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Michele Acerra

Michele Acerra, Independent Consultant, Michele AcerraIndependent Consultant
Michele Acerra
Member of the Natural Resources Council

Michele Acerra is an independent consultant with Engineering & Construction (E&C), environmental, refinery, petrochemical, and power expertise. Mr. Acerra has more than 35 years of experience in the E&C Industry with Foster Wheeler (FWLT) where he held a number of executive positions in E&C, environmental, and manufacturing subsidiaries in Europe and USA including the position of CEO of FW USA Corporation. For 25 years, he held P&L responsibilities achieving impressive growth and profitability results. Mr. Acerra has direct experience of all aspects of E&C of refineries, gas plants, and power generation plants, of environmental remediation, as well as manufacturing and metal fabrication. He has international experience in sales and marketing of products and services and hands-on experience in business-turnaround, restructuring, LSTK contracting, business due diligence, contract-auditing, and cost/schedule claims preparation. He has served as Expert Witness in patent litigations. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2007 - present Independent Consultant
Michele Acerra
1989 - 1994 Vice President & Group Executive
Foster Wheeler Ltd.
1986 - 1989 President and Chief Executive Officer
Foster Wheeler USA Corporation
1978 - 1986 President and Chief Operating Officer
Koch-Glitsch, Limited Partnership
1974 - 1978 President and Chief Executive Officer
KOCH GLITSCH ITALIA SRL
1964 - 1974 Project Director
FOSTER WHEELER ITALIANA SPA

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The “other natural resource” shortage in the energy industry. | 01-21-2008
Analysis of: Oil groups seek a burst of energy | www.ft.com
Author: Michele Acerra, Independent Consultant, Michele Acerra

While much has been written regarding the potential for natural resource shortages in the energy industry, recent articles have highlighted a shortage no less severe: the shortage of highly qualified technical personnel.  The skill level of personnel is often cited as one of the leading causes...

Threats and opportunities for the European refining industry. | 01-15-2008
Analysis of: Refinery conundrum lobs challenges, opportunities at EU. | www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com
Author: Michele Acerra, Independent Consultant, Michele Acerra

In the last twenty years European refining capacity has been strongly reduced due to poor margins, and this should automatically generate additional investments for modernization and upgrading of units. However, demand for gasoline is decreasing in Europe and slowing in North America. The main...

Oil-eating bacteria could improve the exploitation of tar sands and heavy-oil reservoirs | 01-07-2008
Analysis of: Oil-eating bacteria make light work of heavy fuel | intl.emboj.org
Author: Michele Acerra, Independent Consultant, Michele Acerra

A very interesting article, published on 12- 12-07 by K. Sanderson in Nature magazine reports on a study by a team of Canadian, Norwegian and English researchers headed by Dr. Larter of Calgary Univ. The study explored how naturally occurring bacteria deep down in the Earth break...

Ethanol and the US energy policy. | 10-29-2007
Analysis of: Ethanol's Water Shortage | online.wsj.com
Author: Michele Acerra, Independent Consultant, Michele Acerra

WSJ’s article “Ethanol Water Shortage”  summarizes very well ethanol from corn shortcomings and why subsidizing it is not a solution to America’s transportation fuels. Ethanol from corn is probably the worst renewable fuel as its production has a negative energy balance, i.e. it requires more...

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