Homero Russares
Homero joined Watson Millican & Co. in 2020. He has over 25 years of development engineering, project development, contracting, procurement, operation and maintenance in the power, upstream and refining industries. Homero has on-site project experience in the North Sea, Latin America, United Kingdom and the Caribbean and is fluent in Spanish.
Homero is proficient with gas-fired and diesel generation power technologies as well as rotating equipment. He has procurement and contract experience in power plants, offshore platforms and Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facilities.
As a consultant, Homero has authored expert reports and testified as an expert in power plant and refinery construction matters under ICC, LCIA and SIAC rules.
Qualifications
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering – Southern Methodist University
Designations
- Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence (APAEWE) – Level 7
Expertise
- Construction disputes, Claims, Supply chain, Contracting, Construction interference, Contract management, Contract strategies, Project development, Power plant performance modelling
Industries
- Power generation, Refining, Oil and gas production and processing, Natural gas
Example Engagements
- Southeast Asia Refinery Dispute – Investigated commissioning and equipment defects at a refinery in Southeast Asia. Authored expert reports and provided oral testimony.
- Combined cycle power plant Dispute – Assessed performance testing and plant preservation issues at a in Mexico. Authored expert reports and provided oral testimony.
- Cogeneration power plant dispute in Mexico – Reviewed Fit-for-purpose design, contractual obligations, and warranties for a. Authored expert reports and provided oral testimony for a Spanish language arbitration.
- Combined cycle power plant in Mexico – Assessed equipment damage and fuel quality issues at a combined cycle power plant in Mexico. Authored expert reports for an arbitration that was settled prior to the hearing.
- Assessed the effects caused by owner interference in the EPC – The matter involved a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel in South America.
- Assessment of commercial and market assumptions used in steam and power calculations – The assessment involved a cogeneration power facility in the state of California. The matter was settled prior to the cross examination of experts.
- Construction quantity growth and design deficiency analysis – Dispute involving the construction of a cogeneration power plant in Southeast Asia.
- Investigation and analysis of the contracting and procurement recovery process following an explosion in a gas processing plant in West Texas for an insurance matter.
- Intellectual property theft – Assessment of damages caused by the theft of intellectual property from an oil and gas equipment services company in Texas.
- Technical validity of claims – Assessment of the technical validity of claims from an environmental incident at a facility of an oil and gas company in Mexico.
