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 15 ofl7 48. What is the purpose of the concentrated sulfuric acid addition to the Cooling Water Tower Basin? a. To control foaming in the Cooling Water Tower. b. ·To control the temperature of the Cooling Water. c. To prevent corrosion in exchanger tubes. ~ To control the pH of the Cooling Water and prevent scale. 49. The purpose of cooling water blowdown is to: @ control the conductivity of the water in the correct range by removing a slipstream of cooling water containing contaminants which is replaced with fresh makeup water. b. control the level of the cooling tower basin. c. control foaming in the Cooling Water Tower. d. maintain clean cooling tower screens to prevent plugging. 50. The purpose of the Corrugated Plate Interceptor (CPI) on the main Process Sewer from the OpCen units is to: a. separate process sewer liquid from stonn sewer liquid. separate the solids and oil from the sewer water flow. c. cool liquids in the process sewer before they are routed to the basins. d. contain all the process sewer liquid from OpCen processing units until they can be removed by a vacuum truck. ~· 51.~ or False: The purpose of the decant boxes at the CPJ is to allow further residence time for the settling out of solids. \,-\A e.. MODULE #16 HYDROGEN PLANT EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 52. What is the plimary objective during any emergency? a. To keep the unit operating. (§) To bring the unit to a safe condition as quickly as possible. c. To evacuate the refinery. d. To blame it on someone else. Trueor9 · To evacuate personnel from your unit area during an emergency the Board Operator will HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4nl2016 DEF 003583 .. ··· ·--·- - - - - - - · · - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - , Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 76 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Depa1tment OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process 0 erator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 16 of 17 activate the Flare Area Emergency Evacuation Alatm located on the Sulfur Plant #3 Board in the Control Center. . ~ 53. Trueo~ During an HP-2 Feed Outage, the plant must be split by opening MOV-3215 on the 60% bypass around the MP Stripper Reboilers. ~ 54.~r False: The pilots to F-104 will remain lit dw'ing an ES-1 outage. To/V.Jl- 55. When ES-1 is activated, the following will automatically occur: Circle the four that apply (a) (:6) All the feed gas control valves trip closed. The fuel gas and the Flexigas control valves to F-1 04 trip closed. c. The Recycle Compressors J-207 and J-208 shut down. d. The Emergency Power Generator is started. TIC-166 bypasses the Hydrotreater feed around E-1208 to cool the Hydrotreater inlet as much as possible. f. The pilots in F-104 shut off. The Feed Gas Compressors J-205 and J-206 shut down. @ @ 56 The purpose ofHIC-471 downstream of the Methanator KO Drum is to: a. split the plant. b. quick.Jy remove heat from the MP Stripper. (9 isolate HP-2 from the 200# Hydrogen header. d. bypass the Methanator. END OF TEST HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 81l9/J5 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date; 4/7/2016 DEF 003584 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 77 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 17 of 17 • HP-2POFina1 Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4nno16 DEF 003585 .. . ---- ·-·-- ·-·-·- ·-- --- Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 78 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP·2 Process Opel'ator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page I of 17 The following information must be completed: 15529 Check One: Initial Training (.!r_inal Exa~ / 9 Name:_~_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Computer Test Administered By: ~tllie.-4 or Refresher Training---'--- l( i·l. C:{k i:O'--'Z'-'o"---- Remcdiated Inconect Test Questions to 100%: Yes _ _ _ _ _ No _..:....J-t~'-")4__ I Note: A score of less than 80% will require that the trainee review appropliate areas and be re-tested on all areas. A score of 80% or greater will require that the trainee be remediated on test questions answered incorrectly. Test Instructions: This is a written exam, the examples of question types that can be found on the tesl are True or False, Multiple Choice, Matching, Fill-in-the-Blank, Sequencing, Graphical Interaction, Drawing Completion, Yes/or No, Essay. On Multiple Choice questions please select the Best Answer, unless the question asks for more than one answer (Identified by Select the 2 best answers, Select all that apply, etc.) Example Test Questions: I. The I973 National League Cy Young Award winner was: _a. Tom Seaver _b. Juan Marichal __ c. Bob Gibson _d. Nolan Ryan 2. b. c. d. e. The number of lifetime home runs by Henry Aaron is: 660 714 755 785 EXHIBIT 3. True or False: wrr: The 1968 Heisman Trophy winner was none other than O.J. Simpson. DATE: ;(cj' ,:-, !:>~h.L..C 6 -:2...l.( 4.8' NOEL DEGNAN, CSR 6921 This form and test should be attached to the Inillal Trnining Certification F01m and follow the routing slip on Ihe Cc:rtification form. HP-2P0Final Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8119/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4n/20I6 DEF 005694 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 96 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Ma11inez Refmery OPCEN Depat1ment OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam Developed By: RA Muller Approved By:·LA Roque Page 2 of 17 HP-2 Pa·ocess 0 erator MODULE #4 HYDROGEN PLANT FEED GAS SYSTEM 1. What is the purpose of HP-2? a. To remove H2S from process gas streams in the various conversion units in the Complex. To produce hydrogen for use in the various hydrogen consuming units in the Complex. c. To create 340# steam for use in various units in the complex. d. To remove sulfur and mh·ogen from various gas oil streams. ® 2. The three main Feed Gasses to HP-2 are: fa) (Q} Sats Dry Gas from the Sats Gas plant in D/H. PG&E Natuml Gas from Utilities. c. Refinery Fuel Gas fi:om Utilities. d. DBA Acid Gas from SRF#3. @ Coker Dry Gas from the Flexicoker. f. Flexigas (FXG) from the Flexicoker. 3. The purpose of the Feed Gas Compressors J-205 and J-206 are to: a. circulate already reacted Process Gas back to the inlet of the Hydro treater. b. control the tempel'ature of the Feed Gasses by circulating the flow through the Kickback Loop. raise the pressure of the Feed Gas to approximately 350 psig so that the Feed Gas can enter the process. d. control the temperature of the F -1 04 outlet temperatw-e by varying the amount of Feed Gas. ·@ 4. The purpose of Pressure Controller PC-610 is to: a. control the temperature of the Process Gas going to the Hydrotreater V -1103. control the Feed Gas flow to Furnace F-104 by circulating more or less flow through the Kickback Loop. c. control the temperature of the Feed Gas by circulating more or less flow tln·ough the Kickback Loop. d. control the suction pressw-e of Feed Gas Compressors J-205/205. @ HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4n/20I6 DEF 005695 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 97 of 111 Shell Oil Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCilN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 3 of 17 MODULE# 5 HYDROTREATER AND SULFUR REMOVAL 5. What is the purpose ofthe Hydrotreater V-1103? Circle the Two that apply. a. To remove water from the Feed Gas: ® To convert any olefins in the Feed Gas to saturated gasses (ethane, propane). c. To separate the Coker Dry Gas from the other HP-2 feed streams. @) To convert sulfur compounds in the Feed Gas, in the presence of hydrogen (H2) to hydrogen sulfide (H2S). e. To remove nitrogen and ammonia from the Feed Gas. 6. What is the purpose of the Hydrotreater Recycle System? a. To raise the pressure of the Recycle Gas to approximately 290 psig so that the Recycle Gas can enter F~104. (2> To maintain a flow of already treated gas back to the inlet of the Hydro treater for diluting the Feed Gas flow through the Hydrotreater. c. To maintain a flow a process gas to the inlet of Caustic/Water Wash Colwnn C225. d. To cool the vapors entering the Caustic/Water Wash Column C-225 to a low enough temperature for optimum H2S removal. 7. The pwpose of the Recycle Compressors J-207 and J-208 is to: a. To raise the pressure ofthe Recycle Gas to approximately 300 psig so that the Recycle Gas can enter F-104. To maintain a flow of already treated gas back to the inlet of the Hydrotreater for diluting the Feed Gas flow through the Hydrotreater. c. To maintain a flow a process gas to the inlet of Caustic/Water Wash Column C225. d. To cool the vapors entering the Caustic/Water Wash Column C-225 to a low enough temperature for optimum H2S removal. UV llflow is the Hydrotreater outlet temperature controlled? a. By TIC-172 which controls the flow of Recycle Gas that either bypasses or goes through E-1203 the Hydrotreater Recycle Cooler. b. By TIC-170 which controls the flow of cooling water to E-1203 the Hydro treater RecycJe Cooler. HP·2P0Finat Exam.doc Reviewed Date: B/1 9/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4nflo 16 DEF 005696 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 98 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 4 of 17 HP-2 Process Operator c. By the Jacket Cooling Water system on J-207 and J-208. @ By TIC-170 which controls the flow of treated gas, or diluent, back into the inlet ofV-1103 9. The purpose of the Caustic/Water Wash Column C-225 is to: a. CQnvert any sulfur compounds in the Feed Gas to H2S before the gas goes to the Zinc Oxide Guard Beds. (:& remove most of the H2S from the Feed Gas before the gas goes to the Zinc Oxide Guard Beds. c. add caustic to the Feed Gas to aid in the Steam Methane Refonning that takes place in F-104. d. i'emove nitrogen and ammonia from the Feed Gas. HP·2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Ptint Date: 4/712016 DEF 005697 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 99 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Depanment OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Proce..111s 0 erator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 5 of 17 I 0. What is the purpose of the Zinc Oxide Guard Beds V-11 04N- I I 05? ® To remove all remaining sulfur compounds and/or H2S from the Feed Gas before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F-104. b. To convert the remaining sulfur compound in the Feed Gas to H2S before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F-104. c. To remove entrained caustic from the Feed Gas before the gas enters Retonning Furnace F-1 04. d. To convert any CO in the Feed Gas to C02 before the gas enters Reforming Furnace F-1 04. 11. Why must ALt. H2S be removed from the Feed Gas before it flows to F -1 04? a. Because H2S is a poison to the IITS catalyst Because H2S is harmful to the reforming catalyst in the heater tubes. c. Because environmental regulations prohibit emitting ANY H2S from F-104's stack. d. To allow the H2S to be recycled back to the front end of the unit. @ MODULE #6 STEAM REFORMER FURNACE F-104 PROCESS FLOWS I 0. The purpose of Feed Gas Preheat Exchanger E- I 206 is to: a. preheat the 340# Process Steam before it joins the Process Gas flow upstream of F-104. preheat the Steam/Feed Gas Mixture on the tube side by exchanging heat with hot Furnace Effluent on the shell side of the exchanger. c. create 650# steam by exchanging heat with Boiler Feed Water on the shell side and HTS effluent on the tube side of the exchanger. ® 11 . What is the purpose of the 300 psig nitrogen that ties into the feed gas line before enteting F-104? a. It is used during start~ups and shutdowns to maintain the back end of the plant at a high enough pressure to continue circulating MP from the Contactor to the Stripper b. It is used to help cool the flue gas exiting the F-104 stack dUling normal operation. It is used during start-ups and shutdowns to maintain the front end plant pressure and provide a flow through F-1 04 tubes to cool off the catalyst. d. It is used while at low feed rate to aid in the Steam Methane Refmming. Q HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Print Dare: 4/7/2016 Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 005698 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 100 of 111 Shell Oil Products - US Ma11inez Refinery OPCEN Depa11ment OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Wl'itten Exam HP-2 Process Operator Dtlveloped By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 6 of 17 12. The purpose of Steam Refmmer F-1 04 is to: o. convert the Feed Gas/Steatn Mixture to mostly methane (CH4) and nitrogen (N2). b. create 340# steatn for use in various conversion units in the Complex .. c. heat the Feed Gas/Steam Mixture to a high enough temperature for the reaction in the Hydrotreater to occw·. @ convert the Feed Gas/Steam Mixture to mostly hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide(CO) and carbon dioxide (C02). 13. What are the four necessary components for the refomting conversion in F-104? Circle the four that apply. (a) Feed Gas b. Caustic Source ofheat d. H2S 'G) Nickel catalyst (9 340# steam g. Nitrogen ® 14. How is the 340 psig Process Steam flow controlled? a. It is temperature controlled by TC-253, reset by F-104 outlet temperature. It is ratio controlled by RC-243, reset by the Feed Gas flow. c, It is on level control, reset by V-1106, 650# steam drum level. (2) MODULE #7 SHIFT CONVERSION SYSTEM 15. The purpose of the High Temperature Shift (HTS) Converter V -1108 is to: a. convert the sulfur compounds in the Process Gas into H2S. b. convert all off the carbon monoxide (CO) in the Process Gas into Methane and hydrogen. @ convert approximately three quarters of the carbon monoxide (CO) in the Process Gas into carbon dioxide (C02) and hydrogen. d. convert any methane in the Process Gas into hydrogen. 16.~or False The reaction in the LTS is exotl1ennic. HP-2POFina\ Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 417/2016 DEF 005699 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 101 of 111 Shell Oil Products -US Martinez Refim.'T)' OPCEN Department MODULE #8 OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH FinaJ Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 7 of 17 MP SOLUTION CO NT ACTOR, WATER WASH COLUMN AND METHANATOR 17. The purpose of the MP Solution Contactor is to: a. strip C02 from the Rich MP solution making it Lean MP solution so that it can be reused. remove carbon dioxide from the Process Gas by scrubbing it with a Lean MP solution. c. wash, or remove any MP solution entrained in the Process Gas. d. remove H2S from the Process Gas by scrubbing it with a Lean MP solution. ® 18. What is the pmpose of the 300 psig nitrogen line going to the Process Gas line upsteam of Water Wash Column C-228? a. To cool the Process Gas exiting the MP Contactor b. To purge the Water Wash Column to the flare. c. To remove any entrained MP in the Process Gas exiting the MP Solution Contactor. @ To maintain pressure on the back end of the plant when HP-2 is split during a start-up or shutdown. 19. The purpose ofthe Water Wash Column C-228 is to: G) remove any MP Solution entrained in the Process Gas. b. remove carbon dioxide from the Process Gas. c. coo! the Process Gas stream before it enters the Methanator. d. remove caustic from the Process Gas. 20. Why must all of the MP Solution be removed from the Process Gas before it enters the Methanator? a. Because it is more economical to recover the MP Solution and recycle it to the MP Stripper to be used again. @ Because MP solution is a Methanator Catalyst poison. c. Because the Oxazolidone content of the MP will react with the Methanator catalyst to fonn Nickel Carbonyl, a toxic gas. d. Because environmental regulations do not allow any MP solution to be in fmished Hydrogen. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4ni2016 DEF 005700 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 102 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refine1y OPCEN Depa11ment OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTII Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 8 ofl7 21. The purpose of the Methanator is to: a. convert any entrained MP solution in the Pmce.o;s Gas to carbon dioxide (C02). b. remove any residual H2S from the Process Gas @ conve11 the residual carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (C02) in the Process Gas to methane (CH4). d. convert the residual methane (CH4) in the Process Gas to hydrogen (H2). 22. Why must most of the CO and C02 in the Process Gas be converted to methane before it leaves HP-2? a Because CO and C02 are poisons to the Methanator catalyst ® Because CO and C02 are catalyst poisons for the units that use our product hydrogen. c. Because environmental regulations do not allow CO and C02 to be processed in the downstream units that use our product hydrogen. d. None of the above. 23 . Where can the 200# product hydrogen from HP-2 be routed? Check the three that apply. Q The 200# Hydrogen Header to LOP. b. The Flexicoker Gas Plant. @ The atmosphere via PIC-399 ID The refinery Fuel Gas Blend Drum in Utilities. e. The Depropanizer Column in the Dimersol. f. The refinery Flexigas (FXG) header. MODULE #9 FEED GAS COMPRESSORS J-205 AND J-206 AND RECYCLE COMPRESSORS J-207 AND J-208 24. What are the two different lubrication systems for Feed Gas Compressors J-205/J- 206? Circle the two that apply. a. The Jergenson Lube Oil System. {!) The McCord Lube Oil System. c. The D. J. Goff Lube Oil System. @> The Crankcase or Main Lube Oil System. HP-2POFinal Bxam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL P1·int Date: 4n/2016 DEF 005701 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 103 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 9 of 17 25. The purpose of the Feed Gas Compressors' Jacket Cooling Water System is to: @ cool the compressor cylinders by pmviding a means of removing beat caused by compression. b. cool the Process Gas exiting the Feed Gas Compressors with cooling water. c. cool the circulating crankcase lube oil. d. none ofthe above. 26. Which of the following conditions will cause the Protective Instrument Systems ES-2 for J-205 and ES-3 for J-206 to shut down the compressors? Circle the two that apply. a High compressor discharge temperature. b. High F-104 outlet temperature. c. High liquid level in V-1112 First lnterstage KO Vessel. @ High liquid level in V-1100 Feed Gas KO Drum. e. Low Hydro treater outlet temperatlll'e. (!) Bar over Jack MODULE# 10 REFORMER HEATERF-104 FUEL GAS AND FXG FLOWS 27. The two fuels used to fire Heater F-1 04 are: a. Flexigas (FXG) and Natural Gas. b. Refinery Fuel Oil and Flexigas (FXG). @ Refinery Fuel Gas and Flexigas (FXG). d. Flexigas (FXG) and Hydrogen. 28. What is the purpose of the Pilots in F-104? a. To control the pressure of the HP-2 fuel gas system. To ensw-e that a flame source is always present in F-104 . c. To control F-104 outlet temperature. d. None of the above. (b) 29. What is the maximum allowable tube skin temperature in F-104? a. 1000°F. b. 2500°F. C. 550°F. @ 1750°F. HP-2POFinaJ Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4nl2016 DEF 005702 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 104 of 111 Shell Oil Products - US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Depa11ment OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 10ofl7 30. The following are the hazards ofFiexigas (FXG): Cit-cle the two that apply. Carbon Monoxide (CO) Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) c. Ammonia (NH3) d. High Pressw·e e. Sulfur Dioxide (S02) 31. The following are the precautions you must take when you go under F-1 04 for intrusive work: Circle all !hat apply. Wear a flash hood. Wear a flash jacket. Wear flash gloves. Carry a radio tuned to A-5 -- OpCenl. Obtain verbal approval from the HP-2 Board Operator. MODULE #11 BOILER FEED WATER AND STEAM SYSTEMS 32_ The purpose of the Boiler Feed Water (BFW) System is to: a. supply treated water for the Hydrotreater Recycle Cooler. ® supply treated water for the 650 psig Steam Dmm in HP-2. c. supply treated water for the MP and water wash systems. d. supply treated water for the Feed Gas Compressors' jacket cooling water system. 33. What is the purpose ofDcaerator V-ll17A? a. Provide surge capacity for the Boiler Feed Water before it enters V-1106 650 # Steam Drum. @ Re~ov~ carbon dioxide and oxygen fi·om the process water using 50 psig steam as a stnppmg agent. c. Cool the Boiler Feed Water before it enters V-1106 650 #Steam Drum. d. None of the above. HP-2POFinal Exam.doc Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 417n016 DEF 005703 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 105 of 111 ,---------------,------------------------.-------------------. Shell Oil Pmducts- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP~2 Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 11 ofl7 Process Operator 34. What is the purpose of waste heat boiler E-1207? a. Cool the Reformer (F~ I 04) Effluent by exchanging heat with 340# Process Steam. b. Cool the HTS Effluent by exchanging heat with Boiler Feed Water. @) Make 650# steam by exchanging heat between Boiler Feed Water and Reformer (F104) Effluent. d. Preheat the Process Gas before it enters Reformer Fumace F-104. 35. The purpose of Coil #2 in the convection section ofF-104 is to : a. preheat Flexigas (FXG). (g) preheat Boiler Feed Water going to the 650 #Steam DrllDl .. c. exchange heat with water from the 650 # Steam Drum to generate steam. d. superheat the 650 # steam leaving the 650 # Steam Drum. 36. The purpose of Coil #4 in the convection section ofF-104 is to: a. preheat Flexigas (FXG) b. preheat Boiler Feed Water going to the 650# Steam Drum. c. Exchange heat with water from the 650 # Steam Drum to generate steam. Superheat the 650 # steam leaving the 650 # Steam Drwn. ® 37. What is the purpose of340# steam in HP-2? a. Supply motive force to drive the Coil #3 Circulation Turbine. b. Supply motive force to drive the MP Circulation Turbine. (fJ Used as Process Steam in F-1 04 help the Reforming Process take place. d. Supplies Utility Steam to the HP-2 Utility Stations. MODULE #12 WATER WASH AND MP SYSTEM 38. What is the pwpose of the Water Wash System in HP-2? a. Provide cooling water for the Feed Gas Compressors' Jacket Cooling Water System. b. To remove C02 from the Process Gas before it enters the Methanator. c. To cool the Product Hydrogen Gas downstream of the Methanator. @ To remove any MP Solution entrained in the Process Gas downstream of the MP Solution Contactor HP·2POFinal Exam.doc Print Date: 4/7/2016 Reviewed Date: 8/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL DEF 005704 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 106 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 12 of 17 39. What must you do to obtain emergency Process Water if both Process Water P-5168 and P-5169 fail? a. Forget that, just initiate.ES-1 to immediately shutdown HP-2. b. Cut feed to minimum and lower F-104 outlet temperature to 1000~. (§) Open the block valve on the 300 psig condensate line at E-1222 outlet and block in the discharge of P-5168 and P-5 I 69. d. Line up the First and Second Interstage'KO Drums to the Process Sewer. 40. The purpose of the MP Contactor is to: a b. @ d. Convert any Carbon Monoxide (CO) in the Process Gas to Carbon Dioxide (C02). Remove H2S from the Process Gas. Remove Carbon Dioxide (C02) from the Process Gas. Convert any Carbon Dioxide in the Process Gas to Methane. HP-2POPinal Exarn.doc Reviewed Date: &/19/15 CONFIDENTIAL Print Date: 4/712016 DEF 005705 Case 4:17-cv-03961-YGR Document 85-4 Filed 07/31/18 Page 107 of 111 Shell Oil Products- US Martinez Refinery OPCEN Department OPERATIONS CENTRAL NORTH Final Written Exam HP-2 Process Operator Developed By: RA Muller Approved By: LA Roque Page 13 of 17 41. What is the purpose of the MP Stripper C-227? ® To strip the C02 from the Rich MP. b. To snip the H2S from the Rich MP. c. To snip the MP fi.•om the Process Gas. d. None of the above. 42. What is the purpose of Hand Indicator Controller HIC-364 and HIC-365 located on the east side of the MP Stripper C-227? a. To isolate the front end of the plant fi.·om the back end of the plant during start-ups and shutdowns. b. To control the pressure of the back end of the plant when the plant is split @ To quickly reduce the heat input to the MP Stripper to prevent or minimize a boilover in the Stripper. d. To control thetemperatw-e ofthe Process Gas exiting the MP Stripper. 43. What are the two different heat sources to the MP Stripper Reboilers? Circle the two that apply. a. 650 psig steam b. Boiler Feed Water exiting Coil #2 in the convection section ofF-104. (£) Process Gas exiting the Low Temperature Shift Conve1ter (LTS Effluent).